SESSION 21: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 21: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT
 
1.1 Match the following phrases from the article:
Paragraph 1
1. beginning the ................. a. earthquake
2. deadly ......................... b. buildings
3. hundreds more ............... c. have no electricity
4. destroyed ..................... d. cut off
5. households currently ........ e. cleanup
6. had their water supply ..... f. people missing
Paragraph 2
1. the seventh largest ............. a. of Japan’s north
2. It hit .............................. b. pressure inside it
3.washed away large parts ....... c. from overheating
4. put on tsunami .................. d. ever recorded
5. stop a nuclear power plant .... e. alert
6. reduce the ....................... f. northeast Japan

1.2 Multiple choice. Put the correct word from this table into the article:

Japan is beginning the cleanup after Friday’s (1) ____ earthquake and tsunami. The death (2) ____ is currently at 573 with hundreds more people missing. Most of the people died in the (3) ____ tsunami, which was up to ten metres high. Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency says the number of destroyed buildings has (4) ____ 3,400, but that is expected to rise. In the quake-hit areas, around 5.57 million households (5) ____ have no electricity, while more than one million homes have had their water supply cut (6) ____.

The mega-earthquake is the seventh largest (7) ____ recorded. It hit northeast Japan at 2:46 p.m. with a magnitude (8) ____ 8.9 on the Richter scale. It was felt as far away as Beijing, China. The following tsunami has completely (9) ____ away large parts of Japan’s north. The damage is (10) ____ tens of billions of dollars. Fifty-three countries in the Pacific Rim were put on tsunami alert. Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his (11) ____ focus now is to stop a nuclear power plant from overheating. Scientists released (12) ____ steam from the plant to reduce the pressure inside it.

1. (a) death        (b) dead            (c) deadly
2. (a) toll            (b) doll             (c) roll
3. (a) largish       (b) massive       (c) tiny
4. (a) reaches     (b) reached       (c) reaching
5. (a) current      (b) currant        (c) currently
6. (a) off            (b) on               (c) in
7. (a) ever          (b) never          (c) even
8. (a) by             (b) at               (c) of
9. (a) washing     (b) washed       (c) washes
10.(a) on            (b) to               (c) in
11.(a) main        (b) mainly         (c) mains
12.(a) radio       (b) radioactive  (c) radiate

1.3 Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.

Paragraph 1
1. beginning the nacuepl
2. hundreds more people mgnssii
3. the ismeasv tsunami
4. that is cpteexed to rise
5. 5.57 million hhsselduoo
6. water plpusy cut off
Paragraph 2
7. the seventh largest ever eddrecro
8. 8.9 on the Richter esacl
9. completely hswead away
10. put on tsunami ratle
11. his main uocfs
12. reduce the eussrper