EXAM: LEXIS USAGE – 1.5 (L. 6 Op) (27)

1. Across the Philippines prayers have been ______________ and many services were h______________ for the v_________________ of the typhoon which cl_______________ the lives of over 3000 people.

SAID

HELD

HELD

VICTIMS

VICTIMS

CLAIMED

CLAIMED

2. Apart from the cas_________________, over 4 million people have been dis____________________.

casualties, displaced

3. A huge aid op____________________ is now starting to re___________ people in the worst aff___________________ areas.

operation, reach, affected

4. The relief eff_____________ had to be co-ordinated in ______________ to take aid and supplies even to the most re_________________ areas.

efforts, order, remote

5. Scrambling _____________ the aid delivered __________ them, the survivors aren’t just ___________ need of food and water. They are looking for _______ way out.

for, to, in, a

6. US planes have been fl____________________ survivors to bigger cities.

flying

7. Taking into acc_________________ the level of devastation, the operation could __________________ very long and there is no end in si_____________.

account, take, sight

8. The president, res_____________________ to the criticism __________ negligence, has been visiting one of the areas h__________ by the typhoon, where not a si_______________ house has been unaffected.

responding, for, hit, single

9. The wr___________ of the ship lies four kilometres b____________ the su_______________ of the ocean.

wreck, below surface

10. The Titanic was the greatest ship af________________.

afloat

11. The Titanic was a symbol of man’s ability to co____________ the el___________.

conquer, elements

12. The Titanic Memorial li_______________ the names of all the victims.

lists

13. Even today, no-one is exactly sure why this rep______________ unsinkable ship fou___________________.

reputedly, foundered

14. The ship was the he_______________ of glamour. It ref_________________ the new found wealth of the Edwardian age.

height, reflected,

15. Her m_______________ vo_________________ was to take her ________________ the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.

maiden voyage, across

16. The captain, being _______________ pressure from the ship owners, ordered full _______________ ahead.

under, steam

17. His decision to go ________ the speed of over twenty knots proved to be fa______.

at, fatal

18. When an iceberg was sig_____________ propellers were put into re____________.

sighted, reverse

19. The ship couldn’t manoeuvre fast enough to avoid the co_______________.

collision