Vocabulary
look at the adjective-noun collocations. circle the collocation
in each group that has a different meaning.
1 natural / terrible / major disaster
2 severe / devastating/controlled flood
3 ambitious / large-scale / long-term project
4 prolonged / seasonal / extreme drought
2
complete the sentences with the correct form of the collocations
trom exercise 1. in some cases, more than one answer may be
possible.
1 due to their complexity, desalination plants are _ _that may take
many years to construct.
2 one of the worst natural in human history was the 1556
earthquake in shaanxi province, china.
are sometimes used to improve the quality of rivers.
such as dams, lood defenses, and early warning
systems require huge amounts of investment.
5
in 1931, there was a(n)
_ in china, where more than a
million people lost their lives to the water.
6 due to a very hot climate, sub-saharan africa suffers from more tun!
than many other places in the world.
7 in an increasing number of places, the lack of winter rain makes the
chances of
in the summer more likely.
8 where proper planning has been in place, the chance of a flood or
drought turning into a
are reduced.
