III. Choose the correct answers.
7. Many buildings __________ in the earthquake and many people have been trapped there.
A. collapsed B. collapses C. collapse D. collapsing
8. In the future, natural disasters _________ accurately with the help of technology.
A. predictB. to predictC. will be predictedD. predict
9. Residents of flooded villages _______to a safe place last night.
A. was takenB. were takenC. is takenD. are taken
10. By the time we ________ at the canyon, it ________ snowing.
A. arrive/ stopsB. arrived/ will stopC. had arrived/ stopped D. arrived/ had stopped
11. I________ my pencil after I __________a new one last week.
A. found/had boughtB. found/ boughtC. had found/ boughtD. had found/ had bought
12. At least 200 people_________ after rivers burst their banks in Colombia mudslides.
A. killedB. had killedC. were killedD. are being killed
13. Since Monday, more than a dozen tornadoes_________ down across Oklahoma.
A. touchesB. touchedC. have touchedD. were touched
14. Before that day in Hawaii, we_________ a volcanic eruption.
A. never sawB. has never seenC. were never seen D. had never seen
15. So far, some of the storm damaged roads and bridges_________.
A. have already been repaired B. already repaired
C. had already repairedD. were already repaired
16. We_________ home when a hurricane hit the town two days ago. What a terrible experience!
A. are drivingB. were drivingC. droveD. had driven