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    Questions: A. The Ice in The River Melts Too

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    1. Floods, earthquakes, typhoons are natural disasters. Causes of floods include melting snow, too much rain, and sudden warm temperatures combined with heavy rain. 2. Melting snow causes flooding because it raises the level of the rivers. A broken dam is compared to a tsunami or tidal wave, as dam water can travel tens of kilometres downstream when unleashed. 3. Saturated ground that cannot absorb more moisture contributes to flooding because the excess water runs off onto roads and into rivers instead of being absorbed. Floods can cause death, widespread damage, and destruction of plants and animals.

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    1. Floods, earthquakes, typhoons are natural disasters. Causes of floods include melting snow, too much rain, and sudden warm temperatures combined with heavy rain. 2. Melting snow causes flooding because it raises the level of the rivers. A broken dam is compared to a tsunami or tidal wave, as dam water can travel tens of kilometres downstream when unleashed. 3. Saturated ground that cannot absorb more moisture contributes to flooding because the excess water runs off onto roads and into rivers instead of being absorbed. Floods can cause death, widespread damage, and destruction of plants and animals.

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    1. Floods, earthquakes, typhoons are natural disasters. Causes of floods include melting snow, too much rain, and sudden warm temperatures combined with heavy rain. 2. Melting snow causes flooding because it raises the level of the rivers. A broken dam is compared to a tsunami or tidal wave, as dam water can travel tens of kilometres downstream when unleashed. 3. Saturated ground that cannot absorb more moisture contributes to flooding because the excess water runs off onto roads and into rivers instead of being absorbed. Floods can cause death, widespread damage, and destruction of plants and animals.

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    1. Floods, earthquakes, typhoons are natural disasters. Causes of floods include melting snow, too much rain, and sudden warm temperatures combined with heavy rain. 2. Melting snow causes flooding because it raises the level of the rivers. A broken dam is compared to a tsunami or tidal wave, as dam water can travel tens of kilometres downstream when unleashed. 3. Saturated ground that cannot absorb more moisture contributes to flooding because the excess water runs off onto roads and into rivers instead of being absorbed. Floods can cause death, widespread damage, and destruction of plants and animals.

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    1. Which of the following words are natural 2. Which of the followings are included as
    disasters? (More than one answer may be causes for floods in the reading passage?
    correct).

    a. flood a. droughts
    b. earthquake b. large lakes
    c. airplane crash c. poorly built roads
    d. typhoon d. melting snow
    3. How does deep snow cause flooding? 4. A broken human-made dam is compared to
    what?
    a. melting snow causes flooding
    b. too much rain causes flooding a. a tsunami
    c. sudden warm temperatures b. a tidal wave
    combined with heavy rains causes c. a broken ice dam
    flooding d. overflowing
    d. freezing water causes flooding
    5. Which of the following best describes how 6. How far can dam water travel when it is
    a frozen river can cause a flood. unleashed from a broken dam?
    a. The ice in the river melts too
    quickly and causes a flood. a less than 10 kilometres
    b. The ice in the river cracks causing b tens of kilometres
    the water to overflow. c thousands of kilometres
    c. The ice in the river cracks into d tens of thousands of kilometres
    pieces that eventually create a dam downstream
    causing the water to overflow.
    d. The water behind the ice dam
    collects and when the dam breaks, it
    causes flooding upstream.
    7. Why does saturated ground contribute to 8. What kinds of problems can floods cause?
    flooding problems?
    a. the ground cannot absorb more a. death
    moisture b. widespread damage
    b. the ground is too hard, so the c. destruction of plants and animals
    water runs off c. all of the above
    c. the ground forms a kind of dam
    d. it remains frozen
    9. What is the most common natural disaster? How does melting snow cause problems
    related to flooding?
    a. flood a. it makes the rivers run too fast
    b fire b. it makes the water too cold
    c. wind damage c. it causes pieces of ice to block the river
    d rain d. it makes the level of the river rise

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