Gateway B2 Unit 8 Revision quiz

In news just to hand, survivors of yesterday's massive landslide __ from their homes today.

• evacuate
• evacuated
• are evacuated
• are being evacuated

Almost all victims appear to __ in the landslide before they could escape.

• be buried
• have been buried
• be being buried
• have buried

It __ last night that the townspeople had been warning of the danger of a landslide for months.

• has been claimed
• had claimed
• was claimed
• is claimed

Only a month ago, a documentary about the danger of landslides __ on national television.

• was shown
• has been shown
• was showing
• had showed

The Minister of Disasters told the media that mistakes __ in not predicting the landslide.

• are made
• had been made
• have been made
• could be made

Meanwhile, offers of assistance __ from at least 20 other countries so far.

• are received
• has been received
• have been received
• were received

Currently, the death toll __ as 328 but relief agencies are warning of a likely rise.

• is reporting
• was reported
• can be reported
• is being reported

Although people in the town had no warning, it __ that some animals sensed the coming disaster.

• is thought
• was thought
• is being thought
• has been thought

Some cats, dogs, cows and goats __ running away from the hillside just before the landslide.

• are seen
• have been noticed
• were observed
• had been watched

__ that those animals detected movements in the ground before the landslide started.

• They thought
• Experts argue
• It was claimed
• It is thought