VOC_ENVIRONMENT_5.2

Indeed, the tornado in Delaware County _____ eight homes, displacing 20 people, and dozens more residents had damage such as broken windows. 

• ravaged
• evacuated
• corrupted
• imposed

Yesterday’s extreme weather was powered by a strong cold front colliding _____ unusually  warm October temperatures. 

• in
• with
• from
• to

Water crisis has been described as “_____" by both residents and authorities. 

• sophisticated
• old-fashioned
• unprecedented
• double

River tides are rising _____ in Saigon due to climate change and other factors. 

• relentlessly
• physically
• torrentially
• chilly

Many areas are ____ by high tides combined with upstream floods.

• elevated
• narrowed
• degraded
• inundated

In general, the southern region is characterized by low plains and large estuarine systems, and so is prone ____ be submerged by high tides. 

• with
• to
• from
• under

A lecturer of the geology faculty at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology blamed  land ____ for the rising tide levels. 

• exacerbation
• elevation
• subsidence
• deforestation

To _____the flooding caused by high tides, Hung said it is necessary to standardize input data for forecasting and preventing floods. 

• combat
• deal
• cope
• tackling

He called ____ updating the entire database related to the city drainage system, especially in its urban part. 

• up
• off
• in
• for

Vietnam is among the countries dealing with the ____ of climate change, especially the greenhouse effect. 

• fallout
• falling
• outstanding
• upbringing