Writing 10 (2)

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…. pleasant surprise!

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The computer… I bought last week is already broken.

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____ Monday, August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the American coast near New Orleans.

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The storm _____ over the Caribbean Sea almost a week earlier.

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As it moved on towards the American coastline it grew ____ powerful.

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It became a Category 5 hurricane and the fourth _____ storm that has ever been recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Winds reached speeds 340 kn an hour. Although the centre of hurricane did not pass directly over New Orleans most of the city _____ by the storm.

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New Orleans is located in a really dangerous area. It lies ____ the Gulf of Mexico where many storms and hurricanes pass through.

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The Mississippi River also runs through the middle of the city. Because most of New Orleans lies below sea level, high banks of earth, called levees, _____ around the city to protect it from flooding.

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Thousands of pumps have been installed ____ the water away.

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Katrina brought along heavy rainfall and parts of the levee broke. About 80% of the city _____.

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Shortly before the storm hit New Orleans about 20,000 people ____ to escape to the Superdome, one of the town's largest stadiums.

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Most of the city's population was evacuated, but about one hundred thousand had to stay behind, ____ poor people and blacks who had no cars and couldn't get out.

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They _____ in the floods for days without power and water.

Grammar

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Peter was Sally's best friend. She... him all her life.

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We were very hungry because we ............... .

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I was delighted when I found my keys. I............... for them for hours.

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She was exhausted because she .............. since eight o'clock that morning.

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The passengers were upset because the airline .......... everyone's bags.

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I .............. Jacob for several years, but I recognized him immediately.

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We __________ when somebody __________ at the door.

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Sam ____________ at the factory long when he ___________ a manager.

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Sally _________ for two years when she ___________ the race.

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They didn't go for a walk because it..

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I didn't know who that woman was. I ... her before

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It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours .... a party.

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We ... the concert yesterday very much.

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He broke his leg while he.... tennis.

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I apologized because I ...his book.

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He... home at 7 o'clock yesterday.

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If I find your passport, I … ( to phone) you at once.

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If you … ( to paint) the walls white last month, the room would have been much brighter.

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If we had no luggage, we … ( to walk) home.

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If he were in, he…( to answer) the phone.

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I would drive to the country if the weather …(to be) fine.