Vocabulary Study Look at the adjective-noun collocations. Circle the collocation in each group that has a different meaning. 1 natural / terrible / major disaster 2 severe / devastating / controlled flood 3 ambitious / large-scale / long-term project 4 prolonged / seasonal / extreme drought 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the collocations from Exercise 1. In some cases , more than one answer may be possible. 1 Due to their complexity, desalination plants are many years to construct. 2 One of the worst that may take in human history was the 1556 earthquake in Shaanxi Province, China. 3 are sometimes used to improve the quality of rivers. such as dams, lood defenses, and early warning 4 systems require huge amounts of investment. 5 In 1931, there was a(n) million people lost their lives to the water, 6 Due to a very hot climate, sub-Saharan Africa suffers from more than many other places in the world. 7 In an increasing number of places, the lack of winter rain makes the chances of 8 Where proper planning has been in place, the chance of a flood or drought turning into a China, where more than a in the summer more likely. are reduced
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