Question

Заполните пропуски словами из списка. Каждое слово может быть использовано только один раз.
a) estimate b) strongest c) forming d) refuge e) survived f) away g) from h) collapse i) fled j) flames
In November 1755 a terrible disaster happened in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. At about ten o'clock in the morning, an unimaginable roar was heard and the ground started shaking. The shocks lasted for some time, the last, the (1)________of them, making all building to (2)______. More than 500 streets with, 5,000 buildings were obliterated. Those who (3)_____ were in panic.
Soon the city was enveloped in (4)__________. The fire turned into ashes the remaining 9,000 buildings, among them St. Francis Abbey with its library. St. Claire convent with 600 nuns and the church of St. Julian where 400 people had taken (5)_______.Yet, it was not the end of the terrible ordeal.
The sea retreated dragging (6)______ large ocean ships and baring the bottom by the shore, in the port and docks Then it rushed back (7)_______ a wave up to twelve meters high that hit the defenseless lower city and was followed by two other waves. Great number of people that had (8)____ to the shore to hide from the quake were carried away to the sea. The tsunami wave tore the ships in the port (9)_____ their anchors, sinking some of them and dashing the others to pieces. This tsunami, as experts maintain, was caused by the quake with its epicentre in the sea, 100 km to the west from the city. To (10) ______ the death toll of this disaster is impossible.

Answer 1

1) strongest 2) collapse 3) survived 4) flames 5) fled 6) away 7) forming 8) refuge 9) from 10) estimate