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Vocabulary practice

1. Disaster vocabulary

  1. A violent and heavy snowstorm is called a ___

  2. When crops fail and livestock die through lack of water because of no rain there is a ___

  3. The above situation could cause massive starvation through lack of food. This situation is called a ___

  4. When the land violently moves or shakes especially around fault lines it's called an ___

  5. When the above situation causes a huge body of seawater to move in towards the shore it is known as a ___

  6. When there is a violent outbreak of lawlessness by people it's called a ___

  7. A loud noise and sometimes huge force created by something like a bomb is known as an ___

  8. A violent wind that twist round and round and causes massive destruction is called a ___

  9. A disease that spreads rapidly amongst a lot of people in the same area is called an ___

  10. Something that makes the air, rivers, or seas dirty is known as ___

2.Read the following text and match the headlines given in the box to the appropriate paragraphs.

  • For Military Missions

  • For Aerial Observation

  • For Agricultural and Forestry Operations

  • Helicopter

  • For Transportation and Construction Work

  • For Rescue Missions

Helicopters can (to use) for many tasks because they (to be able) (to hover) in midair and (to take off) and (to land) in small areas. They (to be) particularly useful (1) for rescue mis­sions, (2) for aerial observation, (3) for transportation and construction work, (4) for agricultural and forestry operations, and (5) for military missions.

______________________ In the armed forces, helicop­ters (to serve) as flying ambulances and as troop transports. Powerful military helicopters (to carry) artillery to key battle positions and (to fly) jeeps, tanks, and other equipment wherever they (to need). Helicopters (to equip) with electronic gear (to pick up) and (to disrupt) enemy communica­tions signals. The armed forces also (to use) helicopters (to ob­serve) the movements of enemy troops and ships. Many naval helicopters (to have) devices (to locate) and (to track) sub­marines. They may also (to arm) with depth charges, missiles, or torpedoes. Army attack helicopters may (to carry) bombs, cannons, machine guns, or missiles. Their main targets are enemy tanks.

_______________________ Many early developers of heli­copters (to intend) them (to use) for saving lives. Over the years, many thousands of people have been rescued by these “angels of mercy”. A helicopter can (to hover) above the scene of a disaster. A sling or harness can then (to lower) from the craft to endangered people below. They are then (to pull up) and (to flow) to safety. Helicopters (to use) (to pluck) people from burning skyscrap­ers, sinking ships, and rising floodwaters. They (to fly) stranded mountain climbers and injured skiers to safety. (To serve) as flying ambulances, helicopters can (to land) near automobile or airplane crashes and (to rush) the injured to hospitals. Helicopters are also (to use) (to deliver) food and medicine to areas that cannot (to reach) by other vehicles because of earthquakes, floods, or storms.

__________________________ In many cities, police use helicopters (to trail) fleeing suspects and (to direct) squad cars on the ground. Law enforcement agents in helicopters (to look) for lost people and escaped convicts. They also (to patrol) national borders on the lookout for smugglers and il­legal immigrants.

Helicopter service (to be) essential to many offshore oil-drilling operations. Numerous offshore wells (to be) in rough ocean waters that (to make) it hazardous (to bring) in replacement crews and supplies by ship. However, heli­copters can (to land) on the drilling platforms and so (to provide) much faster and safer delivery than ships.

Answer the questions

  1. What can helicopters serve as?

  2. What aircraft can be called helicopter?

  3. What kind of wings does a helicopter have?

  4. What do you know about the word helicopter?

  5. Are there any nicknames for the helicopter?

  6. What are basic characteristics of the helicopter?

  7. Why are helicopters called “angels of mercy “?

  8. What are they used for?

  9. What makes use of helicopters?

  10. How are helicopters used in the construction industry?

  11. What are some military uses of the helicopter?

  12. In what ways can a helicopter fly that an airplane cannot?

  13. Why is helicopter service essential to many offshore oil-drilling operations.

  14. Why is use of helicopter essential for rescue servicers?

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