Vocabulary Test (Starlight 8. Unit 1h)

........ difficulties with the computer system were soon fixed.

The stone hit the water and caused a ring of ...... to spread out.

He was travelling at a ....... of 90 mph.

The boat was about a mile from the ...... when the engine suddenly died.

It's much healthier to direct your emotions ..... than to keep them inside you.

Hundreds of homes were ...... by the tornado.

It shifted the Earth's ......., sped up the planet's rotation and literally shortened the length of the day.

A tsunami is usually caused by a ........ .

Pollution could cause changes to weather patterns on a global ...... .

Latino singers have had a major ....... on pop music this year.

Maybe the ..... runs directly under our house.

Its signal is damaging everything in its ...... .

Seabirds often ..... to find food.

The beach was covered with smooth white ..... .

Suddenly, there was a ........ explosion, and the whole station shook.

In the 15th Century B.C.E., the Minoan civilization was destroyed by a catastrophic ...... .