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FOCUS 3: PHRASE VERBS WITH LOOKDO YOU KNOW THEM?

1. Peter starts looking __________ the mail as soon as the door shuts to find the secret letter.

2. They presented their draft to the president, who looked it ________, nodded and signed it

3. The police have started to look ______the case.

4. We are look ________our teacher for his support.

5. Dont look _____me like that, please!

6. Although the girl cried for help, They just looked ________in silence.

7. She looked ______what he said as a joke.

8. We are looking forward _________seeing you soon!

9. In the end, the situation began to look _______.

10. Please look me _______if you visit our country again.

11. Look ________, the gate has just been painted.

12. He looked _______her as if he hadnt known her.

13. I hate him as he always tries to look _______ ________ me

14. We all looked ____ to that devoted teacher.15. Youd better look ________all these new words before. said my teacher.

16. This boy needs looking ___________properly.

17.She looked in ________me when she came to the town.

18. We have to look ________the way to get out of the forest.

TSUNAMI

BEFORE YOU READ?

Find out the antonyms

1. huge underwater

2. strange restore3. unaware weak

4. displace adverse

5. favorable little

6. predictable few

7. several remain

8. powerful watchful

9. ruin ordinary

10. surface unpredictable

Look at see Look up Find the new words

Look up to respect Look after Take care of

Look down on To regard with contempt Look for find

Look out Watch out Look forward to Wait for, expect

Look into investigate Look on watch

Look st over Examine st quickly Look through (1) Examine each to select

Look to Think about (ft)|trng ch Look through (2) Ignore sb deliberately

Look in on Call on Look on as Regard as

Look up (2) visit Look up (3) Get better, improve

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Elephants on the coast of Thailand are acting strange. They stamp their feet and motion towardthe hills. The sea draws back from the beaches. Fish flop in the mud. Suddenly, a huge wave appears.

This is no ordinary wave. It is a tsunami!

Tsunami (pronounced soo-NAH-mee) waves are larger and faster than normal surface waves.

A tsunami wave can travel as fast as a jet plane and can be as tall as a ten-story building. Imaginedropping a stone into a pond. The water on the surface ripples. A tsunami is like a very powerful ripple.

Tsunamis begin when the ocean rises or falls very suddenly. Large amounts of seawater are displaced.

This movement causes huge waves.For a tsunami to occur, there must be some kind of force that causes the ocean water to become

displaced. Most tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes. However, volcanoes, landslides, large

icebergs, and even meteorites are capable of causing one of these mighty waves.

Tsunamis are extremely powerful. Ordinary waves lose power when they break. Tsunami wavescan remain powerful for several days. Because tsunami waves are so strong, they can kill people,

damage property, and completely ruin an ecosystem in just one hour.

Scientists have no way of predicting when a tsunami will hit. However, if a powerful enough

earthquake occurs, scientists can issue a warning or a watch. A warning means that a tsunami will verylikely hit soon. A watch means that conditions are favorable for a tsunami. When people are notified

about a watch or a warning, they have more time to prepare. It is best not to get caught unaware when a

tsunami is on the way!

1) In paragraph 1, the elephants are most likely acting strange because theyA. are not used to seeing fish

B. dislike the waterC. can sense something out of the ordinary

D. see the ocean drawing back from the beaches

2) This passage is mostly about

A. how to prepare for tsunamisB. scientists who predict tsunami waves

C. similarities and differences between wave types

D. causes and effects of tsunamis

3) As used paragraph 2, displaced most nearly means

A. moved out of normal placeB. pushed by human force

C. sloshed around quicklyD. pulled to great heights

4) After reading the passage, we can conclude that a tsunami

A. watch is more serious than a warningB. warning is more serious than a watch

C. warning and watch are equally serious

D. warning and watch both mean a tsunami has formed

5) Tsunamis cause so much destruction because theyA. cannot be predicted by scientists

B. break on the coast, unlike normal wavesC. are caused by volcanoes, landslides and meteoritesD. can be as tall as a ten-story building