News Item 3:
1. General Comprehension. Choose the statement that best summarizes this news item.
(1) The flooding problem in St. Charles county now is worse than any previous disasters in recent history.
(2) Flooding problems continue to intensify along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers north of St. Louis.
(3) Residents of the flooded area will not be able to return home in the near future.
(4) All of the levees along the Missouri River have broken and a large number of small towns are several feet under water.
Answer:
2. Identification. Locate the following places according to what you have heard on the tape.
(1) St. Louis:
(2) St. Charles County:
(3) Portage Des Sioux:
(4) Westalton:
3. Focusing on Details. Fill in the information concerning the damages from the flood.
(1) All of the levees along the Missouri River have
, and the towns of Portage Des Sioux and Westalton have
.
(2) Levees and dikes north of the confluence of the two rivers are causing
. Westalton is now
. That town is
after
.
(3) Almost the entire peninsula which sits at
is under as much as
of water, and is now
.
4. True or False Questions.
(1)
Thousands of people have been allowed to return to their homes since rain stopped last Saturday in eastern Missouri.
(2)
A report about the damages caused by flooding was given by Ray Camp, an officer at the St. Charles County Office of Emergency Management.
(3)
According to emergency management officials, it will be quite some time before the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers reach their crest.
News Item 3:
1. General Comprehension. Choose the statement that best summarizes this news item.
(1) The flooding problem in St. Charles county now is worse than any previous disasters in recent history.
(2) Flooding problems continue to intensify along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers north of St. Louis.
(3) Residents of the flooded area will not be able to return home in the near future.
(4) All of the levees along the Missouri River have broken and a large number of small towns are several feet under water.
Answer:
2. Identification. Locate the following places according to what you have heard on the tape.
(1) St. Louis:
(2) St. Charles County:
(3) Portage Des Sioux:
(4) Westalton:
3. Focusing on Details. Fill in the information concerning the damages from the flood.
(1) All of the levees along the Missouri River have
, and the towns of Portage Des Sioux and Westalton have
.
(2) Levees and dikes north of the confluence of the two rivers are causing
. Westalton is now
. That town is
after
.
(3) Almost the entire peninsula which sits at
is under as much as
of water, and is now
.
4. True or False Questions.
(1)
Thousands of people have been allowed to return to their homes since rain stopped last Saturday in eastern Missouri.
(2)
A report about the damages caused by flooding was given by Ray Camp, an officer at the St. Charles County Office of Emergency Management.
(3)
According to emergency management officials, it will be quite some time before the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers reach their crest.