Everyday Vocabulary Famine and Flood Test

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

FAMINE AND FLOOD

If a country has no rain for a long time, this dry period is called a __1__.

In countries dependent on their agriculture, this can lead to a period of __2__, when there is not enough food and people actually __3__ (die of hunger).

In countries dependent on their agriculture, this can lead to a period of __2__, when there is not enough food and people actually __3__ (die of hunger).

They die of __4__.

When it rains very heavily and the land is under water, this is called a __5__.

In this situation, people and animals can __6__.

Sometimes __7__ have to __8__ food supplies to people in areas which are __9__.

Sometimes __7__ have to __8__ food supplies to people in areas which are __9__.

Sometimes __7__ have to __8__ food supplies to people in areas which are __9__.