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6. What is tsunami?
a. a very fast storm
b. a very fast earthquake
c. a giant paddle
d. a very fast and big wind
e. a very large sea wave
A tsunami is a very large sea wave that is generated by a disturbance along the ocean floor. This
disturbance can be an earthquake, a landslide, or a volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out
in the ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast traveling wave grows very large.
Tsunami occurs when a major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock pushes
water above it likes a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. The ocean
waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they reach
the coastline. Where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the earth’s
crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land.
Tsunamis wash ashore with often disastrous effects severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning,
and damage to property.
14. How did the donkey do to make its master make a pet of it?
a. it did what the dog did
b. it knocked over a jar on the table
c. it shouted hard
d. it worked hard
e. it ran into the house
A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and
talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate. A donkey looked in at the window
and saw the man and the dog.
“Why doesn’t he make a pet on me?” said the donkey. “It is not fair. I work hard and the dog only
wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master’s knee. It not fair.” Then the donkey said to himself, “If
I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me.” So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly
as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on its
master’s knee. The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, “help? Help?.” Men came
running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the
field.