8. Typhoon Haiyan made the damage, and ____________ of life became great in the Philippines. A. lose B. loses C. losing D. loss 9. Thanks to the extensive ___________ measures taken, loss of life in Typhoon Xangsane in Da Nang and other provinces seemed to be relatively low. A. prevent B. preventive C. prevention D. preventing 10. A number of other provinces will declare drought _____________ in the coming weeks. A. accident B. emergency C. event D. situation 11. In some areas, human ____________ can be a contributing factor in causing landslides. A. acts B. actions C. acting D. activities 12. The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent _____________ and volcanic ___________, encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean. A. floods-eruptions B. earthquake-flood C. flood-eruption D. earthquakes-eruptions 13. Magma is the liquid rock inside a volcano, but lava is magma that ________ a volcano. A. flows B. flows into C. flows out D. flows out of 14. A soft, loose soil may ____________ more intensely than hard rock at the same distance from the same earthquake. A. erupt B. rage C. shake D. collapse 15. During the next 24 hours, the storm will be moving north, around 10 km per hour and is expected to ____________ the southeastern part of China’s Guangdong Province. A. strike B. scatter C. bury D. struck