III. Choose the correct answers. 7. Many buildings __________ in the earthquake and many people have been trapped there. ​A. collapsed ​B. collapses ​C. collapse ​D. collapsing 8. In the future, natural disasters _________ accurately with the help of technology. ​A. predict​B. to predict​C. will be predicted​D. predict 9. Residents of flooded villages _______to a safe place last night. ​A. was taken​B. were taken​C. is taken​D. are taken 10. By the time we ________ at the canyon, it ________ snowing. ​A. arrive/ stops​B. arrived/ will stop​C. had arrived/ stopped ​D. arrived/ had stopped​ 11. I________ my pencil after I __________a new one last week. ​A. found/had bought​B. found/ bought​C. had found/ bought​D. had found/ had bought 12. At least 200 people_________ after rivers burst their banks in Colombia mudslides. ​A. killed​B. had killed​C. were killed​D. are being killed 13. Since Monday, more than a dozen tornadoes_________ down across Oklahoma. ​A. touches​B. touched​C. have touched​D. were touched 14. Before that day in Hawaii, we_________ a volcanic eruption. ​A. never saw​B. has never seen​C. were never seen ​D. had never seen 15. So far, some of the storm damaged roads and bridges_________. ​A. have already been repaired ​B. already repaired​​​​ ​C. had already repaired​D. were already repaired​​​​ 16. We_________ home when a hurricane hit the town two days ago. What a terrible experience! ​A. are driving​B. were driving​C. drove​D. had driven