VI. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage.

Hurricane Katrina has been called (1) _______ disastrous disaster in modern American history. A day before Katrinas landfall; the National Weather Service warned that the hurricane would cause human suffering incredible by modern standards.

Hurricane Katrina struck into the U.S. Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing almost 1,800. 80% of the city (2) _______. About 20% of its 500,000 citizens were trapped in the city (3) _______ power, food, or drinking water. Rescue efforts were so delayed and inaccessible that many were trapped for days on rooftops and in attics before help arrived. The city became a toxic pool (4) _______ sewage, chemicals, and dead bodies. The 20,000 people who made their way to the Super Dome, the citys emergency shelter, found themselves crammed into hot and smelly conditions. Relief workers, (5) _______ help, security forces, and essential supplies remained inadequate during the first critical days of the disaster.

1: A. the more B. the most C. more D. most

2: A. flooded B. were flooded C. was flooded D. is flooded

3: A. without B. with C. and D. of

4: A. in B. of C. at D. with

5: A. medical B. medicine C. medically D. medicated