Sách bài tập Tiếng Anh 10 trang 37 Unit 4 Reading Chân trời sáng tạo Exercise 2

LUCKY ESCAPE

One Monday afternoon in May 2013, Diana Palmore was at home with her husband, Pete, when they heard loud sirens (1) ______________ a tornado was approaching the town. Diana’s daughter Monica was at the local school and Diana decided to go and (2) ______________ before the tornado reached the town. She ran as fast as she could to the school. In her classroom, Monica and her classmates were sitting under their desks, (3) ______________ on their heads. Diana ran in and took Monica. But the tornado was much closer now and it was too dangerous (4) ______________. So they hid in a bathroom. When the tornado hit, it ripped the roof from the school. Monica and Diana looked up and saw cars and trees (5) ______________ above the school. ‘It was very scary. The whole school was shaking,’ said Monica.

When the storm passed, Monica and her mum (6) ______________ ,but it was in ruins. They couldn’t find Pete. But they could hear him shouting for help. Then they saw his hand and (7) ______________ – in a cupboard under the stairs. He couldn’t breathe, so they had to get him out quickly. Moments after they pulled him out, the whole house collapsed. The family survived a terrifying experience with only small injuries. But other people in the town (8) ______________ as the Palmores. Twenty-four people died in the tornado.