Thailand vows probe on lack of alert

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1. Why would it have been important to have a tsunami warning?
	A. People like to keep up with the news.
	B. Many people might have been brought to safety.
	C. The water could have been directed to a safer area.
	D. The government could have stopped it from coming to Thailand.

2. Meteorologists did not give a tsunami warning because...
	A. They were on holiday.
	B. They don't have enough staff.
	C. They didn't want to damage the tourism industry.
	D. They didn't want to frighten tourists and local residents.

3. What excuse did meteorologists give for not giving a tsunami warning?
	A. If anybody gets hurt it is because they were bad in their previous life.
	B. No tsunami had reached Thailand in more than 300 years.
	C. They didn't know whom to warn.
	D. They don't have a telephone.

4. Why was Samith Dhammasaroj banned from entering some provincial territories?
	A. He attracted tsunamis to those areas.
	B. Nobody was listening to what Samith said.
	C. Samith wanted to close these provinces to tourism.
	D. They were afraid Samith's tsunami warnings would harm tourism in their provinces.

5. When does Samith expect to be able to stop tsunamis?
	A. Never
	B. In one month
	C. After enough practice
	D. As soon as the prime minister tells him to

Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?

6. response
	A. expectation
	B. realisation
	C. reaction
	D. refusal

7. annual
	A. previous
	B. yearly
	C. late
	D. big

8. alert
	A. stop
	B. danger
	C. warning
	D. demonstration

9. hurt
	A. kill
	B. boost
	C. destroy
	D. damage

10. drill
	A. practice
	B. overturn
	C. cremation
	D. excavation