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🌊 Reading Comprehension Practice Exercise 2 (Tsunamis)Instructions:

Afza Amir

Read the following paragraph and select the correct answer from the options.

Passage:
Sea waves can cause serious damage when they hit the land. Even under a clear sky and calm sea, a huge wall of water can suddenly appear—20 or 30 feet high—destroying homes and putting lives at risk.

These waves often form after a strong underwater earthquake. The earthquake creates a shock in the deep ocean, which moves upward and creates a giant swell on the surface. These ocean swells can be up to a mile wide and rise to tens of feet in height.

People didn’t start to address the danger of tsunamis until after World War II. These waves move towards land at very high speeds—hundreds of miles per hour—and hit with great force.

Questions:

One thing about these waves is that they:
(A) are formed by deep swells
(B) often strike during clear weather
(C) appear in cold temperatures
(D) form in circular shapes
✅ Correct answer: (B) often strike during clear weather

These dangerous waves are caused by:
(A) storms
(B) time changes
(C) underwater earthquakes
(D) ocean currents
✅ Correct answer: (C) underwater earthquakes

These waves are usually about how wide?
(A) one mile
(B) five miles
(C) five feet
(D) ten feet
✅ Correct answer: (A) one mile

People only started taking action against tsunamis:
(A) after finding a solution
(B) after many people died
(C) after major destruction
(D) after World War II
✅ Correct answer: (D) after World War II

How fast do these waves move?
(A) 1 kilometer per hour
(B) 50 miles per hour
(C) 100 miles per hour
(D) more than 100 miles per hour
✅ Correct answer: (D) more than 100 miles per hour