Reading Task: Choose the best word to fill the gap EARTHQUAKE HITS THE BRITAIN: THE BIGGEST TREMOR IN 25 YEARS On 27th February 2008, something very unusual (1) _____ in the UK; there was a rather large earthquake. It was the (2) _____earthquake in 25 years in the UK. (3) ____ was felt in a large area across the country too, both in the north of Scotland and in the south of England. The epicentre (4) ______ the earthquake was a small town in Lincolnshire, (5) _____ is an area about two and a half three hours north of London (6) ____ car. A magnitude of 5.2 (7) _____ on the Richter scale. There were (8) ____ of reports in the news from people who felt the earth move. One (9) ______ said, “We had loads of vibrating and wall shaking and stuff, noise coming off the roof. I came outside – the chimney’s on the floor! (10) _____ man who spoke to the BBC (11) _____ the moment the earthquake occurred, “Everything was shaking. As soon as it happened we all (12) _____ outside and saw everyone else down the street, coming out and just realised it was an earthquake”. (13) _____ British people would be surprised to learn that there (14) _____ 200-300 earthquake in Britain every year – but most of them are so small, they go unnoticed. 1. happened/happens/was happening/had happened 2. biggest/bigger/larger/big 3. it/they/their/its 4. of/by/in/to 5. which/what/where/whose 6. by/in//on/to 7. was registered/is registered/were registered/was registering 8. lots/many/lot/much 9. man/men/persons/people 10. another/other/others/else 11. described/describe/was describing/was described 12. went/were going/had gone/gone 13. most/more/much/little 14. are/is/was/were​