More than 100 people were reported to have been killed by an earthquake and tsunami in a remote group of islands west of Sumatra. Shortly afterwards, the country’s most active volcano Mount Merapi in Central Java erupted, killing 13 people. Karishma Vaswani reports from Jakarta.Officials in West Sumatra said the three-metre-high tsunami washed away at least ten villages in the Mentawai Islands, but getting information from the worst-affected parts of the Islands has been challenging. Bad weather means no search and rescue teams have been able to arrive in the area yet. Meanwhile, black ash and soot has been spewing out of Mount Merapi ever since it erupted. Officials say more than 13,000 people have to be moved away from the volcano to refugee camps nearby.1.How many people were reported to have been killed by an earthquake and tsunami in a remote group of islands west of Sumatra?A) Over 100 people. B) More than 13 people.C) About 13,000 people.D) At least 10 people.2.Which of the following is true according to the news?A) The three-metre-high tsunami washed away at least ten villagers in the Mentawai Islands.B) Getting information from the worst-affected parts of the Mentawai Islands has been difficult.C) The search and rescue teams have already arrived in the area.D) More than 100 people were killed because of the eruption of the country’s most active volcano.3.Why is it difficult for the search and rescue teams to arrive in the disaster-hit area?A) Because of the earthquake.B) Because of the bad weather.C) Because of the tsunami.D) Because of the sudden eruption of the volcano.

A series of natural disasters has struck Indonesia. More than 100 people were reported to have been killed by an earthquake and tsunami in a remote group of islands west of Sumatra. Shortly afterwards, the country’s most active volcano Mount Merapi in Central Java erupted, killing 13 people. Karishma Vaswani reports from Jakarta.Officials in West Sumatra said the three-metre-high tsunami washed away at least ten villages in the Mentawai Islands, but getting information from the worst-affected parts of the Islands has been challenging. Bad weather means no search and rescue teams have been able to arrive in the area yet. Meanwhile, black ash and soot has been spewing out of Mount Merapi ever since it erupted. Officials say more than 13,000 people have to be moved away from the volcano to refugee camps nearby.1.How many people were reported to have been killed by an earthquake and tsunami in a remote group of islands west of Sumatra?A) Over 100 people. B) More than 13 people.C) About 13,000 people.D) At least 10 people.2.Which of the following is true according to the news?A) The three-metre-high tsunami washed away at least ten villagers in the Mentawai Islands.B) Getting information from the worst-affected parts of the Mentawai Islands has been difficult.C) The search and rescue teams have already arrived in the area.D) More than 100 people were killed because of the eruption of the country’s most active volcano.3.Why is it difficult for the search and rescue teams to arrive in the disaster-hit area?A) Because of the earthquake.B) Because of the bad weather.C) Because of the tsunami.D) Because of the sudden eruption of the volcano.