News IQ. (News Skills).1. What causes most forest fires This is a list of notorious forest fires: North America Year Size Name Area Notes 1825 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km²) Miramichi Fire New Brunswick Killed 160 people. in the western U.S.? (A) campfires; (B) cigarette butts; (C) lightning. 2. How much will the U.S. Forest Service spend fighting wildfires this year? (A) $1 million; (B) $500 million; (C) $1 billion. 3. The U.S. Congress is considering a nationwide system to help stop kidnapping. What is this system called? (A) Save the Children; (B) Amber Alert Am·ber Alert n. A message that conveys information about a recently abducted person, usually displayed on electronic signs positioned along roadways and broadcast by mass media, intended to enlist the public's help in finding the abducted person and ; (C) Megan's Law Megan's Laws are named for Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old girl from New Jersey who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unknown to the victim's family, had been previously convicted for Sex Offenses against children. . 4. What is the native land of the northern snakehead Noun 1. northern snakehead - a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish ? (A) China; (B) France; (C) Maryland. 5. What kind of crisis faces 6 million people in Zimbabwe? (A) housing; (B) hunger; (C) heating. ANSWERS 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B |
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