Task 2. Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing word(s).

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Heavy rain causes floods all over the country
Heavy rain during the night (1) all over the country today. Many people (2) because rivers (3) . Some roads in the north-west are under (4) of water. The rain (5) at the moment, but it's still (6) and there's a (7) . Because of the bad weather, people can't go out to work.
90-Year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (1) time. At (2) metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in (3) . The woman says the view from the top is (4) , so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her (5) . In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.