Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate. Life in Darwin (in the far north of Australia) had always been free and easy. From May to October, the weather was the best. Tourists arrived in large numbers from the south to (1) __________ the winter cold. However, on 24 December 1974, the local television and radio stations warned (2) __________ a cyclone, which the weathermen had (3) ________________ Tracy, moving rapidly nearer Darwin. At two minutes before midnight, the radio gave out a short message. There seemed (4) __________ doubt that Cyclone Tracy was moving towards Darwin. Within minutes people were running screaming into the dark streets. Tall office buildings and hotels (5) __________ to the ground. Cars parked in the streets were blown (6) __________ and over until every bit of metal was bent. At Darwin’s railway (7) __________ , trains were thrown into the air (8) __________ if they were toys. The rails were torn up from the (9) __________ and bent into different shapes. All the (10) __________ the cyclone was moaning and roaring. When Cyclone Tracy finally (11) __________ Darwin, there was a strange silence through out the city. Everyone waited, (12) ____________ the storm to turn round and come back to make (13) __________ that all the buildings were knocked to the ground. The city was so badly hit that it was decided to bring in bulldozers to knock (14) __________ whatever was left standing. The only thing to do was start from the beginning and (15) __________ the whole city.