Vocabularylook at the adjective-noun collocations. circle the collocationin each group that has a different meaning.1 natural / terrible / major disaster2 severe / devastating/controlled flood3 ambitious / large-scale / long-term project4 prolonged / seasonal / extreme drought2complete the sentences with the correct form of the collocationstrom exercise 1. in some cases, more than one answer may bepossible.1 due to their complexity, desalination plants are _ _that may takemany years to construct.2 one of the worst natural in human history was the 1556earthquake in shaanxi province, china.are sometimes used to improve the quality of rivers.such as dams, lood defenses, and early warningsystems require huge amounts of investment.5in 1931, there was a(n)_ in china, where more than amillion people lost their lives to the water.6 due to a very hot climate, sub-saharan africa suffers from more tun! than many other places in the world.7 in an increasing number of places, the lack of winter rain makes thechances ofin the summer more likely.8 where proper planning has been in place, the chance of a flood ordrought turning into aare reduced.​