1 Choose the correct answers. THE SNOW WINTER OF 1880-1881

1 The winter of 1880-1881 was one of the worst/most bad winters in American history.

2 The too famous/most famous description of this winter is in Laura Ingalls Wilder's book The Long Winter

3 Several towns were snowbound for months and people didn't have enough/ had too much food to last the winter.

4 The farmers were too slow / slowest to harvest their crops before the snow fell.

5 The Chicago and North Western railway closed because there were were too many / weren't enough men to clear snow from the tracks.

6 The snow was not deep enough/too deep for the cattle to graze and thousands of cows starved to death.

7 The biggest/too big snow drifts were more than 3.5 m deep.

8 On the too cold/coldest days, the temperature fell to -30°C.

1. The correct answer is "worst." We use "worst" to describe a very bad situation or thing, and in this case, we are discussing one of the worst winters in American history. 2. The correct answer is "most famous." We use "most famous" to describe something that is well-known or widely recognized. In this case, the description of the winter is famous because it is featured in the book "The Long Winter" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. 3. The correct answer is "didn't have enough." The sentence states that people did not have enough food to last the winter. "Enough" means an adequate or sufficient amount. 4. The correct answer is "too slow." This means that the farmers were not fast enough in harvesting their crops before the snow fell. 5. The correct answer is "weren't enough." The sentence implies that there was a shortage of men to clear the snow from the tracks, so there were not enough men available for the job. 6. The correct answer is "too deep." The sentence states that the snow was so deep that the cattle couldn't graze, leading to the death of thousands of cows. "Too deep" implies that it was beyond what was suitable or desirable. 7. The correct answer is "biggest." The sentence suggests that the snow drifts reached a depth of more than 3.5 meters, so they were the biggest compared to other drifts. 8. The correct answer is "coldest." The sentence mentions that the temperature fell to -30°C on the coldest days. "Coldest" refers to the most extreme level of coldness. In summary, the correct answers are: 1. worst 2. most famous 3. didn't have enough 4. too slow 5. weren't enough 6. too deep 7. biggest 8. coldest