英语专业四级考试真题PARTIIICLOZE【15MIN】Decidewhichofthechoicesgivenbelowwouldbestcompletethepassageifinsertedinthecorrespondingblanks.MarkthebestchoiceforeachblankonAnswerSheetTwo.Theearthquakeof26thDecemberresultedinoneoftheworstnaturaldisastersinlivingmemory.Itwasa(31)_____underwaterquakeandoccurredintheIndianOcean.It(32)____coastlines,communitiesandbroughtdeathtomanypeople.Whydoearthquakeshappen
Thesurfaceoftheearthhasnotalwayslookedasitdoestoday;itismoving(33)____(althoughveryslowly)andhasdonesoforbillionsofyears.Thisisone(34)____ofearthquakes,whenonesectionoftheearth(tectonicplate)(35)____another.Scientistscanpredictwherebutnot(36)____thismighthappenandtheareabetweenplatesiscalledafaultline.OnonefaultlineinKobe,Japanin1923over200,000peoplewerekilled.(37)____,earthquakesdonotalwayshappenonfaultl