問題詳情

Part IV Cloze (20 points)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A,B,C andD. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and write the corresponding letter in the brackets“【 】”.Earthquakes are something that most people fear. There are some places that have 71 or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, 72, have them regularly. Some places, 73 Iran and Guatemala have them frequently. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite 74.The earthquake that the people most 75 about in the United States was the one happening in San Francisco in 1906. Over 500 people died 76 it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill 77. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever 78 happened in Portugal. Around 20,000 people died.In 1923, a very powerful earthquake 79 the Tokyo-Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which 80 the earthquake.One of the 81 earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed 82 people. The most destructive （破坏性的） earthquake ever reported was also in China. 400,000 people were killed or 83 in this quake, which happened in 1556.Earthquakes are 84 which people fear. Floods and tidal waves also cause people to be 85, as 86 like typhoons and cyclones（飓风）. Sometimes these things cause lots of deaths. In 1970, a cyclone and tidal wave killed over 200,000 in Pakistan.These kinds of things make people afraid and they are very dangerous. But they probably do not worry people 87 earthquakes do, especially in these modern times. The reason is 88 we often know they are coming, because we have some 89 . Some day we may be able to know an earthquake is coming. So far, however, there is no sure way to 90 an earthquake. When one comes, it is a surprise. People cannot prepare for it.
71. [
(A)] less [
(B)] much [
(C)] few [
(D)] little

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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