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1、2012年英语专业四级考试真题PARTIIICLOZE【15MIN】　　Decidewhichofthechoicesgivenbelowwouldbestcompletethepassageifinsertedinthecorrespondingblanks．MarkthebestchoiceforeachblankonAnswerSheetTwo．　　Theearthquakeof26thDecember2004resultedinoneoftheworstnaturaldisastersinlivingmemory

2、．Itwasa(31)_____underwaterquakeandoccurredintheIndianOcean．It(32)____coastlines，communitiesandbroughtdeathtomanypeople．　　Whydoearthquakeshappen?　　Thesurfaceoftheearthhasnotalwayslookedasitdoestoday；itismoving(33)____(althoughveryslowly)andhasdonesoforbillionsofye

3、ars．Thisisone(34)____ofearthquakes，whenonesectionoftheearth(tectonicplate)(35)____another．Scientistscanpredictwherebutnot(36)____thismighthappenandtheareabetweenplatesiscalledafaultline．OnonefaultlineinKobe，Japanin1923over200,000peoplewerekilled．(37)____，earthqua

4、kesdonotalways　　happenonfaultlines，(38)____iswhytheyaresodangerousand(39)____．　　Wheredovolcanoeshappen?　　Volcanoeshappenwheretheearth's(40)____isthin：lava，dustandgases(41)____frombeneaththeearth．Theycanriseintoahugeconeshapelikeamountainanderupt，(42)____theycanbe

5、soviolent(43)____theyjustexplodedirectlyfromtheearthwithnowarning．Thereare1511(44)'____'volcanoesintheworld．Thismeansthattheymay(45)____bedangerous．In1985theColombianvolcanoNevadodelRuizerupted．Thelavameltedaglacierandsenttonesofmud(46)____thetownbelow．Twentythou

6、sandpeopledied．Naturaldisasterslikevolcaniceruptionsareoftenunpredictable．Weregularlydonotknowwhenthey(47)____pen，or(48)____wheretheywillhappen．Inthefuture，scientistsmaybeabletowatchandpredict(49)____beforetheyhappen．Thiscould(50)____manylives．　　31．A．massiveB．sig

7、nificantC．greatD．grand　　32．A．changedB．convertedC．destroyedD．transformed　　33．A．frequentlyB．continuouslyC．regularlyD．periodically　　34．A．sourceB．reasonC．movementD．cause　　35．A．collideswithB．confrontswithC．meetswithD．faceswith　　36．A．howB．whyC．whenD．what　　37．A．Generall

8、yB．HoweverC．SimilarlyD．Anyway　　38．A．thatB．itC．thisD．which　　39．A．unpredictableB．unaccountableC．inevitableD．irresistible　　40．A．surfaceB．appearanceC．crustD．cover