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1、2012英语专业四级考试真题及答案PARTIIICLOZE【15MIN】Theearthquakeof26thDecember2004resultedinoneoftheworstnaturaldisastersinlivingmemory．Itwasa（31）_____underwaterquakeandoccurredintheIndianOcean．It（32）____coastlines，communitiesandbroughtdeathtomanypeople．Whydoearthquakeshappe

2、n？Thesurfaceoftheearthhasnotalwayslookedasitdoestoday；itismoving（33）____（althoughveryslowly）andhasdonesoforbillionsofyears．Thisisone（34）____ofearthquakes，whenonesectionoftheearth（tectonicplate）（35）____another．Scientistscanpredictwherebutnot（36）____thismighthap

3、penandtheareabetweenplatesiscalledafaultline．OnonefaultlineinKobe，Japanin1923over200，000peoplewerekilled．（37）____，earthquakesdonotalwayshappenonfaultlines，（38）____iswhytheyaresodangerousand（39）____．Wheredovolcanoeshappen？Volcanoeshappenwheretheearth’s（40）____i

4、sthin：lava，dustandgases（41）____frombeneaththeearth．Theycanriseintoahugeconeshapelikeamountainanderupt，（42）____theycanbesoviolent（43）____theyjustexplodedirectlyfromtheearthwithnowarning．Thereare1511（44）‘____’volcanoesintheworld．Thismeansthattheymay（45）____bedan

5、gerous．In1985theColombianvolcanoNevadodelRuizerupted．Thelavameltedaglacierandsenttonesofmud（46）____thetownbelow．Twentythousandpeopledied．Naturaldisasterslikevolcaniceruptionsareoftenunpredictable．Weregularlydonotknowwhenthey（47）____pen，or（48）____wheretheywillh

6、appen．Inthefuture，scientistsmaybeabletowatchandpredict（49）____beforetheyhappen．Thiscould（50）____manylives．31．A．massiveB．significantC．greatD．grand32．A．changedB．convertedC．destroyedD．transformed33．A．frequentlyB．continuouslyC．regularlyD．periodically34．A．sourceB．r

7、easonC．movementD．cause35．A．collideswithB．confrontswithC．meetswithD．faceswith36．A．howB．whyC．whenD．what37．A．GenerallyB．HoweverC．SimilarlyD．Anyway38．A．thatB．itC．thisD．which39．A．unpredictableB．unaccountableC．inevitableD．irresistible40．A．surfaceB．appearanceC．crustD

8、．cover41．A．flowedoutB．burstoutC．1eakedoutD．trickledout42．A．orB．andC．norD．but43．A．likeB．forC．asD．that44．A．livingB．activeC．aliveD．live45．A．relativelyB．hardlyC．stillD．gradually46．A．do