PART III CLOZE 【15 MIN】
 
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.
 
The earthquake of 26th December 2004 resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in living memory. It was a (31) _____ underwater quake and occurred in the Indian Ocean. It (32) ____ coastlines，communities and brought death to many people.
 
Why do earthquakes happen?
 
The surface of the earth has not always looked as it does today; it is moving(33)____ (although very slowly)and has done so for billions of years. This is one(34)____ of earthquakes，when one section of the earth (tectonic plate)(35)____ another. Scientists can predict where but not(36)____ this might happen and the area between plates is called a fault line. On one fault line in Kobe，Japan in 1923 over 200,000 people were killed.(37)____，earthquakes do not always happen on fault lines，(38)____ is why they are so dangerous and (39)____.
 
Where do volcanoes happen?
 
Volcanoes happen where the earth's(40)____ is thin：lava，dust and gases(41)____ from beneath the earth. They can rise into a huge cone shape like a mountain and erupt，(42)____ they can be so violent(43)____ they just explode directly from the earth with no warning. There are 1511(44)'____' volcanoes in the world. This means that they may(45)____ be dangerous. In 1985 the Colombian volcano
Nevado del Ruiz erupted. The lava melted a glacier and sent tones of mud(46)____ the town below. Twenty thousand people died. Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions are often unpredictable. We regularly do not know when they(47)____ pen，or (48)____ where they will happen. In the future，scientists may be able to watch and predict(49)____ before they happen.This could(50)____ many lives.
 
31.A.massive B.significant C.great D.grand
 
32.A.changed B.converted C.destroyed D.transformed
 
33.A.frequently B.continuously C.regularly D.periodically
 
34.A.source B.reason C.movement D.cause
 
35.A.collides with B.confronts with C.meets with D.faces with
 
36.A.how B.why C.when D.what
 
37.A.Generally B.However C.Similarly D.Anyway
 
38.A.that B.it C.this D.which
 
39.A.unpredictable B.unaccountable C.inevitable D.irresistible
 
40.A.surface B.appearance C.crust D.cover
 
41.A.flowed out B.burst out C.1eaked out D.trickled out
 
42.A.or B.and C.nor D.but
 
43.A.like B.for C.as D.that
 
44.A.living B.active C.alive D.live
 
45.A.relatively B.hardly C.still D.gradually
 
46.A.down B.on C.across D.beyond
 
47.A.are to B.should C.must D.might
 
48.A.else B.even C.though D.whether
 
49.A.accidents B.incidents C.occasions D.events
 
50.A.rescue B.save C.preserve D.shelter
 
2012年英语专四完形填空答案
 
31) massive
 
32) destroyed
 
33) continuously
 
34) cause
 
35) collides with
 
36) when
 
37) However
 
38) which
 
39) unpredictable
 
40) crust
 
41) burst out
 
42) or
 
43) that
 
44) active
 
45) still
 
46) down
 
47) might
 
48) even
 
49) events
 
50) save