A. HONOR B. HEDGE C. EXHAUST D. HONEST C. READING
11. A. honor
B. hedge
C. exhaust
D. honest
C. Reading: Read the passage and choose the best answer (14pts)
An earthquake is a shaking movement of the ground, (12) by the slippage or rupture of a fault within the
Earth's crust. Every year more than 3 million earthquakes take place, most of these unnoticed by humans. In
(13) , a severe earthquake is the most frightening and can occur anywhere on the surface of our planet!
(14) usually lasting only seconds, a severe earthquake in a densely populated area may have
effects causing the (15) of hundreds of people, injuries, destruction and enormous damage to the
economies of the affected areas.
A lot of people have been killed (16) earthquakes although scientists (17) able to predict and
forewarn in advance and engineers construct earthquake-safe buildings. (18) , earthquakes often occur in
countries which are unable to afford earthquake-safe construction.