10. Not until the end of prehistoric times that did the first wheeled vehicles appear.
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SECTION B: READING (40 POINTS)
I. Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
TSUNAMI IN JAPAN
Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east
coast,triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were (1)________ away by a
wall ofwater after the 8.9 - magnitude tremor, which struck about 400 kms (250 miles)
north-east ofTokyo. A state of emergency has been declared at a nuclear power plant,
(2)________pressure has exceeded normal levels. Officials say more than 10,000 people
are dead and about 5,000 (3)________, but it is feared the final death toll will be
(4)________ higher. Inone ward alone in Sendai, a port city in Miyagi prefecture, 200 to
300 bodies were found.“The quake has been the fifth-largest in the world (5)________
1900 and nearly 8,000(6)________ stronger than the one which devastated Christchurch,
New Zealand, last month”, said scientists. Thousands of people (7)________ near the
Fukushima nuclear power plant have been ordered to evacuate. Japanese nuclear officials
said that pressureinside a boiling water reactor at the plant was running much higher than
normal after the cooling system failed. Officials said they might need to deliberately
(8)________ some radioactive steam to relieve pressure, but that there would be no health
risk. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had earlier said the US Air Force had flown
emergency coolant to the site. But US officials later said (9)________ coolant had been
handed over because the Japanese had decided to handle the situation (10)________.The
UN's nuclear agency said four nuclear power plants had been shut down safely.
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