_____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____ (23-28) CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT BEST FITS THE BLANK SPACE IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE
1/ _____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____
(23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result
of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake begin a minute before noon when the
habitants of Tokyo (23)___________ Their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned
as soon as the earth (24) ________ to shake. As a result, small fires (25) ___________
everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented (26) ________ to help
because many of the roads (27) _________ open. It was impossible to use fighting equipment as
most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage (28)
__________ by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings