IT MAY BE INFERRED FROM THE ARTICLE THAT__________ .A. HEAVY OBJEC...

80. It may be inferred from the article that__________ .

a. heavy objects sometimes fall faster than light ones

b. Galileo’s theories were unpopular throughout Europe

c. common sense is not always the best guide

d. air resistance cannot be measured

(81-90). Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word to make a meaning passage.

Beijing, Thursday

China said today that there was heavy loss of (81)________ in the earthquake which

struck Tangshan city yesterday. Survivors said that Tangshan, an industrial city of one

million people 160 kilometers east of Peking, was completely (82)___________ .

Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a small part of the one million

inhabitants escaped (83) or injury. Many of the men of Tangshan were working in the

mines deep under the earth’s surface when the (84)__________ occurred. Unfortunately,

few of these miners have (85)____________ . A lot of people were also working in the

city’s (86)____________ . Regrettably, most were (87)_________ under falling concrete

when the buildings (88)_________ . The Chinese authorities have not yet given any

information about the actual (89);________ of casualties, but it is thought that tens of

thousands of people have been killed. Hardly a (90)_________ has been left standing.

WRITING

(91-95). Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) that is almost the same in meaning as the

sentence given.