A HELMET AFFORDS THE CYCLIST SOME DEGREE OF_______ AGAINST INJURY,...
30. A helmet affords the cyclist some degree of_______ against injury, (protect)
READING
(31-38). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the
following passage.
One of the (31)____ things that can happen on our earth is an earthquake. When
earthquakes happen near large cities, many people may be killed and many buildings are
(32)_____ down. Fire may start and do more damage than the quake
(33)_____. Earthquake comes (34)_____ a shaking of the rocks under the surface of
the earth. Forces within the earth push against the rocks (35)____________ ; they
break. Sometimes, the earth above the break will split open. We cannot tell exactly
(36)_____ an earthquake is coming, but we can know places on the earth where they
happen most often. Much (37)________ is stopped by building stronger buildings in
these places. As many as a million earthquakes may happen in a year, but most of them
do no damage (38) _______ they under the sea.