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.