HIS FACTORY WAS ………IN 1988BECAUSE OF THE INEFFICIENT PRODUCTION AND...

42.His factory was ………in 1988because of the inefficient production and management. A. distorted B. distracted C. distained D. dissolved. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 71 to 78. A recent investigation by scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey shows that strange animals behaviour might help predict earthquake. Investigation found such occurrences within a ten- kilometer radius of the epicenter of a fairly recent quake . Some bird screeched and flew about wildly; dogs yelped and ran around uncontrollably. Scientists believe that animals can perceive environmental changes several hours or even days before the mishap. Animals were noted as being restless for several weeks before a Tashkent, Uzbekistan, earthquake. An hour before the disaster , domestic animals refused to go indoor .In 1960, an earthquake struck Agadir in Moscow. Survivors recall that stray animals , including dogs, were seen streaming out of town before the earthquake. Ina safari zoo near San Francisco, lamas would not eat the evening before a 1979quake, and they ran around wildly all night. Unusual animal behavior preceding earthquakes has been noted for centuries .British Admiral Robert Fitzroy reported huge flocks of screaming seabirds over Concepcion, Chile , in 1835. An hour and a half later dogs were seen fleeing and ten minutes later the town was destroyed . Similar stories of chickens running around in apparent state of panic, horses trembling , and dogs barking incessantly were recorded throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by survivors of earthquake destruction in India, and the United States. In 1976,after monitor bizarre animal behaviour, the Chinese predicted a devastating earthquake . Although hundreds or thousands of people were killed , the government were able to evacuate million of other people and thus keep the death toll at a low level.