Earthquakes are something that most people fear. There are some places that have 71 or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, 72 , have them regularly. Some places, 73 Iran and Guatemala have them frequently. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite 74 .
The earthquake that the people most 75 about in the United Stated was the one happening in San Francisco in 1906. Over 500 people died 76 it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill 77 . In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever 78 happened in Portugal. Around 20,000 people died.
In 1923, a very powerful earthquake 79 the Tokyo-Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which 80 the earthquake.
One of the 81 earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed 82 people. The most destructive (破坏性的) earthquake ever reported was also in China. 400,000 people were killed or 83 in this quake, which happened in 1556.
Earthquakes are 84 which people fear. Floods and tidal waves also cause people to he 85 , as 86 like typhoons and cyclones (飓风). Sometimes these things cause lots of deaths. In 1970, a cyclone and tidal wave killed over 200,000 in Pakistan.
These kinds of things make people afraid and they are very dangerous. But they probably do not worry people 87 earthquakes do, especially in these modern times. The reason is 88 we often know they are coming, because we have some 89 . Some day we may be able to know an earthquake is craning. So far, however, there is no sure way to 90 an earthquake. When one comes, it is a surprise. People cannot prepare for it.
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earthquake是可数名词，因此选few。
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从上下文可知，此句应体现转折的关系，因此只能选however。
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此句为地震多发地区的举例，所以选like，其他均不符合要求。
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由常识可知，地震多发区通常多山，因此选C，其他选项均不合逻辑。
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整句为过去时态，且定语从句的谓语动词应与主语一致，所以选C．talked。
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本句意为：500余人在地震中丧生。选项B无此短语，C指因疾病、饥饿、悲伤而死，D为……而死，只有A符合题意。
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本句大意为：强烈的地震并不总是造成最多的死亡人数。正确的语序应该是the most people，而the majority指的是大多数。
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根据上下文，本句指有过记载的最强烈的一次地震发生在葡萄牙。且下文有提示“ever reported”。
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地震侵袭应用hit。A．阻止，妨碍；B．施加；C．发生。
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本句意为：大多数人丧生于地震之后的火灾之中。A．参与；B．投资；D．追求，故选C。
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本句意为：史上最糟糕的一次地震发生在1976年的中国。A．最大量；C．最重；D．成熟，应选B。
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“许多人”只能与其中的a large number of搭配。
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很显然，本句指伤亡的人数。再经词义辨析，只有injure指事故、灾难中身体受伤。A．破坏；C．身体精神或道义上受损害；D．毁坏、毁灭。
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据上下文，本句意为：地震不是唯一人们惧怕的自然灾难。因此，正确答案为D。
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由上句而知，此处指令人感到害怕。A．为错误用法；B．吃惊的；C．迷惑的。因此只可选D。
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本句大意为：洪水和潮汐同样令人们感到恐惧，恶劣的暴风雨也不例外。as+be或do+主语，表“某人或某物也一样”。因此选B。
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本句意为：其他自然灾难不及地震让人担忧。句中含有比较级as...as结构，此处表程度只能用as much as。
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此句是主从复合句，从句是由从属连词that引导的表语从句。
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此句意思是：我们可以预警许多其他的自然灾害，应选A最贴切。B．线索；C．标志；D．证据。
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由上文可知，其他灾害可以预警，然而地震则没有确切的预测方法。因此选D。A．主张；B．宣告；C．提出。