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I. Reading comprehension CHELYABINSK, Russia - A meteorite(piece of rock or metal that has reached the earth’s surface from out space) streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured 1,200 people. People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow. The fireball, travelling at a speed of 30 km (19 miles) per second according to Russian space agency Roscosmos, had blazed across the horizon, leaving a long white trail that could be seen as far as 200 km (125 miles) away. Car alarms went off, thousands of windows shattered and mobile phone networks were disrupted (扰乱). The Interior Ministry said the meteorite explosion, a very rare spectacle, also unleashed a sonic boom (音爆). I was driving to work, it was quite dark, but it suddenly became as bright as if it were day, said Viktor Prokofiev, 36, a resident of Yekaterinburg in the Urals Mountains. I felt like I was blinded by headlights. The meteorite, which weighed about 10 tonnes and may have been made of iron, entered Earths atmosphere and broke apart 30-50 km (19-31 miles) above ground, according to Russias Academy of Sciences. The energy released when it entered the Earths atmosphere was equal to a few kilotonnes, the academy said, the power of a small atomic weapon exploding. The Emergencies Ministry said 20,000 rescue and clean-up workers were sent to the region after President Vladimir Putin told Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov to ease the disruption and help the victims. The Interior Ministry said about 1,200 people had been injured, at least 200 of them children, and most from shards (碎片) of glass. Experts drew comparisons with an incident in 1908, when a meteorite is thought to have devastated an area of more