英语考试-2020年英语专业四级考试真题及答案 .pdfVIP

英语专业四级考试真题

PARTIIICLOZE【15MIN】

Decidewhichofthechoicesgivenbelowwouldbestcompletethepassageifinserted

inthecorrespondingblanks．MarkthebestchoiceforeachblankonAnswerSheet

Two．

Theearthquakeof26thDecember2004resultedinoneoftheworstnaturaldisasters

inlivingmemory．Itwasa(31)underwaterquakeandoccurredintheIndian

Ocean．It(32)coastlines，communitiesandbroughtdeathtomany

people．Whydoearthquakeshappen?

Thesurfaceoftheearthhasnotalwayslookedasitdoestoday；itismoving(33)

(althoughveryslowly)andhasdonesoforbillionsofyears．Thisisone(34)of

earthquakes，whenonesectionoftheearth(tectonicplate)(35)

another．Scientistscanpredictwherebutnot(36)thismighthappenandthe

areabetweenplatesiscalledafaultline．OnonefaultlineinKobe，Japanin1923

over200,000peoplewerekilled．(37)，earthquakesdonotalways

happenonfaultlines，(38)iswhytheyaresodangerousand(39)

．Wheredovolcanoeshappen?

Volcanoeshappenwheretheearths(40)isthin：lava，dustandgases(41)

frombeneaththeearth．Theycanriseintoahugeconeshapelikeamountainand

erupt，(42)theycanbesoviolent(43)theyjustexplodedirectlyfromthe

earthwithnowarning．Thereare1511(44)volcanoesintheworld．Thismeans

thattheymay(45)bedangerous．In1985theColombianvolcanoNevadodel

Ruizerupted．Thelavameltedaglacierandsenttonesofmud(46)thetown

below．Twentythousandpeopledied．Naturaldisasterslikevolcaniceruptionsare

oftenunpredictable．Weregularlydonotknowwhen

they(47)pen，or(48)wheretheywillhappen．Inthefuture，scientistsmay

beabletowatchandpredict(49)beforetheyhappen．Thiscould(50)many

lives．

31．A．massiveB．significantC．greatD．grand

32．A．changedB．convertedC．destroyedD．transformed

33．A．frequentlyB．continuouslyC．regularlyD．periodically

34．A．sourceB．reasonC．mo