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ReadingExplorer3:Unit4LessonB

DIRECTIONS:Choosethebestanswerforeachquestion.

IsPredictionPossible?

[A]Neverbeforehavesomanypeoplebeenpackedintocities-placessuchasLosAngeles,Istanbul,Tokyo,andLima-thatareregularlyaffectedbyearthquakes.LocatedneartheedgeofEarthshuge,shiftingplates,thesecitiesfacetheriskofseriousdamageandeconomicdisasterfromlargequakes-aswellasthetsunamis,fires,andotherkindsofdestructiontheyoftencause.

[B]Weunderstandearthquakesbetterthanwedidacenturyago.Scientistswouldliketobeableto