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VI. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits blank space in the following passage. (1,5pts)
On October 17, 1989, millions of Americans turned (23) their TVs to watch the World Series.
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across
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the U.S. baseball championship. The Series was between San Francisco and Oakland, its (24)
the San Francisco Bay. Just as the game was about to start, TV screens went blank. San Francisco and
Oakland had been (25)
by an earthquake. This earthquake was insignificant compared to the great
quake of 1906.
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The 1906 quake struck at 5:00 a. m., jolting people from their beds. (Singer Enrico Caruso, afraid
lost his voice, leaned out his hotel window and gave what some say was his best performance ever!)
Buildings danced and tumbled, entire streets moved like ocean waves. Fires followed the quakes. Since San
Francisco had lost its water (26)
after four days, the rains came
little could be done. (27)_
and the winds changed. (28)
23.
of San Francisco had burned down.
C. over
A. on
B. up
B. town
24.
D. down
A. city
D. next-door
25.
A. hit
C. neighbor
C. occur
B. hitted
D. occurred
26.
A. supply
B. support
C. resource
D. abruption
27.
A. Then
B. Finally
C. At the moment
D. As a result
28.
A. Threes- fours
B. Three- fours
C. Three-fourth
D. Three-fourths
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