Cloze Test

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　　At 5:13 on the morning of April 18th, 1906, the city of San Francisco was 1 by a terrible earthquake. A great part of the city was destroyed and a large number of 2 burnt down. The number of people who lost their homes 3 as many as 250, 000. About 700 people 4 in the earthquake and the fires.

　　Another earthquake shook San Francisco 5 October 17th, 1989. It was 6 second strongest earthquake, 7 happened in the evening as people were traveling home. A wide and busy road which was built like a 8 over another road fell onto the one 9 . Many people were killed in their cars, but a few 10 ones were not hurt.

　　Why do earthquakes happen? 11 explain that the outside of the earth is 12 of a number of 13 plates. At San Francisco the Pacific plate, which is 14 towards the northwest, meets the North American plate. The Pacific plate is moving very 15 —at 5.3 centimeters a 16 . Sometimes these two plates 17 and do not move for years. Then suddenly they jump and a (n) 18 is felt. As a 19 of the movement of these plates, west America, near the sea, has always been a 20 place for earthquakes.

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