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3．An 8.8magnitude earthquake struck Chile on 27 Feb，2010．More than 300 people are reported（72）killed（kill） in Chile after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the South American nation early Saturday，（73）causing（cause）considerable destruction as well，and creating tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean．
Rescuers worked frantically for hours to help survivors of the quake （74）which/thatcentered 100 kilometers from the city of Concepcion but caused damage and deaths in several parts of Chile．
Homes，buildings and bridges collapsed or caught fire，cars（75）were overturned（overturn），and the main international airport had to be shut down because of damage．One survivor said it was terrible．She said she thought she was not（76）scared（scare）of earthquakes but then，she says，it looked as if everything was going to collapse．There were at least eight aftershocks and tidal waves of up（77）totwo meters that hit Chile's coast．Residents in lowlying areas and living on islands off the mainland tried to flee（78）tohigher ground．Chile experiences many earthquakes but the early Saturday natural disaster was（79）oneof its most severe （剧烈的）．Thorne Lay，a geoph ysicist at the University of California，Santa Cruz，said it was much stronger than（80）theone that caused devastation（废墟）in Haiti last month，but probably less（81）destructive（destroy），because of where it was centered．

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分析 本文讲述了2010年智利发生的8.8级的大地震带来的强烈的危害，300多人在地震中丧生，家园，建筑和桥梁等都在地震中倒塌或者着火，机场也因地震而关闭．

解答 72．killed；考查过去分词，因为人是被地震杀害的，所以用过去分词表示被动．
73．causing；考查分词做状语，名词a magnitude 8.8 earthquake和动词cause是主谓关系，所以用现在分词做状语．
74．which/that；考查定语从句，分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词为the quake，所以用which或that作定语从句的主语．
75．were overturned；考查被动语态，动词overturned的主语是cars，因为车自己不会翻，所以用被动语态were overturned．
76．scared；考查固定短语，be scared of sth是固定搭配，意思为"害怕"．
77．to；考查介词，to意思"达到"，表示潮汐波达到两米．
78．to；考查介词，此处to是介词，表示方向，意为"逃到较高的地方"．
79．one；考查代词，此处用one与后面的of构成短语one of…，表示"其中的一个"，这里指"这次自然灾害是最剧烈灾害之一"．
80．the；考查定冠词，因为后面有that引导的定语从句对先行词加以限定，故此处用定冠词the表示特指．
81．destructive；考查形容词，因为前面有less，所以后面用形容词，构成比较级形式．

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