15. -------will you go to the cinema with me this evening?
-------I’d
love to, but I have _________ work to do this evening.
A too many B too much
C much too
D far too
Part 三 Cloze test(共15小题，计15分)
San Francisco is a big city which lies in
the west of the United
States very near the Pacific, where two
earth’s plates often meet and jump. So earthquake is a 1______ word to hear
there. It is recorded that at least 2______big earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since
the beginning of the_3_____ century. One happened in 1906, the other in 1989.
The second worst earthquake4 ______San Francisco on the evening
of October 17, 1989, when people were travelling to their 5_______ . A wide and
busy overhead road fell onto the one_6______. Many people were killed in their
cars. A few7 ______ ones were not hurt, but many thousands became8________. A
large number of weak buildings didn’t 9_______ in the quake and the10 ________
electricity was cut off for several days, too.
Nobody but scientists can explain the11 _______ of earthquakes.
In their opinion, although earthquake cannot be 12_______, we can do things to
make sure they do not destroy whole cities. They suggest we should not build
houses along the13_______ where earth’s plates join together. We should build
houses 14_______instead of on sand. And the buildings have to be as15_______as
possible. Scientists are also studying earthquakes, which may someday help to
save hundreds of lives.