CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT BEST FITS EACH BLANK IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE. (1.5PTS)
On a yearly (1)......, the USA is afflicted by hurricanes on the east coast, flooding in the Midwest, forest fires, earthquakes and any number of tornadoes, blizzards and storms. Historically, the weather has (2) ..... as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today. Historians list the four major events to wreak devastation (3)
......the country as the Chicago fire in 1871, the Johnstown flood and the Galveston hurricane of 1900, and San Francisco earthquake in 1906. These (4).....provide a flavor of the havoc that natures storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them. Galveston, Texas, (5).......on the island of Galveston in the gulf of New Mexico, (6) .... on industry and exports. Its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900's were generally economically successful and comfortable with existing conditions. (7)......the ill-fated morning of Sept. 7, 1900, the people of Galveston enjoyed their life on the remote island. (8)......weather watchers had been following a (9)....storm in the Atlantic for several days and were warning of the (10)......danger of a hurricane. Unfortunately, people (11).... the warnings. A day after the hurricane had hit the island, all that (12)......of the beautiful city was a mass of crumbled buildings, debris and hopeless survivors (13)......aimlessly with the stench of rotting flesh all around. However, a few days later, that the city was beginning to heal became (14)......everywhere - soon new buildings were (15) ..... the burned, and the lifeblood of the ravaged city was returning
A.concealed
B.notorious
C.obscure
D.evident
On a yearly (1)......, the USA is afflicted by hurricanes on the east coast, flooding in the Midwest, forest fires, earthquakes and any number of tornadoes, blizzards and storms. Historically, the weather has (2) ..... as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today. Historians list the four major events to wreak devastation (3)
......the country as the Chicago fire in 1871, the Johnstown flood and the Galveston hurricane of 1900, and San Francisco earthquake in 1906. These (4).....provide a flavor of the havoc that natures storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them. Galveston, Texas, (5).......on the island of Galveston in the gulf of New Mexico, (6) .... on industry and exports. Its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900's were generally economically successful and comfortable with existing conditions. (7)......the ill-fated morning of Sept. 7, 1900, the people of Galveston enjoyed their life on the remote island. (8)......weather watchers had been following a (9)....storm in the Atlantic for several days and were warning of the (10)......danger of a hurricane. Unfortunately, people (11).... the warnings. A day after the hurricane had hit the island, all that (12)......of the beautiful city was a mass of crumbled buildings, debris and hopeless survivors (13)......aimlessly with the stench of rotting flesh all around. However, a few days later, that the city was beginning to heal became (14)......everywhere - soon new buildings were (15) ..... the burned, and the lifeblood of the ravaged city was returning
A.concealed
B.notorious
C.obscure
D.evident
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