Listening test I I. Listen to the short passage twice and fill in the missing words. Some parts of the earth are more likely to have earthquakes than others. This is usually true of 1._____ areas because there the thickness of rocks is not even. It is easy to understand why people are so 2.______ by earthquakes. People used to believe that when an earthquake 3.______, the ground opened,swallowed great numbers of people, and then it closed. It was also thought that those people would 4.______ forever. But now we know this is not what really happens. What we need to fear is the effects of a serious earthquake,including fires, floods,and landslides. A powful earthquake 5._____ in Yellowstone National Park on August 17, 1959. The earthquake was 6._____ and very strong. It also caused the worst landslides in US history since 1927. After the earthquake,some people said that they would never visit Yellowstone,because they were afraid they would be 7.____ in such a disaster caused by the earthquake. This is actually a foolish idea. Such a fear would 8._____ beautiful mountains for the rest of our lives. Even though earthquakes happen every day,such a powerful earthquake like the Yellowstone one does not happen frequently at all. We should feel 9.____ that very few of us will suffer such a bad natural disaster. Besides, if we know 10._____ and make careful preparations, the loss of lives could be avoided