答案：D 此句句意“科学家们能预测出地震发生前陆地发生倾斜的微小变化”。
14．A.holes C．river
B．wells D．water
答案：B 后面有提示：as well as a higher level of water in the wells。
15．A.mean C．tell
B．say D．explain
答案：A mean意为“意味着”。increases in the amount of radon是主语。
16．A.normally C．strangely
B．regularly D．curiously
答案：C 某些动物在地震前会表现得很“反常”，用strangely。 17．A.excited C．wild
B．pleased D．nervous
答案：D nervous意思为“紧张不安的，胆小的”。 18．A.luckily C．sometimes
B．correctly D．surprisingly
答案：B 本句意“科学家们已经准确地预测了几次地震，如1998年发生在中国张家口的地震”。
19．A.However C．Though
B．Besides D．Instead
答案：A 上下句之间为转折关系。 20．A.improved C．perfected
B．changed D．finished
答案：C 本句意“(然而)，不是所有的地震都是可以预测的，预测地震的体系还不完善(perfect)”。
Ⅴ.短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Three men were fishing when the angel appeared in the boat with them. The first man got over his shock and politely said to the angel，“I've suffered by back pain for years. Can you help with me？”The angel touched his back, and he had recovered.
The second man pointed to his glass and asked if the angel could cure her poor eyesight. The angel touched his eyes，but he could see everything clearly.
The angel then tumed to the third man, threw up his hands in fear，“Don't touch me！” he cries.“I'm on disability pay! I don't want to be a normally person！”
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