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II. Choose the word which best fits each gaps of the following passage. (1.0 pt) 
Almost a hundred thousand people (1) ……and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo (2)…… their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to (3) ….. . As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented (4) ……to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use firefighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings. (5)……..those who died were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires which followed. If the earthquake had occurred at night while people were sleeping, far fewer would have died. 
1. A. killed B. are killed C. were killed 
2. A. cooked B. were cooking C. had cooked 
3. A. shake B. strike C. whirl 
4. A. to go B. for going C. from going 
5. A. Most B. Most of C. Many