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Basic Drills

Read the paragraphs below and answer the questions.

1 The San Francisco area is the most dangerous place in the United States for

earthquakes. This is because San Francisco is near a fault line. You see, the Earth is
not made of just one piece. The Earth is actually made of many pieces, like a giant

puzzle. These pieces meet at fault lines, like the one near San Francisco. At fault lines,
the pieces of the Earth rub together. Sometimes they slip and move very quickly. This
causes the earthquakes that San Francisco is famous for.

Q Based on the information in the paragraph, the term fault line can best be explained as
(A) a kind of earthquake

(B) a piece of the Earth
(C) the place where two pieces of the Earth meet

2 Summer is a time when most people want to look their best.

People wear shorts, T-shirts, and swimsuits, and they want to
look good in them. As a result, many people start diets in the
spring. They want to lose some of the weight they gained

during the winter. A good diet can be perfectly healthy. But
many people go on crash diets. These diets are not healthy.
People go on crash diets because they want to lose weight quickly. But any doctor will
tell you that it is generally not healthy to lose more than 2 kilograms each month.

Q Based on the information in the paragraph, the term crash diets can be explained as

(A) diets for the summer
(B) healthy diets
(C) diets to lose weight quickly

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