Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the passage below.
In July 1994 Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, was struck (1) ……………… 21 pieces of a comet. When the fragment landed in the southern hemisphere of the giant planet, the explosions (2) ……………… watched by astronomers here on Earth. But what if our planet was hit by a comet? The year is 2094. it has (3) ……………… announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two fragments (4) ……………… probably hit the southern hemisphere. On 17 July, a fragment four kilometers (5) ……………… enters the Earth’s atmosphere (6) ……………… a massive explosion. About half of the fragment is destroyed and pieces are scattered through the atmosphere. But the core survives and hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the (7) ……………… of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. An enormous tidal (8) ……………… is created and spreads outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers (9) ……………… hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions (10) ……………… people are drowned. The wave moves into the Idian Ocean and heads towards Asia.
Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the passage below.
In July 1994 Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, was struck (1) ………by……… 21 pieces of a comet. When the fragment landed in the southern hemisphere of the giant planet, the explosions (2) ………were……… watched by astronomers here on Earth. But what if our planet was hit by a comet? The year is 2094. It has (3) …………been…… announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two fragments (4) ………will……… probably hit the southern hemisphere. On 17 July, a fragment four kilometers (5) ………wide………enters the Earth’s atmosphere (6) ………with……… a massive explosion. About half of the fragment is destroyed and pieces are scattered through the atmosphere. But the core survives and hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the (7) ……speed………… of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. An enormous tidal (8) ……wave………… is created and spreads outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers (9) ………an……… hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions (10) ………of……… people are drowned. The wave moves into the Idian Ocean and heads towards Asia.
