103 -After Hurricane Hazel hit the North Carolina coast in 1954, ---- . A) strict building codes made it impossible to build in coastal areas
B) every building in North Carolina was destroyed
C) people seemed to forget how bad the destruction had been
D) the president declared a National Disaster
E) Hurricane Fran followed soon after
104 -It can be inferred from the passage that the beach houses built after 1954 were ---- . A) constructed by the native inhabitants of the area
B) mostly built by newcomers to the area
C) better built than the earlier ones
D) mostly destroyed by Hurricane Hazel
E) able to withstand more powerful storms due to new building technology
105-It is stated in the passage that compared to Hurricane Hazel, Hurricane Fran ---- . A) inflicted greater damage because it was a much stronger storm
B) was responsible for more deaths because the area was more densely populated
C) was a weaker storm and so caused less damage
D) led to about the same amount of destruction
E) caused greater destruction even though it was a weaker storm
The prospectors who braved the Canadian winters to find gold in the Yukon and Klondike Rivers
experienced the most difficult conditions imaginable. Every man who entered the area had to carry a
years supply of food and mining equipment over the steep and frozen mountain passes. In order to do
this, each man had to carry 25 kilos of stores about 10 kilometres, leave it there, and return for
another load. Therefore to remove all of his stores less than 80 kilometres, each man had to walk
nearly 1500 kilometres. It is estimated that of the 100,000 men who set out for the Klondike, fewer
than 40,000 actually arrived. Only 4000 ever found gold, and very few of these became rich.
106 -It is stated in the passage that ---- . A) about 40% of the men who tried to find gold in the Klondike became rich
B) only about 4% of the people who set out for the Klondike actually arrived
C) each of the 40,000 men had to walk about 1500 kilometres just to carry 25 kilos of stores
D) more than 60,000 of the people trying to reach the Klondike failed on the way
E) nearly everyone who reached the Klondike was able to find some gold
