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It’s     1     little hard to believe that Iceland has experienced 18,000 earthquakes in a week. Most of them have been too small to feel. The seismic (地震的) activity suggests that a volcano in the southwest of Iceland,     2     hasn’t been active for over 800 years, may be about     3     (erupt). Iceland is a volcanic island and is used to the occasional earthquake. However, quakes have unsettled     4     (resident) in the capital city Reykjavik. Scientists say despite the large number     5     quakes, there has been very little damage.

Iceland     6     (lie) on top of the meeting of tectonic plates. Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth’s crust (地壳) around 100km thick on which Earth’s landmass sits. The plates below Iceland are     7     (constant) pushing North America and Eurasia away from each other at an extremely slow rate. Living on a tectonic plate means earthquakes can’t     8     (avoid). One Reykjavik resident spoke about his anxiety     9     (cause) by the 18,000 recent quakes. He said, “It is very     10     (usual) to feel the Earth shake 24 hours a day for a whole week. It makes you feel very small and powerless against nature.”

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