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It’s 【小题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, 【小题2】 hasn’t been active for over 800 years, may be about 【小题3】 (erupt). Iceland is a volcanic island and is used to the occasional earthquake. However, quakes have unsettled 【小题4】 (resident) in the capital city Reykjavik. Scientists say despite the large number 【小题5】 quakes, there has been very little damage.

Iceland 【小题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 【小题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 【小题8】 (avoid). One Reykjavik resident spoke about his anxiety 【小题9】 (cause) by the 18,000 recent quakes. He said, “It is very 【小题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.”