【单选题】

Earthquakes are something that most people fear. There are some places that have (36) 0r no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Some places, like Iran and Guatemala have them frequently.Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.

The earthquake that the people most talked about in the United States was the one happening in San Francisco in 1906. Over 500 people died in it. The strongest one in NorthAmerica was in 1964. It happened inAlaskA、
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill (37) . In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever (38) happened in Portugal.Around 20,000 people dieD、
In 1923,a very powerful earthquake (39) the Tokyo-Yokohama area of Japan.A、hundred and forty thousand people dieD、Most of them died in fires which (40) the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was inChina in 1976. It killed (41) people. The most destructive(破坏性的) earthquake ever reported was also inChinA、400,000 people were killed or (42) in this quqke, which happened in 1556.
Earthquakes are (43) which people fear. Floods and tidal waves also cause people to be (44) ,as (45) like typhoons and cyclones(飓风). Sometimes these things cause lots of deaths. In 1970, a cyclone and tidal wave killed over 200,000 in Pakistan.
A、the bad storm didB、do the bad storms
C、the storms did badly D、the bad storms do