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  Stefan and Erika Svanstrom on a four-month honeymoon were hit by several natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.
  The  36  couple left Sweden on December 6 and were  37  caught in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe’s worst snowstorms.
  Later, they flew on to Australia which then  38  with one of the most terrible hurricanes in the nation’s history. From there, the couple,  39  , were forced to  40  for 24 hours on the floor of a shopping centre with 2500 others.
  “Trees were being  41  and big branches were scattered across the streets,” Stefan told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper. “We  42  escaped”
  The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand.  43  their arriving, a massive earthquake  44  magnitude 6.3 hit the city on February 22.
  Erika said “We could not visit the city since it was completely in  45  , so instead we travelled around before going to Japan.” But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was  46  by Japan’s largest earthquake  47  records began. “The trembling was horrible and we saw roof debris (碎片) fly off the buildings,” Mr. Svantrom said. “  48  seemed the buildings were swaying  49  .”
  The family returned to Sweden on March 29 after a(n)  50  calmer visit to their last destination China.
  But Mr. Svanstrom, who also survived the very tsunami  51  hit Southeast Asia in 2004, said “I know marriages have to experience some  52  , but I think we have  53  most of them.” ,  54  that the marriage had become strong.
  “We’ve certainly experienced  55  our fair share of catastrophes, but the most important thing is that we’re together and happy.” said the couple.
  36. A. new-married B. newly-marry C. newly-married D. new-marry
  37. A. finally B. eventually C. gradually D. immediately
  38. A. met B. faced C. hit D. come
  39. A. in vain B. in panic C. in sorrow D. in depression
  40. A. hide B. stay C. remain D. shelter
  41. A. taken over B. turned over C. got over D. knocked over
  42. A. nearly B. narrowly C. almost D. easily
  43. A. At B. With C. On D. For
  44. A. measuring B. is measured C. measures D. measured
  45. A. mess B. order C. chaos D. control
  46. A. effected B. destroyed C. shaken D. suffered
  47. A. when B. while C. as D. since
  48. A. It B. There C. That D. What
  49. A. in and out B. here and there C. backwards and forwards D. back and forth
  50. A. pretty B. fairly C. much D. even
  51. A. which B. as C. that D. what
  52. A. trials B. tricks C. trips D. triangles
  53. A. looked through B. put through C. come through D. got through
  54. A. added B. adding C. added to D .adding to
  55. A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. less than
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