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DIRECTIONS: In each of the following paragraph, a part of sentence is left unfinished. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated choose the best alterative among the four. _____________. However, the most common cause is an undersea earthquake. An earthquake which is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami.

A) Tsunamis have been historically referred to as tidal waves because as they approach land, they take on the characteristics of a violent onrushing tide

B) The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning "harbour' and "wave"

C) A tsunami can travel hundreds of miles over the open sea and cause extensive damage when it encounters land

D) A tsunami can be generated by any disturbance that rapidly moves a large mass of water such as volcanic eruption