請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題: A 70-foot-tall tree fell near a children’s museum in Pasadena on Tuesday, injuring eight children, authorities said. The
injured children were 6 to 8 years old, 41 the Pasadena Fire Department. A search-and-rescue team, firefighters and
police officers cut and tore limbs from the tree to search for 42 victims. Officials from the city’s public works and
forestry department were chopping up the tree Tuesday evening as they worked to 43 out why the tree fell. Jennifer
Marcus, a Pasadena resident, said that with the drought, “you see a decline of these old trees. You start worrying about
something like this happening.” While sending prayers to the family and promising a 44 investigation, city
spokesman William Boyer said there was no 45 between the drought and the tree falling. “An independent arborist
will come out to look at the tree,” he said. “There is no tie between the drought and the fall of the tree. Right now we just
don’t know the cause.”
【題組】44 (A) deficient (B) thorough (C) stimulating (D) ridiculous