The whole world put attention to the South Asia where the
tsunami happened. Before, musicians produced a "sonic tsunami”, Wall Street
analysts (47) "tsunamis" of bad earnings news and Japanese
restaurants served "tsunami" sushi rolls. The word was used in dozens of
different (48) , but now it likely will appear with just one
tragic meaning. Because of the South Asian tsunami disaster that
has killed more than 150,000 people, the word assumes a(n) (49)
solemn use, much the way "Ground Zero", for the site of the World
Trade Canter, had its meaning (50) from "starting point" to
the canter of the Sept. 11 tragedy, said Paul Payack, head of Global Language
Monitor. Payack said that since the Dec. 26 tsunami, the (51)
word has appeared more than 18.5 million times and been the subject of
88,000 articles in major media. "Before Sept. 11, 2001, the term
ground zero was a business cliche meaning starting point, especially when
(52) a project over again as in ’going back to ground zero’.
That term now represents what many consider to be hallowed ground end its old
usage is rarely (53) ," he said. "In the same
manner, we envision that the word tsunami will be the subject of considerable
discretion before being used in anything other than a most (54)
manner," he said. Payack said thousands of (55)
teams around the world use tsunami into their names, like the Tsunami
Aquatics Swim team of Livermore, California. He said there am
also some 10,000 products called tsunami, like Tsunami Point-to-Point Wireless
Bridges, Tsunami Multimedia Speakers and Tsunami Image Processors. Newspaper
headline writers also liked the (56) word, as the Detroit
News’ "Ford Releases a Tsunami of New Products" and "Heading for the presidency
on a tsunami of visions" in London’s The Times. [A] colorful
[I] foolish [B] concerts
[J] solely [C] serious
[K] thought [D] changed
[L] Japanese [E] pursuing
[M] employed [F] contexts
[N] foresaw [G] usably
[O] sports [H] beginning