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 Center, had its meaning (50) from "starting
point" to the center 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 and 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 are 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] usually
[O] sports [H] beginning