In 1998,great floods the southern states of China.
A. struck
B. happened
C. beat
D. took place in
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(答案→)A. struck
B. happened
C. beat
D. took place in
解析：take place（事情）发生,产生（通常用于预先决定的事）；突然发生用happen。但是此处表示（灾害、疾病等）突然袭击,要用strike。句意:1998年,洪灾袭击了中国南部诸省。故正确答案为A。