On April 20,2013, a big and powerful earthquake attacked Ya’an, Sichuan Province. A great many buildings and houses collapsed, a lot of people were killed and even more people lost their homes in the earthquake .
Death toll from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Ya’an in southwestern China's Sichuan Province has risen to 188 (as of 18:00 pm, April 22, ), according to latest calculations by local Civil Affairs Bureau. At least 11,826 were reportedly injured in the quake while 25 are still missing, the bureau said.
Experts are anticipating much less casualties in the quake than that from the 8.0 magnitude quake hit Wenchuan on May 12, 2008, also in Sichuan Province, which killed more than 80,000 and injured over 300,000.
Energy released from Wenchuan earthquake would be 30 times of that from Ya’an quake, according to Zhang Xiaonan, an expert with China's Geophysical Union. Dai Junwu with Harbin-based seismological bureau expects the death toll at less than 1,000, and economic losses from the quake could reach up to 100 billion yuan.
Police and expert teams have already rushed for rescue in the quick stricken areas, and the State Council has banned unauthorized rescue efforts and individual vehicles from going to the quake zone to avoid congestion(交通阻塞).
Rescue efforts were carried “timely and orderly”, said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang who flew to the quicken-stricken area on Sunday, the second day of the quake. He was quoted as saying that “the current priority is to save lives”.
小題1:When did Ya’an earthquake occur?
A．April 22,2008B．April 20,2013C．May 12,2008D．May.22 2013
小題2:How many people injured in the earth(as of 18:00 pm, April 22 ) according to the passage?
A．About188B．At least 11,826
C．More than 80,000D．Over 300,000.
小題3:What does the underlined word “ collapsed”( in para.1) mean?
A．fell down suddenlyB．broke up
C．burnt to the groundD．turned into pieces
小題4:Why did the State Council has banned unauthorized rescue efforts and individual vehicles from going to the quake zone?
A．Because Ya’an earthquake was not as disastrous as Wenchuan earthquake.
B．Because the people of Ya’an could save themselves.
C．Because the State Council wanted to avoid being overcrowded.
D．Because the State Council wanted to protected the rescuing people
小題5:Which one is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Wenchuan earthquake released 30 times energy of Ya’an earthquake.
B．Premier Li Keqiang who flew to the quicken-stricken area on April,21,2013.
C．Wenchuan earthquake killed around 80000 people.
D．Zhang Xiaonan expected the economic losses from the quake could reach up to 100 billion yuan.

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D 

試題分析：文章報(bào)道雅安地震的發(fā)生，介紹人員死亡情況和經(jīng)濟(jì)損失，還有求援的情況。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：On April 20,2013, a big and powerful earthquake attacked Ya’an, Sichuan Province.可知雅安地震發(fā)生在2013年4月20號(hào)。選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：At least 11,826 were reportedly injured in the quake while 25 are still missing, the bureau said.可知截至4月22號(hào)下午6點(diǎn)至少11,826受傷。選B
小題3:猜詞題：從第一段的句子：A great many buildings and houses可知房屋在地震中會(huì)倒塌。選A
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：the State Council has banned unauthorized rescue efforts and individual vehicles from going to the quake zone to avoid congestion(交通阻塞).可知國(guó)務(wù)院禁止非官方的救援是為了防止過(guò)度擁擠。選C
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子： Dai Junwu with Harbin-based seismological bureau expects the death toll at less than 1,000, and economic losses from the quake could reach up to 100 billion yuan. 可知是Dai Junwu 估計(jì)經(jīng)濟(jì)損失會(huì)達(dá)到1000億元，D是錯(cuò)的。 
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章報(bào)道雅安地震的發(fā)生，介紹人員死亡情況和經(jīng)濟(jì)損失，還有求援的情況。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開(kāi)的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問(wèn)題快速閱讀短文，找出與問(wèn)題有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)或句子，再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比，找出答案。
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