8.In the summer of 1999,a small town called Golcuk was shaken by a big earthquake in north-western Turkey.It destroyed the whole town and other nearby places.Soon enough,help from other countries flew there for one purpose,"saving lives".Nowadays wherever an earthquake strikes,other countries are ready to send help.That is really something that,as human beings,we should be proud of.
When the earthquake struck,I was living in my hometown of Ankara,capital of the Turkey.Despite the 220-mile distance between the two locations,we still were able to feel the shakes.
I had a chance to visit Golcuk a couple times when I was a kid.My uncle who lives in Germany has a summer house there,and every summer they stay in Golcuk for their yearly vacation.After the quake struck,we couldn't contact them,so we didn't know if they were in Golcuk or in Germany during the quake.Our unsuccessful attempts worried us,and the only thing we wanted to hear was that they were OK.Without wasting any more time,my brother,my sister's husband,and I decided to drive there to check on them by ourselves.
When we were driving,the damage of the earthquake started to show itself right away.Big,wide,tall trees were laid down on the side of the road.Getting closer to Golcuk,we found the impact of the earthquake was getting worse.Inside the town was total destruction.
It wasn't easy to figure out the streets among the ruins.Finally,we were able to find my uncle's apartment and thank God,it was still standing,but nobody was there.Later on we found that they hadn't yet visited Golcuk that year.What luck!
Earthquakes are natural disasters and there is no way to avoid them,especially as earthquakes never give a warning in advance.They just strike mercilessly in the middle of the night when people are asleep in their beds.We cannot stop disasters but we can prepare ourselves for their consequences.
56.What is the best title of the passage?A
A.Memory of an Earthquake in Golcuk
B.My Uncle's Yearly Vacation in Golck
C.An Unforgettable Experience
D.Our Unsuccessful Attempts
57.Mentioning"Our unsuccessful attempts"in the third paragraph,the author may NOT refer toD.
A.calling his uncle directly
B.ringing his uncle's family members
C.contacting his uncle's neighbors
D.going to Germany
58.On their way to search for their uncle,they foundC.
A.their uncle spent their yearly vacation in Golcuk every year
B.it was not difficult to find their uncle's house
C.the damage of the earthquake was worse than expected
D.their uncle hadn't visited Golcuk that year
59.From this passage,we can learn thatA.
A.help from other countries will come to the quake-hit country
B.people know how to get rid of earthquakes
C.they went to Golcuk immediately the quake happened
D.the author has never seen his uncle before.
分析 作者講述在格爾居克發(fā)生的地震,作者的舅舅在假期經常去那里度假,由于聯(lián)系不上,所以作者很擔心,到了那里,他放心了.
解答 56-59 ADCA
56 A 主旨大意題. 通讀全文可知作者回憶在格爾居克發(fā)生的地震,故選A.
57 D 細節(jié)題. 根據文章第三 段and the only thing we wanted to hear was that they were OK. 可知作者在經過聯(lián)系后仍然沒有得到舅舅的消息,作者并沒有去德國,故選D.
58 C 細節(jié)題. 根據文章第四 段Getting closer to Golcuk,we found the impact of the earthquake was getting worse. 可知地震的影響很惡劣,故選C.
59 A 細節(jié)題. 根據文章第一 段other countries are ready to send help 可知一旦發(fā)生地震,其他國家都會來提供幫助,故選A.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.