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【題目】Earthquakes are something that people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.

The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 people died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.

Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died.

In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake.

One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 2008. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.

Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming. People cannot prepare for earthquakes.

【1】Earthquakes happen ________.

A. in all the places in the world

B. only in the countries that have a lot of mountains

C. regularly in most places in the world

D. only in a few places along the coast

【2】When and where was the worst earthquake ever reported?

A. In 1964 in Alaska. B. In 1556 in China.

C. In 1923 in Japan. D. In 2008 in China.

【3】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The stronger the earthquake is, the more people are killed.

B. Earthquakes often come unexpectedly.

C. Earthquakes can cause fires.

D. People still don't know how to tell when an earthquake will come.

【4】What may be talked about in the seventh paragraph?

A. How do earthquakes worry people?

B. What will people do to prepare for earthquakes?

C. How can we save people when earthquakes happen?

D. How do earthquakes happen?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】本文屬于科普文章。 本文主要講述的是地震及歷史上幾次有名的地震情況。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后部分的“There are some places that have few or no earthquakes Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.” （有些地方很少或根本沒有地震。然而，世界上大多數(shù)地方的地震都有規(guī)律的。地震頻繁的國家通常是多山的。）可知，地震發(fā)生多數(shù)在多山的地方，因而是有規(guī)律的。分析選項可知C項符合題意。

【2】B

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段中的“The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556. ”可知，最可怕的地震是1556年發(fā)生在中國的。故選B項。

【3】A

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一句“Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people.” （強(qiáng)地震并不總是造成大多數(shù)人死亡的地震）可知A項不正確，而B、C、D三項根據(jù)常識可知都是正確的。因此選A項。

【4】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的“Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming. People cannot prepare for earthquakes.” （地震使人們擔(dān)憂。主要原因是我們常常不知道他們什么時候來。人們不能為地震做準(zhǔn)備）。分析句意知，人們對地震是沒辦法做很多準(zhǔn)備的，接下來的將是人們能夠做的事情。分析選項可知B項（人們能為地震準(zhǔn)備做些什么）符合題意，故選B項。