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1、中考英語專項(xiàng)突破:閱讀理解精練(2) ThousandsofpeoplehavebeenkilledinamassiveearthquakeinJapan.Thequake——themostpowerfultohitJapaninmorethan100years——causedmassivedamageandmanypeoplearemissingandfeareddead. ThemagnitudequakestruckFridayoffJapan’seasterncoast,andpromptedtsunamiwarnin
2、gsacrossthePacificasfarawayasSouthAmericaandtheWestCoast.Severaldaysafteraearthquakeandresulting10-meter-hightsunamidevastatedthecoastline.TheUnitedStatesGeologicalSurveysaysitwasthefifthlargestearthquakesince1900.Thelargest,withamagnitude,shookChilein1960. InJapan,t
3、hetsunamisweptawayboats,carsandhundredsofhousesincoastalareasnorthofTokyo.ThequakeshookbuildingsintheJapanesecapitalandcausedseveralfires.AlltrainandsubwaytrafficinTokyohasbeenstopped,andthousandsofpeopletherewereunabletogetbackhome.Peoplearejusttryingtofindcleanwater
4、.Foodsuppliesarerunningout.Intheconveniencestores,therearenoriceballsleft.Thereisnobottledwaterleft.Peoplearefacingareallyserioussituationinthedaysaheadforthesepeoplethatarelivinginareasthatwereonlymoderatelydamaged.Thefinaldeathtollcouldrangefromthethousandstotensoft
5、housands,dependingonhowmanyofthesecommunitiesaregone. JapanesePrimeMinisterNaotoKansaidthegovernmentwoulddoeverythingitcantominimizetheeffectsofthedisaster.AndinWashington,PresidentObamasaidtheUnitedStatesisreadytohelpthepeopleofJapan. 51.Theunderlineworddamagemeans
6、_____________inthearticle. A.illness B.disaster C.terror D.danger 52.Whichistrueaccordingtothepassage? A.ThousandsofpeoplehavebeenkilledinamassiveearthquakeinJapan. B.Onlypeopleinareasthatwereonlymoderatelydamagedarefacingareallyserioussituationinthedays. C.Th
7、etsunamidevastatednotonlythecoastlineinJapan,butalsotheerasacrossthePacific.asfarawayasSouthAmericaandtheWestCoast. D.Themassiveearthquakecausedthetsunami. 53.Accordingtothepassage,whichearthquakeisthelargestonesince1990? A.theonehappenedinJapanonMarch11,2011 B.th
8、eoneinChilein1960 C.thefifthlargestearthquakesince1900 D.Wedon’tknow. 54.Ifyou’reinTokyothesedays,whatyoucan’tgetfromthec