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1、中考英語專項(xiàng)突破：閱讀理解精練及答案（2） Thousandsofpeoplehavebeenkilledinamassive(大規(guī)模的)earthquakeinJapan.Thequake--themostpowerfultohitJapaninmorethan100years--causedmassivedamageandmanypeoplearemissingandfeareddead. ThemagnitudequakestruckFriday(March11)offJapan’seasterncoast,andprompted(引發(fā))tsunamiwarning
2、s(海嘯警報(bào))acrossthePacificasfarawayasSouthAmericaandtheWestCoast.Severaldaysafteraearthquakeandresulting10-meter-hightsunamidevastatedthecoastline.TheUnitedStatesGeologicalSurveysaysitwasthefifthlargestearthquakesince1900.Thelargest,withamagnitude,shookChile(智利)in1960. InJapan,thetsunamiswept
3、awayboats,carsandhundredsofhousesincoastalareasnorthofTokyo.ThequakeshookbuildingsintheJapanesecapitalandcausedseveralfires.AlltrainandsubwaytrafficinTokyohasbeenstopped,andthousandsofpeopletherewereunabletogetbackhome.Peoplearejusttryingtofindcleanwater.Foodsuppliesarerunningout.Intheconve
4、niencestores,therearenoriceballsleft.Thereisnobottledwaterleft.Peoplearefacingareallyserioussituationinthedaysaheadforthesepeoplethatarelivinginareasthatwereonlymoderately(普通的)damaged.Thefinaldeathtollcouldrangefromthethousandstotensofthousands,dependingonhowmanyofthesecommunitiesaregone.
5、JapanesePrimeMinisterNaotoKansaidthegovernmentwoulddoeverythingitcantominimize(使降到最低)theeffectsofthedisaster.AndinWashington,PresidentObamasaidtheUnitedStatesisreadytohelpthepeopleofJapan. 51.Theunderlineworddamagemeans_____________inthearticle. A.illnessB.disasterC.terrorD.danger 52.Whi
6、chistrueaccordingtothepassage? A.ThousandsofpeoplehavebeenkilledinamassiveearthquakeinJapan. B.Onlypeopleinareasthatwereonlymoderatelydamagedarefacingareallyserioussituationinthedays. C.ThetsunamidevastatednotonlythecoastlineinJapan,butalsotheerasacrossthePacific.asfarawayasSouthAmericaa
7、ndtheWestCoast. D.Themassiveearthquakecausedthetsunami. 53.Accordingtothepassage,whichearthquakeisthelargestonesince1990? A.theonehappenedinJapanonMarch11,2011 B.theoneinChilein1960 C.thefifthlargestearthquakesince1900 D.Wedon’tknow. 54.Ifyou’rein
