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【題目】Why do earthquakes happen? Scientists explain that the outside of the earth is made of a number of different plates(極塊). For example, at San Francisco the Pacific（太平洋的） Plate which is moving towards the northwest meets the North American Plate. The Pacific Plate is moving very slowly-at 5. 3 centimetres a year. Sometimes these two plates stop and do not move for years. Then suddenly, they jump and an earthquake is felt. As the movement of these plates, West America near the sea has always been a bad place for earthquakes. When the 1906 earthquake happened, the Pacific Plate jumped 5-6 metres to the north.

We cannot stop earthquakes, but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy(毀壞) the whole of cities. First ,it is not a good idea to build houses along the lines, where two of the earth's plates join together. Second, if you think there may be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rock not on sand. Third, you must make the houses as strong as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may stay up.

【1】 Scientists explain that _____.

A. the outside of the earth is made of a plate

B. the inside of the earth is made of different plates

C. the outside of the earth is made of lots of different plates

D. the earth is a plate

【2】 An earthquake can be felt ______

A. when two plates push each other

B. when one plate pulls another plate

C. when one plate jumps over anotherplate

D. when two plates don't move

【3】An earthquake shook San Francisco in the past because _____.

A. San Francisco stands along between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate

B. San Francisco stands near the Pacific

C. San Francisco is near the sea

D. the city of San Francisco wasn't built very well

【4】We can't stop _____.

A. earthquakes from destroying the whole of cities

B. earthquakes

C. building houses along the earthquake line

D. building weak houses at San Francisco

【5】We _____to make sure earthquakes don't destroy the whole of cities.

A. should build houses far from the earthquake line

B. should build houses on rock not on sand if we think there may be an earthquake

C. must make the houses as strong as possible

D. A, B and C

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者給我們講述了地震是如何發(fā)生的，地球是由很多板塊組成的，這些板塊的移動(dòng)就會(huì)導(dǎo)致地震的發(fā)生。我們阻止不了地震，但是我們可以做一些事情來(lái)降低地震帶來(lái)的破壞，短文中作者給我們提出了一些建議。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的開(kāi)頭Scientists explain that the outside of the earth is made of a number of different plates可知，科學(xué)家們解釋說(shuō)地球外部有很多不同的極快構(gòu)成，由此可知選C。

【2】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中Sometimes these two plates stop and do not move for years. Then suddenly, they jump and an earthquake is felt.可知，有時(shí)候兩個(gè)極快很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不移動(dòng)，但是他們突然移動(dòng)，這樣就會(huì)感覺(jué)到地震。故選A。

【3】A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文的大意可知，地震的發(fā)生是因?yàn)榈厍虬鍓K的移動(dòng)造成的，根據(jù)短文中For example, at San Francisco the Pacific（太平洋的） Plate which is moving towards the northwest meets the North American Plate可知，舊金山市位于太平洋板塊和北美板塊的交界，故選A。

【4】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中We cannot stop earthquakes, but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy(毀壞) the whole of cities可知，我們阻止不了地震，但是我們可以做一些事情降低它給我們帶來(lái)的破壞。故選B。

【5】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。短文的最后一段告訴我們?nèi)绾谓档偷卣饚��?lái)的破壞，作者提出了三個(gè)建議，F(xiàn)irst ,it is not a good idea to build houses along the lines、if you think there may be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rock not on sand、you must make the houses as strong as possible，故A、B和C都對(duì)，選D。