Question

The earthquake that shook Japan with historic strength on March 11th, 2011 created a tsunami wave ten meters high. The water washed away boats, cars and houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. It also led to tsunami warnings across the Pacific.

Scientists recorded the magnitude(震級) of the earthquake at 8.9.The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since nineteen hundred. The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile in nineteen sixty.

The quake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan's main island. It was centered under the sea about one hundred thirty kilometers east of Sendai.The tsunami washed away whole neighborhoods in Sendai.

So far (April 4th), the tsunami has taken 12, 0009 people's life away.

Now Japanese are all trying to rebuild their hometown, but there are too many difficulties.

The first, Japan is the world's third largest importer(進(jìn)口商)of oil. The shortage of oil makes it almost impossible to carry the food, medicine and water to the quake area by cars.

The second, the Fukushima nuclear(核) power station was damaged by the March eleventh earthquake and tsunami. The extent of the problems is still not clear. Japan’s nuclear crisis(危機(jī)) may mean greater need of imported food.

1.The underlined word in Paragraph 1 means______ in Chinese.

A．地震        B．核輻射            C．海浪         D．海嘯

2.The largest earthquake happened in ______.

A．Tokyo      B．the United States              C．Chile      D．Japan

3.Japanese are facing ______ kinds of problems when trying to rebuild their hometown.

A．one      B．two               C．three      D．four

4.Why did the food, medicine and water can hardly carry to the earthquake area soon?

A．Because of the shortage of oil.

B．Because of the damage of the roads.

C．Because of the nuclear crisis.

D．Because of the tsunami.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：

【文章大意】本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。文章講述了2011年3月11日日本發(fā)生的海嘯所導(dǎo)致的嚴(yán)重后果及重建家園的困難。

1.D考查猜測詞義。根據(jù)文章第一段中的The earthquake that shook Japan with historic strength on March 11th, 2011 created a tsunami wave ten meters high.可知，地震導(dǎo)致了10米巨浪的海嘯。故選D。

2.C考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第二段中的The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile in nineteen sixty.可知，最大的地震是1960年發(fā)生在智利的9.5級地震。故選C。

3.B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)后兩段中的The first, Japan is the world's third largest importer(進(jìn)口商)of oil. The second, the Fukushima nuclear(核) power station was damaged by the March eleventh earthquake and tsunami.可知有兩種。故選B。

4.A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段中的The shortage of oil makes it almost impossible to carry the food, medicine and water to the quake area by cars.可知，因?yàn)橛偷亩倘笔故澄铩⑺幤泛退疅o法用車運(yùn)送到地震災(zāi)區(qū)。故選A。

考點(diǎn)：考查新聞體裁的閱讀。