题目内容
Thousands of people have been killed in a massive(大规模的) earthquake in Japan. The quake -- the most powerful to hit Japan in more than 100 years -- caused massive damage and many people are missing and feared dead.
The 8.9 magnitude quake struck Friday(March 11) off Japan's eastern coast, and prompted(引发) tsunami warnings(海啸警报)across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. Several days after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting 10-meter-high tsunami devastated the coastline. The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since 1900. The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile(智利) in 1960.
In Japan, the tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. The quake shook buildings in the Japanese capital and caused several fires. All train and subway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home. People are just trying to find clean water. Food supplies are running out. In the convenience stores, there are no rice balls left. There is no bottled water left. People are facing a really serious situation in the days ahead for these people that are living in areas that were only moderately(普通的) damaged. The final death toll could range from the thousands to tens of thousands, depending on how many of these communities are gone.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government would do everything it can to minimize(使降到最低) the effects of the disaster. And in Washington, President Obama said the United States is ready to help the people of Japan.
【小题1】The underline word damage means_____________ in the article.
A.illness | B.disaster | C.terror | D.danger |
A.Thousands of people have been killed in a massive earthquake in Japan. |
B.Only people in areas that were only moderately damaged are facing a really serious situation in the days. |
C.The tsunami devastatednot only the coastline in Japan, but also the areas across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. |
D.The massive earthquake caused the tsunami. |
A.the one happened in Japan on March 11, 2011 |
B.the one in Chile in 1960 |
C.the fifth largest earthquake since 1900 |
D.We don't know. |
A.newspapers and magazines |
B.some medicine |
C.paper napkins and toothpastes |
D.rice balls and bottled water |
A.March 10th newspapers | B.TV | C. Internet | D. Radios |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
【小题5】A解析:
【小题1】词义推断题,由上下文可知推断出。
【小题2】理解推断题,综述全文可知地震引起了海啸。
【小题3】细节理解题,由文章中The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile(智利) in 1960.的可知
【小题4】细节理解题,由文中In the convenience stores, there are no rice balls left. There is no bottled water left.可知。
【小题5】日本地震发生在2011年3月11号,它的报道不可能出现在同年3月10号的报纸上。
Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the language of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about three thousand languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.
There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present-day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 years ago.
Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time, some even die out completely. About 1,000 years ago, English was a little known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
If a language has a number of speakers, or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of people. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China can’t understand speakers from other parts.
【小题1】The first paragraph mainly tells us that_______.
A.most people in the world speak Chinese |
B.there are thousands of languages in today’s world |
C.man has much knowledge about languages |
D.some people know several languages |
A.will soon die out completely |
B.were once a relative of English |
C.are no longer spoken |
D.come from the same family of language. |
A.Chinese is the language with the most speakers. |
B.English was a well-known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe. |
C.A language has many speakers, but there may be no differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. |
D.Speakers of Chinese from some parts of China can understand speakers from other parts. |
A.there are great differences between the dialects of Chinese |
B.Chinese and many foreign languages are not of the same family |
C.Chinese is a very old language |
D.there are great differences between the old Chinese and the present-day Chinese |
A.a special language spoken by Chinese |
B.the sign used by Chinese people in a special area |
C.the difference between the old and today’s Chinese |
D.the form of a language used in one part of the country |