Question

完形填空。

阅读下列短文，然后在各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

　　Some countries have large numbers of earthquakes. 1 do not have many; for example, there are 2 earthquakes in Britain. There is often a great sound during an earthquake. The ground 3 and the houses fall down. Sometimes 4 of people are killed 5 different ways. Earthquakes may also happen 6 the sea, or near volcanoes, but this is not always 7 . The powerful forces inside the earth 8 rocks and great waves appear. They 9 long distances and are strong enough 10 down houses and other buildings. Sometimes they break 11 buildings than the earthquake itself. A 12 earthquake happened in Assam, India, in 1986. The 13 near Shillong suddenly moved 1.5 feet to one side and then back again. 14 continued to act like this 200 times a minute. Few buildings could stand when that was happening and the great stones 15 four feet up into the air. (153 words)

(1)A．Other		B．Others
C．The other		D．The others
(2)A．few		B．a few
C．several		D．some
(3)A．moves		B．jumps
C．pulls		D．beats
(4)A．thousand		B．a thousand
C．the thousand		D．thousands
(5)A．with	B．in	C．by	D．on
(6)A．at	B．on	C．under	D．to
(7)A．correct	B．real	C．true	D．actual
(8)A．spoil	B．destroy	C．separate	D．damage
(9)A．travel	B．go	C．move	D．transmit
(10)A．break	B．breaking	C．broke	D．to break
(11)A．most	B．more	C．many	D．a lot of
(12)A．fear		B．afraid
C．frightened		D．terrible
(13)A．land	B．soil	C．earth	D．field
(14)A．This	B．That	C．It	D．Thus
(15)A．fly	B．flied	C．flew	D．flown

Answer 1

答案：B;A;A;D;B;C;C;B;A;D;B;D;A;B;C
解析：

(1)some...others...表示“一些……另一些（其他的）”。 (2)这句话是紧接着课文第二句的，意思是连贯的。few表示“几乎没有”。 (3)地震是地球板块的移动(move)。 (4)thousands of成千上万的。 (5)“以各种方式”用in different ways。 (6)在海底，即大海的下面。 (7)在上面的说法并不是绝对的。 (8)毁坏岩石而引起大洪水。 (9)奔流而下数十里。 (10)“……足够做某事”用be...enough to do sth.。 (11)句中的连词than表明应用比较级。 (12)“可怕的”用terrible。 (13)大地Land（即地球板块）的移动。 (14)这里指上一句中的那种情况。 (15)大石飞(flew)向空中，由整句的时态，可以确定此处用过去式。