Question

【题目】语法填空

Earthquakes are something that people fear. There ___1____（be） some places that have few or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, ____2___, have them regularly. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite ___3____ (mountain).

The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 people died in ____4___. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.

Strong earthquakes are not always ____5___ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded ___6____(feel)in Portugal, Around 2000 people died.

In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit Tokyo, the Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died, most of ___ 7____died in fires which followed the earthquake.

One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever ___8____(record) was also in China, ___9____which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.

Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is ___10___ we often do not know when they are coming. People can not prepare for it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】are

【2】however

【3】mountainous

【4】it

【5】the

【6】was felt

【7】whom

【8】recorded

【9】in

【10】that

【解析】

【文章大意】文章向我们介绍了人们对地震的恐惧及地球上发生的有记载的有影响的地震。

【1】 考查倒装结构。这是一个there be句型。句意：有些地方几乎没有或不发生地震。主语是some places，故谓语动词应用are。

【2】 考查副词。很显然，该句所说的"世界上很多地方经常发生地震"和上一句"有些地方几乎没有或不发生地震"是转折关系。所以用however. 3.考查词性转换。在系动词后作表语用形容词形式mountainous,意为：多山的。语境为：地震多发生在一些多山的国家。

【3】 此处作表语，表示主语的情况，故用形容词形式。

【4】考查代词。指的是1906年发生在San Francisco的那次地震，所以用it。

【5】 考查定冠词。ones后有定语从句修饰，特指那些杀伤力强的地震。所以用定冠词the表特指。

【6】 考查时态和语态。这里feel是行为动词，意为：感觉。地震是被感觉到的，并且这次地震发生在过去，所以用一般过去时的被动语态。

【7】 考查非限制性定语从句的关系词。作of的宾语，代替上文的先行词people。所以用whom。

【8】 考查非谓语动词。record和earthquake是动宾关系，所以用过去分词表被动。The worst earthquake ever recorded意思是:曾被记载的破坏最大的地震。

【9】 考查介词。后面的which代替的是先行词"The worst earthquake", 所以用介词in。

【10】考查名词性从句的引导词。引导一个表陈述的表语从句，所以用that。