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11．Areas of Tokyo which had usually been packed with office workers like sushi（寿司） restaurants and noodle shops were unusually quiet．Many schools were closed．Companies allowed workers to stay home．Long queues formed at airports．
As Japanese authorities struggled to avoid disaster at an earthquake-battered nuclear plant 240 km to the north，parts of Tokyo resembled a ghost town．Many people stocked up on food and stayed indoors or simply left．transforming one of the world's biggest and most populated cities into a shell of its usual self．
"Look，it's like Sunday-no cars in town，"said Kazushi Arisawa，a 62-year-old taxi driver，as he waited for more than an hour outside an office tower where he usually finds customers within minutes．"I can't make money today．"
Radiation in Tokyo has been negligible， briefly touching three times the normal rate on Tuesday，smaller than a dental X-ray．On Wednesday，winds over the Fukushima （福岛） nuclear-power plant blew out to sea，keeping levels close to normal．But that does little to relieve public anxiety about a 40-year-old nuclear plant with three reactors in partial meltdown （熔毁）and a fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami．
"Radiation moves faster than we do，"said Steven Swanson，a 43-year-old American who moved to Tokyo in December with his Japanese wife to help with her family business．He is staying indoor but is tempted to leave．"It's scary．It's a triple threat with the earthquake，tsunami and the nuclear radiation leaks．It makes you wonder what's next．"
56．The text is mainly aboutC   
A．the earthquake that happened in March
B．the government's effort to avoid disaster
C．the effects of the nuclear radiation leaks
D．the earthquake-battered nuclear-power plant
57．What did Kazushi Arisawa mean？D
A．There're usually more cars on Sundays．
B．He didn't care much about nuclear radiation．
C．He preferred to stay at home on Sundays．
D．He couldn't find many customers．
58．The underlined word"negligible"in Paragraph 4 most probably meansB．
A．serious          B．slight           C．normal          D．average
59．What can we learn about the Fukushima nuclear-power plant from the text？C
A．It lies to the south of Tokyo．
B．It started to operate about fifty years ago．
C．It was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami．
D．All its four reactors are now well under control
60．Which of the following is true of Steven Swanson？A
A．He moved to Japan with his wife last year．
B．He is now on way back to the United States．
C．He wanted to stay on to see what's next．
D．He is quite confident about the future．

Answer 1

分析 文章主要描述了核泄漏对东京社会造成的影响

解答 56．C 主旨题．文章主要描述了核泄漏对东京社会造成的影响，C项符合文意，所以C项正确．A项，文章不是讲地震，而是核泄漏，所以A项错误．B项，文章没有具体介绍政府部门的措施，所以B项错误．D项，文章没有介绍核电站，所以D项错误．故正确答案为C．
57：D  由第三段内容可知，出租车司机 Kazushi Arisawa 在办公楼外等了一个多小时，他说他今天挣不到钱，由此可推断他没有拉到客人，故正确答案为D．
58：B 由划线词所在句"Radiation in Tokyo has been negligible，briefly touching three times the normal rate on Tuesday，smaller than a dental X-ray．"可知，辐射量在星期二达到了正常水平的三倍，这比牙科用的X光还弱，所以核辐射并不严重，B项"轻微的，少量的"符合文意，故正确答案为B．
59．C 细节题．由倒数第二段最后一句"But that does little to relieve public anxiety about a 40-year-old nuclear plant with three reactors in partial meltdown（熔毁） and a fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami．"可知福岛核电站在地震中损坏，故正确答案为C．
60：A 细节题．由最后一段第一句"…Steven Swanson，a 43-year-old American who moved to Tokyo in December with his Japanese wife…"可知正确答案为A．

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