题目内容
A powerful earthquake has rocked northern Japan near Sendai, prompting officials to shut down railways, highways and a Tokyo airport, hundreds of kilometres away. There were immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which struck at 6∶24 P．M. (0924 GMT), but journalist Steve Herman told CNN he would be very surprised if there were no casualties.
The quake had a magnitude of 7.0 and was centered 60 kilometres (40 miles) below the sea floor off the northeastern coast of Miyagi Prefecture (县), Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
Japanese television showed pictures of at least two buildings on fire in central Sendai, and five trucks on scene, although it was not clear whether they were related to the quake.
The quake sent workers and shoppers running out onto the street, while officials closed major highways and railways to check for damage.
Local officials quoted by public service broadcaster NHK said there were blackouts and water outages in some areas.
Sendai, the largest city in the mostly agricultural northeastern Touhoku region, has a population of just over one million.
In Tokyo, 302 km (189 miles) to the south, the quake shook buildings and was felt for about two minutes.
Downtown Haneda airport briefly suspended takeoffs and landings to check runways, while East Japan Railway stopped bullet trains in the area.
While the quake was about the same magnitude as one that hit Kobe in 1995, killing 6,430, experts said because it was centered off shore, it is not likely to have the same impact.
Japan's meteorological agency said there was no danger of tsunami (海啸), powerful waves that can be stirred up by shaking activity.
The Cabinet Office in Tokyo said the government had set up an emergency task force.
1．The underlined word in the passage means “________”．
A．destroy B．result
C．death D．degree
2．The center of the quake was ________.
A．on the land near Sendai
B．on the island near Sendai
C．in central Sendai
D．below the sea floor off the northeastern coast
3．The quake that hit Kobe in 1995 ________.
A．had a magnitude of less than 7.0
B．was centered on shore
C．struck at 6∶24 P．M.
D．killed 6,430 in all
4．What is tsunami according to the last but one paragraph (倒数第二段)?
A．It is also a quake that comes after the main quake.
B．It is powerful waves that usually come long after an earthquake.
C．It is powerful waves that usually come before an earthquake.
D．It is powerful waves that usually come after earthquake starts.
5．Why did officials close major highways and railways?
A．They were afraid of being killed by the quake.
B．They were afraid that the highways and railways were damaged.
C．There were no cars or trains on highways and railways after the quake.
D．They wanted to save those who were caught in the quake instead of working.
1．C 猜测词义题。因为 or, and, but 等连词连接的前后结构、词义等都并列，所以推断出它的意思是死亡的人数。
2．D 细节理解题。在文中的第二段中有明确的阐述。
3．D 细节理解题。答案A，B，C都是本次地震所造成的影响而不是题干中所提到的地震的后果。
4．D 猜测词义题。从文中倒数第2段中的 powerful waves that can be stirred up by shaking activity.可以得出正确答案。
5．B 逻辑判断题。根据常识以及文章中提到的信息推断而出。
Disease, poverty, hate, love－Charles Dickens’ stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens’ legacy（遗产） was far greater that just “great-literature”.
February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writer’s birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Let’s take a look at two of them.
A White Christmas
Dickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas” － not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today.
In the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day－unthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off.
Many people believe that Dickens’ popular descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth－“home enjoyments, affections and hopes”.
In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote: “Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”
“Dickens” poverty
Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian London.
He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy(官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society.
“Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty. In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “horrific”, but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”.
【小题1】The article is mainly about .
| A．a brief introduction to Charles Dickens’ |
| B．Charles Dickens’ impact on the world |
| C．the characters in Charles Dickens’ stories |
| D．Charles Dickens’ achievements in literature |
| A．Because he created both religious and culture festival. |
| B．Because his novels have something to do with Christmas. |
| C．Because one of his novels helped to shape Christmas celebrations. |
| D．Because he was the first man to have proposed celebrating Christmas. |
| A．Charles Dickens’ novels reflect the true life at his age |
| B．Dickensian is widely used to describe the Christmas |
| C．Every person can take three days off for Christmas |
| D．The theme of Charles Dickens’ stories is about poverty |
| A．regulations that are required to finish a task |
| B．a situation where poor members of society are hurt |
| C．conflict between people in power and weaker people |
| D．agreements made by the underclass of society |
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helped him defeat his disease. D. He overcame the shadow of illness
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