Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Earthquakes are something 【1】 people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. 【2】 , most places in the world have them regularly. 【3】 (country) that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.

The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 【4】 (frighten) people died and numerous citizens 【5】 (suffer) from it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.

Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded 【6】 (feel) in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died.

In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, 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 【8】 number of people. The worst earthquake ever 【9】 (record) was also in China, 【10】 which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】that

【2】However

【3】Countries

【4】frightened

【5】suffered

【6】was felt

【7】whom

【8】a

【9】recorded

【10】in

【解析】

【1】that；考查定语从句。先行词是something，是物，但是something这一类不定代词做先行词时，只能用that不能用which。故填that。

【2】However；根据前半句的have few or no earthquakes.很少发生地震以及后半句的have them regularly定期的发生地震，可知这里应该是表达转折的语气。故填However。

【3】Countries；根据后面的动词have可知主语应该是复数形式，所以应该填country的复数形式。故填Countries。

【4】frightened；考查动词的形容词形式。frighten的形容词有两个形式。frightening意为令人恐惧的，多用于修饰物；frightened意为感到恐惧的，通常用于修饰人。此处用于修饰people。故填frightened。

【5】suffered；考查时态，根据前面一个动词使用的过去时died，可知因为要主谓一致时态一致，所以这里也应该用过去时。故填suffered。

【6】was felt；考查被动语态。句意：其中一个最强烈的地震在葡萄牙都被感觉到了。这一句的主语是one of the strongest earthquakes,和feel形成主宾关系，因为是人感觉到地震。故填was felt。

【7】whom；考查定语从句。先行词是people，从句中缺主语，所以可以填who，但是of是介词，介词后面只能接宾语，所以只能用who的宾格whom。故填whom。

【8】a；固定搭配：a number of people大量的人。 故填a。

【9】recorded；根据第三段的one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded可知这里也应该用动词record的形容词形式。故填recorded。

【10】in；考查定语从句。从句是一个完整的句子，因此这里是一个关系副词，先行词是earthquake,可以看做一个抽象的地点，所以用where等同于in which。故填in。