题目内容
Fifty people died, over 11,000 were injured, and 100,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed in an earthquake that struck North China's Hebei Province.
The quake, measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale (里氏6 .2级) , hit the area 220km northwest of Beijing at 11: 50 a. m. on January 10, 1998.
Scientists made a report of the recent quake. They said that the area of northwestern Beijing, the joint of Shanxi and Hebei Provinces and the Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) were most easily attacked by earthquakes measuring 6 to a bit over 7 on the Richter scale.
However, scientists did not see the recent earthquake earlier. Clouds covered a large area in the northern part of North China before the earthquake and experts say that this prevented satellites from correctly watching the temperature at the correct altitude (纬度).
Experts say that in the last ten years, about 305 earthquakes have taken place in China with 9 measuring over 7 on the Richter scale, 60 measuring over 6, and 236 measuring over 5.
Tens of thousands of people died or were injured. Loss(损失) valued over 10 billion yuan.
【小题1】When the earthquake attacked the area, most people there were unlikely(不太可能的)to ____.
A.sleep in bed | B.work in the fields | C.walk in the streets | D.stay at home |
A.7 | B.5 | C.9 | D.6 |
A.all the people stayed outside |
B.the earthquake happened at midnight |
C.the people had been warned earlier |
D.the earthquake scale was lower than 6. 2 only |
A.We can not stop earthquakes |
B.Scientists are working hard at the researches on earthquakes |
C.We can do our best to have fewer damages than ever |
D.Nothing can be done on earthquakes |
【小题1】A
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
解析
I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and ancient for a sportsman. Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age, but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.
A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “Fifty is what forty used to be.” He had made an inspirational (有灵感的) point. Am I over the hill ? People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.
“You are not getting older, you are getting better.” Says Dr. Joyce Brothers. This, however, is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.
And so as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net, I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you, I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally. Getting older, of course, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词). In fact, a poet name Robert Browning considered it the best change of all:
Grow old along with me !
The best is yet to me.
Whether or not Browning was right, most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by. I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher(哲学家) was right when he said , “old is always fifteen years from now.”
【小题1】The author seems to tell us in Paragraph 1 that ______.
A.time alone will tell | B.time goes by quickly |
C.time will show what is right | D.time makes one forget the past. |
A.tried to comfort him | B.got inspiration with him |
C.were friendlier with him | D.found him more talkative |
A.peaceful | B.ordinary | C.satisfactory | D.regretful |
A.the old should lead a simple life |
B.the old should face the fact of aging |
C.the old should take more exercise |
D.the old should fill themselves with curiosity |
A.It’s hard for the author to jump over the six-feet high-jump bar now. |
B.The author is optimistic about his future. |
C.the author used to think 50 was far away from him. |
D.Most elephants live less than 50 years. |
Fifty people died, over 11,000 were injured, and 100,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed in an earthquake that struck North China's Hebei Province.
The quake, measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale (里氏6 .2级) , hit the area 220km northwest of Beijing at 11: 50 a. m. on January 10, 1998.
Scientists made a report of the recent quake. They said that the area of northwestern Beijing, the joint of Shanxi and Hebei Provinces and the Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) were most easily attacked by earthquakes measuring 6 to a bit over 7 on the Richter scale.
However, scientists did not see the recent earthquake earlier. Clouds covered a large area in the northern part of North China before the earthquake and experts say that this prevented satellites from correctly watching the temperature at the correct altitude (纬度).
Experts say that in the last ten years, about 305 earthquakes have taken place in China with 9 measuring over 7 on the Richter scale, 60 measuring over 6, and 236 measuring over 5.
Tens of thousands of people died or were injured. Loss(损失) valued over 10 billion yuan.
1.When the earthquake attacked the area, most people there were unlikely(不太可能的)to ____.
A.sleep in bed |
B.work in the fields |
C.walk in the streets |
D.stay at home |
2.The report shows that about nine earthquakes in the past ten years are measured over ____ on the Richter scale.
A.7 |
B.5 |
C.9 |
D.6 |
3.It can be inferred(推断) from the report that the damage caused by the earthquakes could be much less heavy if ____.
A.all the people stayed outside |
B.the earthquake happened at midnight |
C.the people had been warned earlier |
D.the earthquake scale was lower than 6. 2 only |
4.Which of the following can be reasonable except ____.
A.We can not stop earthquakes |
B.Scientists are working hard at the researches on earthquakes |
C.We can do our best to have fewer damages than ever |
D.Nothing can be done on earthquakes |