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阅读理解 　　May be you’ve known the Los Angeles quake which happened last year．It killed sixty-one people, destroyed a lot of buildings and the city’s highways． 　　The Japan earthquake happened exactly a year later, to the day and also in the early morning．The earthquake that hit Kobe on Tuesday morning was the first big one to hit a big Japanese city for more than 70 years．About 439 people had been dead by early afternoon and an overhead highway fell down just like on Los Angeles． 　　90 percent of the earthquakes took place in two geographic areas in the world．One is the Pacific Ocean, the other extends from the East Indies to Atlas Mountains． 　　In the last year, Japan has experienced several quakes bigger than Tuesday’s．But those mostly hit thinly populated areas of the north．Tuesday’s quake hit an area of west-central Japan including the port of Kobe．It was the hardest hit because it is a big industrial city of Osaka．It also hit the ancient capital Kyoto－that is the second most populous area of the country after the Tokyo． 　　It was the first time that a big quake had hit a big city since the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923．That one measured 7.9．Fires that followed this killed about 140 000 people and more than 560 000 homes were destroyed． (1) How many people were killed in the Kobe quake? [　　] A． 61． B． 439． C． 140 000． D． 70． (2) The Kobe quake happened in ________． [　　] A． 1923 B． 1993 C． 1994 D． 1995 (3) Which of the following facts happened on the Kobe quake just the same as those on Los Angeles? [　　] A． It happened on a Tuesday morning． B． It happened on a big city and many people were killed． C． An overhead highway fell down． D． All the above． (4) Japan lies in the geographic area where ________． [　　] A． earthquakes take place often B． earthquakes never happen C． overhead highways easily fall down D． people are usually killed (5) Which sentence is true according to the passage? [　　] A． Tuesday’s quake was the biggest one in Japan． B． It is the second time that a big city has been hit in Japan． C． Tuesday’s quake hit only one big city． D． The Kobe quake was much different from the Los Angeles quake．

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．B;3．D;4．A;5．B;
解析：

(1)	从第二段最后一句可知死亡人数为439。
(2)	从第二段第二句后半部分可知，这次地震是七十多年来袭击日本大城市的第一次大地震，从最后一段第一句可知这是自1923年大地震以来首次袭击大城市的大地震，由此推理这次大地震发生于1993年。
(3)	从第二段开头“…exactly a year later，to the day and also in the morning…on Tuesday morning…”可知A项为事实；从第二段第二句可知这次地震发生在大城市，死亡439人，洛杉矶大地震也是发生在大城市，死亡63人，可知B项为事实；从第二段最后一句可知这两次地震都有高架公路倒塌。因此答案为D项。
(4)	结合地理知识可知日本为太平洋岛国，再从第三段讲到的环太平洋地震带可知答案为A项。
(5)	从第二段和最后一段可知，1923年日本发生了一次袭击大城市的地震，70年后的这次地震应该是第二次。A项错误，因为1923年的地震及震后大火夺去了140 000人的生命，并且第四段开头讲到还有几次更大的地震，只不过没发生在大城市；从第四段第三句话中可知the port of Kobe只是受灾的一部分，因此C项错误；从第二段对这次地震与洛杉矶地震的比较可看出这两次地震很像，因此D项错误。