Question

It was 11:50 pm on 6 February, 2018. The ground was shaking and an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 was hitting Taiwan. Seventeen people were dead, two hundred eighty-five people got hurt, and an entire hotel fell down and lay on a street in the city of Hualien.The government said that at least seven buildings had partly collapsed or been left at dangerous angles, and the city's hospital was also damaged. Rescuers gathered around the buildings and shone flashlights into the windows. They had spent 106 hours after the earthqucake until they found they were not able to get the last two people out. The last two bodies are the grandparents of a Chinese family of five who were all killed in the hotel at the lower floors of the 12-story Yun Men Tsui Ti building. Fourteen of the seventeen people who died in the earthquake were trapped in that building.

The earthquake was followed by more than one hundred small earthquakes, with the largest one of magnitude 5.7 on 7 February at 23:21, 19 km northeast of Hualien city. No one was killed in those quakes.

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1.How long had it taken to rescue these trapped persons after the earthquake?

A. 10 days

B. only 72 hours

C. 168 hours

D. 106 hours

2.Which floor of the Yun Men Tsui Ti building might the Chinese family stay on ?

A. 12

B. 2

C. 9

D. 11

3.Which is true according to this article?

A. The last two dead bodies are from a Chinese family of 5 in which there are three people alive.

B. Luckily, the hospital in Hualien city is not damaged, and people can go there for help.

C. Two hundred eighty-five people got hurt because of the earthquake.

D. Rescuers had kept searching until they got all the people and bodies out.

4.What is Not true about the rescuing?

A. Rescuers shone flashlights into the windows to check if there would be anyone that they could help.

B. Many buildings in Hualien fell down on Feb. 6, 2018.

C. The biggest earthquake in Feb in Taiwan is up to magnitude 6.4.

D. Fourteen people were dead in the quakes after the earthquake on Feb 6, 2018.

5.What date did the rescue end on ?

A. Feb. 7.

B. Feb. 11.

C. Feb. 8.

D. Feb. 19.

1.D 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.B 【解析】 短文大意：本文介绍了发生在2018年2月6日晚上11 : 50的台湾花莲地震及救援的相关情况。 1.题意：地震后，搜救这些被困人员用了多长时间？考查细节理解题。根据They had spent 106 hours after the earthquake until they found they were...

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