Question

On January 26th, the biggest earthquake (地震) in India took the lives of 25, 000 people. In the morning, when everybody was enjoying holiday, earthquake began. It was about 7. 5 on the Ritcher scale. “There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down,” said one of the villagers alive. “There is no water, no food and no one has come to help.”

Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American School, where I was studying, all of the students were safe. They were in the field, so most children didn’t feel anything. The earthquake was felt by the teachers that were on the second floor. However, though Mrs. Young was also on the second floor, she didn't feel anything. She didn’t know what happened until a teacher told her about it. Those teachers who were on the other floors had different feelings. Mr. Emond, the maths teacher from Australia, said that when the earthquake started he thought there was something wrong with him, but then another teacher said that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr. Emond felt better. Mrs. Davis and Mr. Frost didn’t feel anything, either.

My mother didn’t feel anything. She didn’t even know that it was an earthquake till she saw a shaking (moving from side to side) light. My dad saw the computer shaking and then he looked out of the window and saw many people going out.

1.People use “Ritcher scale” to tell .

A. where the earthquake takes place

B. when the earthquake takes place

C. how serious the earthquake is

D. how long the earthquake lasts

2.We learn that from the sentence “There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more.”

A. India is a large country

B. the Indian people had nothing after the earthquake

C. there is no tall building in India

D. the earthquake in India was serious

3.The City of Lahore is .

A. in India B. in AmericaC. in Pakistan D. in Australia

4.Which of the following sentences is true?

A. I was with my parents when the earthquake happened.

B. The earthquake in the city of Lahore wasn’t serious.

C. People in the City of Lahore were frightened when they knew it was an earthquake.

D. The teachers in Lahore American School were afraid of the earthquake.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一月二十六日印度最大的地震发生时，与印度相邻的巴基斯坦却震感不强。在地震中没有人员伤亡。甚至有的人还不知道发生了地震。

1.词义猜测题。根据短文第一段描述，可知它是指地震的等级，故选C

2.推理判断题。根据第一段“There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down,”描述，可知天空和地球之间没有留下任何东西。一切都被拆除。可知地震使人们失去了一切。故选B。

3.二段Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky.在巴基斯坦没有人死亡，巴基斯坦是挨着印度的国家。城市拉合尔是幸运的。由此可以推断拉舍尔是巴基斯坦的城市，故选C

4.是非判断题。根据第二段The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American School, where I was studying, all of the students were safe.描述，可知拉舍尔地震强度不大，故选B。

考点：生活经历类短文阅读。