YUXI, China — Many people of this city in southwester China spent Saturday night in tents, too scared to sleep in their homes after an earthquake which killed 188 people early that morning.
Countless homes were destroyed and lots of people became homeless after the earthquake which is believed to have a magnitude of 7.
The quake was not as serious as the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in 2008 that left more than 70,000 people dead in the Wenchuan area. But villagers who work in Chengdu, about 100 miles away, hurried back home Sunday morning, many on foot, the lucky ones on motorbikes, to check on their homes.
Song Yuanqing, 43, a worker, arrived back after a 22-hour trip and found his house was still there but had already been very unstable(搖搖欲墜). “We would like to do something, but we can’t do anything,” Mr. Song said as he sat with neighbors around an outdoor fire built by the village leader in his backyard.
In all, the government sent about 7,000 soldiers and People’s Armed Police officers to the earthquake-hit area. By Saturday evening, there were so many rescue workers in the area that the government asked volunteers to stop coming.
Li Keqiang, China’s prime minister, flew to the area and slept in a tent on Saturday evening in Lushan County.
The earthquake shook Sichuan Province at 8 a.m., when people were getting up a little later than usual because schools and universities were closed.
“We were just getting up and getting dressed in our dormitory when the building shook, and I looked outside from our window and saw a row of houses had collapsed,” Xu Yan, 22, a student at the Agricultural University in Ya’an, said in a telephone interview. “I had never flew down the stairs faster.”
The Chinese government said early Sunday that the death toll was 174, and about 5,700 people had been injured.
The earthquake was also felt in Chengdu, one of China’s biggest cities and the capital of Sichuan Province. People described water getting out of home aquariums and things like balls falling to the floor.
In the town of Longmen, another hard-hit area near Ya’an, a local man, Zhang Yan, said 90 percent of the buildings had collapsed.
“About 100 people died around here,” Ms. Zhang said in a telephone interview. “Rescue teams have not yet arrived. There is no water or electricity.”
In the 2008 quake, many schools of poor quality collapsed and killed thousands of students. This time, many people also expressed their worries about students on their micro-blogs.
Sichuan Province is also one of China’s best-known hometowns for pandas, and at the Bifengxia reserve, about six miles north of Ya’an, workers said that 20 pandas in the park were safe. “We examined the panda area after the quake, and they were not affected,” said Chen Yong, an officer of the reserve.
小題1:When did the quake take place in Ya’an? On_______________________.
A.Saturday morningB.Sunday morning
C.Saturday nightD.Sunday night
小題2:Why did many people hurriy home after the earthquake.
A.They wanted to provide rescue to the hit area and give other people a helping hand as volunteers.
B.They wanted to find out the situation of their home.
C.They felt it too dangerous to stay where they had been.
D.There weren’t enough soldiers in the hit-area.
小題3:What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.Xu Yan didn’t make it through the stairs.
B.Xu Yan get out of the dorm quickly.
C.Xu Yan felt the earthquake shaking the stair.
D.Xu Yan was scared that he wouldn’t be able to catch up with the stair.
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true.
A.Tens of thousands of students were killed in Ya’an.
B.The earthquake also influenced some other cities.
C.The government took very quick actions.
D.Most buildings has collapsed in Longmen.
小題5:Where would you most probably read this passage?
A.Reader.
B.A History of China’s Earthquakes
C.How to Survive(求生) in an Earthquake
D.China Weekly

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析:這篇短文主要介紹了今年在四川雅安發(fā)生的大地震。
小題1:根據(jù)短文第一段描述,可知地震發(fā)生在星期六的早晨,故選A,星球六早晨。
小題2:根據(jù)But villagers who work in Chengdu, about 100 miles away, hurried back home Sunday morning, many on foot, the lucky ones on motorbikes, to check on their homes.描述,可知選B。
小題3:根據(jù)前文and I looked outside from our window and saw a row of houses had collapsed,”描述,可知她應(yīng)該快速的跑出宿舍,故選B。
小題4:根據(jù)In the 2008 quake, many schools of poor quality collapsed and killed thousands of students. 可知選項A描述錯誤。
小題5:這篇短文主要介紹的是雅安地震后的事情,故可能出自一篇新聞雜志類文章,故選D,中國周刊。
點評:本文難度較大,個別小題需要根據(jù)相關(guān)內(nèi)容進行推理總結(jié)。首先要認(rèn)真閱讀短文,注意前后聯(lián)系,掌握短文大意,然后帶著問題再讀短文,找出相關(guān)段落,分析總結(jié),判斷出正確選項。文章所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找,做題關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù),認(rèn)真核查小題和原文的異同。
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