Question

The earthquake in Japan on March 11 was 9.0 on the Richter scale(里氏). Over 10,000 people died because of the disaster. The earthquake also caused a tsunami（海嘯) and a nuclear leak(核泄漏）.

     However, most Japanese people stayed calm and orderly. They left broken houses calmly. They waited in line for food,water and public telephones. There was no robbing and no pushing.

     Earthquakes hit

Japan almost every year. People are ready for an earthquake at any time.

     In Japan, you can learn about earthquakes on TV and in schoolbooks. Even the famous comic, Sakura Momoko(《櫻桃小丸子》), shows

earthquake training in a school. Almost every family in Japan has a survival kit (救生包). The kit has a flashlight (手電筒), a radio, water and enough food for several days.

     Wood is used in most buildings in Japan. The material is less dangerous during a disaster. The buildings can stand an earthquake of up to 7.0 on the Richter scale .

（    ）31.What did the 9.0－magnitude earthquake cause?

A.A tsunami                  B.A hurricane         C.A nuclear leak            D.Both A and C

（    ）32.Which is not mentioned in a survival kit that almost every family has in Japan?

A.Enough food              B.A radio               C.Some medicine          D.Water

（    ）33.According to the article, we know that          .

A.The buildings in Japan can stand an earthquake of up to 8.0 on the Richter scale

B.The big earthquake killed more than 10,000 people

C.Most Japanese people were very frigtened after the earthequake

D.Earthquakes hit Japan almost every month

Answer 1

  DCB