Earthquakes are common, and thousands of them happen each day. But most are too weak to feel. During a earthquake, there is often a great noise first. Then the earth terribly and many houses down. Railway tracks break and trains go off lines. A great many factories are destroyed. Thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes. Besides the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake ,other accidents such as fires often . More buildings are destroyed and more deaths caused. It is well-known of the of an earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2,000 years ago, ,a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng invented a machine which could from which direction the seismic waves(地动波)had come, and this machine is still by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and they happen, but we still can't tell exactly when and where earthquake will happen, and cannot stop it from happening.
1.A. real B. weak C. big D. small
2.A. moves B. shakes C. jumps D. breaks
3.A. get B. put C. set D. fall
4.A. lonely B. later C. themselves D. itself
5.A. follow B. copy C. come D. enter
6.A. information B. questions C. dangers D. troubles
7.A. as a result B. in fact C. for example D. as well
8.A. find out B. think up C. point at D. look for
9.A. improved B. repaired C. protected D. used
10.A. where B. why C. what D. when
The population of China_______ than_______ in Japan.
A. are more, those B. is more, that C. is larger; that D. are lager; those
Only_______ of the students_______ passed the English exam.
A. three fives; has B. third fives; has
C. three fifth; have D. three fifths; have
-We could invite John and Barbara to the Friday night party.
-Yes, _______? I'll give them a call right now.
A. why not B. what for C. why D. what
-How much difficulty did you have_______ this problem?
-_______. It's quite easy.
A. to solve, Nothing B. solving; None
C. to solve, None D. solving; Nothing
Yesterday morning I was just leaving_______ the telephone rang.
A. when B. while C. because D. since