Japan escaped the world's most powerful earthquake in two and half years on Friday with only 400 injuries, most of them minor.
Damage from the pre-dawn quake-measuring 8 on the Richter scale（里氏震级）-was relatively light, not only because it struck deep under the ocean but because Japan's population was prepared for such an event.
Power and water supplies were cut off for several hours after the event. There were no reports of deaths directly caused by the quake, which struck at 4∶50 am (local time). Two fishermen are still missing, though. Police suspect they have been swept away by the tsunami (huge ocean wave) that followed the earthquake.
A wide area of the island suffered damage： roads were blocked, fishing boats sunk, and part of the ceiling of Kushiro airport, 900 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, caved in. Kushiro, a city of 190,000 people, was believed to be the hardest hit.
In the city of Tomakomai, which is nearby, black smoke and flames rose into the sky from an oil tank fire. There were no injuries though, and the fire was contained within two hours. Officials said 188,700 barrels of crude oil（原油）were lost.
Residents were shaken by the event, but stayed calm despite some 25 aftershocks-at least one registering 7.1 on the Richter scale.
The quake was the strongest worldwide since the 8.4-magnitude quake of June 23, 2001. That, near the coast of Peru（秘鲁）, killed 74 people.
Takeshi Matsumura, a Hokkaido government official, said 455 people were confirmed injured by late Friday.
Only 28 were seriously hurt, mostly suffering from broken bones. Located along the Pacific“Ring of Fire”, Japan is one of the world, s most earthquake-prone（地震倾向）countries.
(1) The word“minor”in the first paragraph means____________.
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(2) Why were the people not seriously hurt in the earthquake?
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A．Because Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries.
B．Because Japan is not a big country.
C．Because people in Japan got ready for the earthquake.
D．Because there were often earthquake forecasts.
(3) What happened to the city of Tomakomai in the earthquake?
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A．It suffered a harder hit than the city of Kushiro.
B．Part of the ceiling of Tomakomai airport caved in.
C．A fire burnt for a few hours before it was controlled.
D．An oil tank caught fire and black smoke and flame rose into the sky.
(4) Which of the following description about the quake of June 23, 2001 is true?
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A．It happened not far away from the coast of Peru, killing 74 people.
B．About 455 people were killed in this awful earthquake.
C．There were 25 aftershocks after the quake.
D．It was the second strongest quake in this century.
(5) Which of the following statements is not TRUE?
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A．No people were killed in the earthquake on Friday.
B．Power and water supplies were cut off for several hours after the quake.
C．Hokkaido was believed to be the hardest hit.
D．Residents stayed calm despite some 25 aftershocks.
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Since these numbers are 6 with something 7 , people can remember them very 8 , so they have 9 advertisements for shops.
On the other hand, 10 are also telephone numbers which are regarded as forbidden 11 the Japanese people. 1564, for example, has the sound of “kill people” 12 the number 4219 has 13 of “people die”.
At 14 , there are about forty-four million 15 in Japan, yet it is almost 16 for everyone to get a lucky telephone number. So these 17 have become commodities (商品) and can be 18 as goods. The 19 can reach as 20 as 222 thousand Japanese yen (日元).
1.A. read B. listen C. hear D. look
2.A. English B. strange C. different D. same
3.A. For B. Neither C. Either D. Both
4.A.any B.rest C.other D.any other
5.A.but B.or C.as D.and
6.A.joined B.connected C.fixed D.mixed
7.A.to do B.useful C.nice D.important
8.A.hard B.slowly C.much D.easily
9.A.become B.been C.had D.made
10.A.these B.they C.those D.there
11.A.for B.by C.with D.to
12.A.but B.because C.as D.while
13.A.sound B.meaning C.that D.this
14.A.times B.present C.last D.first
15.A.shops B.Japanese C.telephones D.numbers
16.A.possible B.impossible C.easy D.necessary
17.A.telephones B.goods C.shops D.numbers
18.A.used B.made C.sold D.stored
19.A.yen B.money C.telephone D.prices
20.A.valuable B.big C.high D.large
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With fears of a possible nuclear meltdown(核反应堆堆芯的熔毁) in Japan building up, evidence has come to light that the nation received warnings over the stability of its power plants from an international watchdog more than two years ago.
As the Telegraph is reporting, an official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in Decem
ber 2008 that safety rules were out of date, and strong earthquakes would cause a “serious problem” for the power stations.
A U.S. embassy document, by quoting（引用）an unnamed expert, states: “He (the IAEA official) explained that safety guides for earthquakes have only been updated three times in the last 35 years and that the IAEA is now re-examining them. Also, the presenter noted recent earthquakes in some cases have gone beyond the design basis for some nuclear plants, and that this is a serious problem that is now driving earthquake safety work.”
The Telegraph also reports that the government responded to the warnings by building an emergency response center at the Fukushima Daiichi plant designed to resist magnitude-7.0 earthquakes. Friday's earthquake, originally named a magnitude-8.9 shock, has since been upgraded to magnitude-9.0.
Other nuclear experts state IAEA officials had willingly ignored lessons from the Chernobyl disaster to protect the nuclear industry's expansion, reports Bloomberg. “After Chernobyl, all the force of the nuclear industry was directed to hide this event, for not creating damage to their reputation,”Russian nuclear accident specialist Iouli Andreyev tells Reuters, before noting that radiation from spent fuel rods（棒）stored close to reactors at Fukushima looked like an example of putting profit before safety. “The Japanese were very greedy, and they used every square inch of the space. But when you have a dense(密集的) placing of spent fuel in the basin, you have a high possibility of fire if the water is removed from the basin.”
【小题1】 From the passage, we know that ____________.
| A．people fear that the nuclear meltdown will possibly become more and more serious in Japan |
B．people are becoming more and more afraid of a possible nuclear meltdown in Japan |
| C．Japan made no response to the warnings over the safety of its power plants |
| D．Iouli Andreyev warned Japan not to store spent fuel rods close to reactors |
| A．Japan was warned of the stability of its power plants when they were built over 2 years ago. |
| B．Safety guides for earthquakes should be updated three times in 35 years. |
| C．The emergency response centre at the Fukushima Daiichi plant can not resist Friday’s earthquake. |
| D．IAEA officials advised Japan to ignore lessons from the Chernobyl disaster. |
| A．to put profit before safety. | B．the nuclear industry to develop |
| C．to protect the reputation of Japan | D．every inch of land to be made good use of |
| A．making comments | B．providing facts |
| C．quoting what experts say | D．analysing what happened |
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Cancer is feared by everyone. And there is more and more fear about cancer. Not the disease itself — there is no such thing as a high incidence rates(发病率) of cancer. Except for lung cancer, mostly caused by cigarette smoking, the incidence rates are not on the rise. However, some kinds of cancer are decreasing. But the fear of cancer is catching, and the country stands at risk of an anxiety. The earth itself is coming to seem like a huge carcinogen(致癌物). The ordinary, more or less, scientific statement that something between 80 and 90 percent of all cancers are due to things in the environment is taken to mean that none of us will be safe until the whole environment is “cleaned up.” This is not at all the meaning.
The 80-percent calculation is based on the unthinkable differences in the incidence of cancer in various societies around the world — for example, the high incidence of liver cancer in Africa and the Far East, stomach cancer in Japan, breast cancer in Western Europe and North America, and the relatively low figures for breast cancer in Japan and parts of Africa and for liver cancer in America. These data show there may be specific environmental influences, but largely based on personal life-style, which determines the incidence of various forms of cancer in different communities — that is all the data suggest. The overall incidence of cancer, counting up all the cases, is probable roughly the same everywhere.
【小题1】According to the passage, the incidence of cancer is generally believed _____.
| A．to be based on inactive life style |
| B．to be due to anxiety |
| C．to result from environmental influences |
| D．to be caused by heavy smoking |
| A．positive | B．negative | C．neutral | D．approving |
| A．the risk of catching cancer is on the rise |
| B．the whole earth is coming to seem like a huge carcinogen |
| C．the risk of catching cancer isn’t so great as people think |
| D．cancer can be cured if the environment is cleaned up |
| A．Cancer and Environment |
| B．The Fear Caused by Cancers |
| C．Data on Cancer Incidence |
| D．Cancer and its Investigation |
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