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Unit 2 Natural Disasters
单元综合测试
(考试时间:100分钟 试卷满分:120分)
第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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Earthquakes have killed many people and have caused serious damage to people's life. Here are some of the worst earthquakes that happened around the world.
Haiti Earthquake
A great earthquake hit Haiti on 12 January 2010. Its center was located just southwest of Port-Au-Prince, the capital and largest city of Haiti. It is the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1770. It led to 100,000 to 316,000 deaths and left 2 million people homeless and 3 million people in need of immediate help. At least $195 million have been given by different countries, along with a large number of rescue workers to support rescue efforts.
Kashmir Earthquake
The Kashmir earthquake happened on the morning of 8 October 2005. It was centered near the city of Muzaffarabad. The official number of deaths was 75,000 and there were 106,000 people who were injured. As Saturday is a normal school day in the area, most students were at schools when the earthquake happened. Many young people were buried under destroyed school buildings. Many people were also trapped in their homes. Reports said that entire towns and villages were completely wiped out in northern Pakistan. The serious damage was mainly because of poor buildings.
Indian Ocean Earthquake
Known as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Indian Ocean Earthquake happened on 26 December 2004. While the earthquake itself lasted for only 10 seconds, it caused a tsunami. The tsunami killed about 200,000 to 310,000 people along the shores of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, South India and Thailand. There was one death even happening at Port Elizabeth in South Africa, 8,000 miles away from the center.
1.What can be learnt from Paragraph 2?
A.Haiti is a poor country. B.Haiti suffered many disasters.
C.Over 400,000 people died in the earthquake.
D.Haiti received international help after the earthquake.
2.Why many young