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A terrifying example of the sea's power saw about 200,000 people die in 12 different countries last week. The devastation (毀壞) was caused when a massive earthquake sent tsunamis (海嘯) smashing into Indian Ocean coastlines.
Communities in Sri Lanka. Indonesia, Thailand, India, Malaysia and East Africa have been destroyed by the monster waves. Whole towns were imply swept aside by the power of the water. Cars, trains and buildings could not survive (幸免), let alone the people who stood in the way.
The earthquake measured 9.0 on the Richter scale (里氏震級) and occurred off the coast of Indonesia. It was recorded as the fifth strongest since 1900.
Scientists said the quake was as powerful as a million of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan during World War Ⅱ. “This may be the worst natural disaster in recent history because it is affecting so many heavily populated coastal areas," said Jan Egeland, a UN official.
Because such waves rarely happen in the Indian Ocean, there is no system in place to warn coastal communities they are about to be hit.
Tsunami is Japanese for “harbour wave.” They are usually caused by a sudden rise or fall of part of the Earth's crust (地殼) under the ocean. Tsunamis often happen in oceans and they are most common in the Pacific. Normally a tsunamis includes a series of waves.
Tsunamis can be very long-as much a, 100 kilometres-and be as far as one hour apart. They are able to cross entire oceans without losing much energy. One of the most striking facts about tsunamis is that an earthquake on one side of the Pacific Ocean can cause giant wave, and destruction on the other side.
When the ocean is deep, tsunamis can travel unnoticed at speeds of up to 800 kilometres per hour. They can cross the entire ocean in a day or less.
The wave may only be a few metres, high in the ocean but when it is near the shore and reaches shallow (淺) water, the wave builds up very quickly in height. Witnesses (目擊者) in some areas of Indonesia reported seeing up to 10-metre high waves crash into the shore.
1．We can infer from the passage that fewer people would have died in the South Asian tsunami ________.
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A．if there had been warning system along the coast
B．if the earthquake had happened off the coast of Thailand
C．if the tsunami had happened in the day time
D．if the tsunami had happened in the deep ocean
2．What surprises people most about the tsunamis is that ________.
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A．it lasts a long time
B．it travels a long way
C．a tsunamis on one side of the ocean can cause destruction on the other side of the ocean
D．it builds up a high wave
3．Which of the following is NOT true of the South Asian tsunamis?
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A．It was caused by a serious earthquake off the coast of Indonesia.
B．It was caused by the strongest earthquake in the world.
C．People didn't expect such a strong tsunamis would hit them.
D．It may be the worst natural disaster in recent history.
4．Which of the following is the best title for this article?
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A．What Is the Tsunami?
B．South Asia Was Hit by the Strongest Earthquake.
C．Mother Nature Displays Anger.
D．A Terrible Disaster.
科目：高中英語 來源：活題巧解巧練·高二英語（上） 題型：050
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The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audience could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said good-bye to each other forever. He sent his camera crew(攝制組)out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men,“Have you provided me with that sunset?”
“No, sir,”the men answered.
The director was angry.“Why not?”he asked.
“Well, sir.”one of the men answered, “we're on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”
“But I want a sunset!”the director shouted.“Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”
But then a young secretary had an idea.“Why don't you photograph a sunrise,”she suggested,“and then play it backwards. It'll look like a sunset.”
“That's a very good idea!”the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said,“Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”
The camera crew went out early the next morning end filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay (海灣). Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director.“Here it is, sir.”they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.
They all went into the studio (攝影棚).“All right.”the director explained.“Now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the‘sunset’behind them.”
The“sunset”began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.
The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.
1．Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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A．The crew had to follow the secretary's advice.
B．If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is the place to go to.
C．The camera crew wasn't able to film the scene the first day
D．The director ordered Ms crew to stop filming the“sunset”.
2．The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because ________.
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A．it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine
B．when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C．the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset
D．it was more moving than a sunrise
3．After the“sunset”began the director suddenly put his face in his hands ________.
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A．because he was moved to tears
B．as he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C．as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D．because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine
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