Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods can often come at the least expected time．Others, such as hurricanes are increasing in severity and destruction．Typically, those poor countries are the worst hit for they have the least resources to deal with the destruction and rebuild their home．This part of the globalissues．org website looks at some of these issues．
Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis
The earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was one of the biggest recorded, measuring 9 on the Richter scale（里氏震級(jí)）．
It was the resulting tsunami, however, that caused the most destruction．It devastated the northeast of Japan, leaving many thousands dead or missing, and -hundreds of thousands homeless or leaving the area．In addition, various power generators（發(fā)電機(jī)組） failed．Some older nuclear power stations risked meltdown and suffered explosions and radioactive leaks．Workers battled for weeks to try and bring the situation under control．Radioactive material was detected in various places．
It is thought that the cost of the earthquake and tsunami could be over $ 300 billion-the world's most expensive natural disaster on record．
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destroyed category 4（四級(jí)） hurricane, the highest category, that hit the Gulf of Mexico and various Southern regions of the United States at the end of August, 2005, causing the worst damage in that country's history, estimated at $ 100 billion．The famous New Orleans city and surrounding areas were worst hit as much of it sits some 6 feet below sea level．City defenses, such as banks, only designed for categary 3 type hurricanes, gave way, leading to enormous flooding and associated damage, death and displacement of around 100, 000 people who either chose to say the course, or could not afford to flee．
小題1:Where would this passage most probably appear?
A．In a textbook．B．In a magazine．C．In a paper．D．In a website．
小題2:Why are those poor countries the worst hit by natural disasters?
A．Because they are lazy and poor．
B．Because they desire help from rich countries．
C．Because they lack resources to deal with the destruction and rebuild their home．
D．Because they never think of protecting their home．
小題3:What is the meaning do the underlined word "devastated" in the paragraph 3?
A．Built．B．Completed． C．Discovered．D．Destroyed．
小題4:In the disaster happening in 2011 in Japan, what caused the most destruction?
A．Radioactive material．B．Tsunami．
C．Earthquake．D．Power generators' explosion．
小題5:What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Hurricane Katrina also hit the northern part of the USA．
B．Hurricane Katrina caused the second the worst damage in the history of the USA．
C．All parts of New Orleans city were below sea level．
D．City defenses in New Orleans couldn't deal with Hurricane Katrina．

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：本文講述的是日本的地震海嘯以及美國(guó)的卡特琳娜颶風(fēng)對(duì)美國(guó)的破壞，告訴我們這一系列的自然災(zāi)害方面的知識(shí)。
小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段4,5行．This part of the globalissues．org website looks at some of these issues．說明本文是網(wǎng)頁(yè)的一部分，故D項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段3,4行those poor countries are the worst hit for they have the least resources to deal with the destruction and rebuild their home．說明C正確。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)本句It devastated the northeast of Japan, leaving many thousands dead or missing, and -hundreds of thousands homeless or leaving the area本句說明的是日本的地震海嘯給日本帶來的破壞，故該詞是指破壞的意思，故D項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第一句It was the resulting tsunami, however, that caused the most destruction．說明導(dǎo)致最大破壞的是海嘯，故B正確。
小題5:D 推斷題。根據(jù)文章最后4行．City defenses, such as banks, only designed for categary 3 type hurricanes, gave way, leading to enormous flooding and associated damage, death and displacement of around 100, 000 people who either chose to say the course, or could not afford to flee．說明City defenses沒有能夠抵擋住卡特琳娜颶風(fēng)的襲擊，故D項(xiàng)正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述的是日本的地震海嘯以及美國(guó)的卡特琳娜颶風(fēng)對(duì)美國(guó)的破壞。本文所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找，對(duì)于文章中的細(xì)節(jié)題，要注意文本內(nèi)容的理解。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯(cuò)誤有：絕對(duì)化語(yǔ)言，范圍擴(kuò)大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。
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