单元质量评估(四)(时间：100分钟满分：120分)第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AOn26thJanuary，thebiggestearthquakeinIndiatookthelivesof25，000people.Inthemorning，wheneverybodywasenjoyingtheholiday，theearthquakebegan.Itwasabout7.5ontheRitcherscale.“Thereisnothingleftbetweentheskyandtheearthanymore.Everythinghasbeenpulleddown.”saidoneofthevillagersalive.“Thereisnowater，nofoodandnoonehascometohelp.”NobodydiedinPakistan，acountrynexttoIndia.ThecityofLahorewaslucky.InLahoreAmericanSchool，whereIwasstudying，allofthestudentsweresafe.Theywereonthefield，somostchildrendidn'tfeelanything.Theearthquakewasfeltbytheteachersthatwereonthesecondfloor.However，thoughMrsYoungwasalsoonthesecondfloor，shedidn'tfeelanything.Shedidn'tknowwhathappeneduntilateachertoldheraboutit.Thoseteacherswhowereontheotherfloorshaddifferentfeelings.MrEmond，themathsteacherfromAustralia，saidthatwhentheearthquakestartedhethoughttherewassomethingwrongwithhim，butthenanotherteachersaidthatitwasanearthquake.MrsDavisandMrFrostdidn'tfeelanythingeither.Mymotherdidn'tfeelanything.Shedidn'tevenknowthatitwasanearthquaketillshesawashakinglight.Mydadsawthecomputershakingandthenhelookedoutofthewindowandsawmanypeoplegoingout.【语篇解读】本文简单介绍了发生在印度的一次大地震。1．ThebiggestearthquakeinIndiahappenedonthe________ofJanuary26th.A．nightB．afternoonC．noonD．morning解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“Inthemorning，wheneverybodywasenjoyingtheholiday，theearthquakebegan.”可知这次地震发生在早晨。故选D。答案：D2．Peopleuse“Riteherscale”totell________．A．wheretheearthquaketakesplaceB．howserioustheearthquakeisC．whentheearthquaketakesplaceD．howlongtheearthquakelasts解析：推理判断题。根据“Ritcherscale”前面的数字7.5，可知人们用“Ritcherscale”来表示地震程度的大小。故选B。答案：B3．Welearnthat________fromthesentence“Thereisnothingleftbetweentheskyandtheearthanymore.”A．IndiaisalargecountryB．theIndianpeoplehadnothingaftertheearthquakeC．thereisnotallbuildingsinIndiaD．theearthquakeinIndiawasserious解析：推理判断题。“Thereisnothingleftbetweentheskyandtheearthanymore.”这句话的意思是：在天空和地面之间没有什么东西留下了。再联系后一句“Everythinghasbeenpulleddown.(一切事物都被摧毁了。)”，可知这次地震非常严重。故选D。答案：D4．ThecityofLahoreis________．A．inIndiaB．inPakistanC．inAmericaD．inAustralia解析：细节理解题。根据第二段前两句“NobodydiedinPakistan，acountrynexttoIndia.ThecityofLahorewaslucky.”可知这是一个巴基斯坦城市。故选B。答案：BBBuildingscrashedtothegroundinseconds.Thousandsofpeoplelosttheirlivesinaflash.SincetheyweretoldanearthquakewouldhitTokyoaroundSeptember16，Japanesepeoplehaven'tbeenabletogetthesethoughtsoutoftheirminds.TheyheardthenewsfromYoshioKushida，aresearcherwhousedradiowavestopredictthatanearthquakewouldstrikewithamagnitude(量级)ofatleastseven.“Itwouldbeterriblenottowarnpeopleofapossibledisasterincaseaquakeactuallyoccurs，”hesaid.Hiswarninghadabigeffect.FrightenedTokyopeoplehavebeenstockinguponwater，foodandcandlesinpreparationfortheterribleday.ButKushidahasn'thadmuchsupportfromtheexperts.Atpresent，predictingearthquakesisthoughttobeimpossible.Noonecantellexactlywhereorwhenthenextmajorearthquakewilloccur.Anearthquakebeginstensofmilesbelowtheearth'ssurface：it'stoofarawaytosee.An...