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七年级第二学期英语阅读竞赛 Name__________ Score________ 1 In March 1964, Alaska began to shake ( 摇动 ) . there was a great earthquake. It was the biggest earthquake the country ever had. Shops and houses fell down. One street dropped 30 feet. One island rose about11metres into the air. Parts of the sea bottom became dry land. People felt the earthquake hundreds of kilometers away. Each year there are many earthquakes. Most of them are small. They happen in different parts of the world. We are not sure what makes them. But if you are near, you can see the earth move. You may see a big crack (裂缝) in the ground. Sometimes the land drops on one side of the crack. It goes up on the other side of the crack. There is a new hill. The old world has a new shape. ( ) 1. The strongest earthquake in Alaska happened in June 1864 ( ) 2. From this story we can see the bottom of the sea is nearly dry. ( ) 3. Earthquakes happen only in big cities. ( ) 4. The story wants to tell us how the strongest earthquake happened ( ) 5. The word “earthquakes” in the story means a strong shaking or moving of the ground. ( )6. After the earthquake you may see a small crack in the ground. 2 Long March Exhibit The Shanghai history museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and some other things that show how the Communist Red Army retreated（撤离）from its bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s. Captions（说明文字）are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20. Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese/ 15 yuan for foreigners Thai Elephants Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bicycles, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a harmonica（口琴）. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war (拔河比赛) with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants stride ov