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50. A. improved B. repaired C. protected D. used 【解析】选D。现代的科学家仍然在使用张衡发明的地动仪。由still可知D项正确。improve“改善”；repair“修理”；protect“保护”。 51. A. where B. when C. what D. why 【解析】选D。由后文“我们仍然无法知道地震发生的确切时间和位置”可排除A、B两项。此处指“我们已经掌握了地震发生的原因”。故why符合语境。 52. A. speak B. tell C. talk D. point 【解析】选B。tell在此意为“说明白；讲清楚”，符合语境。 53. A. make B. prepare C. stop D. let 【解析】选C。此处意为：无法预测地震什么时间、在哪里发生，也无法阻止它的发生。stop. . . from doing sth. “阻止……做某事”。 54. A. worst B. best C. most D. fast 【解析】选A。worst“最坏的”；best“最好的”；most“最多的”；fast“快速的”。由于无法预知地震发生的时间、地点，也无法阻止其发生，故认为它是最严重的灾害之一。 55. A. However B. But C. And D. So 【解析】选A。前后句为转折关系，故排除C、D两项。but表示转折时，其后不可用逗号。故A项正确。 Ⅳ. 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) (A) A great earthquake happened in southwestern China on May 12, 2008, killing thousands of people. The quake struck Wenchuan and other parts of Sichuan Province in the middle of the afternoon and a number of school buildings, shops and homes were destroyed. The number of the dead and missing rose as rescue workers dug through flattened(夷为平地的)schools and homes to find survivors. It was reported that many people were still buried under the ruins in and around Mianyang, a city about 60 miles east of the epicenter(震中). People there spent a second night sleeping outside in the rain. The government ordered people not to return to their homes for safety concerns. Few lights were on in the city, and people ate and chatted by candlelight. Rescue teams brought people to Mianyang’s stadium for food and shelter. Outside the railway station, the police shouted in megaphones(扩音器)telling people where they could get free food. Buses carrying survivors left Beichuan, which is in the northeast of the epicenter and was also flattened by the quake. 1, 000 students and teachers were killed or missing at a fallen high school in Beichuan County. At another school in the town of Juyuan, 900 s