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课时作业(十三) Unit4 EarthquakesSectionⅠ WarmingupReading—Pre-reading

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HavinglivedinCaliforniauntil1970，myfamilyhasfeltanumberofearthquakes.Wehavebeenfortunate，however，tohavesufferednobodilyharmorpropertydamage.

ThereisawebsitethatlistsallCaliforniaearthquakesrecordedfrom1769tothepresent.Thesite

liststhedatesandtimesaswellasthemagnitude(震级)andtheexactlocationofanyquakethatmeasuredmorethan6.0.Thereareonlyafewquakesthatstandoutinmymemoryand，luckily，noneisshowninthewebsite.So，mypersonalexperiencewithearthquakesmightbeconsideredinsignificant.

Therearethreeearthquakesthataredifficulttoforget.Thefirstone wasin1955andouroldest

daughterwaswalkingwithmeinourbackyardinRedwoodCityinCalifornia.AstheshakingbecamestrongerIheldhertomewithonearmasIheldontooneofourfruittreeswiththeother.Allthreeofus(mydaughter，Iandthetree)shookfortwoorthreeminutesthattousfeltlikehours.

Thesecondonewasin1963.OurentirefamilywasvisitingDisneylandinSouthernCalifornia.Theearthstartedtoshakejustaswewerebeginningtowalkfromourhoteltowardthe_famous_landmark.

MythirdexperiencewithanearthquakewasalonelyoneinCalifornia.ItwasinmysixtiesandIwasaloneinanoldchurch.Asthebuildingstartedtoshake，Iquicklyheadedforthedoortogooutside.IrememberIsaidalittleprayer—somethinglike“Helpmegetoutofhereintime，DearHeavenlyFather”．Minuteslater，Iwassafeoutside.

语篇解读 作者回忆了自己经历的三次地震。

Theauthorwritesthepassagemainlytotellusabout .

A．anewfilmaboutanearthquakeB．howtosurviveanearthquake

C．histhreeearthquakeexperiences

D．howtosavechildreninanearthquake

解析： 作者意图题。作者主要介绍了自己经历的三次地震。

答案： C

Theearthquakestheauthorhasexperienced .A．allcausedbodilyharm

areallrecordedinawebsite

allmeasuredmorethan6.0

allhappenedinCalifornia

解析： 细节理解题。根据第三段的“Thefirstw