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The City of Christchurch, New Zealand was struck by a 7.1magnitude earthquake on the early morning of Saturday, September 4, 2010.
No tsunami alert was reported. The country's army troops were on standby to assist victims and disaster recovery operation. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, flew to the affected area to inspect and assess the situation of the damaged city. The Prime Minister said that the full assessment of the damages would possibly take months to know the severity of damages. Based from his assessment on what he saw in the area, it could cost at least 2 billion New Zealand dollars or US$1.4 billion for reconstruction.
“An absolute miracle that no one died，” Prime Minister John Key said. Two were seriously injured from this quake and thousands of local residents were awakened after being shaken at 4：35 a.m. of that Saturday.
There were people trapped inside the damaged buildings but fortunately none were reported dead from the rubble of the damaged buildings.
“We're all feeling scared—we've just had some significant aftershocks，” a survivor told TV One News. “Tonight we're just people in the face of a massive natural disaster, trying to help each other and we're grateful we haven't lost a life.”
GNS Science reported 29 aftershocks within the 14 hours after the quake, with strength from magnitude 3.7 to 5.4.
New_Zealand_is_no_stranger_to_earthquakes. The country experiences more than 14，000 earthquakes a year—but only about 150 are felt by people.
“Many buildings here were built with earthquake protection measure. However, in most cities in developing countries, people build how they want to and there're no building controls to force them to build to a higher standard that's safe，” Andrew Charleson, an architecture professor at Victoria University of Wellington told CNN.
【小题1】How many people were killed in the New Zealand earthquake on September 4, 2010?

A．250，000.

B．29.

C．2.

D．0.

【小题2】After the earthquake, all of the following occurred EXCEPT that________．

A．a number of aftershocks broke out

B．army troops were there to help

C．no people were injured or killed

D．the full assessment of the damages can't take in a short time

【小题3】What does the writer want to say by quoting Professor Andrew Charleson's words in the last paragraph?

A．Earthquakes are much more terrible and bigger in developing countries.

B．Lacking of money, developing countries can't build safe buildings.

C．Building controls are the guarantee of safe buildings.

D．In developing countries, people have more freedom to design their buildings the way they like.

【小题4】What does the underlined sentence mean?

A．Earthquakes break out frequently in New Zealand.

B．The earthquakes breaking out in New Zealand are very strange.

C．The earthquakes breaking out in New Zealand are unusual.

D．Earthquakes rarely hit New Zealand.

【小题5】What's the main idea of the passage?

A．A massive earthquake struck the city of Christchurch of New Zealand.

B．No one was ever killed in earthquakes in New Zealand.

C．New Zealand has strict laws to guarantee the buildings' safety.

D．A miracle happened in the terrible earthquake.

答案：【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】C
【小题4】A
【小题5】A

试题分析：本文讲述巨大地震袭击新西兰城市Christchurch
【小题1】D细节理解题。由第三段引用的Prime Minister John Key所说的话An absolute miracle that no one died可以看出，这次地震没有人遇难。故选D
【小题2】C细节理解题。由第三段的Two were seriously injured from this quake可知，地震中有两人受了重伤。故选C
【小题3】C 推理判断题。教授的话向我们揭示了地震在发展中国家造成的损失要远远高于发达国家的原因是there're no building controls to force them to build to a higher standard that's safe，可知自控建筑是安全建筑的保障，故选C
【小题4】A句意理解题。由下文The country experiences more than 14，000 earthquakes a year这个国家一年有14000多次地震，可以看出，在新西兰经常发生地震。故选A
【小题5】A主旨大意题。文章报道了新西兰城市Christchurch的一次地震的情况，可知最好标题是巨大地震袭击新西兰Christchurch，故选B
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