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Having lived in California until 1970, my family has felt a number of earthquakes. We have been fortunate, however, to have suffered no bodily harm or property damage.
There is a website that lists all California earthquakes recorded from 1769 to the present. The site lists the dates and times as well as the magnitude (震级) and the exact location of any quake that measured more than 6. 0. There are only a few quakes that stand out in my memory and, luckily, none is shown in the website. So, my personal experience with earthquakes might be considered insignificant.
There are three earthquakes that are difficult to forget. The first one was in 1955 and our oldest daughter was walking with me in our backyard in Redwood City in California. As the shaking became stronger I held her to me with one arm as I held on to one of our fruit trees with the other. All three of us (my daughter, I and the tree) shook for two or three minutes that to us felt like hours.
The second one was in 1963. Our entire family was visiting Disneyland in Southern California. The earth started to shake just as we were beginning to walk from our hotel toward the famous landmark.
My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California. It was in my sixties and I was alone in an old church. As the building started to shake, I quickly headed for the door to go outside. I remember I said a little prayer—something like, “Help me get out of here in time, Dear Heavenly Father. ”Minutes later, I was safe outside.
【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文。作者回忆了自己经历的三次地震。
1. The author writes the passage mainly to tell us about ______.
A. a new film about an earthquake
B. how to survive an earthquake
C. his three earthquake experiences
D. how to save children in an earthquake
【解析】选C。主旨大意题。本文是一篇记叙文, 作者向读者介绍了自己亲身经历的三次地震。
2. The earthquakes the author has experienced ______.
A. all caused bodily harm
B. are all recorded in a website
C. all measured more than 6. 0
D. all happened in California
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段的“The first one was in 1955. . . in California”和第四段第二句以及第五段的“My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California”可知三次地震都发生在加利福尼亚。
3. When the first earthquake happened, the author ______.
A. was staying with his daughter
B. was planting fruit trees
C. held on to a tree for hours
D. was in a hotel
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段的“All three of us (my daughter and I, and the tree) shook for two or three minutes”可知当地震发生时, 作者和他的女儿在一起。
4. What does the underlined part “the famous landmark” refer to?
A. A church.
B. Disneyland.
C. A building destroyed by an earthquake.
D. The place where the author was born.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据“Our entire family was visiting Disneyland”可知地震发生时, 作者一家正在游览迪士尼乐园。
