Question

At 3:42 a.m. everything began to shake. It seemed    1.     the world was   2.     an end! Eleven kilometers    3.     (direct) below the city the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century began. It was heard in Beijing,    4.  is one hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was  eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide  cut    5.    houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from    6.     (hole) in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. Two-thirds of the people died or   7.     (injure) during the earthquake. Thousands of families    8.     ( kill)  and many children were left    9.     parents. The number of people   10.     were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.

Answer

1.that; 

2.at ; 

3.directly ; 

4.which;

5.across ; 

6.holes;

7.were   injured ;

8.were killed  

9.without;

10.who/that

【解析】

试题分析：在凌晨3：42分，一切都在晃动，世界仿佛到了末日。在这个城市下方11公里处20世纪最大的地震发生了。远在100公里以外的北京都有强烈的震感。在城市里房倒屋塌，很多人们在地震中丧生，到处是一片悲惨的景象。

1.that;  考查连词。固定句型：it seems/seemed that +从句，意思是“似乎”， it是形式主语，that引导的是真正的主语从句，在句中不做成分，故填that。

2.at ;  考查介词。固定短语：at an end“结束”，句意：似乎世界到了末日。

3.directly ; 考查副词。修饰介词短语应该用副词形式，填directly。

4.which; 考查关系代词。从结构可知此处是非限制性定语从句，从句中缺少主语，指代前面句中的Beijing，所以用which。

5.across ; 考查介词。根据句意可知此处指一条巨大的裂沟横穿街道，房屋，填介词across。

6.holes; 考查名词。Hole是可数名词，前面没有限定词，所以hole用复数形式，填holes。

7.were   injured ; 考查动词。Injure是及物动词，人们是被伤到，因为文章讲述的是发生在过去的事情，所以用一般过去时态的被动形式，根据主谓一致的原则，填were injured。

8.were killed  考查动词。在此指人们在地震中丧生，是被动的意思。因为文章讲述的是发生在过去的事情，所以用一般过去时态的被动形式，根据主谓一致的原则，填were killed。

9.without; 考查介词。 从上文内容可知很多人在地震中死去，所以有的孩子们没有了父母，成了孤儿，填介词without。

10.who/that考查关系代词。此处是定语从句，从句中缺少主语，先行词是人，所以用that或者who。

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