2012年新目標九年級英語Unit4單元檢測試題及答案

d. the beautifu l temples.
(   )38. the writer thinks housing in hong kong is expensive because 　　　.
a. it is a small fishing village
b. it is a mix of east and west
c. it is a beautiful city
d. there are too many people in the city
(   )39. what do the two cities have in common?
a. they both have beautiful mountains.
b. they both have a large population.
c. air pollution is a problem in both.
d. they are both crowded.
(   )40. from the passage, we can know that 　　　.
a. san jose and hong kong are the only two cities of the world's best
b. san jose has more natural sights than hong kong does
c. the weather in both cities is fine
d. san jose used to be a sm all fishing villaged　　sophia wu, 25, is a young chinese woman who does business with her family in santiago, chile (智利). on february 27, she experienced a night that she will never forget.
　　"i was asleep and was woken up by powerful shaking at around 3:30 in the morning. my whole room was moving and i couldn't stand still. i wanted to run downstairs and go outside, but suddenly the wall got broken and the lights in the room wen t out. the room became so shaky that i couldn't move at all."
　　that night an 8.8-magnitude (震級) earthquake hit chile. buil dings and bridges fell down. electricity (電) and water services shut down. the chilean red cross reported that about 500,000 homes were destroyed and more than 800 people died.
　　the earthquake has been the fifth strongest since 1900. more than 90 aftershocks (余震) followed the earthquake. a tsunami (海嘯) was set off in the pacific ocean by the earthquake.
　　scientists say that there are about 500,000 earthquakes in the world each year. of these, only 20% are felt, and 100 of them cause damage.
　　so far, scientists haven't found a way to predict earthquakes. but you can learn to protect yourself during an earthquake. the most important thing to remember is to drop, cover and hold on. so remember to drop to the floor, get under something for cover and hold onto something strong during the shaking.
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(   )41. what happened to sophia wu on february 27?
a. her house was burned in a fire.
b. she dreamed a terrible dream.
c. her family died in a terrible accident.
d. a serious earthquake hit the city she was in.
(   )42. which is the correct order (順序)?
a. wu got up and found her whole room was moving.
b. wu wanted to run downstairs and go out.
c. the wall got broken and the lights went out.