The island country of Japan，located on the Ring of Fire，（1）AA thousands of small earthquakes each year.In 1995，a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook a city named Kobe.Many people were killed or injured as a result of the damage.The people of Kobe faced many difficult problems，including shortages of（2）BB，water，and housing.What lessons did scientists learn from this disaster？And how are people（3）CC the next big earthquake？
Part of preparation for an earthquake is to make sure that buildings and other structures are（4）BB enough.As a result，the scientists and engineers in Japan are trying their best to（5）AA construction technology.Japanese scientists are working on the world's largest earthquake， "shaking table".New technologies are also used to create "smart" buildings that can get survived in the earthquake.
Many kinds of new instruments have been developed to help scientists（6）DD an earthquake.There is a new computer system which is able to give people as much as a25-second（7）DD that a quake is comjye.aig.In this way，people will have（8）CC time to stop trains，shut down gas lines，and tell（9）AA to stop operating in the hospital and so on.
Although earthquakes can（10）CC be controlled，yet in the future as the forecasting methods are becoming more advanced，people will deal with such events more effectively.
| （1） | A．experiences | B．causes | C．likes | D．makes |
| （2） | A．money | B．food | C．computers | D．scientists |
| （3） | A．waiting for | B．thinking of | C．preparing for | D．working on |
| （4） | A．tall | B．strong | C．modern | D．new |
| （5） | A．improve | B．raise | C．teach | D．learn |
| （6） | A．pick | B．protect | C．stop | D．predict |
| （7） | A．news | B．warming | C．suggestion | D．warning |
| （8） | A．long | B．happy | C．enough | D．main |
| （9） | A．doctors | B．engineers | C．teachers | D．managers |
| （10） | A．seldom | B．a(chǎn)lways | C．never | D．sometimes |
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【答案】A；B；C；B；A；D；D；C；A；C
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