问答题 Passage Two
Earthquakes

问答题 At two minutes to noon in September 1 of 1923, the great clock in Tokyo stopped.
【正确答案】in on
【答案解析】[解析] 表示具体日期的短语前面介词要用on。
问答题 Tokyo Bay shook as if huge rug had been pulled from under it.
【正确答案】(if)a(huge)
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问答题 Towered above the bay, the 4,000 meter Mount Fuji stood above a deep trench in the sea.
【正确答案】Towered Towering
【答案解析】[解析] 本句无被动语意。
问答题 It was from this trench where the earthquake came, at a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale.
Huge waves swept over the city.
【正确答案】where that
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的正常语序是:The earthquake came from this trench.本句是强调句,故用that。
问答题 Boats were driven inland, and buildings and people were dragged out sea.
【正确答案】(out)to(sea)
【答案解析】[解析] drag out to…意为“被拖人……”。
问答题 The tremors dislodged part of a hillside, which gave way, brushing trains, stations and bodies the water below.
【正确答案】(bodies)into(the)
【答案解析】[解析] brushing trains,stations and bodies into the water below意为“火车、车站和尸体都被卷入深水中”。
问答题 Three massive shocks wrecked the of Tokyo and Yokohama and, during the next six hours, there were more than 100 aftershocks.
The casualties were enormous, but there were also some lucky survivors.
【正确答案】(the)cities(of)
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问答题 The most remarkably was a woman who was having a bath in her room at the Tokyo Grand Hotel.
【正确答案】remarbly remarkable
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问答题 As for the hotel collapsed, she and her bath gracefully descended to the street,
【正确答案】for
【答案解析】[解析] 当旅馆坍塌时。
问答题 leave both her and the bath water intact.
【正确答案】leave leaving
【答案解析】[解析] 此处应用现在分词,表伴随动作,作补充说明。