单选题 14.  Few houses in this district ______ the terrible earthquake and many people were killed.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 词义辨析
last:持续,维持;survive:幸存,继续存在;deserve:值得,应受;pass:通过,经过。根据句意可知,选B。
   在这场可怕的地震中该地区保留下来的房屋寥寥无几,并且许多人都死了。