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閱讀理解
Earthquakes are measured on a scale designed by U．S．scientist called Charles Richter．Each increase of one whole unit means a tenfold increase in intensity．That is to say, an earthquake of 7.0 is ten times more powerful than one of 6.0 and 8.0 earthquake is 100 times stronger than a 6.0 one．More than a million people died when an earthquake destroyed the eastern Mediterranean in July, 1201．The biggest killer in modern times was the 7.8 earthquake that destroyed Tangshan in China’s northeast in 1979, killing about 200 000 people．Following are the other major earthquakes over 8.0 in Asia in the 20th century．
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An 9.0 earthquake is 1000 times as strong as one of ________．
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8.0
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B． |
7.0
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C． |
6.0
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D． |
5.0
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The magnitude of the quake which happened in the eastern Mediterranean in July, 1201 ________．
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is the highest
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B． |
was recorded
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C． |
was measured
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D． |
is unknown
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The underlined word “killer” in the passage refers to ________．
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A． |
earthquake
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B． |
dead people
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C． |
ruin
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D． |
murderer
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The earthquake in Japan on March 2, 1933 was ________ the power of one at Tangshan in China in 1976, while the Chinese who died from the earthquake were about ________ more than the Japanese．
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A． |
eighteen times; fifty times
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B． |
eleven times; sixty-six times
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C． |
eight times; eighty times
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D． |
six times; sixty times
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