Question

（1）At 3:42 am everything began to shake. It seemed 1. the world was at an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century 2. . It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation 3. it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam4. holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. The suffering of the people 5. . Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left6. . The number of people who were killed or injured 7. more than 400,000.

（2）Since the 1970s many new applications 8. for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones9. .

help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly 10. that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race.

Answer 1

1.as if

2.had begun

3.felt

4.burst from

5.was extreme

6.without parents

7.reached

8.have been found

9.as well as

10.filled with happiness

【解析】

1.看起來好像It seemed as if，是固定句型，填 as if。

2.主語是最強的地震，謂語動詞表示在此之前發生，用過去完成時，had begun。

3.三分之一的國家都感到了地震，敘述過去的事情用一般過去時 felt。

4.熱氣從地縫迸發。填動詞短語 burst from。

5.給人類造成極大的痛苦，主語是痛苦，不可數名詞，謂語是單數 was extreme。

6.很多孩子成為了孤兒，沒有了父母，填介詞短語 without parents。

7.】受災的人數達到40萬。填動詞reached 。

8.】Since 是現在完成時的標志詞，設備和發現是被動關系用have been found。

9.】我被用來制作在手機和幫助進行醫學手術。表示“和”用as well as。

10.】我現在心里充滿了快樂，be filled with happiness。

考點：詞匯的運用