13．We live about four or five miles from the centre of Padang．Our house was built around 1975．Older houses like this are much stronger and the amount of damage where we are is minimal．It′s the newer buildings in town that have had the biggest damage．
I was in bed when the earthquake started．I just ran out of the house like everyone did．It didn′t last long，about 30 seconds of very intense shaking．I could see the buildings moving and cracks developing in the road．The experience was too intense to really think about．What is more terrifying is waiting for the aftershock （余震）．
My wife was with me but my daughter was about three streets away with her aunt．As soon as the shaking stopped I ran to find her．
Many people left immediately for villages on higher ground because they were worried about a possible tsunami （海嘯）．About half of those who were left，including my family，spent the night in a mosque （清真寺）．
The house is OK，although we have no water or electricity．The electricity went off immediately and I dont expect it will be back on for some time．In the past it took a week or so to come back on．We also have no water now．We have been collecting rain water and bathing in the river．
We have also managed to get hold of a petrol generator so we have some power．The rain has stopped now，but it has rained almost continuously all night．We managed to get 24cartons of drinking water from our local street seller．
Some of the local shops and markets opened this morning．People were queuing up and we have enough food for a week-noodles and things like that．If we can′t get more after a week I think we will think about moving to another city，but I don′t know where．
60．The author and his family bathed in the river，becauseD．
A．the water in it was very clean
B．they thought it more convenient
C．the daughter insisted on doing so
D．there was no water at their home
61．What does the underlined word"it"in Para.2 refer to？C
A．The author′s house．
B．The tsunami．
C．The earthquake．
D．The electricity．
62．It can be inferred from the passage thatC．
A．the author and his family would leave the city for their favorite one before long
B．the author and his family could predict exactly when the earthquake happened
C．many people including the author and his family suffered a lot from the earthquake
D．the people in the quake-hit regions were taken no notice of by the government
63．What is the passage mainly about？B
A．How the author escaped from the earthquake．
B．The authors experience during the earthquake．
C．When and where the intense earthquake happened．
D．The author and his family′s adventure in the earthquake．
分析 作者描述了他們一家人在一次地震中的經歷及感受．
解答 DCCB
60．D 考查細節理解．根據第5段"we have no water or electricity"和"We also have no water now"兩處可找出答案，他們在河里洗澡是由于家里沒水、沒電所致．故選D．
61．C 考查細節理解．根據第2段首句"地震發生時，我當時正在床上，我像其他人一樣迅速跑出了房子，它沒持續太久…"可猜出此處的"it"是指代前面的earthquake．故選C．
62．C 考查細節理解．閱讀全文可知，許多建筑物在不同程度上遭到了地震的破壞，造成了停水、停電，給人們帶來諸多不便，從中可推斷出C項正確．故選C．
63．B 考查細節理解．這是一篇作者的日志，講述了作者在地震時及隨后的經歷，這也是本文的主題，其他項都不能覆蓋全文的內容，故選B．
點評 閱讀理解考察學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力，做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
