A．the earth's crust in Europe is weaker than that in other places

　　B．the fires following the San Francisco earthquake caused more damage than the earthquake did

　　C．there were 75,000 people killed in the San Francisco earthquake　

　　D．the city of Yokohama was not greatly influenced by the Tokyo quake

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。由第二段"The greatest destruction came from the fires that followed the quake."可知B项正确。

　　B

　　Having lived in California until 1970, my family has felt a number of earthquakes. We have been fortunate, however, to have suffered no bodily harm or property damage.

　　There is a website that lists all California earthquakes recorded from 1769 to the present. The site lists the dates and times as well as the magnitude (震级) and the exact location of any quake that measured more than 6.0. There are only a few quakes that stand out in my memory and, luckily, none is shown in the website. So, my personal experience with earthquakes might be considered insignificant.

　　There are three earthquakes that are difficult to forget. The first one was in 1955 and our oldest daughter was walking with me in our backyard in Redwood City in California. As the shaking became stronger I held her to me with one arm as I held on to one of our fruit trees with the other. All three of us (my daughter, I and the tree) shook for two or three minutes that to us felt like hours.

　　The second one was in 1963. Our entire family was visiting Disneyland in Southern California. The earth started to shake just as we were beginning to walk from our hotel toward the_famous_landmark.

　　My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California. It was in my sixties and I was alone in an old church. As the building started to shake, I quickly headed for the door to go outside. I remember I said a little prayer - something like, "Help me get out of here in time, Dear Heavenly Father". Minutes later, I was safe outside.

语篇解读：本文为记叙文，作者回忆了自己经历的三次地震。

　　4．The author writes the passage mainly to tell us about ________.

　　A．a new film about an earthquake

　　B．how to survive an earthquake

　　C．his three earthquake experiences

　　D．how to save children in an earthquake

　　解析：选C　写作意图题。作者主要是向读者介绍了自己经历的三次地震。

　　5．When the first earthquake happened, the author ________.

A．was staying with his daughter