There was large damage and loss of life at Concepcion, Chile's top industrial city. Near the city of Valdivia, the earthquake and following aftershocks generated landslides which killed 18 people. At the port city of Valparaiso, a city of 200,000, many buildings collapsed. A total of 130,000 houses were destroyed -one in every three in the earthquake zone and nearly 2,000,000 people were left homeless.

Total damage losses, including to agriculture and to industry, were estimated(估计) to be over a half billion dollars. The total number of death related with both the tsunami and the earthquake was never found accurately for the region. Estimates of deaths reached between 4,900 to 57,002 with no distinction as to how many deaths werecaused by the earthquake and how many were caused by the tsunami. However, it is believed that most of the deaths in Chile were caused by the tsunami.

12. Where did the largest tsunami damage occur?

　A．Concepcion. B．Valdivia. C．Isla Chiloe. D．Valparaiso

13.What can we learn about the tsunami waves generated by the earthquake?

A． The tsunami waves as high as 25 meters arrived immediately after the earthquake.

B． The tsunami waves killed 200 people and sank all boats.

C． The tsunami waves were very destructive.

D． The tsunami waves flooded half of the inland.

14. What is the total number of deaths in the earthquake?

A．2,000,000. B．Between 4, 900 to 57, 002.C．200,000. D．It was hard to know.

15. What does the underlined word "collapsed" in the third paragraph probably mean?

A．be destroyed B．caught fire C．be flooded D. sank

E

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