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　　Luckily, before we took any action, the windows stopped moving and the pool calmed down. Everything went back to normal soon. But both my son and I knew what we should do, because we knew if there had been a really big earthquake this morning, we couldn't have escaped from it.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文。一场地震让作者和她儿子知道要防患于未然。

　　1．When the earthquake started, the author ________.

　　A．didn't hear anything

　　B．was repairing her computer

　　C．didn't consider it an earthquake

　　D．was sleeping with her door locked

　　答案与解析：C　细节理解题。根据第一段的"I thought that something heavy in a neighbor's house probably had fallen. However, the walls and the floor began to shake. I finally realized it was an earthquake."可知，作者一开始没有意识到发生了地震。故选C项。

　　2．According to Paragraph 2, why was the author worried?

　　A．Because her son seemed to be in pain.

　　B．Because she couldn't wake her son up.

　　C．Because her son was locked in his room.

　　D．Because she couldn't solve her son's sleep problem.

答案与解析：B　细节理解题。根据第二段的"But nobody