阅读P29教材课文，选择最佳答案

　　1．How many earthquakes happen in the world a year?

　　A．About two.

　　B．More than 100，000.

　　C．About 400.

　　D．More than 12，000.

　　2．How many people were there in the eight provinces in Central China in 1556?

　　A．800 million.　 B．830，000.

　　C．1，383，000. D．332，000.

　　3．What did the most damage in the California Earthquake in 1906?

　　A．Fires caused by the earthquake.

　　B．The Earthquake itself.

　　C．3，000 deaths in the earthquake.

　　D．The movement on the San Andreas Fault.

　　4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

　　A．More than a hundred earthquakes occur worldwide in a year.

　　B．The earthquake happening in Shaanxi Province in 1556 caused 830，000 people killed.

　　C．The California Earthquake only lasted to 5：15 a．m.

　　D．In the California Earthquake the fires only caused about 3，000 deaths.

　　【答案】　1－4　BCAB

　　 ruin vt.毁坏；毁掉 n．毁灭；废墟(ruins)

　　(教材P24)She returned home and found all her furniture had been ruined by the flood.

　　她回到家发现所有的家具都已被洪水破坏了。

　　in ruins 成为废墟

fall into ruin＝come/go to ruin 毁灭；崩溃