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On 26th January, the biggest earthquake(地震)in India took the lives of 25000 people. In the morning, when
everybody was enjoying holiday, earthquake began. It was about 7.5 on the Ritcher scale. "There is nothing
left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down," said one of the villagers alive.
"There is no water, no food and no one has come to help."
Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American school,
where I was studying, all of the students were safe. They were on the field, so most children didn't feel anything.
The earthquake was felt by the teachers that were on the second floor. However, though Mrs Young was also on
the second floor, she didn't feel anything. She didn't know what happened until a teacher told her about it. Those
teachers who were on the other floors had different feelings. Mr Emond, the maths teacher from Australia, said
that when the earthquake started he thought there was something wrong with him, but then another teacher said
that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr Emond felt better. Mrs Davis and Mr Frost didn't feel anything
either.
My mother didn't feel anything. She didn't even know that it was an earthquake till she saw a shaking (moving
from side to side) light. My dad saw the computer shaking and then he looked out of the window and saw many
people going out.
1. People use "Ritcher scale" to tell ______.
A.where the earthquake takes place
B. when the earthquake takes place
C. how serious the earthquake is
D. how long the earthquake lasts
2. We learn that ______ from the sentence "There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more."
A. India is a large country
B. the Indian people had nothing after the earthquake
C. there is no tall building in India
D. the earthquake in India was serious
3. The city of Lahore is ______.
A. in India
B. in America
C. in Pakistan
D. in Australia
4. Which one is true?
A. I was with my parents when the earthquake happened.
B. The earthquakes in the city of Lahore wasn't serious.
C. People in the City of Lahore were frightened when they knew if was an earthquake.
D. The teachers in Lahore American school were afraid of the earthquake.
