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A tsunami(海啸) is a series of(一系列) huge waves that can cause great destruction(毁灭) when they hit a beach. Most tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes, but not all underwater earthquakes cause tsunamis. About 90 percent of all tsunamis take place in the Pacific Ocean, most of them are in Japan. A strong earthquake in the ocean near Japan caused a deadly tsunami on March 11,2011. As of April 25, the number of death had been raised to 14,133, and more than 13,346 people were listed as missing. The word “tsunami” comes from the Japanese word.

Many tsunamis could be found before they hit land with the use of modern technology. If you see the water drawback (后退) quickly and unexpectedly from a beach, run toward higher ground or inland -- there may be a tsunami coming. Also, if you are on the beach and there is an earthquake, it may have caused a tsunami, so run toward higher ground or inland. The first wave in a tsunami is often not the largest; if you experience one unusually-huge wave, go inland quickly -- even bigger waves could be coming soon.
Do you know the story of the "angel(天使) of the beach"? Tilly, A 10-year-old English schoolgirl who saved the lives of hundreds of people in Phuket,Thailand in the Asian Tsunami of 2004 , by warning them a wall of water was about to strike(袭击), after learning about tsunamis in geography class. “Last term geography teacher Andrew Kearney taught us about earthquakes and how they can cause tsunamis,” Tilly said to the reporter.“I was on the beach and the water started to go funny. There were bubbles and the water went out all of a sudden. I recognised what was happening and had a feeling there was going to be a tsunami. I told mummy.”
小题1:An earthquake may cause a tsunami.
A. in the city B. in the country C. under the water
小题2:When the tsunami is coming, we should .
A. run towards the higher place or inland
B. run to the playground
C.run into a house
小题3:Tilly saved hundreds of people’s life in .
A. Japan B. Tailand C. the United Kingdom
小题4:Tilly recognised there would be a tsunami because .
A. her geography teacher told her.
B. she found the water drawback unusually quickly
C. she had a feeling about the earthquake
小题5:Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The word “tsunami” is from Japanese because most recorded tsunamis in the world took place in Japan
B. Tsunami can only be found by modern technology before it hit the land.
C. Tsunami only happens in the Pacific Ocean

Among the dead in South Asia’s tsunami ^① were many tourists at Sri Lanka’s national wildlife park at Yala. But very few of the park’s animals — elephants, buffaloes, monkeys and wild cats — appear to have died. There are theories that animals can sense natural disasters and flee to safety.
First, it’s possible that the animals may have heard the quake before the tsunami hit. The underwater rupture likely produced sound waves known as infrasound ^② or infrasonic sound. Humans can’t hear infrasound, but many animals including dogs, elephants, tigers and pigeons can.
A second early warning sign the animals might have sensed is ground vibration ^③ . The massive quake would have produced vibrational waves known as Rayleigh waves. These vibrations move through the ground like waves move on the surface of the ocean but faster. They travel at ten times the speed of sound. The Rayleigh waves would have reached SriLanka hours before the water hit. Mammals, birds, insects and spiders can sense Rayleigh waves. So the animals at Yale might have felt the Rayleigh waves and then run to higher ground.
But what about humans? While we can’t hear infrasound, we can feel it, although we don’t necessarily know we’re feeling it. We also experience Rayleigh waves by special sensors in our joints, which exist just for that purpose. Sadly, it seems we don’t pay attention to the information when we get it. Maybe we screen it out because there’s so much going on before our eyes and in our ears. Humans have a lot of things on our minds and usually that works out OK.
Notes:
①tsunami n. 海啸
②infrasound n. 次声
③vibration n. 振动，颤动
Choose the best answers according to the above:
小题1: Why did few animals at Yala die when the tsunamis that caused a huge number of human deaths hit?

A．Because the animals were staying at a higher place in the park.

B．Because the animals were able to run much faster than human beings.

C．Because human beings cannot hear the infrasonic sound.

D．Because the animals might have picked up the danger signals and ran away.

小题2:Which of the statements about “Ravleigh waves” is true?

A．Rayleigh waves are massive vibrational waves that usually cause quakes or tsunamis.

B．Rayleigh waves move on the ocean surface at a speed ten times that of sound waves.

C．Rayleigh waves can be felt both by animals and human beings.

D．Rayleigh waves, just like infrasonic sound, can only be felt by animals.

小题3:When a tsunami hits, it is possible that＿＿＿＿.

A．we can’t feel the infrasound so we can’t be informed of the danger

B．we can feel Rayleigh waves as well as infrasound so we are able to escape the danger like animals

C．we were so busy with things on our minds that we feel neither infrasound nor Rayleigh waves

D．we think nothing of the information of its coming even though we can also get it

小题4: What does the underlined word “that” in the last sentence refer to?

A．Screening out the information.

B．There being so much going on before our eyes and in our ears.

C．Having a lot of things on our minds.

D．Paying attention to the information.

All of us still remember the terrible tsunami that _____ the areas in the southeast of Asia in 2004.

A．attacked

B．struck

C．knocked

D．beat

He___ along the seaside___ a tsunami came．

A．walked；when	B．is walking；as
C．was walking；when	D．was walking；while

On December 26, 2004, a terrible tsunami happened in the Southeast Asia, _________ many people.

A．killing

B．had killed

C．killed

D．having killed

The tsunami which happened in the Indian Ocean in 2004 ______ thousands of people homeless.

A．caused

B．let

C．remained

D．left