2012届高考英语专题复习精选资料集(五十九)

2012届高考英语专题复习精选资料集（五十九）

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BEIJING - China’s National Tourism Administration (NTA) said Saturday that 215

Chinese tour groups in Japan were safe and sound after a devastating 8.8-magnitude

earthquake jolted the country’s eastern coast Friday.

A total of 4,578 Chinese tourists were staying in Japan at the time of the quake.

By Saturday noon, all the 215 tour groups that they booked with had contacted domestic travel agencies, with no death or injury reported, said the NTA upon information from local tourism authorities.

The NTA has activated the emergency response system and issued a travel alert for

Japan and countries along the Pacific Rim, it said in a statement on its website.

The NTA h as also called for travel agencies to protect the security of Chinese tourists

in Japan and keep in touch with the Chinese embassy and consulates in Japan, as well

as China’s tourism authorities.

Chinese tour agencies had started to bring back tourists from the quake-hit Japan

and many trips had been called off.

China CYTS To urs, one of China’s major travel agencies, had promised a full refund

for trip cancellation and offered to bear the extra expense for tourist protection

in disasters and unrest.

A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Japan’s main Honsh u Island at 1:46 pm

B eijing Time Friday, which had triggered huge tsunami along Japan’s Pacific coast and caused hundreds of deaths and catastrophic damage.

1. Where are we likely to find this passage?

A．In a tour guided book． B．In a geography book．

C．In a book． D．In a newspaper．

2. In the first paragraph，the meaning of devastating is .

A．catastrophic B．destructive C．tragic D．disastrous

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．In all, 4,578 Chinese were staying in Japan at the time of the quake.

B．Japan also called for travel agencies to protect the security of Chinese tourists. C．215 Chinese tour groups in Japan were organized by China CYTS Tours.

D．Earthquake-caused tsunami resulted in hundreds of deaths and disastrous damage.

B

A disheveled(头发凌乱的) man appeared in court Thursday on charges of murdering a

Chinese woman whose fight with her attacker was seen on webcam by her boyfriend in

China. Police refused to release any details about the crime or its possible motive. The body of York University student Liu Qian, 23, of Beijing, was found Friday in

her apartment in Toronto a few hours after her boyfriend witnessed the attack, police said.

She was found undressed from the waist down but there were no obvious signs of sexual attack or trauma（创伤）severe enough to kill her. Police say it may be weeks before the results of an autopsy(尸体解剖) are known.