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1.But the one million people of the city，who thought ________ of these events，were asleep as usual that night.

A.much      B.a lot      C.little      D.highly

2.It seemed as if the world was ______!

A.at an end   B.at our end

C.at one end  D.at the end

3.It was felt in Beijing，______ is more than two hundred kilometres away.

A.that       B.who      C.whose      D.which

4.A huge crack that was ______ and ______ cut across houses，roads and canals.

A.long eight kilometres;wide thirty metres

B.eight kilometres long;wide thirty metres

C.eight kilometres long;thirty metres wide

D.long eight kilometres;thirty metres wide

5.______ of them died or were injured during the earthquake.

A.One-thirds  B.Two-thirds

C.First-three  D.Second-threes

6.______ people who ______ killed or injured reached more than 400,000.

A.The number of;was

B.a number of;was

C.The number of;were

D.A number of;were

7.______ cows would never give milk again.

A.Tens of thousand

B.Tens and thousands

C.Tens of thousands of

D.Ten of thousand of

8.Then，later that afternoon，another big quake which was almost ______ the first one shook Tangshan.

A.as strong as  B.as stronger as

C.so strong as  D.so stronger as

9.Soon after the quakes，the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan ______ the rescue workers.

A.help      B.helping      C.to help      D.helped

10.Workers built shelters for survivors ______ homes had been destroyed.

A.who      B.whose       C.that        D.which