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Overview （概要） How do the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti compare？Here，students perform a gallery walk to learn more about the earthquakes from a specific point，and then do a specific research and presentation project or response activity．Finally，they seek answers to their unanswered questions．
Materials Print copies of photographs，charts，documents and other visuals to display，as described below； computer （s） with Internet access （optional），research materials，handouts．
Warm-up Choose and prepare a"gallery"of photographs，graphics，news reports and other materials to display around the room to enable students to consider the 2010earthquake in Chile．
Depending on course program，choose materials for the gallery that provide a window on the two quakes，through one of the following specific points，or the focus of your choice：
Earthquakes through History Putting the 2010Chilean and Haitian quakes into historical view related to other earthquakes，including the 1960Chilean quake and the 2004Asian earthquake and tsunami．
Rescue and Aid Considering domestic and international response to the disasters by militaries，governments and aid organizations，including rescue and recovery as well as efforts to provide food，water，health care and shelter to those affected．
Related The article Underwater Plate Cuts 400Mile Gash compares several earthquakes：
Mr．Lin figured that the quake on Saturday was 250to 350times more powerful than the Haitian quake．
But Paul Caruso noted that at least on land，the effects of the Chilean tremor （震動） might not be as bad．For one thing，he said，the quality of building construction is generally better in Chile than in Haiti．And the fact that the quake occurred offshore should also help limit the destruction．In Haiti，the rupture （斷裂） occurred only a few miles from the capital，Port-au-Prince．The rupture on Saturday was centered about 60miles from the nearest town，Chillan，and 70miles from the country's second-largest city，Concepción．
Read the article using the following questions．
Questions For discussion with others and reading comprehension：
How does the 2010Chilean earthquake compare to the 1960Chilean earthquake？
Why do scientists believe that the 2010Chilean earthquake will not cause the same level of damage as January's Haitian earthquake did？
How does the 2010Chilean earthquake compare to the 2004Indonesian earthquake？
What reasons do scientists give to explain why the Indonesian quake caused so much more damage than the recent Chilean earthquake？

64．Which of the following shows one of the reasons for slighter losses in Chile than in Haiti？A

65．We can infer that the article Underwater Plate Cuts 400Mile Gash includesD．
A．the causes of the 2010Chilean earthquake and the 1960Chilean earthquake
B．the comparison between the 2010Haitian and the 2004Indonesian earthquakes
C．the reason for the 2010Chilean quake being more powerful than January's Haitian earthquake
D．the reason for less damage in the 2010Chilean quake than in the 2004Indonesian earthquake
66．What is the passage most likely to be？B
A．A program for research．
B．A guide to earthquake study．
C．An advertisement for students．
D．An introduction to quakes．

分析 本文為科教文，作者向讀者介紹了幾篇研究地震的文章．

解答 64---66 ADB
64．答案A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段"And the fact that the quake occurred offshore should also help limit the destruction．In Haiti，the rupture （斷裂） occurred only a few miles from the capital，Port-au-Prince"可知，地理位置是原因之一，故選A．
65．答案D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段提出的兩個問題"How does the 2010Chilean earthquake compare to the 2004Indonesian earthquake？What reasons do scientists give to explain why the Indonesian quake caused so much more damage than the recent Chilean earthquake？"可知，這篇文章包含以上兩個問題，故選D．
66．答案B．文章出處題．這篇文章主要介紹了幾篇研究地震的文章，故選B．

點評 科普類的閱讀理解包含介紹科學(xué)知識、社會知識的短文．閱讀這類短文時，要以事實為中心進行思考，抓住事物的特征、用途、相互關(guān)系等．如果是介紹社會現(xiàn)象的文章，要掌握所談現(xiàn)象的內(nèi)涵．答題技巧：1．加強整體意識，把握文章的主要內(nèi)容．在閱讀的時候可給段落標上序號，并給重要的句子和關(guān)鍵詞做上記號，尤其是各段中心句，為答題提供更快捷更多的信息源．2．審清題干，發(fā)覺和把握試題中有效的提示性信息，確認命題的角度、閱讀范圍和答題方式．3．定位閱讀，強化對應(yīng)意識．同時要注意原文利用和自我加工相結(jié)合．

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