1 well, soft, second, better, may, strongly, afraid, sand, stay up, if, now, house We can't stop an earthquake ( 地震 ), but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy ( 毁坏 ) whole cities. First, it is not a 1. ________ idea to build houses along lines where 2. ________ of the earth's plates ( 板块 ) join together. Second, if you think there 3. ________ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks, not on 4. ________. Third, you must make the houses as 5. ________ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. ________. Scientists are 7. ________ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco ( 旧金山 ). They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people today are still building more 8. ________. The population in and around San Francisco is 9. ________ ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. ________ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed. 【答案】 good 2. two 3. may 4. sand 5. strong 6. stay up 7. afraid 8. houses 9. now 10. if 【剖析】这是一篇科普类文章，要求选填的词汇都是浅显易懂的常用词，且都是《大纲》范围内的词汇。因此，学生要通读全文，了解大意。只要能够理解文章上下的内容，对短文语境中有用的信息进行分析、推敲、结合整篇，就可以确定所需词汇。值得注意的是，题目提供的词中有两组形容词、副词的同根词，这就要求我们既要明白文章的意思，还得善用所学的综合知识。 第 1 题选 good 。依句型这里需要形容词，看全文应是 “ 好 ” 。 第 2 题选 two 。文章一开始就说，我们虽然不能阻止地震，但可以采取措施减少地震对城市的破坏程度。如果那样的话，那么在地球板块与板块交界的地方建造房屋肯定不是好办法。（ 这是一个 跨 学科的问 题，世 界上已 经 发 生的地震多 数 发 生在地球板块与板块交界的地方，科学家 们称 之 为 地震带 。...
