The island country of Japan, located on the Ring of Fire, _________thousands of small earthquakes each year. In 1995 a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook a city named Kobe（神户）. Many people were killed or injured as a result of the damage. The people of Kobe faced many difficult problems, including shortages of_________ , water, and housing. What lessons did scientists learn from this disaster? And how are people_________ the next big earthquake?
Part of preparation for an earthquake is to make sure that buildings and other structures are _________enough, so scientists and engineers in Japan are working hard to _________construction technology. Japanese scientists are working on the world’s largest earthquake, “shaking table”. New technologies are also used to create “smart” buildings that can get survived in the earthquake.
Many kinds of new instruments have been developed to help scientists_________ an earthquake. There is a new computer system which can give people as much as a 25-second_________ that a quake is coming. In this way, people will have_________ time to stop trains, shut down gas lines, and tell _________to stop operating in the hospital and so on.
Although earthquakes can _________be controlled, yet in the future as the forecasting methods are becoming more advanced, people will deal with such events more effectively.

【小题1】

A．experiences B．causes C．likes D．makes

【小题2】

A．money B．food C．computers D．scientists

【小题3】

A．waiting for B．thinking of C．preparing for D．working on

【小题4】

A．tall B．strong C．modern D．new

【小题5】

A．improve B．raise C．teach D．learn

【小题6】

A．pick B．protect C．stop D．predict

【小题7】

A．news B．warming C．suggestion D．warning

【小题8】

A．long B．happy C．enough D．main

【小题9】

A．doctors B．engineers C．teachers D．managers

【小题10】

A．seldom B．always C．never D．sometimes