This photograph taken and released on Sep 28, 2018 by Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management shows a house destroyed by a 7.5 magnitude (级) earthquake in the small town Donggala on Sulawesi Island. The quake brought down many buildings while tsunami waves hit into its beachfront. “All the things in my house were shaking and it left a small crack on my wall. Anyway, I survived!” one of the local people Mohammad Fikri said by telephone.
But the biggest killer was probably soil liquefaction (地基液化), which happens when a powerful quake turns the dry ground into a liquid mire (泥沼) and this totally destroyed several neighborhoods.
The official death reports rose to 1,948, and most of them were in Palu, the center of the Sulawesi Island. Bodies are still being dug out and the numbers from less populated areas are increasing but they seem to have suffered fewer deaths than the city. No one knows how many people are missing, especially in the areas hit by liquefaction, but it could be as high as 5,000, the National Disaster Agency said.
At a Palu middle school, fewer than 50 of its 697 students came. School principal Abdul Rashid said at least four students were killed in the quake. “Classes haven’t started. We’re only collecting data to find out how many students are safe,” he said. One boy chatting in the school with friends said he was disappointed that so few of his classmates had shown up. “I’m still waiting for the Ministry of Education to give us instructions on when to begin classes. For now, I don’t think we’re ready. Many children are so frightened that they need time to calm down.”
The government has collected $37 million to help victims of the earthquake. With the efforts of rescue workers and volunteers, the supply of gas and electricity has been recovered. Ruins would be cleared and areas hit by liquefaction would be turned into parks, gymnasiums and other public spaces, a spokesman said.
【小题1】It can be learned from paragraph 1 that ________.| A．the photo is released by Mohammad Fikri |
| B．no death was reported in the small town |
| C．the quake damaged many local buildings |
| D．Donggala is a town located off the Sulawesi island |
| A．A power failure. | B．The cutoff of gas supply. |
| C．Soil liquefaction. | D．The cracks of houses. |
| A．Few people in Palu were killed in the quake. |
| B．People in the countryside suffered more from the hit. |
| C．Few students showed up because of their disappointment over the school. |
| D．The government is taking active measures against the disaster. |
| A．To make a brief introduction of the damage caused by the tsunami. |
| B．To give a detailed news report of the Donggala quake. |
| C．To stress the importance of the rescue work after the quake. |
| D．To describe the students’ concern for safety at school. |
