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The year is 2094. It has been announced that a et (彗星) is heading towards the Earth . Most of it will miss our planet , but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth .
On 17 July , a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere (大气层) with a massive explosion . About half of the piece is destroyed , but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound . The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed . Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole . The wall of water , a kilometer high , rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour . Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people re drowned .
Before the waves reach South America , the second piece of the et lands in Argentina . Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains . The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean . The cities of Los Angeles , San Francisco and Tokyo are pletely destroyed by earthquakes . Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long . Because of the explosions , the sun is hidden by clouds of dust , temperatures around the world fall to almost zero .Crops are ruined . The sun won’t be seen again for many years . Wars break out as countries fight for food . A year later , no more than 10 million people remain alive .
Could it really happen ? In fact , it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth . The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years . Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared . Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space . The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out . Will we meet the same end ?
【小题1】What is mainly described in the passage ?A．A historic discovery .B．An event of imagination C．A research on space .D．A scientific adventure .【小题2】When the first piece hits the South Atlantic , it causes .A．an earthquake B．damages to cities C．an Earth explosionD．huge waves【小题3】Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long ?A．Because the land is covered with water B．Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth .C．Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero .D．Because wars break out among countries .B
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(答案→)B
解析：这是一篇科普文章，是作者对若干年后人类可能会面临的灾难进行假想。
【小题1】B此题属于主旨概括题。这是一篇科普文章，通读全文，可看出作者是对若干年后人类可能会面临的灾难进行假想。答案为B。
【小题1】D此题属于细节理解题。答案在第二段中“The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created...”最接近的答案应为D。
【小题1】B此题属于细节理解题。答案显然在第三段“Because of the explosions，the sun is hidden by clouds of dust，temperatures around the world fall to almost zero...The sun won’t be seen again for many years. ”B符合题意。