2．SOMA，F(xiàn)ukushima Dai-ichi-High levels of radiation leaked from a damaged nuclear plant in tsunami-stricken northeast after a third reactor was shaken by an explosion Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic increase of the 4-day-old disaster．The government warned 140，000people nearby to stay indoors to avoid exposure．
In a nationally televised statement，Prime Minister Naoto Kan said radiation has spread from four reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Fukushima state，one of the hardest-hit in Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the following tsunami that has killed more than 10，000people，put millions into misery and hit again the world's third-largest economy．
Officials just south of Fukushima reported up to 100times the normal levels of radiation Tuesday morning，Kyodo News agency reported．While those figures are worrying if there is prolonged exposure （遷延照射），they are far from deadly．
Kan and other officials warned there is danger of more leaks and told people living within 30kilometers of the Fukushima Dai-ichi groups of buildings to stay indoors to avoid exposure that could make people sick．
Weather forecasts for Fukushima were for snow and wind from the northeast Tuesday evening，blowing southwest toward Tokyo，then shifting and blowing west out to sea．That's important because it shows which direction a possible nuclear cloud might blow．
The nuclear crisis is the worst that the country has faced since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II．It is also the first time that such a serious nuclear threat has been raised in the world since a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl，Ukraine exploded in 1986．
Some 70，000people had already been moved from a 20-kilometer radius from the Dai-ichi complex and about 140，000remain in the zone for which the new warning was issued．
Millions of people spent a fourth night with little food，water or heating in near-freezing temperatures as they dealt with the loss of homes and loved ones．Asia's richest country hasn't seen such hardship since World War II．
63．What does the passage mainly talk about？A
A．Radiation level increasing in the country．B．The nuclear plant in Fukushima．
C．The earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima．D．A nationally televised statement．
64．How did the disaster come about in Fukushima？B
①a 9.0-magnitude earthquake ②a nuclear plant fire
③a deadly tsunami ④high-level radiation
A．④①②③B．①③②④C．②①④③D．③①②④
65．What is the biggest threat to Fukushima？D
A．The 9.0-magnitude earthquake．B．The tsunami．
C．The nuclear plant fire．D．The nuclear radiation．
66．We can infer from the passage thatA．
A．radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere
B．it is the first time that such a serious nuclear threat has been raised in the world
C．People in the country have never faced any other nuclear crisis
D．The country will become a poor one in Asia．
分析 本文主要講的是核電站泄漏后福島高濃度的輻射，日本遭遇了第二次世界大戰(zhàn)以來最困難的時期．政府警告附近十四萬人留在室內(nèi)，避免暴曬．
解答 63．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文中第一段中"a fourth caught fire in a dramatic increase of the 4-day-old disaster．"可知日本全國輻射水平提高．故選A．
64．B．推理判斷題．仔細閱讀全文可知發(fā)生的順序是先發(fā)生九級地震，引發(fā)海嘯，導致核電站起火，最終造成福島高濃度的輻射．故選B．
65．D．細節(jié)理解題．仔細閱讀全文可知對福島最大的威脅是高濃度的核輻射．故選D．
66．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文中倒數(shù)第三段"Weather forecasts for Fukushima were for snow and wind from the northeast Tuesday evening，blowing southwest toward Tokyo，then shifting and blowing west out to sea．"中可推斷出，放射性物質(zhì)直接被釋放到大氣中．故選A．
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