Like many people in the UK, the team of BBC learning English were  1  and sad at the news of the earthquake in Sichuan Province. They would like to extend their condolences(吊唁) to those affected by this terrible natural disaster. Below was their special report on the earthquake and the  2  operations taking place.
Rescue efforts were underway in Sichuan Province following the terrible  3  , which measured 7.9 on the Richter Scale. According to Xinhua news agency, nearly 15,000  4  died in the disaster, with as many as 24,000 more  5  under ruins and another 14,000  6  .
Chinese troops(军队) were  7  to carry out the rescue operations, and emergency aid was air-dropped into areas that were cut off by the  8  .
Because of the bad weather, in some places  9  had to go into the disaster area on foot and search for trapped survivors by hand as roads were  10 . Some people of the provincial capital Chengdu chose to   11  in tents and government shelters for fear of aftershock causing     12  damage. One witness in Chengdu said that the people there were helping the relief work by donating food and water for those affected in the  13 .
Although full casualty figures (伤亡数字) were not yet   14 , it was clear that the earthquake was the  15  to strike China after the Tangshan earthquake of 1976.

小题1:	A．shocked B．commanded C．attacked D．rewarded

小题2:	A．transport B．rescue C．farm D．accent

小题3:	A．burst B．accident C．earthquake D．flame

小题4:	A．animal B．miner C．teenager D．people

小题5:	A．buried B．injured C．trapped D．suffered

小题6:	A．missing B．recognized C．upset D．frightened

小题7:	A．helped B．harmed C．taken D．sent

小题8:	A．event B．principle C．disaster D．canal

小题9:	A．reporters B．rescuers C．villagers D．journalists

小题10:

A．blocked B．built C．settled D．tipped

小题11:

A．serve B．sit C．sleep D．study

小题12:

A．equal B．many C．straight D．more

小题13:

A．families B．outdoors C．apartment D．countryside

小题14:

A．satisfied B．certain C．determined D．ignored

小题15:

A．worst B．best C．most D．first