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。 15. D mean表示 “ 指的是,意思是 ” ,即作者向父親解釋自己對(duì)父親說(shuō) “ 對(duì)不起 ” 的原因。這句話的意思是:我指的是我那天早上對(duì)你說(shuō)的話。 16. C 父親的意思是 “ 我記不得那天 (早上 )的事情了 ” 。 17. D manage a smile 的意思是 “ 強(qiáng)作微笑 ” ,符合語(yǔ)意。 18. B 我從來(lái)沒(méi)有想過(guò)讓父親將我單獨(dú)留下。 19. D 語(yǔ)言有不可估量的力量。由下文 to choose our words 可知答案。 20. C power 在這里的意思是 “ 能力 ” ,即每個(gè)人 都有能力選擇自己要說(shuō)的話,作者打算以后更加注意自己說(shuō)的話。 Ⅱ .閱讀理解 A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at 2: 46 p. m. local time on March 11th, 2021. Japan’ s Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later. The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world. There are over 4,000 Seismic Intensity Meters(地震烈度 測(cè)量?jī)x )in place throughout Japan to measure earthquake activity. These meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening. Information about the strength and the center of the earthquake can be learned within three minutes. There are also concrete sea walls around much of the Japanese coastline. But these measures proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsunami. Costas Synolakis is a tsunami expert in Los Angeles. He says, “Japan is one of those most well173。prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning. They had a warning. I think what went wrong is that they had not anticipated the size of this event.” He says there are two reasons for this. Japan has not had any event anywhere near as big as this one in the last 150 years. And scientists had not expected such a large earthquake happening off the coast of Japan. The 173。magnitude earthquake was the 4th most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide. It was also the worst earthquake ever to hit Japan. The tsunami waves that followed were reported to have reached as high as 13 meters in some areas. Costas Synolakis says Japan’ s concr