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No matter where you live, you may hear about the natural disasters. They bring many serious problems to people in disaster areas. They become ill or homeless and some of them even die in the disasters.
Japan is located in East Asia, but it is an island country in the North Pacific Ocean. Japan has more than 1,000 islands, but there are four main islands. Lots of rain falls in Japan every year, especially in summer. There is the rainy season in early summer, and typhoons hit parts of the country every year during late summer.
The heavy rain usually destroys the crops and plants. What's worse, the rain usually causes huge floods. Floods in Japan can take away many things, including many people's lives. A Japanese housing developer
recently invented a "flood-resistant house". It can not only keep water out of the house during floods but also float off(漂浮) the ground.
Because of floods, the loss of housing is a difficult problem all over the world. While engineers are trying to find solutions, few ways are useful. Now, the Japanese housing developer tells the public that he
came up with an idea the other day. It can keep people's homes from getting flooded. Their new "flood-resistant house" was recently on a popular Japanese TV show and
received much attention online.
According to engineers, most houses will be in the flood when water reaches the windows, but their "flood-resistant house" can float up to five metres above the ground, so water will not reach the windows, and everything else is shut in the house safely.
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A
)11. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A. Natural disasters bring people much trouble.
B. Natural disasters may happen everywhere.
C. Natural disasters always make people ill.
D. Natural disasters can be heard every day.
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D
)12. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Typhoons hit parts of Japan in early summer.
B. The floods mainly happen in Japan in autumn.
C. Japan is an island country in the East Pacific Ocean.
D. The heavy rain causes floods in Japan in summer.
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B
)13. Why did a Japanese housing developer invent a "flood-resistant house"?
A. To protect people from earthquakes.
B. To reduce the loss of housing in floods.
C. To keep people away from the ocean.
D. To protect people from typhoons.
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C
)14. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The "flood-resistant house" can fly high up into the sky.
B. The "flood-resistant house" is popular all around the world.
C. Japanese people might build more "flood-resistant houses".
D. Japanese engineers are living in the "flood-resistant house".