2．SOMA，Fukushima 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 （迁延照射），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 本文主要讲的是核电站泄漏后福岛高浓度的辐射，日本遭遇了第二次世界大战以来最困难的时期．政府警告附近十四万人留在室内，避免暴晒．
解答 63．A．细节理解题．根据文中第一段中"a fourth caught fire in a dramatic increase of the 4-day-old disaster．"可知日本全国辐射水平提高．故选A．
64．B．推理判断题．仔细阅读全文可知发生的顺序是先发生九级地震，引发海啸，导致核电站起火，最终造成福岛高浓度的辐射．故选B．
65．D．细节理解题．仔细阅读全文可知对福岛最大的威胁是高浓度的核辐射．故选D．
66．A．细节理解题．根据文中倒数第三段"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．"中可推断出，放射性物质直接被释放到大气中．故选A．
点评 本文是新闻报道类阅读理解文章，阅读此类文章主要是要了解：
①新闻报道了什么事件；②事件是因为什么而发生的，相关背景如何；③文段中指出的事件发生过程中的突出细节是 什么；④事件造成的后果是什么；⑤事件的本质是什么，透过事件的表面现象，我们看到了什么社会问题．通过这样的梳理，我们就可以把新闻的脉络理清楚．这类材料命题点往往落在事实细节上．
