On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered one of the greatest disasters in its history. The earthquakes and tsunami directly affected the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant and a large amount of radioactive material was released into the atmosphere. The effects of this nuclear disaster continue that there has been none of human’s appearances since then, but wild animals survive in abandoned areas and the green cover is increasing.
Immediately after the radioactive leak, the Japanese authorities evacuated all the residents away from the area immediately. However, the fact that the region was evacuated for humans does not mean the same for animals. Scientists working at the University of Georgia in the United States, have installed camera systems in almost every region of the nuclear disaster and wanted to determine what happened in the region. They gathering various images in a total of 120 days. Images of more than 46 thousand wild boars were captured. More than 26,000 of them were shot in a completely uninhabited area, while about 13,000 images were obtained from areas close to living spaces.
Scientists now want to carry out studies to understand the genetic condition of the animals in the area. However, the return of animals and plants in Fukushima has proved that without human’s interference, nature has its own way to keep a place for every animal and plants.
1. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Nature takes over abandoned Fukushima areas.
B. Fukushima nuclear disaster.
C. Scientists have been struggling with Japan's nuclear waste.
D. Natural disasters in Japan.
2. What does the word "them" which is in bold in paragraph 2 refers to?
A. Scientists. B. Images. C. Days. D. Wild boars.
3. Why did scientists install camera systems in the region of the nuclear disaster?
A. Because they want to understand the genetic condition of the animals in the region.
B. Because they wanted to count the number of wild boars.
C. Because they wanted to evacuate all the residents away from the region.
D. Because they wanted to see what happened in the region.
4. How many images of wild boars were obtained from uninhabited area?
A. 46,000 B. 13,000 C. 120,000 D. 26,000
5. Which of the following can replace the word "determine" in paragraph 2?
A. establish B. figure out C. decide D. complete
Japan, situated (23)on the Ring of Fire on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, has suffered some major earthquakes over the years. However, nothing before compared to the triple disaster of March 11, 2011: a massive earthquake followed by powerful tsunamis which (24)led to a serious nuclear accident.
The horrors began shortly before three in (25)the afternoon local time with a 9.0-magnitude earthquake. Its epicenter was nearly 20 miles below(26) the floor of the Pacific Ocean about 80 miles east of the Japanese city of Sendai. The quake was one of the most powerful ever recorded, and the strongest (27) to hit this region of Japan.
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