听第二篇短文,回答第16~20小题。
(
A
)16. What is this story mostly about?
A. How animals act before an earthquake.
B. How an earthquake starts.
C. When an earthquake begins.
(
B
)17. What do quiet dogs do before an earthquake?
A. They run away. B. They start to bark. C. They climb trees.
(
C
)18. What did the frogs do before an earthquake?
A. They became quiet.
B. They left their homes.
C. They jumped around a lot.
(
B
)19. Where did earthquakes happen in the passage?
A. In most countries.
B. In Italy and San Francisco.
C. In all the Western countries.
(
C
)20. What do people want to do before earthquakes?
A. Find out early about animals.
B. Run around in circles.
C. Get away from earthquakes.