Police rescued a 101-year-old man from under the ruins of his home on Saturday, one week after an earthquake hit his country, Nepal Police spokesman Kamal Singh Bam said. The elderly man is in good condition and police do not know how he survived. He was rescued in Nuwakot district, just northwest of the capital, Kathmandu.

The number of death from earthquake that struck Nepal last weekend reached 7,250. A Nepalese government minister warned Sunday that the death number is expected to climb “much higher.” “There are still villages where we know that all houses have been destroyed, but have not yet been able to reach,” Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said. “It is with great pain and sadness that I stand before you to present the case of my country Nepal which now remains destroyed”. Mahat said the quake had caused “great loss and suffering, with millions of people becoming homeless." "The aftershocks have not ended and we expect the final casualty numbers to climb much higher," he said.

His government warned Saturday that the chances of finding survivors buried in rubble are "extremely slim." "It will be a miracle if anyone is found alive," Home Ministry spokesman Laxmi Dhakal said. "But we have not completely given up yet and are continuing to look for the missing people."

The United Nations estimates that more than 3 million people are in need of food -- and nearly half of those need it immediately. Emergency funding of $415 million is needed, the United Nations said. Mahat said the quake had completely destroyed nearly 300,000 houses. He said Nepalis would rebuild their nation and come out of the crisis stronger, but not without help from other countries. “We need your technical advice, and importantly, financial resources.” he said.

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1.In the last paragraph the writer may tell us _____.

A Nepal needs much money to rebuild

B Nepal will set up more and more hotel

C Nepal will become more stronger.

D Nepal will make more and more machines.

解析：选A。A。主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段最后一句的We need your technical advice, and importantly, financial resources可知尼泊尔需要大量的重建资金。

2.Kamal Singh Bam doesn’t know ______.

A how old the old man was

B where the old man lives

C when the old was buried

D how the old man lived

解析：选D。D。细节理解题。根据第1段第2句的The elderly man is in good condition and police do not know how he survived可知警察不知道老人是如何活下来的。

3. Why wasn’t the number of death clear?

A Because some places are hard to reach.

B Because some houses still stood out.

C Because earthquakes only struck cities.

D Because the villagers climbed higher.

解析：选A。A。细节理解题。根据第2段第3句的“There are still villages where we know that all houses have been destroyed, but have not yet been able to reach可知死亡人数没有确定是因为有些房子很难抵达。

4.What will the government do?

A They will try their best to save.

B They will make chance to get rubbles.

C They will find reasons of death.

D They will make use of the aftershocks.

解析：选A。A。细节理解题。根据第3段最后一句的But we have not completely given up yet and are continuing to look for the missing people.可知政府将会继续救援。

5.How did Ram Sharan Mahat feel when he talked about the earthquake?

A Proud and confident.

B Confused and interested.

C Calm and anxious.

D Sad and painful.

解析：选D。D。推理判断题。根据第2段第4句的It is with great pain and sadness that可知他在谈论地震的时候感觉很难过和心痛。