Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earthquake began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use firefighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by collapse of the buildings. Most of those who died were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires which followed.

Answer the questions:

1. How many people were killed in the earthquake in Tokyo in 1923?

2. What were the inhabitants of Tokyo doing when the earthquake began?

3. What happened as soon as the earthquake began to shake?

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4 Why were the fire engines prevented from going to help?

5. Were most of those who died killed in the earthquake itself?

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1. Almost a hundred thousand people

- Tạm dịch câu hỏi: Có bao nhiêu người đã bị giết vào trận động đất năm 1923 ở Tokyo?

- Dẫn chứng: Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923

2. When they were cooking their midday meals

- Tạm dịch câu hỏi: Người dân của Tokyo đã làm gì khi động đất xảy ra

- Dẫn chứng: The earthquake began a minute before noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals

3. Thousands of stoves were overturned

- Tạm dịch câu hỏi: Ngay khi trận động đất bắt đầu rung chuyển thì chuyện gì xảy ra?

- Dẫn chứng: Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earthquake began to shake

4. Because many of the roads had cracked open

- Tạm dịch: Tại sao các lính cứu hỏa lại bị ngăn không cho cứu dân?

- Dẫn chứng: The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open

5. No, they weren't

- Tạm dịch câu hỏi: Có phải đa số mọi người chết là do trận động đất không?

- Dẫn chứng: Most of those who died were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires which followed (tạm dịch dẫn chứng: Đa số mọi người không chết bởi trận động đất mà là do những đám cháy sau đó)