1. B

- 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. A

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

-> Sự việc xảy ra năm `1923` có đề cập trước đó.

3. C

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

4. D

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

5. D

- Dẫn chứng: Over ninety percent of the damage caused by fire rather than by the collapse of the buildings.