North Korea bragged(吹牛）) on Wednesday about the “spectacular success” of its first hydrogen(氢) bomb test, a challenging act that leader Kim Jong Un, in a statement read on state television, said would “make the world ... look up to our strong nuclear country.”

Outside the hermit kingdom, however, Pyongyang’s(平壤的) hydrogen bomb claims are being treated with doubt. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, “The initial analysis is not consistent with the North Korean claims.” Wednesday’s test yielded a blast of a similar magnitude(震级) to a previous North Korean test in 2013, according to Martin Navias, a military expert at King’s College London.

“We won’t know for another few days or weeks whether this was a hydrogen bomb,” he said. “It doesn’t look like one; ... one would have expected the power to be greater if it was an H-bomb.”

One analyst in Seoul cast doubt on whether enough material could be collected to ever find out definitively what Pyongyang has tested. “After the third nuclear test by North Korea in 2013, we couldn’t find any radionuclides(放射性核素) ... it means they can shield the test facilities very well,” says Jiyoung Park, a senior research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.

Doubts from international experts about North Korea’s claim to have conducted its first H-bomb test aren’t dampening spirits in Pyongyang. In the North Korean capital, where CNN is the only U.S. broadcaster operating, officials say the announcement has triggered an outpouring of national pride. North Korean officials plan to take CNN’s crew to a science center, where people close to the project will explain the science behind it.

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1.Why did the North Korea brag about its H-bomb test?

A Because it was its first successful H-bomb test.

B Because it was its third successful H-bomb test.

C Because it has never done any nuclear test.

D Because it has never done H-bomb test.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段，朝鲜成功进行了第一次氢弹试验可知，故选A。

2.According to the passage, what responses does the world outside North Korea make ?

A They show great interest.

B They show great doubt.

C They show great surprise.

D They show great pride.

解析：选B。细节理解题。 根据第二、三、四段，都显示出世人对其的试验持怀疑态度，故选B。

3.From the passage, it can be inferred that__________.

A the North Korea government made the H-bomb test in order to be the strong nuclear country

B the U.S is sure of its analysis that Pyongyang’s H-bomb is not true

C the H-bomb test has triggered great pride among the people of North Korea

D the international community will punish the North Korea for its test

解析：选C。推理判断题。A项有一定的迷惑性，但其氢弹试验的真实目的，文中并没有明确交待；美国只是说初步分析与朝鲜宣称的不符，也没有说肯定不真实。D项答案，至少在本文中没有明确交待。唯有C项在最后一段有交待，故选C。

4.From the passage, it can be inferred that__________.

A the North Korea government made the H-bomb test in order to be the strong nuclear country

B the U.S is sure of its analysis that Pyongyang’s H-bomb is not true

C the H-bomb test has triggered great pride among the people of North Korea

D the international community will punish the North Korea for its test

解析：选C。推理判断题。A项有一定的迷惑性，但其氢弹试验的真实目的，文中并没有明确交待；美国只是说初步分析与朝鲜宣称的不符，也没有说肯定不真实。D项答案，至少在本文中没有明确交待。唯有C项在最后一段有交待，故选C。

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A Doubts over H-bomb claims.

B The first H-bomb test in North Korea.

C The CNN’ s H-bomb report from North Korea.

D Great response over the H-bomb test made by North Korea.

解析：选A。文章标题题。全文基本上都是围绕朝鲜氢弹试验是否真实性来论述的，故选A。