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1、阅读下面的短文。每篇短文后面都有七句话,请根据短文的内容判断这些话是正确、错误,还是在短文中没有提到。每个试题计1分,共计7分.ModerateEarthquakeStrikesEnglandAmoderateearthquakestruckpartsofsoutheastEnglandon28April2007,topplingchimneysfromhousesandrousingresidentsfromtheirbeds.Severalthousandpeoplewereleftwithoutpower1inKentCounty2.
2、Onewomansufferedminorheadandneckinjuries-"Itfeltasifthewholehousewasbeingslidacrosslikeafun-fairride,3"saidthewoman.TheBritishGeologicalSurveysaidthe4-3-magnitudequake4struckat8:19a.m・andwascenteredundertheEnglishChannel5,about8.5milessouthofDover6andneartheentrancetotheCh
3、annelTunnel7.Witnessessaidcracksappearedinwallsandchimneyscollapsedacrossthecounty.Residentssaidthetremorhadlastedforabout10to15seconds.“Iwaslyinginbedanditfeltasifsomeoneheldjustgotupfrombednexttome,"saidHendrickvanEck,27,ofCanterbury8about60milessoutheastofLondon.UIthenh
4、eardthesoundofcracking,anditwasgettingheavierandheavier9・Itfeltasifsomeonewasattbeendofmybedhoppingupanddown."Therearethousandsofmoderatequakesonthisscalearoundtheworldeachyear,buttheyarerareinBritain.TheApril28quakewasthestrongestinBritainsince2002whena4.8-magnitudequakes
5、truckthecentralEnglandcityofBirmingham10.Thecountry'sstrongestearthquaketookplaceintheNorthSeain1931,measuring6.1ontheRichterscale11•BritishGeologicalSurveyscientistRogerMussonsaidthequaketookplaceon28AprilinanareathathadseenseveralofthebiggestearthquakesevertostrikeBritai
6、n,includingonein1580thatcauseddamageinLondonandwasfeltinFrancel2.Mussonpredictedthatitwasonlyamatteroftime13beforeanotherearthquakestruckthispartofngland.However,peopleshouldnotbescaredtoomuchbythisprediction,Mussonaid,asthemodernearthquakewarningsystemofBritainshouldbeabl
7、etodetectaforthcomingquakeandannounceitseveralhoursbeforeittakesplace.Thiswouldallowtimeforpeopletoevacuateandreducedamagetotheminimum・词汇:moderate/5mCdErit/adJ.中等的magnitude/5mA5itju:d/n.值,强度量topple/5tCpl/v.倾倒,震倒rouse/rauz/v.唤醒tremor/5tremE(r)/n.震动hop/hRp/v.齐足跳起fun-fairn.公共
8、露天游乐场scale/skeil/n.震级forthcoming/fC:W5kQmiN/adj.即将来临的evacuate/i5vAkjueit/v.疏散geological/d
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