自考00015英语二练习题12文档格式.docx

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AmoderateearthquakestruckpartsofsoutheastEnglandon28April,topplingchimneysfromhousesandrousingresidentsfromtheirbeds.SeveralthousandpeoplewereleftwithoutpowerinKentCounty.Onewomansufferedminorheadandneckinjuries.

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Itfeltasifthewholehousewasbeingslidacrosslikeafun-fairride,"

saidthewoman.

TheBritishGeologicalSurveysaidthe4.3-magnitudequakestruckat8:

19a.m.andwascenteredundertheEnglishChannel,about8.5milessouthofDoverandneartheentrancetotheChannelTunnel.

Witnessessaidcracksappearedinwallsandchimneyscollapsedacrossthecounty.Residentssaidthetremorhadlastedforabout10to15seconds.

Iwaslyinginbedanditfeltasifsomeonehadjustgotupfrombednexttome."

saidHendrickvanEck,27,ofCanterburyabout60milessoutheastofLondon."

Ithenheardthesoundofcracking,anditwasgettingheavierandheavier.Itfeltasifsomeonewasattheendofmybedhoppingupanddown."

Therearethousandsofmoderatequakesonthisscalearoundtheworldeachyear,buttheyarerareinBritain.TheApril28quakewasthestrongestinBritainsincewhena4.8-magnitudequakestruckthecentralEnglandcityofBirmingham.

Thecountry'

sstrongestearthquaketookplaceintheNorthSeain1931,measuring6.1ontheRichterscale.BritishGeologicalSurveyscientistRogerMussonsaidthequaketookplaceon28AprilinanareathathadseenseveralofthebiggestearthquakesevertostrikeBritain,includingonein1580thatcauseddamageinLondonandwasfeltinFrance.MussonpredictedthatitwasonlyamatteroftimebeforeanotherearthquakestruckthispartofEngland.However,peopleshouldnotbescaredtoomuchbythisprediction,Mussonsaid,asthemodernearthquakewarningsystemofBritainshouldbeabletodetectaforthcomingquakeandannounceitseveralhoursbeforeittakesplace.Thiswouldallowtimeforpeopletoevacuateandreducedamagetotheminimum.

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1>

、FranceandseveralotherEuropeancountriessenttheirmedicalteamstoworksidebysidewiththeBritishdoctors.（　）

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Notmentioned

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、Manywallsandchimneysweredamagedduringthisquake.（　）

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、Thecountry'

sstrongestearthquaketookplaceinLondonin1580.（　）

4>

、MussonpredictedthatanotherearthquakewouldoccurinsoutheastEnglandsoonerorlater.（　）

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、ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatEnglandisrarelyhitbyhighmagnitudeearthquakes.（　）

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、ThemodernearthquakewarningsystemofBritaincoulddetectaforthcomingquake.（　）

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、DuringtheApril28earthquake,thewholeEnglandwasleftwithoutpower.（　）

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、TheChannelTunnelwasclosedfor10hoursaftertheearthquakeoccurred.（　）

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、Itwasreportedthatoneladyhadgotherheadandneckinjured,butnotseriously.（　）

10>

、TheApril28quakewasstrongerthantheoneof.（　）

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