Word came ______ another violent earthquake s...

Word came ______ another violent earthquake struck Sichuan once again, ______ a great loss.

A. that, resulting in             B. which, resulted in

C. that, resulting from       D. as, resulted from

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In the past five years, disasters like earthquakes and floods have struck our hometown, Sichuan, _______ in terrible losses to this “Land of Abundance”.

A. having resulted　　　　 B. to result

C. resulting        　　 D. resulted

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A terrible earthquake struck Wenchuan, Sichuan Province on May 12th,_____more than 60,000 deaths.

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A terrible earthquake struck Sichuan Province on May 12, _____ tens of thousands of lives.

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A terrible earthquake struck Wenchuan, Sichuan Province on May 12th,_____more than 60,000 deaths.

A．caused                               B．having caused

C．to have caused                         D．causing

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__________strong earthquake struck __________ Yaan, Sichuan province on April 20, 2013.

A．A; /              B．The; the           C．The; a            D．A; the

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Word came from Chile ________at least 300 people were killed in the 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

A. which         B. when        C. that            D. where

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The magnitude 7.9 quake struck Sichuan province on May 12 at around noontime, which may have increased the human death toll because many people were at school, and the school buildings turned out to be not firm enough to collapse because of poor construction. More than 69,000 people have been confirmed dead so far, and more than 374,000 injured, with fears of further disasters because several lakes created by rockfall dams may give way and cause sudden flooding.

Clark Burchfiel, Schlumberger Professor of Geology, and Leigh Royden, professor of geology and geophysics in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, have been doing extensive research in that region of China and the Tibetan plateau(高原) for more than two decades, but had found no signs that suggested such a large earthquake might strike the area.

The team operated 25 broadband seismograph (地震仪) stations in this region of western Sichuan for more than a year. "Nobody was thinking there would be a major earthquake in that area," Royden says. "This earthquake was quite unusual, and may have involved a simultaneously（同时发生的） severe break of two separate but neighboring faults," she continued.

The region is extremely unusual geologically, Royden says, because of the very steep slopes at the boundary between the Sichuan Basin to the east and the Tibetan plateau to the west. The altitude rises sharply by about 3,500 meters (more than two miles) over a span of only about 50 kilometers (about 30 miles).

The area where the quake occurred is part of the boundary between two of the Earth's structural plates, where the Indian and Asian plates meet in an ongoing collision that has created the Himalayan mountains and the Tibetan plateau. But in central and eastern Tibet, unlike most other areas of continental collision, much of the movement of crust（地壳） is hidden from view. Instead of thickening the entire crust by folding and faulting, the surface of the eastern Tibetan plateau is not deformed（变形的） and is being lifted upward by thickening of a weak crustal layer more than 15 km below the surface.

60. Why did the school buildings collapse in the earthquake, according to the passage?

A. They had too long a history.

B. They were poorly built.

C. They were crowded with students and teachers.

D. They were damaged by the earthquake.

61. Based on Para. 1, why does the writer think that more people will be killed or injured after

the earthquake?

A. Because there will be more aftershocks after the major quake.

B. Because more school buildings will collapse after the quake.

C. Because destructive flooding caused by rockfall dams is likely to occur..

D. Because there was not enough medical care for the injured in the area.

62. What can we infer from this passage?

A. There was no prediction that such a large-scale quake might occur there.

B. Researchers had done little research in that area before the earthquake struck it.

C. The 5.12 earthquake was the most destructive in the world.

D. If more research had been done, the destruction could have been avoided.

63. Which one can be used as the best title for this passage?

A. The Great Disasters.

B. The Earthquake was very frightening.

C. The Causes of the earthquake.

D. An Extremely Unusual Earthquake.

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After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll （死亡人数） could have been much worse．More than 60 people died in this earthquake．By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims．

Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a．m．on a holiday, when traffic was light on the city's highways．In addition, changes made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes．

Despite the good news, civil engineers aren't resting on their successes．Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints （蓝图） for improved quake-resistant buildings．The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place．

In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood that bend without breaking．Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations．The most recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports．Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake's vibrations．When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction．

The new smart structures could be very expensive to build．However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes．

1.One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is that __________．

A．new computers had been installed in the buildings

B．it occurred in the residential areas rather．than on the highways

C．large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holiday

D．improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways

2.The smart buildings discussed in the passage __________．

A．would cause serious financial problems

B．would be worthwhile though costly

C．would increase the complexity of architectural design

D．can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes

3.It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on __________．

A．the increasing use of robber and steel in capital construction

B．the development of flexible building materials

C．the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations

D．early forecasts of earthquakes

4.The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to __________．

A．compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in the U．S．

B．encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of computers

C．outline the history of the development of quake-resistant building materials

D．report new developments in constructing quake- resistant buildings

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The earthquake in Japan, measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale, was so violent _______ cause a series of explosions of the nuclear reactors in several power stations.

A. to                B. that                C. as to                D. as that

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