2012職稱英語題庫

2012職稱英語題庫

Moderate Earthquake Strikes England
　　A moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007，toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power1 in Kent County. One woman suffered minor head and neck injuries.
　　"lt felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride,3" said the woman.
　　The British Geological Survey said the 4.3-magnitude quake4 struck at 8:19 a.m. and was centered under the English Channel5，about 8.5 miles south of Dover6 and near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel7.
　　Witnesses said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds.
　　"I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me." said Hendrick van Eck，27，of Canterbury8 about 60 miles southeast of London."I then heard the sound of cracking，and it was getting heavier and heavier9.It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down."
　　There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year，but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britain since 2002 when a 4.8-magnitude quake struck the central England city of Birmingham10.
　　The country's strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931，measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale11. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest erthquakes ever to strike Britain，including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France.12 Musson predicted that it was only a matter of time13 before another earthquake struck this part of England. However，people should not be scared too much by this prediction，Musson said，as the modern earthquake warning system of Britain should be able to detect a forthcoming quake and announce it several hours before it takes place. This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the minimum.
　　詞匯:
　　moderate /'mɔdərit / adj. 中等的 magnitude /'mægnitju:d/ n. 值，強(qiáng)度量
　　topple /’tɔpl/ v. 傾倒，震倒 rouse /ravz/ v. 喚醒
　　tremor /’tremə (r) / n.震動(dòng) hop /hɔp/ v. 齊足跳起
　　fun-fair n. 公共露天游樂場(chǎng) scale /skeil/ n. 震級(jí)
　　forthcoming /‘fɔ:θ’kʌmiŋ)/ adj. 即將來臨的 evacuate /i'vækjveit / v. 疏散
　　geological / dʒiə'lɔdʒikəl/ adj. 地質(zhì)的
　　注釋:
　　1. power:電力
　　2. Kent County:肯特郡[位于英格蘭東南部]
　　3.It felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride. 它(地震)給人的感覺是整幢房子就像游樂場(chǎng)的滑行機(jī)一樣在滑動(dòng).ride是游樂場(chǎng)供人玩樂的乘坐式的活動(dòng)裝置。as if 是"好像……一樣；仿佛"，例如:He treated me as if I were his son. 他待我如同待他的兒子一樣。
　　4. the.4.3-magnitude quake:里氏4.3級(jí)地震
　　5. English Channel:英吉利海峽
　　6. Dover:多佛爾[英格蘭東南部港口城市]
　　7. Channel Tunnel:海峽隧道。Channel Tunnel (常簡(jiǎn)稱為Chunnel)是連接英法兩國(guó)的海峽隧道。
　　8. Canterbury:坎特伯雷[英格蘭東南部城市，中世紀(jì)時(shí)曾是宗教朝圣圣地]
　　9. it was getting heavier and heavier:爆裂聲越來越響
　　10. Birmingham:伯明翰[英格蘭中部城市]
　　11. the Richter scale:里氏震級(jí)表。美國(guó)地震學(xué)家 Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985)于1935年制定了地震震級(jí)表。
　　12. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain，including one in1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France.英國(guó)地質(zhì)勘測(cè)所的科學(xué)家 Roger Musson 說，4月28日發(fā)生地震的地區(qū)曾經(jīng)遭受過幾起英國(guó)最大的地震，其中的一次發(fā)生在1580年，那次地震蹂躪了倫敦，并波及法國(guó)。
　　13. a matter of time:時(shí)間問題。又如: It's not a matter of money. 這個(gè)不是錢的問題。
　　練習(xí):
　　1. During the April 28 earthquake，the whole England was left without power.
　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
　　2. The Channel Tunnel was closed for 10 hours after the earthquake occurred.
　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
　　3. It was reported that one lady had got her head and neck injured，but not seriously.
　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
　　4. France and several other European countries sent their medical teams to work side by side with the British doctors.
　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
　　5. The country's strongest earthquake took place in London in 1580.
　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
　　6. Musson predicted that another earthquake would occur in southeast England sooner or later.
　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
　　7. It can be inferred from the passage that England is rarely hit by high magnitude earthquakes.
　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
　　答案與題解:
　　1. B 題句說2007年4月28日的地震致使全英格蘭都停電，與短文第一段第一句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容不符。短文說地震殃及英格蘭東南部的肯特郡部分地區(qū)，電力中斷，幾千名居民無電可用。所以，題句是錯(cuò)誤的，答案為B。
　　2. C 本題所說的意思是:地震發(fā)生后，海峽隧道關(guān)閉了10小時(shí)。題句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容短文中找不到，故答案為C。
　　3. A 題句的意思是:地震中一個(gè)婦女的頭部和頸部受了點(diǎn)輕傷。題句表達(dá)的意思與第一段最后一句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容相符。所以選項(xiàng)A是答案。
　　4. C 題句表達(dá)的意思是:法國(guó)和其他幾個(gè)歐洲國(guó)家派遣他們的醫(yī)療隊(duì)去英國(guó)與當(dāng)?shù)氐尼t(yī)生并肩工作。這一內(nèi)容短文中找不到，故答案為C。
　　5. B 題句所說的英國(guó)最強(qiáng)烈的地震于1580年發(fā)生在倫敦，這與短文表述的事實(shí)不符。短文第七段第一句明白無誤地說，英國(guó)最強(qiáng)烈的地震于1931年發(fā)生在北海。題句表達(dá)的信息是錯(cuò)誤的，故答案為B。
　　6. A 題句說Masson預(yù)言在英格蘭東南部遲早將發(fā)生另一次地震。這一說法與短文最后一段第三句所表達(dá)的意思相符。所以答案是A。
　　7. A 短文第六段第一句說，全球每年發(fā)生強(qiáng)度為里氏4級(jí)左右的地震有幾千次，但是這種中等強(qiáng)度的地震在英格蘭很少發(fā)生。據(jù)此，讀者可以容易地推斷出，高震級(jí)的地震在英格蘭就更少見了。
 

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