题目内容
On 27th February 2008, something very unusual happened in the UK; there was a rather large earthquake. It was the biggest earthquake in 25 years in the UK. There have been very small tremors in the past but they pale into insignificance compared to this one.
It was felt in a large area across the country too, from as far north as Edinburgh in Scotland to as far south as Plymouth on the south coast of England.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in a small town in Lincolnshire, which is an area about two and a half to three hours north of London by car. A magnitude of 5.2 was registered on the Richter scale.
There were lots of reports in the news from people who felt the earth move. One man said, "We had loads of vibrating and wall shaking and stuff, noise coming off the roof. I came outside – the chimney's on the floor!"
A collapsed chimney was the cause of what was probably the worst injury from the earthquake; a man broke his pelvis when the chimney fell on him.
Another man who spoke to the BBC described the moment the earthquake occurred, "Everything was shaking. As soon as it happened we all went outside and saw everyone else down the street, coming out and just realized it was an earthquake." O%M
The huge rumble, which was felt by a lot of people, surprisingly caused very little structural damage to property.
Most British people would be surprised to learn that there are 200-300 earthquakes in Britain every year, but most of them are so small, they go unnoticed. The magnitude of this earthquake is fairly small in comparison to some other natural disasters that have made international news, but for the people affected, it certainly came as quite a surprise.
60. Before this earthquake _______.
A. there was no signs of any shakings at all.
B. people did not feel anything unusual.
C. many people realized there would be a bigger one to come.
D. some small quakes were only too small to be ignored.
61. From this passage we know ______ is in the south of Great Britain.
A. Lincolnshire B. Edinburgh
C. Plymouth D. Scotland
62. This earthquake _____.
A. hardly caused any damages to the people’s belongings..
B. brought down many buildings in England.
C. scared many people to death.
D. made the world greatly surprised.
63. After reading this passage we can infer_______.
A. people in England faced the earthquake bravely.
B. this earthquake seemed to be felt all over Great Britain.
C. this earthquake is the biggest one in history.
D. the chimneys in Britain are the most poorly built parts of the houses.
60—63 DCAB
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Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University ___36___ anger may help you ____37___ the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier.
“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “The more you display anger, the lower your ____38___ responses.”
Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered with them by asking them to ___39____ faster or ask them other questions. If they made any ____40___ , they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry ____41____ the researchers were ____42____ them.
Lerner used a ____43____ video camera and recorded all their facial _____44____ during the test. The researchers ____45____ their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other members recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high- stress hormone called cortisol.
People whose faces showed more ____46____ during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people fear, negative impacts ____47____, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the ____48____. “ Having that sense of anger ____49____ people to actually feel some power in what ____50____ is a maddening situation.” Lerner said.
Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. He found people who reacted with ____51____ were more optimistic. These people are healthier ____52____ with those who were frightened during the event.
So in maddening ____53____, anger is not a ____54____ thing to have. It’s a ____55____ response than fear.
| 36. | A. | shows | B. | suggests | C. | expresses | D. | insists |
| 37. | A. | drop | B. | reduce | C. | lose | D. | throw |
| 38. | A. | mistake | B. | sadness | C. | stress | D. | anger |
| 39. | A. | read | B. | write | C. | speak | D. | count |
| 40. | A. | mistakes | B. | decisions | C. | changes | D. | losses |
| 41. | A. | unless | B. | because | C. | if | D. | until |
| 42. | A. | watching | B. | stopping | C. | interrupting | D. | recording |
| 43. | A. | rented | B. | stolen | C. | borrowed | D. | hidden |
| 44. | A. | spots | B. | points | C. | expressions | D. | smiles |
| 45. | A. | chose | B. | regarded | C. | treated | D. | described |
| 46. | A | fear | B. | anger | C. | regret | D. | happiness |
| 47. | A. | decrease | B. | increase | C. | climb | D. | spread |
| 48. | A. | plan | B. | method | C. | study | D. | project |
| 49. | A. | hopes | B. | leads | C. | lets | D. | drives |
| 50. | A. | actually | B. | really | C. | otherwise | D. | luckily |
| 51. | A. | pain | B. | joy | C. | sorrow | D. | anger |
| 52. | A. | compared | B. | comparing | C. | satisfied | D. | connected |
| 53. | A. | situations | B. | conditions | C. | positions | D. | persons |
| 54. | A | bad | B. | good | C. | proper | D. | wonderful |
| 55. | A. | shorter | B. | bigger | C. | faster | D. | healthier |