题目内容
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A 7.0 magnitude(级)earthquake killed more than 230, 000 people in Haiti.Then an 8.8 magnitude quake killed more than 900 people in Chile.And few weeks later, a 6.0 magnitude quake struck rural eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people.
The earthquakes kept coming hard and fast. 1 It's not.The problem is what's happening above ground, not underground, experts say.
2 They’re rapidly putting up buildings that can't stand up to earth quakes, scientists believer.
And news reports and better earthquake monitoring make it seem as if earth quakes are increasing all the time.
On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6.0 and 6.9. So far this year there have been 40 earthquakes-more than in most years for that time period.But that's because the 8.8 quake in Chile caused a large number of strong aftershocks.
Also, it's not the number of quakes, but their destructive effects that gain attention.The death is largely due to building standards, 3 Paul Earle, a US seismologist, called for better building standards in the world's big cities.
Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than I million, more than half are likely to be hit by earthquakes. 4 “If you have a problem feeding yourself, you’re not really going to worry about earthquakes, ” said Paul.
The earthquakes made everyone start to think 5 “People are paying attention to the violent planet we’re always lived on.Come back an another six moths if there has been no earthquakes, most people will have forgotten it again, ” said US disaster researcher Dennis Mileti.
A.But it won't last.
B.More people are moving into big cities.
C.Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings do.
D.There have been more deaths overt the past decade from earthquakes.
E.Many people began to wonder if something terrible is happening underground.
F.While it seems as if the are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren't.
G.But developing nations with growing populations don't pay attention to earthquake
preparedness.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. 71 According to the report,the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a pleasant one. 72 The population could be as large as 6300 million,almost 2150 million more than in 1985.More people would move into cities ,especially cities in developing countries.Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would each have 15 million by then.
73 Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,but most of the increase would be in countries that already produce enough food for their people. 74 Poor farming ways are destroying large areas of crop land,changing farms into deserts.More farmland is lost as cities become larger and more houses are built.Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil.Many of the world's forests could disappear as more and more trees are cut down.Energy will continue to be a serious problem. 75 They only workde out the situation that exists today.By changing the situation,by settling the problems,the picture can be changed.There is still time for the nations of the world to work out a plan of action.But they warned that waiting too long to make de cisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A.Food production will increase,but not enough to feed all the people. |
B.The report was a result of a three - year study. |
C.Later on,more reports came out one by one. |
D.The world will be more crowded because the population will continue to grow. |
E.Experts believe enough food will be produced in developing countries very soon.
F.The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 may be wrong.
G.Little increase is expected in South Asia,Africa and the Middle East.