Earthquake Intensity & Observed Effects(强度与现象)
I.     Felt by only a few people under very special conditions.
II. Felt by only a few people at rest, especially on the upper floors of buildings.
III. Felt noticeably indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings.
IV. Felt indoors by many people, outdoors by a few; some awaked.
V.   Felt by nearly everyone; many awaked; dishes and windows break; plaster (灰泥) cracks (开裂).
VI. Felt by everyone; many frightened and run outdoors; heavy furniture such as tables and shelves moves.
VII. Everyone runs outdoors; small to moderate (中等的) damage(损毁) in usual buildings.
VIII.       Considerable (相当大的) damage in usual buildings; monuments(碑) fall.
IX.  Considerable damage in all buildings; ground cracks; underground pipes (管道) break.
X.    Most buildings damaged; rails bend(弯曲); landslides (山崩) take place; water splashes(溅落) over banks.
XI.  Few buildings left standing; bridges damaged; wide cracks in the ground; underground pipes break.
XII. Damage total; waves seen on ground; objects thrown into air.
【小题1】According to the picture, what is the possible position of the earthquake’s epicenter?
A.36°N, 90°W.B.36°N, 90°E.C.90°N, 36°W.D.90°N, 36°E.
【小题2】What is the effects of earthquake intensity IV?
A.Everyone runs outdoors.
B.Only a few people feel it.
C.Many people who stay indoors feel it.
D.Felt by people on the upper floors of buildings.
【小题3】According to the picture, which city would have announced the report: “Nearly everyone felt the earthquake, and many people were awaked. Dishes and windows were broken”?
A.Cincinnati.B.Louisville.C.Pittsburgh.D.Nashville.
【小题4】Which statement best describes the earthquake intensity at Boston?
A.Felt indoors by few people under very special conditions.
B.Few buildings left standing.
C.Felt noticeably indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings.
D.Felt indoors by many people, outdoors by a few, some awaked.
【小题5】For which city was the description of an earthquake “Heavy furniture moved, everyone  felt it, and many were frightened and ran outdoors” reported?
A.Nashville.B.Louisville.C.Syracuse. D.Cincinnati.

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Jia Meng used to keep a diary in Chinese. But one year a__1__, the 14-year-old girl from Hei Longjiang began to write her diary in E__2__, because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly. She changed the language because her mother can’t read English. “It’s like killing two birds with one stone.” said Jia, “My privacy (隐私) became safe and my English improves a lot.”

Jia’s mother is not the o__3__ mom who reads her child’s diary. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 2, 3000 parents. The results s_4__that 40% of parents read their children’s secrets. That’s why, like Jia, many teenagers try to find ways to protect their privacy.

Wu Lei, 15, of Shanxi, keeps a diary, too. But he doesn’t write them on the paper. He writes o__5__ which he thinks is perfectly safe because his parents “know n__6__ about the Internet.”

Lu Huan, 13, of Guangdong, said her parents always secretly listened to the talk b__7__ her friends and her on the telephone in their room. To solve this p__8__, Lu asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone.

“Parents want to know what is going on in their children’s l__9__,” said Shao Xiazhen, a teenage expert in Beijing. “ But sometimes they go about it the wrong way.” Shao suggested to teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets, t__10__ to parents is a better solution. “If your parents know that you are safe, they’ll let you keep your secrets.”

 

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