職稱英語考試試題

職稱英語考試試題下面的短文后列出了7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子做出判斷：如果該句提供的是正確信息，請選擇A；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請選擇B；如果該句的信息文中沒有提及，請選擇C.AGreatQuakeComing?EveryonewholivesinSanFranciscoknowsthatearthquakesarecommoninthebavarea.Theyhadkeendevastatingin1906，forexample，amajorquakedestroyedabout28.000buildingsandkilledhundreds，perhapsthousandsofpeople.Residentsnowwonderwhenthenext"bigone"willstrike.It'sboundtohappensomeday.Atleastsevenactivefault（斷層）linesrunthroughtheSanFranciscoarea.Faultsareplaceswherepiecesofearth'scrust（地殼）slidepasteachother.Whenthesepiecesslip，thegroundshakes.Toprepareforthatday.scientistsareusingnewtechniquestoreanalyzethe1906earthquakeandpredicthowbadthedamagemightbewhenthenextonehappens.Onenewfindingaboutthe1906quakeisthattheSanAndreasFaultsplitapartfasterthanscientistshadassumedatthetime.Duringsmallearthquakes，faultsruptureatabout2.7kilometerspersecond.Duringbiggerquakes，however，rupturescanhappenatratesfasterthan3.5kilometerspersecond.Atsuchhighspeeds，massiveamountsofpressurebuildup，generatingundergroundwavesthatcancausemoredamagethanthequakeitself.LuckyforSanFancisco，thesepressurepulses（脈沖）traveledalwayfromthecityduffngthe1906event.Asbadasthedamagewas，itcouldhavebeenfarWorse.Lookingahead，scientistsaretryingtopredictwhenthenextmajorquakewilloccur.Recordsshowthatearthquakeswerecommonbefore1906event.Sincethen，theareahasbeenrelativelyquiet.Pattemsinthedata，however，suggestthattheprobabilityofamajorearthquakestrikingthebayareabefore2032isatleast62percent.NewbuildingsinsanFranciscoarequitesafeincaseoffuturequakes.Still，morethan84percentofthecity'sbuildingsareoldandweak.Analysessuggestthatanothermassiveearthquakewouldcauseextensivedamage.PeoplewholivetheretodaytendtofeelsafebecauseSanFranciscohasremainedprettyqmetforawhile.Accoedingtothenewresearch，however，it'snotamatterofwhetherthebigonewillhit.It'sjustamatterofwhen.16.TheSanFranciscoareaislocatedaboveseveralactivefaultlines.A.rightB.wrongC.notmentiond17.The1906earthquakeinSanFranciscoisthemostsevereoneinAmericanhistory.A.fightB.wrongC.notmentioned18.Thehighestspeedoffaultrupturesinthe1906quakewasmorethan3.5kilometerspersecondA.fightB.wrongC.notmentioned19.EarthquakesrarelyhappenedinSanFranciscobefore1906.A.fightB.wrongC.notmentioned20.SanFranciscoisfullypreparedforanotherbigearthquake.A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned21.Scientistswillbeabletopredicttheexacttimeofanearthqua