Somecountrieshavealargenumberofearthquakes.JapanisoneofthemwhileothersdonothavemanyforexampletherearefewearthquakesinBritain.Thereisoftenagreatnoiseduringanearthquake.Thegroundvibrates(颤动).House
Somecountrieshavealargenumberofearthquakes.JapanisoneofthemwhileothersdonothavemanyforexampletherearefewearthquakesinBritain.
Thereisoftenagreatnoiseduringanearthquake.Thegroundvibrates(颤动).Housesfalldown.Railwaysarebrokenwhichcausestrainstoturnover.Sometimesthousandsofpeoplearekilledindifferentways.About60000werekilledin1783inthesouthofItaly.Somepeoplesaythatearthquakesoftenhappennearvolcanoes(火山)butitisnottrue.Thecentresofsomeearthquakesareunderthesea.Thebottomoftheseasuddenlymoves.Thepowerfulforcesinsidetheearthbreaktherocks.Thecoastisshakenandgreatwavesappear.Thesewavestravellongdistancesandrushoverthelandwhentheyreachitbreakingdownhousesandotherbuildings.Sometimestheybreakmorebuildingsthantheearthquakeitself.
AterribleearthquakehappenedinAssamIndiain1986.ThelandnearShillongsuddenlymoved1.5feettoonesideandthenbackagain.Itcontinuedtoactlikethis20timesaminute.Fewbuildingscouldstandwhatwashappeningandthegreatstonesflewfourfeetupintotheair.Whatkindofbuildingstaysupbestinanearthquake?TheAmericanscarefullystudiedtheresultsoftheearthquakeatSanFrancisco(1906)andbelieveditbestforbuildingstobemadewithconcrete(混凝土)wallstogetherbysteelframes.Sucharethebuildingsthatcan'tburnorfalleasily.
1.Thebesttitleofthispassageshouldbe.
A.TheCentresofEarthquakes
B.Earthquakes
C.TheLoss(损失)CausedbyEarthquakes
D.BuildingsandEarthquakes
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Trains'turningoverisdirectlycausedbytheearthquakes.
B.Someearthquakeshavetheircentresunderthesea.
C.Itisn'tcertainthatearthquakeshappennearvolcanoes.
D.Buildingswithconcretewallsarebetteragainstearthquakes.
3.Earthquakesoftenhappen.
A.nearvolcanoesB.inJapan
C.inBritainD.BothAandB
4.make(s)morelossthantheearthquakeitself.
A.Nothing
B.Volcanoes
C.Forcesinsidetheearth
D.Terriblewavesbytheearthquake
5.Whenanearthquakehappenscanbeheard.