阅读理解 The Kingdome in Seattle was destroyed on March 26,2000. It was taken do
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new stadium. The blast(爆破)from the falling building caused the earth to shake as if an earthquake had
happened.
Scientists placed more than 200 earthquake recorders in the earth to measure the movement. They
found which parts of the city shook the most. This information helped them know which parts of the city
would be damaged in a real earthquake at an early time.
A real earthquake happened on February 28, 2001 in Seattle. The Nisqually earthquake was 6.8 on
the Richter scale(里氏). It damaged the same parts of Seattle that scientists had predicted from the pulling down of the Kingdome. It was a plate quake. It started deep in the earth, 37 miles below the surface on
the Juan de Fuca Plate. Sometimes,huge plates under the earth cause earthquakes when the plates move
against each other suddenly.
Scientists have learned that deep earthquakes have very few aftershocks. The Nisqually earthquake
had only 4 ones. Another earthquake in California that was close to the surface had over 120 aftershocks. Scientists do not know why the deep earthquakes have fewer aftershocks.
Scientists plan to blast in the ground near Seattle with the purpose of testing the plate. The
shockwaves from the blast will jump off the plate and give them all idea of where the plate is and how it
is moving. This will give them more information in case another real earthquake hits the area.
B. There will be many aftershocks.
C. There will be little damage.
D. The Richter scale of the quakes will be 6.8 or more.
B. shockwave earthquakes
C. earthquakes more than 6.8 Richter scale
D. earthquakes close to the surface
B. find out how many plates there are in the ground there
C. learn where the plate is and how it is moving
D. know which places are likely to have the most damage
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killed 66 people and resulted in 12 missing by 6:00 p.m. (Beijing time) on Sunday, according to the
Ministry of Civil Affairs. “Floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 294,800 hectares of crops,
completely destroying 53,000 hectares of them,” said an official with the ministry. The floods have torn
down 48,000 and damaged 94,000 houses in southern China, and forced about 591,000 people to move
from their homes, the official said.
From Wednesday to Saturday, continuous torrential rains, mudslid
es and floods hit Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Fujian, affecting more than 8.97 million people. The disasters
have caused an overall economic loss of more than 2.9 billion yuan, according to the ministry. The ministry has sent rescue teams to the disaster areas to assist relief work. In Guangdong, heavy rains have killed 18 people and left four missing by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, according to
local authorities. A total of 1.72 million people were affected in the province.Floods have damaged 49 roads in the seriously affected Meizhou City, of which 29 remained closed to traffic by 7:00 p.m. The number of people who died in floods in Guangxi has reached 13 and one remained missing by Sunday, according to local civil affairs authority. More than 1.97 million people have been
affected after the floods caused by continuous heavy rains hit some 40 counties since Wednesday.
According to the local civil affairs bureau, 9,200 houses were knocked down and 75,181 hectares of cro
ps were affected, resulting in 529 million yuan in direct economic losses. There are fewer rainstorms and the rain belt is moving out of Guangxi, but the water levels in major rivers will keep rising in next few
days, according to the latest forecast of the region’s meteorological bureau on Sunday afternoon.
1. The underlined phrase “torn down” (para. 1) is closest in meaning to __________.
A. knocked down
B. placed down
C. set down
D. torn open
2. In Meizhou city, 49 roads were damaged and by 7:00 p.m. only __________ roads can be used again after the repair work.
A. 66.
B. 29.
C. 20.
D. 19
3. Which of the following statements is true according to the news?
A. Hubei is one of the provinces struck by the torrential rains.
B. The floods have caused a total loss of nearly 3 billion yuan.
C. 13 people died in Guangdong province as a result of the floods.
D. The rain belt will remain in Guangxi in the next few days.
4. What’s the best title for this news story?
A. A Disaster.
B. Heavy rains.
C. A Flood.
D. Heavy rains in Southern China.
5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The rainstorms are becoming stronger.
B. The water levels in major rivers are to go down soon.
C. The rainstorms are becoming less powerful.
D. In the next few days, rainstorms will stay in Guangxi.
education on the Chinese mainland.
According to official Chinese figures, the number of Taiwanese students admitted into college and
postgraduate programmes on the mainland totaled 461 in 1996, 928 in 1997 and 839 in 1998. Although
no latest official numbers were available, Netbig.com said this number had risen between 30 to 50 per cent
annually in the past two years with well over 1,000 entering mainland campuses last year.
The Internet site, based in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, provides education service and information on
Chinese mainland colleges and universities. "Many Taiwanese believe a Chinese education giving more
knowledge about the people and culture in the mainland will increase their chances in the Chinese job
market," Netbig.com vice-president Ingrid Huang said. "I believe it will give me hands-on experience in the business field in the Chinese mainland and a better understanding of the Chinese mainland people," said
Lydia Chang, a 19-year-old majoring in journalism at Shi Shin University. Chang plans to go on to get a
master"s degree in business administration in Shanghai, which she says offers the best environment for such
studies.
A journalism graduate student, Lin, at the National Taiwan University said he would like to study law
on the Chinese mainland since "there will be better career prospects for me now that more Taiwanese
companies are going there".
Some business executives were sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland. "They hope the
children could build up connections which could later become useful in their business operations," said
Yang Chingyao, professor of the Chinese mainland studies.
A Netbig.com survey showed the campuses favoured by Taiwanese students included Beijing,
Qinghua and Renmin universities in Beijing, and Jinan and Zhongshan universities in Guangzhou. The most
popular studies were law, business and Chinese medicine.
At present, Chinese Taibei doesn"t recognize diplomas earned in the Chinese mainland nor help with
any inquiries about studying there. But recognizing the trend, education authorities are giving a final form
to a policy accepting certificates (iiE45) from selected universities.
B. the fees asked for are lower than those of Taiwan
C. what they have learned on the mainland will bring them a bright future
D. there are many famous universities for them to choose
children _____.
B. could learn more about the policy there
C. could do well in their business operations
D. could make more friends there
C. the Chinese job market D. the university
B. Taiwanese companies are coming to the Chinese mainland because the law there is perfect
C. more Taiwanese companies coming to the mainland makes it better to learn laws
D. the mainland is short of lawyers for the Taiwanese companies
The author wrote the article to tell us _____. year
B. more Taiwanese students are studying on the mainland
C. education on the mainland is more attractive compared with that of Taiwan
D. Taiwan and the mainland should co-operate with each other in every field.
been confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no
connection whatever.
Sudan 1 is a red industrial dye that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food
products across the European Union (EU) in July 2003.
Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from
the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled.
Last week Sudan"s Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for
clarification of the origin of the dye"s name.
Omaima Mahmoud Al Sharief, a press official at Sudan"s Embassy in China, explained the purpose
of the inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous
dye.
"We want to keep an eye on every detail and avoid any misunderstanding there," she said. "Our embassy
to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our
country. But they told us there was no relationship."
The FSA, an independent food security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from the Sudanese
embassy last week.
"They asked us why the dye is named Sudan, however, we also do not know how it got the name,"
she said. "People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we
cannot give any explanation before we find out."
Sudan dyes, which include Sudan 1 to 4, are red dyes used for colouring solvents(溶剂), oils,
waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes. They are classified as carcinogens by the International
Agency for Research on Cancer.
B. Having side effect.
C. Containing poison.
D. Poisonous.
B. The dye has something to do with the country named Sudan.
C. Nobody is sure of the origin of the name.
D. Many foods produced in Sudan contain the dye.
B. Sudan 1 is often used to be added to the food
C. people didn"t realize the danger of Sudan 1 until 2003
D. many food shops will be closed down
B. No Sudan 1 dye links to the country
C. How Sudan 1 dye got its name?
D. Pay attention to the food safety
of Microsoft is the richest man again for the eleventh successive year with a fortune of forty four billion
dollars.
There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a
fortune of two point two trillion dollars. The highest concentration of the ultra-rich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in
forty seven different countries with Iceland Kazakstan Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first
time this year.
Laksmi Mittal, an Indian born steel tycoon (巨头)enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune.
His net worth has quadrupled (变成四倍)to thirteen billion dollars making him the world"s third richest
man. Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth
taking him to the sixth place. Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years - there are
for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people, though surprisingly perhaps
none from China excluding Hong Kong. Asian wealth is probably under represented as its usually spread
among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals. Relatively few women feature in the list - among them is JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars. New
entrants to the list include the founders of the Internet search group Google Sergie Brin and Larry Page
each worth more than seven billion dollars after their company"s recent stock market debut. The richest
Italian is the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league.
B. Ingvar Kamprad.
C. JK Rowling.
D. Silvio Berlusconi.
B. 180
C. 70
D. 150
B. Russia is a developing country.
C. This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list.
D. There are more billionaires(亿万富翁) in New York than any other city in the world.
B. Ukraine is a very rich country in the world.
C. JK Rowling"s novels have sold very well.
D. The IT industry is a profit making industry.
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BEIJING (AFP) - Archeologists in China have uncovered more than 3，000 dinosaur footprints，
state media reported，in an area said to be the world’s largest grouping of fossilized hones belonging
to the ancient animals．
The footprints，believed to be more than 100 million years old，were discovered after a
three-month excavation(发掘、出土) at a gully in Zhucheng in the eastern province of Shandong，
the Xinhua news agency reposed．
The footprints range from 10 to 80 centimeters (4 to 32 inches) in length，and belonged to at
least six different kinds of dinosaurs，including tyrannosaurs，the report said Saturday．
Wang Haijun，a senior engineer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences，said the footprints faced
the same direction, Xinhua said．
This indicated a possible migration or a panic escape by plant-eating dinosaurs after an attack by
predators(食肉动物)，Wang added．
Archeologists have found dinosaur fossils at some 30 sites in Zhucheng，known as “dinosaur
city．”The region has seen two major digs since 1964，and experts say the discovery of so many
dinosaurs in such a dense area could provide clues on how the animals became extinct millions of
years ago．
Plans are being made to set up a fossil park in the area．
1. We can infer from the text that ．
A. most of the footprints are more than 32 centimeters long
B. the footprints found belong to some predators
C. the dinosaurs were running in all directions because of an attack
D. the area is considered to be a perfect tour source
2. Which statement below is true according to the passage above?
A. The number of the footprints found is more than 3000.
B. The dinosaurs may live in an age 10，000，000 years ago.
C. The discovery of fossils has opened a new age.
D. Archeologists still wish to find many more fossils.
3. The passage may be picked out from.
A. a magazine
B. a science book
C. a newspaper
D. a students’ textbook
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