首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Earthquakes are something that most people fear. There are so
[originaltext] Earthquakes are something that most people fear. There are so
游客
2024-05-13
28
管理
问题
Earthquakes are something that most people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Some places, like Iran and Guatemala have them frequently. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.
The most-talked-about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1909. Over 500 people died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 20,000 people died.
In 1923, a very powerful earthquake hit the Tokyo-Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China. 400,000 people were killed or injured in this quake, which happened in 1556.
Earthquakes are not the only acts of nature which people fear. Floods and tidal waves also cause people to be afraid. So do bad storms like typhoons and cyclones. Sometimes these things cause lots of deaths. In 1970, a cyclone and tidal wave killed over 200,000 in Pakistan.
These kinds of things make people afraid and they are very dangerous. But they probably do not worry people as much as earthquakes, especially in these modem times. The reason is that we often know they are coming, we have some warning. Someday we may be able to know an earthquake is coming. So far, however, no sure way is known to predict an earthquake. When one comes, it is a surprise. People cannot prepare for it.
选项
A、Because they can’t be predicted.
B、Because they happen very often.
C、Because they kill more people than other disasters do.
D、Because they are more disastrous.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3596084.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Whyaresofewtigersman-eaters?Whyarefewerthanthreepe
[originaltext]Whyaresofewtigersman-eaters?Whyarefewerthanthreepe
[originaltext]M:Lisa,doyouthinkwemaketoomuchuseoftinnedandfrozenfo
[originaltext]M:Lisa,doyouthinkwemaketoomuchuseoftinnedandfrozenfo
[originaltext]M:Lisa,doyouthinkwemaketoomuchuseoftinnedandfrozenfo
[originaltext]M:Lisa,doyouthinkwemaketoomuchuseoftinnedandfrozenfo
[originaltext]M:Hello.InternationalFriendsClub.CanIhelpyou?W:Oh,hell
[originaltext]M:Haveyoucheckedallthedoorsandwindows?Andhaveyoubroug
[originaltext]M:Haveyoucheckedallthedoorsandwindows?Andhaveyoubroug
[originaltext]M:Haveyoucheckedallthedoorsandwindows?Andhaveyoubroug
随机试题
TheNavyAdmiralWilliamFallonsaidtheUSmiscalculatedthewarandthattime
[originaltext]W:BrightStarHotel.M:Goodafternoon.MynameisMartin.I’dl
通知发布时间:2005年5月25日内容:1.下周一,5月30日下午2:00在教学楼205教室召开各班学习委员会议,主题是“如何提高英语口语”。
ItisamiraclethatNewYorkworksatall.Thewholethingisunbelievable.
下列A市的指标中,2017年同比增量最多的是:A.气候调节价值年值 B.
A.清热解毒B.止痢补虚C.化瘀利尿D.固精缩尿E.涩肠止泻仙鹤草具有的功效是
参与美国存托凭证发行与交易的中介机构包括()。A:存券银行 B:托管银行 C
在用双耳听觉来判断方位的时候,最容易判断的方位是()。 (A)上下(B)左
珠海银隆新能源有限公司以新能源产业为经营核心,是我国新能源产业大型现代化高新技术
下列关于DNA功能的叙述,不正确的是( )。A.遗传的物质基础 B.转录时作
最新回复
(
0
)