首页
登录
职称英语
Nature’ s Gigantic Snowplough On January 10, 1962, an enormous pie
Nature’ s Gigantic Snowplough On January 10, 1962, an enormous pie
游客
2023-11-22
54
管理
问题
Nature’ s Gigantic Snowplough
On January 10, 1962, an enormous piece of glacier broke away and tumbled down the side of a mountain in Peru. A mere seven minutes later, when cascading ice finally came to a stop ten miles down the mountain, it had taken the lives of 4,000 people.
This disaster is one of the most
devastating
examples of a very common event: an avalanche of snow or ice. Because it is extremely cold at very high altitudes, snow rarely melts. It just keeps piling up higher and higher. Glaciers are eventually created when the weight of the snow is so great that the lower layers are pressed into solid ice. But most avalanches occur long before this happens. As snow accumulates on a steep slope, it reaches a critical point at which the slightest vibration will send it sliding into the valley below.
Even an avalanche of light power can be dangerous, but the Peruvian catastrophe was particularly terrible because it was caused by a heavy layer of ice. It is estimated that the ice that broke off weighed three million tons. As it crashed down the steep mountainside like a gigantic snowplough, it swept up trees, boulders and tons of topsoil, and completely crushed and destroyed the six villages that lay in its path.
At present there is no way to predict or avoid such enormous avalanches, but, luckily, they are very rare. Scientists are constantly studying the smaller, more common avalanches, to try to understand what causes them. In the future, perhaps dangerous masses of snow and ice can be found and removed before they take human lives. [br] In this passage devastating means’______.
选项
A、violently ruinous.
B、spectacularly interesting.
C、stunning.
D、unpleasant.
答案
A
解析
此题为词汇理解题。据第1段第2句与第2段第1句之间的关系可推知。devastating表示“破坏性极大的”,stunning(C)表示“令人惊讶的”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3210064.html
相关试题推荐
PassaaeFourWhenmostanimalsdie,naturelikestotidyupbymakingth
PassageFour[br]What’sthebesttitleforthepassage?Nature,NurtureandE
Hewasafunnylookingmanwithacheerfulface,good-naturedandagreatta
Hewasafunnylookingmanwithacheerfulface,good-naturedandagreatta
Oneofthemysteriesofnatureisanimalcommunication.Creaturesofthes
Oneofthemysteriesofnatureisanimalcommunication.Creaturesofthes
Oneofthemysteriesofnatureisanimalcommunication.Creaturesofthes
Oneofthemysteriesofnatureisanimalcommunication.Creaturesofthes
Scienceisthesystematic______ofknowledgeusingnatureitselforlaboratorym
Nature’sGiganticSnowplough OnJanuary10,1962,anenormouspie
随机试题
Bequietand______yourwork.A、youdoB、todoC、doC
Thehorseandcarriagearethingsofthepast.Butloveandmarriageares
[originaltext]HowdoyoulikeyourFrenchteacher?[/originaltext][originaltext
根据《公路路基路面现场测试规程》(JTG3450-2019),挖坑法适用于(
(2016年真题)社会工作者小董为智障人士开展就业培训,并通过就业指导帮助他们找
车辆的惯性是造成许多交通事故的原因。下列交通规则与惯性无关的是()。A.系安全带
财政部代理发行地方政府债券时,每一承销团成员最高、最低标位差为20个标位,无需连
银行承兑汇票的承兑银行,应当按照票面金额向出票人收取()的手续费。A:千分之一
电气设备的独立接地体,其接地电阻应( )。A.小于1Ω B.大于1Ω C.
下列药物中哪个药物除具有抗过敏作用外,还具有镇静及抗晕动症作用A.氯雷他定 B
最新回复
(
0
)