首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、The land is covered with water. B、Wars break out among countries. C、People there can not live at the temperature of zero. D、Th
A、The land is covered with water. B、Wars break out among countries. C、People there can not live at the temperature of zero. D、Th
admin
2012-11-30
87
问题
The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.
On July 17th, a piece four kilometers’ wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.
Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust; temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is mainly described in the passage?
27. What does the first piece cause when it hits the South Atlantic?
28. Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long?
29. What does the speaker try to prove by giving the example of dinosaurs?
选项
A、The land is covered with water.
B、Wars break out among countries.
C、People there can not live at the temperature of zero.
D、The light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth.
答案
D
解析
选项中的land is covered with water,people...can not live,sun can not reach等表明,本题可能考查人们不能生存的原因。由短文中提到的...the north won’t escape for long. Because...the sun is hidden by clouds of dust; temperatures around the world fall to almost zero可知,北半球也不能幸免于难的原因是太阳被灰尘挡住了,温度也会降到将近零度,[D]“太阳的光和热无法到达地面”正是对此的同义转述,故为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/58b7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
IntotheUnknownTheWorldHasNeverSeenPopulationAgeingBefore,CanItCope"!Untiltheearly1990snobodymu
Herfacedoesn’t______muchovertheyears.
NewmineralresourcesmaybediscoveredduringthepresentAntarctic_________.
Accordingtobiologists,animalpopulationsatagiventimeare_________byfoodsuppliesatthattime.
Dr.Johnson______thetaskofwritingacomprehensiveEnglishdictionary.
Advertisementsmayarouseastrongwishforsomething;howtheneedisfilledwillprobablybetheindividual.
ItissaidthatthereconstructionoftheGrandTheatreisa________projectofShanghaigovernmentthisyear.
Anexpensiveprojectlikethisis______withthegovernment’saimofreducingpublicspending.
A、Theywerebothfamousactresses.B、Theywerebothpopularalltheirlives.C、Theywerebothrichandkind-hearted.D、Theywere
Itisamazingthatsomanypeople______(愿为社区做义务工作).
随机试题
A.吸气末B.呼气末C.两者皆是D.两者皆非存在非弹性阻力的呼吸状态是
下列政策措施中,对于调节国际收支能够较快产生效果的是()。
Thehigherthestandardoflivingandthegreaterthenationalwealth,the
纤支镜的适应证包括
小宁,男,8岁,1周前发热,咽喉疼痛,扁桃体肿大,服用感冒药和维生素3天,后热退,咽喉疼痛减轻。昨日,小宁外出玩耍,回家后下肢皮肤瘙痒明显,抓后皮肤溃破,食欲、睡眠不佳,周身不振,大便3天未解,出现眼睑浮肿,晚上延及全身,遂来医院急诊。请根据上述
依据《安全生产法》的规定,()依法组织职工参加本单位安全生产工作的民主管理和民主监督,维护职工在安全生产方面的合法权益。
当x=1时,代数式px3+qx+2的值为2002;则当x=-1时,代数式px3+qx+10的值为()。
一个人早上从甲地骑自行车,每小时行走10千米,下午1点到达了乙地;没做停留他直接返回甲地,每小时15千米,结果在下午3点40的时候返回了甲地。这个人第二天早上还是从甲地骑自行车到乙地,相比第一天早上,晚出发了50分钟,但将速度提高了25%,那么他到达乙地的
在下面的表达式中,运算结果为逻辑真的是()。
以下程序的功能是从键盘上输入若干个数字,当输入负数时结束输入,统计出若干数字的平均值,显示结果。请填空。PrivateSubForm_Click()Dimx,yAsSingleDimzAsIntegerx=InputBox("Ent
最新回复
(
0
)