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After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death
After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death
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2019-05-23
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After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll could have been much worse.
More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25 000 victims.
Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4: 31 a. m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the city’s highways. In addition, changes made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city’s buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes.
Despite the good news, civil engineers aren’t resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints for improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place.
In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The most recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports. Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake’s vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction.
The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquake.
One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low was that______.
选项
A、new computers had been installed in the buildings
B、it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the highways
C、large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holiday
D、improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways
答案
D
解析
细节题。本题属于原因细节题。原因题的答案可以利用题干信息确定大体位置,然后利用“原因、目的、结果三位一体”的原则,寻找信号词。本题答案定位在第三段首句,题于中的loss of lives和comparatively low与原文中的Injuries and deaths和relatively less对应,因此答案应该在because之后。又由于下旬的信号词in addition表明上下两句密切相关,因此,答案来自于本段第二句,对其压缩改写得出答案为D)。
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