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
Humans are forever forgetting that they can’t control nature. Exactly twenty years ago, the Time magazine cover story announced【
Humans are forever forgetting that they can’t control nature. Exactly twenty years ago, the Time magazine cover story announced【
admin
2014-04-17
40
问题
Humans are forever forgetting that they can’t control nature.
Exactly twenty years ago, the Time magazine cover story announced【M1】______
that "scientists are on the verge of being able to predict the time, place
and even the size of earthquakes". The people of quake-ruined Kobe
(神户)learned last week how wrong that assertion was. All of the【M2】______
methods raised two decades ago have succeeded. Even now, scientists
have yet to discover a uniform warning signal that precedes all quakes,
let alone any sign would tell whether the coming quake is mild or a【M3】______
killer. Earthquake formation can be triggered by many factors, says
Hiroo Kanamori, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology.
So, finding one all-purpose warning sign is impossible.
One reason: Quakes start deeply in the earth, so scientists can’t study【M4】______
them directly. If a quake precursor were found, it would still be
impossible to warn humans at advance of all dangerous quakes.【M5】______
Places like Japan and California are full with hundreds, if not【M6】______
thousands, of minor faults(断层). It is impossible to place
monitoring instruments on all of them And these inconspicuous sites
can be just as deadly their better-known cousins like the San Andreas.【M7】______
Both the Kobe and the 1994 Northridge quakes occurred in small【M8】______
faults. Prediction would be less important if scientist could easily build
structures to withstand tremors. While seismic engineering has been【M9】______
improved dramatically in the passed 10 to 15 years, every new quake【M10】______
reveals unexpected weaknesses in "quake-resistant" structures, says
Terry Tullis, a geophysicist at Brown University.
【M1】
选项
答案
the→a
解析
词汇错误。考查定冠词和不定冠词的用法,由于cover story是第一次出现,所以应用不定冠词a。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/NFpO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
AccordingtothelateresearchintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,【M1】______menandwomenusesodifferentlanguagestha
TherapiddevelopmentofAmericaneconomyaftertheCivilWarwasmainlydueto______.
ThePortraitofaLadywaswrittenby__________.
OurgreatestresponsibilityistheactivedefenseoftheAmericanpeople.Twenty-eightmonthshavepassedsinceSeptember1lth,
______isdefinedasaconsciousprocessofaccumulatingknowledgeofasecondlanguageusuallyobtainedinschoolsettings.
SharedReadingandChildren’sOralLanguageFormanychildren,theprocessoflearningtoreadstartsbeforeschool.Theyen
A、gotoaCostco.B、buyinlargequantity.C、askforothers’favor.D、buysecond-handitems.B
一个人有无智慧,往往体现在做事的方法上。借用别人的智慧助己成功,也是一条成功之道。《三国演义》中的刘备,文才不如诸葛亮,武功不如关羽和张飞,但他有一种别人不及的优点,那就是杰出的协调能力。他能够吸引这些优秀的人才为他所用。由此看来,能够发现别人的才
Pub-talk,themostpopularactivityinallpubs,isanativedialectwithitsowndistinctivegrammar.Thereareveryfewrestr
Asaliteraryfigure,SophiaappearsinHenryFielding’s______.
随机试题
下列说法中,正确的是()。
放射性核素图像分析方法及要点的叙述,错误的是
一般手术切口在第七天左右拆线的原因主要是
适用假释如果有特殊情况,经最高人民法院核准可以不受有期徒刑执行原判刑期二分之一以上、无期徒刑实际执行10年以上的限制。这种特殊情况是指:()
常见的把压力信号转换为电信号的(),一般也称为压力开关。
下列各项中,()属于会计市场准人管理。
设立证券登记结算公司,自有基金不少于5亿元。()
()是指管理者了解企业内的一种职位信息和任职条件信息,并以一种格式把与这种职位有关的信息描述出来,从而使其他人能了解这种职位和人员需求的过程。
“视其所以,观其所由,察其所安”这句话反映了德育的()。
一位教师调入某中学,开学后他就着手调研任教班级物理课的学习情况,设计灵活的教学流程,运用多种教学方法调动学生学习物理的积极性,培养学生对物理的兴趣。在他的引导下,学生期中考试的物理成绩大幅上升。这说明该教师处于专业成长的()。
最新回复
(
0
)