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
On April the 18th, 1960, it was a few minutes after 5 o’clock in the morning. Most people in San Francisco were a-sleep, but the
On April the 18th, 1960, it was a few minutes after 5 o’clock in the morning. Most people in San Francisco were a-sleep, but the
admin
2009-02-10
62
问题
On April the 18th, 1960, it was a few minutes after 5 o’clock in the morning. Most people in San Francisco were a-sleep, but the rattling of the milkmen’s carts and bottles meant that the city was waking to another busy day.
At that moment the land suddenly moved. The vibration was so strong that great buildings fell down, including the new seven-million-dollar City Hall, which the community had good reason to be proud of. Main water pipes burst. Cooking stoves overturned and electric wires flashed. The fires which started caused damage in large areas of the city.
What had happened.’? The rocks had broken apart along nearly three hundred miles of a crack in the earth of California, a feature of the physical map of that region known as a "fault".
The damage was greatest in San Francisco which was near the center of the fault. Many buildings were destroyed by fire or by the earthquake itself, and hundreds of people were killed. Many people also died from diseases which broke out in the dirty camps later occupied by homeless people. The fires got out of control and, before they died out, four square mi-les of the city were burnt out.
The loss of property was serious. The loss from fire alone amounted to 400,000,000 dollars, more than nine-tenths of the total damage. In those days this was an enormous sum.
The effects of the earthquake were widespread. Rivers and streams began to run in new directions and their flow pat-terns were changed. Trees six feet in diameter were uprooted within half a mile of the central break. An area of wet fields on the side of a hill actually moved half a mile downwards. A road which crossed the fault burst apart and a gap of 21 feet remained between the broken ends.
The California earthquake is remembered because it was so sudden and because it occurred in a city, where the dam-age and destruction were plainly visible and where many people were killed simultaneously. Actually, deaths on American roads from car accidents are now greater in almost any week of the year, but we are so accustomed to road accidents that we do not pay much attention to them.
Scientists and engineers studied the effects of the San Francisco earthquake. The city was rebuilt, and new features were introduced to strengthen buildings and maintain a constant water supply in the event of. another earthquake. The water mains were fitted with control values which would enable water to travel by different routes round broken places. Large underground tanks were constructed to supply water if normal supplies could not be tapped. Special measures were taken to prevent fires, which often do more damage than earthquakes themselves.
The San Francisco earthquake provided scientists with valuable information, since the effects of the break were visible and reports of the incident were an important contribution to the world’s store of knowledge about earthquakes.
The main cause of the great loss of property ’after the San Francisco earthquake in 1960 is______.
选项
A、falling buildings
B、broken pipes
C、fires
D、floods
答案
C
解析
考生只要注意文中"The loss from fire a-lone amounted to 400,000,000 dollars,more than nine-tenths of the tatal damage.”就可以得出C为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/qz6K777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
ComputerCrimeI.IntroductionCurrentsituation:theincreaseinthenumberandtypesofcomputercrimeII.【T1】______
EducationalattainmentinruralAmericareachedahistoricheightin2000,withnearlyoneinsixruraladults【S1】______
Thedealisdone:untilafewyearsagoarelativelyknown【S1】______Chinesecarmaker,hasgotitshandsonaniconicmar
Forthefirsttimeindecades,researchersarereportingasignificantdropworldwideinthenumberofwomendyingeachyearfro
ConsideringhowjazzistranscribedinChinese(jueshi),youmaybemisledintoassumingthatitisanaristocraticculturalfor
TheWorldBank’sRealProblemTheWorldBankisundeniablyincrisis.Butnotbecauseitspresident,PaulWolfowitz,gothis
PassageTwo(1)Abouttwo-thirdsoftheworld’spopulationisexpectedtoliveincitiesbytheyear2020and,accordingto
Thejobsofwildlifetechniciansandbiologistsseemed______tohim,butonedayhediscoveredtheirdifference.
Thefootballplayerhadstudiedeconomicsintheuniversityfor______ofroughlysixyears.
WhowontheWorldCup1998footballgame?WhathappenedattheUnitedNations?Howdidthecriticslikethenewplay?【C1】______
随机试题
早期食管癌包括
A.可溶性颗粒剂B.酒溶性颗粒剂C.块状冲剂D.混悬性颗粒剂E.泡腾颗粒剂将辅料混匀制粒及药材提取物,用模具压制成块(机压法)。这是()
背景资料:某施工单位承建一项南方沿海城市的大型体育馆机电安装工程。该工程特点是各类动力设备包括冷冻机组、水泵、集中空调机组、变配电装置等,均布置在有通风设施和排水设施的地下室。由于南方沿海空气湿度大、昼夜温差大,夏天地下室结露严重,给焊接、电气调
飞扬公司是一家上市企业,近年由于公司经营决策失误,导致公司连年亏损。因此,总经理十分着急,采取了多种措施。但是仍然无法扭转公司继续亏损的局面。于是总经理要求公司财务经理想办法对公司会计报表进行所谓的“技术处理”,把公司的亏损做成盈利。公司财务经理认为。现在
实施部门预算支出绩效考评是,对无法直接用指标计量其效果的支出,通过专家评估、公众问卷及抽样调查就各项绩效考评内容的完成情况进行打分,并根据分值考评绩效目标完成情况,这种方法称为()。
工序分布调查是在()的同时进行数据处理。
某次体育课上,因老师迟迟未到,班长刘某便组织同学到操场踢足球。在踢球时,学生宋某突然昏倒在地,经抢救无效死亡。经调查得知,宋某患有先天性心脏病,而学校事先并不知晓。在这一事故中,应依法承担责任的是()。
作为人民民主专政的重要工具,公安机关的专政职能反映的是公安机关与敌人的关系,民主职能反映的是公安机关与人民的关系。( )
有“学生”表和“班级”表文件,检索哪些班级中至少有一个学生是少数民族的,正确的命令是()。
Therearesuperstitionsattachedtonumbers;eventhoseancientGreeksbelievedthatallnumbersandtheirmultiplehavesomemy
最新回复
(
0
)