2014届高考英语一轮复习全方位配套训练人教版必修一Unit 4 Earthquakes阅读理解1
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Everyone has heard of the San Andreas fault (断层),which constantly threatens California and the West Coast with earthquakes.But how many people know about the equally serious New Madrid fault in Missouri?
Between December of 1811 and February of 1812,three major earthquakes occurred,all centered around the town of New Madrid,Missouri,on the Mississippi River.Property damage was severe.Buildings in the area were almost destroyed.Whole forests fell at once,and huge cracks opened in the ground,releasing some strong smell chemicals.
The Mississippi River itself completely changed character,developing sudden rapids and whirlpools(激流和漩涡).Several times it changed its course,and once,according to some observers,it actually appeared to run backwards.Few people were killed in the New Madrid earthquakes,probably simply because few people lived in the area in 1811;but the severity of the earthquakes was shown by the fact that the shock waves rang bells in church towers in Charleston,South Carolina,on the coast.Buildings shook in New York City,and clocks were stopped in Washington,D.C.
Scientists now know that America’s two major faults are essentially different.The San Andreas is a horizontal (水平的) boundary between two major land masses that are slowly moving in opposite directions.California earthquakes result when the two masses make a sudden move.
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