D.the volcanoes that caused the New Madrid fault are still alive
【语篇解读】本文通过历史回顾和科学分析,提醒人们多关注New Madrid地区频繁的地震。
1.A
主旨大意题。由本文第一段的最后一句话“But how many people know about the equally serious New Madrid fault in Missouri?”可知。
2.B
细节理解题。由本文第四段和第五段内容可以判断The San Andreas fault是水平地震,而The New Madrid fault是垂直地震,所以B项正确。
3.C
推理判断题。本文无A、B两项相关内容;根据第五段中第二句“Suddenly,the volcanoes cooled and the rock collapsed,leaving huge cracks.Even now,the rock continues to settle downwards...”可以排除D项;根据第三段第三句“Few people were killed in the New Madrid earthquakes,probably simply because few people lived in the area in 1811...”可以推测答案为C。
B
A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at 2:46 p.m.local time on March 11th,2011.Japan’s Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later.The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world.
There are over 4,000 Seismic Intensity Meters (地震烈度测量仪) in place throughout Japan to measure earthquake activity.These meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening.Information about the strength and the center of the earthquake can be learned within three minutes.There are also concrete sea walls around much of the Japanese coastline.But these measures proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsunami.
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