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1、2012年职称英语综合类阅读判断新增文章详解1 2012年职称英语考试大纲未做变化,2011年版仍可以使用。但是教材有一定的变化,职业培训教育网对于新增的文章进行了整理分析,希望对考生有帮助!ModerateEarthquakeStrikesEnglandAmoderateearthquakestruckpartsofsoutheastEnglandon28April2007,topplingchimneysfromhousesandrousingresidentsfromtheirbeds.Severalthousandpeoplewereleftwith
2、outpower1inKentCounty.Onewomansufferedminorheadandneckinjuries."ltfeltasifthewholehousewasbeingslidacrosslikeafun-fairride,3"saidthewoman.TheBritishGeologicalSurveysaidthe4.3-magnitudequake4struckat8:19a.m.andwascenteredundertheEnglishChannel5,about8.5milessouthofDover6andneartheen
3、trancetotheChannelTunnel7.Witnessessaidcracksappearedinwallsandchimneyscollapsedacrossthecounty.Residentssaidthetremorhadlastedforabout10to15seconds."Iwaslyinginbedanditfeltasifsomeonehadjustgotupfrombednexttome."saidHendrickvanEck,27,ofCanterbury8about60milessoutheastofLondon."Ith
4、enheardthesoundofcracking,anditwasgettingheavierandheavier9.Itfeltasifsomeonewasattheendofmybedhoppingupanddown."Therearethousandsofmoderatequakesonthisscalearoundtheworldeachyear,buttheyarerareinBritain.TheApril28quakewasthestrongestinBritainsince2002whena4.8-magnitudequakestruckt
5、hecentralEnglandcityofBirmingham10.Thecountry'sstrongestearthquaketookplaceintheNorthSeain1931,measuring6.1ontheRichterscale11.BritishGeologicalSurveyscientistRogerMussonsaidthequaketookplaceon28AprilinanareathathadseenseveralofthebiggesterthquakesevertostrikeBritain,includingonein
6、1580thatcauseddamageinLondonandwasfeltinFrance.12Mussonpredictedthatitwasonlyamatteroftime13beforeanotherearthquakestruckthispartofEngland.However,peopleshouldnotbescaredtoomuchbythisprediction,Mussonsaid,asthemodernearthquakewarningsystemofBritainshouldbeabletodetectaforthcomingqu
7、akeandannounceitseveralhoursbeforeittakesplace.Thiswouldallowtimeforpeopletoevacuateandreducedamagetotheminimum.词汇:moderate adj.中等的magnitude/'mægnitju:d/n.值,强度量topple v.倾倒,震倒rouse/ravz/v.唤醒tremor n.震动 hop v.齐足跳起fun-fairn.公共露天游乐场scale/skeil/n.震级forthcoming adj.即将来临的evacu
8、ate/i'vækjveit/v.疏散geologi
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