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1、人事考试教育网www.chinatat.com版权所有，转载请注明出处！2009年职称英语理工类教材新增部分内容第二部分阅读判断（两篇）第十二篇StudyHelpsPredictBigMediterraneanQuake　　ScientistshavefoundevidencethatanoverlookedfaultintheeasternMediterranean1islikelytoproduceanearthquakeandtsunamievery800yearsaspowerfulastheonetha

2、tdestroyedAlexandria2inAD3365.　　Usingradiocarbondatingtechniques,simulationsandcomputermodels,theresearchersrecreatedtheancientdisasterinordertoidentifytheresponsiblefault.‘Wearesayingthereisprobablyarepeattimeof800yearsforthiskindofearthquake,'saidMsBethShaw

3、,anearthquakescientistattheUniversityofCambridge,wholedthestudy.Scientistsstudypastearthquakesinordertodeterminethefuturepossibilityofsimilarlargeshocks.　　IdentifyingthefaultfortheAD365earthquakeandtsunamiisimportantforthetensofmillionsofpeopleintheregion,Ms.

4、Shawsaid.ThefaultclosetothesouthwestcoastofCrete4lastproducedabigenoughquaketogenerateatsunamiabout1300,whichmeansthenextpowerfulonecouldcomeinthenext100years,sheaddedinatelephoneinterview.　　Ms.Shawandhercolleaguescalculatethelikelyintervalsbymeasuringthemoti

5、onofeithersideofthefaulttofindhowoftensuchlargeearthquakeswouldhavetooccurtoaccountforthatlevelofmotion,shesaid.Theircomputermodelsuggestedan8magnitudequakeonthefaultwouldproduceatsunamithatfloodsthecoastalregionsofAlexandriaandNorthAfrica,thesoutherncoastofG

6、reece5andSicily6allthewayuptheAdriati7toDubrovnik8.ThiswouldbesimilartotheancientquakeinAD365thatcausedwidespreaddestructioninmuchofGreeceandunleashedatsunamithatfloodedAlexandriaandtheNileDelta9,likelykillingtensofthousandsofpeople,shesaid.词汇：faultn.断层interv

7、aln.间隔tsunamin.海啸magnituden.等级radiocarbonn.放射性碳destructionn.破坏，毁灭simulationn.模拟unleashv.放出，释放注释：1.theeasternMediterranean:地中海东部2.Alexandria:阿里山大[埃及北部港市]3.AD:公元后（AD是拉丁文AnnoDomini首字母的所写）4.Crete:[希腊]克里特岛5.Greece:希腊6.Sicily:[意大利]西西里岛7.Adriati:亚得利亚海8.Dubrovnik:杜布罗

8、夫尼克[克罗地亚港市]9.NileDelta:尼鲁河三角洲[埃及]练习:1.Thefault,whichwasoverlookedbefore,hasbeencloselystudiedbyscientists.　ARight.BWrongCNotmentioned2.ItisfuntoidentifythefaultfortheAD365earthquakeandtsu