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1、会计人的网上家园2008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）第七篇ModerateEarthquakeStrikesEnglandAmoderateearthquakestruckpartsofsoutheastEnglandon28April2007,topplingchimneysfromhousesandrousingresidentsfromtheirbeds.Severalthousandpeoplewereleftwithoutpower1inKentCounty2.On

2、ewomansufferedminorheadandneckinjuries."Itfeltasifthewholehousewasbeingslidacrosslikeafun-fairride3,"saidthewoman.TheBritishGeologicalSurveysaidthe4.3-magnitudequake4struckat8:19a.m.andwascenteredundertheEnglishChannel5,about8.5milessouthofDover6andneart

3、heentrancetotheChannelTunnel7.Witnessessaidcracksappearedinwallsandchimneyscollapsedacrossthecounty.Residentssaidthetremorhadlastedforabout10to15seconds."Iwaslyinginbedanditfeltasifsomeonehadjustgotupfrombednexttome,"saidHendrickvanEck,27,ofCanterbury8ab

4、out60milessoutheastofLondon."Ithenheardthesoundofcracking,anditwasgettingheavierandheavier9.Itfeltasifsomeonewasattheendofmybedhoppingupanddown."Therearethousandsofmoderatequakesonthisscalearoundtheworldeachyear,buttheyarerareinBritain.TheApril28quakewas

5、thestrongestinBritainsince2002whena4.8-magnitudequakestruckthecentralEnglandcityofBirmingham10.Thecountry'sstrongestearthquaketookplaceintheNorthSeain1931,measuring6.1ontheRichterscale11.BritishGeologicalSurveyscientistRogerMussonsaidthequaketookplaceon2

6、8AprilinanareathathadseenseveralofthebiggestearthquakesevertostrikeBritain,includingonein1580thatcauseddamageinLondonandwasfeltinFrance12.Mussonpredictedthatitwasonlyamatteroftime13beforeanotherearthquakestruckthispartofEngland.However,peopleshouldnotbes

7、caredtoomushbythisprediction,Mussonsaid,asthemodernearthquakewarningsystemofBritainshouldbeabletodetectaforthcomingquakeandannounceitseveralhoursbeforeittakesplace.Thiswouldallowtimeforpeopletoevacuateandreducedamagetotheminimum.词汇：moderateadj.中等的magnitu

8、den.值，强度量topplev.倾倒，震倒rousev.唤醒tremorn.震动hopv.齐足跳起报名咨询电话：010-82318888免费热线:4008104588传真：010-8233076639会计人的网上家园fun-fairn.公共露天游乐场scalen.震级Forthcomingadj.即将来临的evacuatev.疏散geologicaladj.地质的注释:1.power：电力2.KentCounty：肯特郡[位于英格兰东南部