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1、MADEBYBOBEERQQ:459640332008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.Severalthousandpeoplewereleft12withoutpowerinKentCounty.Onewomans

2、ufferedminorheadandneckinjuries.3"Itfeltasifthewholehousewasbeingslidacrosslikeafun-fairride,"saidthewoman.4TheBritishGeologicalSurveysaidthe4.3-magnitudequakestruckat8:19a.m.andwas56centeredundertheEnglishChannel,about8.5milessouthofDoverandneartheentrancetothe7ChannelTunnel

3、.Witnessessaidcracksappearedinwallsandchimneyscollapsedacrossthecounty.Residentssaidthetremorhadlastedforabout10to15seconds."Iwaslyinginbedanditfeltasifsomeonehadjustgotupfrombednexttome,"said8HendrickvanEck,27,ofCanterburyabout60milessoutheastofLondon."Ithenheardthesound9ofc

4、racking,anditwasgettingheavierandheavier.Itfeltasifsomeonewasattheendofmybedhoppingupanddown."Therearethousandsofmoderatequakesonthisscalearoundtheworldeachyear,buttheyarerareinBritain.TheApril28quakewasthestrongestinBritainsince2002whena4.108-magnitudequakestruckthecentralEn

5、glandcityofBirmingham.Thecountry'sstrongestearthquaketookplaceintheNorthSeain1931,measuring6.1on11theRichterscale.BritishGeologicalSurveyscientistRogerMussonsaidthequaketookplaceon28AprilinanareathathadseenseveralofthebiggestearthquakesevertostrikeBritain,including12onein1580

6、thatcauseddamageinLondonandwasfeltinFrance.Mussonpredictedthatitwas13onlyamatteroftimebeforeanotherearthquakestruckthispartofEngland.However,peopleshouldnotbescaredtoomushbythisprediction,Mussonsaid,asthemodernearthquakewarningsystemofBritainshouldbeabletodetectaforthcomingqu

7、akeandannounceitseveralhoursbeforeittakesplace.Thiswouldallowtimeforpeopletoevacuateandreducedamagetotheminimum.词汇：moderateadj.中等的magnituden.值，强度量topplev.倾倒，震倒rousev.唤醒tremorn.震动hopv.齐足跳起MADEBYBOBEERQQ:45964033fun-fairn.公共露天游乐场scalen.震级Forthcomingadj.即将来临的evacuatev.疏散geologic

8、aladj.地质的注释:1.power：电力2.KentCounty：肯特郡[位于英格兰东南部]3.Itfeltasifthewhole