【正文】 f my bed hopping up and down. There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year, but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britain since 2020 when a 4. 8magnitude quake struck the central England city of Birmingham10. The country39。s strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931, measuring on the Richter scale11. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain, including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France12. Musson predicted that it was only a matter of time13 before another earthquake struck this part of England. However, people should not be scared too mush by this prediction, Musson said, as the modern earthquake warning system of Britain should be able to detect a forthing quake and announce it several hours before it takes place. This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the minimum. 2 / 43 環(huán)球外語在線（ ） 京城首家基于 2020 年新版職稱英語教材的網(wǎng)絡(luò)輔導(dǎo)課程全面上線 地址 :北京市海淀區(qū)中關(guān)村南大街甲 18 號(hào)北京國際 D 座 8 層 郵編 :100081 Email: 客服咨詢熱線： 01062126633 或 4006783456 轉(zhuǎn) 601/602/604/605/607/608/609 傳 真： 01062168398(直撥 ) 詞匯： moderate /?m?d?r?t/ adj. 中等的 magnitude /?m??n?tju:d/ n. 值，強(qiáng)度量 topple /?t?pl/ v. 傾倒，震倒 rouse /r??z/ v. 喚醒 tremor /?trem?/ n. 震動(dòng) hop /h?p/ v. 齊足跳起 funfair /?f?n?fe?/ n. 公共露天游樂場 scale /sk??l/ n. 震級(jí) forthing /?f?:?k?m?? / adj. 即將來臨的 evacuate /??v?kju??t/ v. 疏散 geological /?d????l?d??k?l/ adj. 地質(zhì)的 注釋 : 1. power：電力 2. Kent County：肯特郡 [位于英格蘭東南部 ] 3. It felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a funfair ride：它 (地震 )給人的感覺是整幢房子就像游樂場的滑行機(jī)一樣在滑動(dòng)。 as if 是 “好象 ……一樣；仿佛”，例如： He treated me as if I were his son. (他待我如同他的兒子一樣。 Channel Tunnel (常簡稱為 Chunnel) 是連接英法兩國的海峽隧道。美國地震學(xué)家 Charles Francis Richter (19001985) 于 1935年制定了地震震級(jí)表。 13. a matter of time：時(shí)間 問題。 ) 練習(xí)： 1. During the April 28 earthquake, whole England was left without power. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 2. The Channel Tunnel was closed for 10 hours after the earthquake occurred. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 3. It was reported that one lady had got her head and neck injured, but not seriously. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 4. France and several other European countries sent their medical teams to work side by side with the British doctors. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 5. The country39。短文說地震殃及英格蘭東南部的肯特 郡部分地區(qū)，電力中斷，幾千名居民無電可用。 2. C 本題所說的意思是：地震發(fā)生后，海峽隧道關(guān)閉了 10 小時(shí)。 3. A 題句的意思是：地震中一個(gè)婦女的頭部和頸部受了點(diǎn)輕傷。所以選項(xiàng) A 是答案。這一內(nèi)容短文中找不到，故答案為 C。短文第七段第一句明白無誤地說，英國最強(qiáng)烈的地震于 1931 年發(fā)生在北海。 6. A 題句說 Musson 預(yù)言在英格蘭東南部遲早將發(fā)生另一次地震。短文中說，另一次地震將襲擊英格蘭東南部，這只是個(gè)時(shí)間問題。 7. A 短文第六段第一句說，全球每年發(fā)生強(qiáng)度為里氏 4 級(jí)左右的地震有幾千次，但是這種中等強(qiáng)度的地震英格蘭很少發(fā)生。 第十篇 Irish Dolphins may have a unique dialect Irish scientists monitoring dolphins living in a river estuary in the southwest of the country believe they may have developed a unique dialect to municate with each other. The Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation (SDWF)1 has been studying a group of up to 120 bottlenose dolphins in the River Shannon2 using vocalisations collected on a puter in a cow shed3 near the River Shannon. As part of a research project, student Ronan Hickey digitised and analysed a total of 1,882 whistles from the Irish dolphins and those4 from the Welsh dolphins on a puter and separated them into six fundamental whistle types and 32 different categories5. Of the categories, 4 / 43 環(huán)球外語在線（ ） 京城首家基于 2020 年新版職稱英語教材的網(wǎng)絡(luò)輔導(dǎo)課程全面上線 地址 :北京市海淀區(qū)中關(guān)村南大街甲 18 號(hào)北京國際 D 座 8 層 郵編 :100081 Email: 客服咨詢熱線： 01062126633 或 4006783456 轉(zhuǎn) 601/602/604/605/607/608/609 傳 真： 01062168398(直撥 ) he found most6 were used by both sets of dolphins7 but eight were only heard from the Irish dolphins. We are building up a catalogue of the different whistle types they use and trying to associate them with behaviour like foraging, resting, socialising and the munications of groups with calves, project leader Simon Berrow said. Essentially we are building up what is like a dictionary of words they use or sounds they make. Berrow, a marine biologist, said the dolphins39。 2. the Shannon River：香農(nóng)河 [ 位于愛爾蘭共和國的中西部 ] 3. cow shed: 牛棚 4. those 指代前半句的 whistles。 8. References in local legend:：當(dāng)?shù)貍髡f中的有關(guān)說法 5 / 43 環(huán)球外語在線（ ） 京城首家基于 2020 年新版職稱英語教材的網(wǎng)絡(luò)輔導(dǎo)課程全面上線 地址 :北京市海淀區(qū)中關(guān)村南大街甲 18 號(hào)北京國際 D 座 8 層 郵編 :100081 Email: 客服咨詢熱線： 01062126633 或 4006783456 轉(zhuǎn) 601/602/604/605/607/608/609 傳 真： 01062168398(直撥 ) 9. they may even have been resident there as far back as the 6th century： 海豚可能早在公元 6 世紀(jì)就在香農(nóng)河河口繁衍生息， resident 是形容詞，意思是 “居住的”。題句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容短文中找不到，故答案為 C。這句話與短文中敘述的意思不符。所以，本題選項(xiàng) B 是答案。 32 種嘯聲中有 8 種是愛爾蘭海豚獨(dú)有的。 4. A 短文第四段第一句說科學(xué)家正在設(shè)法將嘯聲與海豚的行為特性聯(lián)系起來，其中也包括成年海豚與小海豚之間的聯(lián)絡(luò)這一行為。 5. C 本題所說的意思是鯨魚能發(fā)出比海豚更強(qiáng)烈的超聲波去殺死獵物。 6. B 短文第五段說的是，早在公元 6 世紀(jì)海豚就在香農(nóng) 河河口繁衍生息，而沒有說早在公元 6 世紀(jì)漁民開始在香農(nóng) 河河口養(yǎng)殖海豚。 7. A 題句表達(dá)的意思與最后一段的意思相符。所以答案是 A。 2. Philadelphia：費(fèi)城 [美國賓夕法尼亞州東南部港市 ] 3. Woods Hole：美國 馬薩諸塞州的一個(gè)漁村，也是許多重要 研究機(jī)構(gòu)所在地，如： the Marine Biological Laboratory, the Sea Education Association 以及 the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 4. Mass.： Massachusetts 的縮寫：馬薩諸塞州，美國東北部的一個(gè)州。 Science 雜志創(chuàng)刊于 1880 年，該雜志具有新聞雜志和學(xué)術(shù)期刊的雙重特點(diǎn)，每周除向世界各地發(fā)布有關(guān)科學(xué)技術(shù)和科技政策的重要新聞外，還發(fā)表全球科技研究最顯著突破的研究論文和報(bào)告。 3． D “springs”在此是彈簧的意思。 4． B 第四段最后一句的意思是： Rome 計(jì)劃將這種背包商業(yè)化，即，推向市場。 D 的意思是為背包做廣告。也就是說，不要因?yàn)橥瑫r(shí)玩著游戲、聽著音樂、看著電視，太專注以致不注意來往車輛了。 2. HyperX：美國國家航空和宇宙航行局進(jìn)行了多年的超音速飛機(jī)研究項(xiàng)目（ Hyper X Program）中的一架實(shí)驗(yàn)飛機(jī)。 4. Ann Arbor：美國密歇根州（ Michigan）的一個(gè)城市，華盛頓郡郡政府所在地，因密歇根大學(xué)而聞名。 練習(xí)： 1. The Hyper X broke the record because A) It was the first airbreathing jet plane. B) It flew along the equator. C)