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职称英语考试试题职称英语考试试题下面的短文后列出了7个句子,请根据短文的.内容对每个句子做出判断:如果该句提供的是正确信息,请选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息,请选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及,请选择C.AGreatQuakeComing?EveryonewholivesinSanFranciscoknowsthatearthquakesarecommoninthebavarea.Theyhadkeendevastatingin1906,forexample,amajorquakedestroyedabout28.000buildingsandkilledhundreds,perhapsthousandsofpeople.Residentsnowwonderwhenthenext"bigone"willstrike.It'sboundtohappensomeday.Atleastsevenactivefault(断层)linesrunthroughtheSanFranciscoarea.Faultsareplaceswherepiecesofearth'scrust(地壳)slidepasteachother.Whenthesepiecesslip,thegroundshakes.Toprepareforthatday.scientistsareusingnewtechniquestoreanalyzethe1906earthquakeandpredicthowbadthedamagemightbewhenthenextonehappens.Onenewfindingaboutthe1906quakeisthattheSanAndreasFaultsplitapartfasterthanscientistshadassumedatthetime.Duringsmallearthquakes,faultsruptureatabout2.7kilometerspersecond.Duringbiggerquakes,however,rupturescanhappenatratesfasterthan3.5kilometerspersecond.Atsuchhighspeeds,massiveamountsofpressurebuildup,generatingundergroundwavesthatcancausemoredamagethanthequakeitself.LuckyforSanFancisco,thesepressurepulses(脉冲)traveledalwayfromthecityduffngthe1906event.Asbadasthedamagewas,itcouldhavebeenfarWorse.Lookingahead,scientistsaretryingtopredictwhenthenextmajorquakewilloccur.Recordsshowthatearthquakeswerecommonbefore1906event.Sincethen,theareahasbeenrelativelyquiet.Pattemsinthedata,however,suggestthattheprobabilityofamajorearthquakestrikingthebayareabefore2032isatleast62percent.NewbuildingsinsanFranciscoarequitesafeincaseoffuturequakes.Still,morethan84percentofthecity'sbuildingsareoldandweak.Analysessuggestthatanothermassiveearthquakewouldcauseextensivedamage.PeoplewholivetheretodaytendtofeelsafebecauseSanFranciscohasremainedprettyqmetforawhile.Accoedingtothenewresearch,however,it'snotamatterofwhetherthebigonewillhit.It'sjustamatterofwhen.16.TheSanFranciscoareaislocatedaboveseveralactivefaultlines.A.rightB.wrongC.notmentiond17.The1906earthquakeinSanFranciscoisthemostsevereo