2012-2013 第一学期大学英语3试卷(4)

以新视野大学英语3为教材的英语测试

At the point where the two plates converge, the Indian one plunges below the Eurasian. As the plates push together, pressure builds, until the Indian plate rolls suddenly downwards, sending a great earthquake reechoing across hundreds of kilometers. The convergence of the two plates is relatively rapid---about two centimenters a year. Many regions of the central Himalayas now have at least four meters of convergence, which would cause a great earthquake when released. This amount of slip is believed to have occurred in the great earthquake of 1934 that hit the region of Bihar, India, and western Nepal.

In some areas, where earthquakes have not relaxed the stressed crust for much longer, a slip of as much as 10 meters could be waiting to happen, which would cause an earthquake larger than any seen in the twentieth century.

26. The main topic of this passage is _______________.

A. the biggest earthquakes in Asia `B. the work done by earthquake researchers

C. one great earthquake in Asia D. a potential danger to the Himalayan region

27. How many people would be killed if an earthquake occurred near a big city on the Ganges Plain?

A. 20,000. B. 200,000. C. 20,000,000. D. 2,000,000.

28. The word “earthquake-prone” (underlined in Paragraph 4) may refer to the state that earthquake are ____________.

A. inclined to happen B. impossible to predict

C. beyond prevention D. out of control

29. The Qingzang Gaoyuan was the result of ____________.

A. the earthquake reechoing across hundreds of kilometers

B. the convergence of Himalayas and the region of Bihar, India, and the western Nepal

C. the colliding between the Eurasian plate and the Indian sub-continent

D. at least four meters of convergence

30. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.

A. the largest earthquakes occurred in the 20th century

B. more meters of slip lead to earthquakes that are more powerful

C. the region of Bihar, India, and western Nepal faces the greatest danger of earthquakes

D. 10 meters of slip should be made so we can relieve pressure

Passage Three

Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.

The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良)and heat-related health problems.

But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions.

Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030.

Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies