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1、Passage1EveryonehasheardoftheSanreasfault（斷層）whichconstantlythreatensCalifniatheWestCoastwithearthquakes.ButhowmanypeopleknowabouttheequallyseriousNewMadridfaultinMissouriBetweenDecemberof1811Februaryof1812threemajearthq

2、uakesoccurredallcenteredaroundthetownofNewMadridMissouriontheMississippiRiver.Propertydamagewassevere.Buildingsintheareawerealmostdestroyed.Wholefestsfellatoncehugecracksopenedinthegroundallowingsmellofsulfur（硫磺）tofilter

3、upward.TheMississippiRiveritselfcompletelychangedacterdevelopingsuddenrapidswhirlpools.Severaltimesitchangeditscourseonceaccdingtosomeobserversitactuallyappearedtorunbackwards.FewpeoplewerekilledintheNewMaridearthquakesp

4、robablysimplybecausefewpeoplelivedintheareain1811buttheseverityoftheearthquakesareshownbythefactthattheshockwavesrangbellsinchurchtowersinlestonSouthCarolinaonthecoast.BuildingsshookinNewYkCityclockswerstoppedinWashingto

5、nD.C.ScientistsnowknowthatAmericastwomajfaultsareessentiallydifferent.TheSanreasisahizontalboundarybetweentwomajlmassesthatareslowlymovinginoppositedirections.Califniaearthquakesresultwhenthemovementofthesetwomassessudde

6、nlylurches（傾斜）fward.TheNewMadridfaultontheotherhisaverticalfaultatsomepointspossiblyhundredsofmillionsofyearsagorockwaspusheduptowardthesurfaceprobablybyvolcanoesunderthesurface.Suddenlythevolcanoescooledtherockcollapsed

7、leavinghugecracks.Evennowtherockcontinuestosettledownwardssuddensinkingmotionstrigger（觸發(fā)）earthquakesintheregion.ThefaultitselfalargecrackinthislayerofrockwithdozensofothercracksthatsplitofffromitextendsfromntheastArkansa

8、sthroughMissouriintosouthernlllinois.ScientistswhohavestudiedtheNewMadridfaultsaytherehavebeennumeroussmallerquakesintheareasince1811thesesmallerquakesindicatethatlargeronesareprobablycomingbutthescientistssayhavenometho

9、dofpredictingwhenalargeearthquakewilloccur.1.ThispassageismainlyaboutC.A.theNewMadridfaultinMissouriB.thecausesoffaultsC.theSanreastheNewMadridfaultsD.currentscientificknowledgeaboutfault2.TheNewMadridfaultisA.havingthep

10、aymentsfcottongiventothemininstallments（分期付款）.ThelastpaymentwouldbemadeafterproofthatthepeasanthasplantedbefethedeadlinethedatebeingadvancedtotheendofJune.Thosewhohavedonesowouldreceiveextramoneywhereasthelastplanterswou

11、ldnotreceivetheirlastpaymentuntillater.Onlythefirststepsarehardbecauseoncewkhasstartedthepeasantscontinuewillinglyontheirway.Educationalcampaignsamongthepeasantswillplayanessentialroleinthisbasicadvanceearlysowingonwhich

12、alltheothersdepend.Itisnotamatterofcontrollingthepeasants.Eachpeasantwillremainmasterofhisfields.Onecouldhoweversuggesttheneedfthetimebeingofkindbutfirmrulewhichaslongasitcannotberealizedbythepeopleshouldatleastbefthepeo

13、ple.6.In19601961ChadhadagoodharvestofcottonbecauseC.A.thegovernmentgreatlyencouragedpeasantsB.rainsfavedthegrowthofcottonC.BothA）B）D.Chadgainedindependenceinthepreviousyear7.Welearnfromthepassagethatthedateofsowingcotton

14、isusuallyB.A.onJune15thB.onJuly1stC.onJuly15thD.onJuly20th8.AsusedinthethirdsentenceofthesecondparagraphdailybreadreferstoC.A.breakfastB.breadbutterC.milletD.rice9.Indertohelpthemthroughthedifficulttimebetweenharveststhe

15、peasantshavetoA.A.beencouragedtosavemoneyB.sellcottoninadvanceC.sowcottonintimeD.plantmilletfirst10.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueCA.Educationalcampaignsareveryimptanttoearlysowing.B.Peasantsshouldremainthemastersoftheirfi