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In the past hundred years a million people have died in earthquakes, another million have been killed by hurricanes and tornadoes(龍捲風)and 9 million have lost their lives in floods. In addition to this, many more millions have died as a result of hunger and disease. We should also not forget in many of the world’s countries drought and serious water shortage are a fact of life, especially in the African Shale area bordering the Sahara Desert.

Scientists and engineers around the world have made great advances in earthquake engineering. It is, of course，impossible to move cities such as Tokyo and San Francisco that have been built on earthquake belts.

But most often it is not the earthquake that kills people. It is the falling buildings, bridges and so on that cause deaths, and such a happening can be greatly reduced by better building programs.

Finally, perhaps we need to consider the natural disaster that we are causing for ourselves. Through our mismanagement of the planet’s resources we have sped up the dying out of hundreds of sorts of plants and animals, at the same time possibly destroying our own long-term surroundings for life. Maybe this is one disaster that could be prevented if we are willing to act with a sense of responsibility.

25.              people have been killed in natural disasters in the past 100 years.

A. More than 10 million                            B. More than 11 million     

C. 10 million                                      D. 11million

26. Which of the following hasn’t killed people?

A. Earthquakes and floods.                     B. Hurricanes and tornadoes.

C. Droughts and water shortages.                D. None of the above.

27. What does the underlined words “one disaster” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Man’s mismanagement of natural resources.       B. Earthquakes.

C. The text doesn’t tell us.                        D. All of the disasters mentioned..

28. According to the text, we can say that______.

A. earthquakes can be prevented from happening

B. cities built on earthquake belts can be moved in time

C. losses and deaths caused by earthquakes can be reduced with human efforts

D. nothing can be done with earthquakes

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