职称英语综合类B级真题及答案精选

职称英语理工类B真题及答案篇一

第三篇 Dangers await babies with altitude

Women who live in the world's highest communities tend to give birth to under-weight babies, a new study suggests. These babies may grow into adults with a high risk of heart disease and strokes.

Research has hinted that newborns in mountain communities are lighter than average. But it wasn't clear whether this is due to reduced oxygen levels at high altitude or because their mothers are under-nourished ― many people who live at high altitudes are relatively poor compared with those living lower down.

To find out more, Dino Giussani and his team at Cambridge University studied the records of 400 births in Bolivia during 1976 and . The babies were born in both rich and poor areas of two cities: La Paz and Santa Cruz. L Paz is the highest city in the world, at 3.65 kilometers above sea level, while Santa Cruz is much lower, at 0.44 kilometers.

Sure enough, Giussani found that the average birthweight of babies in La Paz was significantly lower than in Santa Cruz. This was true in both high and low-income families. Even babies born to poor families in Santa Cruz were heavier on average than babies born to wealthy families in lofty La Paz. “We were very surprised by this result,” says Giussani.

The results suggest that babies born at high altitude are deprived of oxygen before birth. “This may trigger the release or suppression of hormones that regulate growth of the unborn child,” says Giussani.

His team also found that high-altitude babies tended to have relatively larger heads compared with their bodies. This is probably because a fetus starved of oxygen will send oxygenated blood to the brain in preference to rest of the body.

Giussani wants to find out if such babies have a higher risk of disease in later life. People born in La Paz might be prone to heart trouble in adulthood, for example. Low birth weight is a risk factor for coronary(***的) heart disease. And newborns with a high ratio of head size to body weight are often predisposed to high blood pressure and strokes in later life.

41. What does the new study discover?

A. Babies born to wealthy families are heaver.

B. Women living at high altitude tend to give birth to underweight babies.

C. Newborns in cities are lighter than average.

D. Low-altitude babies have a high risk of heart disease in later life.

42. Giussani and his team are sure that _____.

A. babies born in Lance Paz are on average lighter than in Santa Cruz.

B. people living at high altitudes tend to give birth to underweight babies.

C. the birth weight of babies born to wealthy families is Santa Cruz.

D. mothers in La Paz are commonly under-nourished.

43. It can be inferred from what Giussani says in Paragraph 4 that_____.

A. the finding was unexpected

B. he was very tired.

C. the study took longer than expected.

D. he was surprised to find low-income families in La Paz.

44. The results of the study indicate the reason for the underweight babies is _____.

A. lack of certain nutrition.

B. power of their mother.

C. different family backgrounds.

D. reduction of oxygen levels.

45. It can be learned about form the paragraph that_____.

A. high-altitude babies tend to have high blood pressure in later life.

B. under-weight babies have a shorter life span.

C. babies born to poor families lack hormones before birth.

D. new born wealthy families have larger heads compared with their bodies.

第5部分：补全短文(第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)

Saving a City's Public Art

Avoiding traffic jams in Los Angeles may be impossible, but the city's colorful freeway murals(壁画)can brighten even the worst commute. Paintings that depict(描述)famous people and historical scenes cover office buildings and freeway walls all access the city. With a collection of more than 2,000 murals, Los Angeles is the unofficial mural capital of the world.

But the combination of graffiti(涂鸦), pollution, and hot sun has left many L.A. murals in terrible condition. _____(46)in the past, experts say, little attention was given to caring for public art. Artists were even expected to maintain their own works, not an easy task with cars racing by along the freeway.

_____(47)The work started in . So far, 16 walls have been selected and more may be added later.

Until about 1960, public murals in Los Angeles were rare. But in the 1960s and 1970s, young L.A. artists began to study early 20th-century Mexican mural painting_____(48)

The most famous mural in the city is Judith Baca's “The Great Wall,” a 13-foot-high(4-meter-high)painting that runs for half a mile (0.8 kilometer) in North Hollywood, _____(49)it took eight years to complete―400 underprivileged teenagers painted the designs―and is probably the longest mural in the world.

One of the murals that will be restored now is Kent Twitchell's “Seventh Street Altarpiece.” which he painted for the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. _____ (50) Twitchell said, “it was meant as a kind of gateway through which the traveler to L.A. must drive. The open hands represent peace.”

Artists often call murals the people's art. Along a busy freeway or hidden in a quiet neighborhood, murals can teach people who would never pay money to see fine art in a museum, “Murals give a voice to the silent majority,” said one artist.

A. The city trying to stop the spread of graffiti, has painted over some of the murals complete.

B. This striking work depicts two people facing each other on opposite sides of the freeway near downtown Los Angeles.

C. Artists like murals because they like the work of Mexican artists.

D. Now the city is beginning a huge project to restore the city's murals.

E. The mural represents the history of ethnic groups in California.

F .Soon, their murals became a symbol of the city's cultural expressions and a showcase for L.A.'s cultural diversity.

第6部分：完形填空

I'll Be Bach

Composer David Cope is the inventor of a computer program that writes original works of classical music. It took Cope 30 years to develop the software. Now most people can't _____(51)the difference between music by the famous German composer J. S. Bach (1685-1750) and the Bach-like compositions from Cope's computer.

It all started in 1980 in the United States, when Cope was trying to write an opera. He was having _____(52)thinking of new melodies, so he wrote a computer program to create the melodies. At first this music was not_____(53)to listen to. What did Cope do? He began to rethink how human beings compose music. He realized that composers, brains_____(54)like big databases. First, they take in all the music that they have ever heard. Then they take_____(55)the music that they dislike. Finally, they make new music from what is_____(56). According to Cope, only the great composers are able to create the database accurately, remember it, and form new musical patterns from it.

Cope built a_____(57)database of existing music. He began with hundreds of works by Bach. The software analyzed the data_____(58)it down into smaller pieces and looked for patterns. It then combined the_____(59)into new patterns. Before long, the program could compose short Bach-like works. They weren't good, but it was a start.

Cope knew he had more work to do-he had a whole opera to write. He continued to improve the software. Soon it could_____(60)more complex music. He also added many other composers, including his own work to the database.

A few years later, Cope's computer program, called “Emmy”, was ready to help him with his opera. The_____(61)required a lot of collaboration between the composer and Emmy. Cope listened to the computer's musical ideas and used the_____(62)that he liked. With Emmy, the opera took only two weeks to finish. It was called Cradle Falling, and it was a great_____(63)! Cope received some of the best reviews of his career, but no one knew exactly_____(64)he had composed the work.

Since that first opera, Emmy has written thousands of compositions. Cope still gives Emmy feedback on what he likes and doesn't like of her music, _____(65)she is doing most of the hard work of composing these days!

51. A. Make B. tell C. Take D. understand

52. A. trouble B. time C. Fear D. pleasure

53. A. Loud B .peaceful C. classic D. easy

54. A. Feel B. look C. sound D .work

55. A.in B.at C. with D. out

56. A. added B .left C. created D .released

57. A .Small B. huge C .Simple D. colorful

58.A. cut B. drop C. broke D. turned

59.A .parts B. programs C. ideas D .pieces

60. A. play B. hear C. collect D. analyze

61. A .stage B. process C. period D. application

62. A. ones B. cases C. others D. sides

63. A. loss B. end C. success D. rush

64 A .when B. how C. what D. why

65. A. but B. until C.so D .because

职称英语综合类A级真题及答案（完整版篇二

c. female badgers did not mix with male badgers.

d. they may get some of the water they needed from fruit.

39. which of the following is a typical feature of male badgers?

a. they don’t run very quickly.

b. they defend their territory from other badgers.

c. they hunt over a very large area.

d. they are more aggressive than females.

40. what happened when honey badgers got used to humans around them?

a. they became less aggressive towards other creatures.

b. they lost interest in people.

c. they started eating more.

d. other animals started working with them.

第三篇

why so many children

in many of the developing countries in africa and asia, the population is growing fast. the reason for this is simple: women in these countries have a high birth rate---from 3.0 to 7.0 children per woman. the majority of these women are poor, without the food or resources to care for their families. why do they have so many children? why don't they limit the size of their families? the answer may be that they often have no choice. there are several reasons for this.

one reason is economic. in a traditional agricultural economy, large families are helpful. having more children means having more workers in the fields and someone to take care of the parents in old age. in an industrial economy, the situation is different. many children do not help a family;instead, they are an expense. thus, industrialization has generally brought down the birth rate. this was the case in italy, which was industrialized quite recently and rapidly. in the early part of the twentieth century, italy was a poor, largely agricultural country with a high birth rate. after world war ii, italy’s economy was rapidly modernized and industrialized. by the end of the century, the birth rate had dropped to 1.3 children per woman, the world's lowest.

however, the economy is not the only important factor that influences birth rate. saudi arabia, for example, does not have an agriculture-based economy, and it has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. nevertheless, it also has a very high birth rate (7.0). mexico and indonesia, on the other hand, are poor countries, with largely agricultural economies, but they have recently reduced their population growth.

clearly, other factors are involved. the most important of these is the condition of women. a high birth rate almost always goes together with lack of education and low status for women. this would explain the high birth rate of saudi arabia. there, the traditional culture gives women little education or independence and few possibilities outside the home. on the other hand, the improved condition of women in mexico, thailand, and indonesia explains the decline in birth rates in these countries. their governments have taken measures to provide more education and opportunities for women.

another key factor in the birth rate is birth contro1. women may want to limit their families but have no way to do so. in countries where governments have made birth control easily available and inexpensive, birth rates have gone down. this is the case in singapore, sri lanka, and india, as well as in indonesia, thailand, mexico, and brazil. in these countries, women have also been provided with health care and help in planning their families.

these trends show that an effective program to reduce population growth does not have to depend on better economic conditions. it can be effective if it aims to help women and meet their needs. only then, in fact, does it have any real chance of success.

41. in a traditional agricultural economy, a large family

a. can be an advantage.

b. may limit income.

c. isn't necessary.

d. is expensive.

42. when countries become industrialized,

a. families often become larger.

b. the birth rate generally goes down.

c. women usually decide not have a family.

d. the population generally grows rapidly.

43. according to this passage, italy today is an example of an

a. agricultural country with a high birth rate.

b. agricultural country with a low birth rate.

c. industrialized country with a low birth rate.

d. industrialized country with a high birth rate.

44. saudi arabia is mentioned in the passage because it shows that

a. the most important factor influencing birth rate is the economy.

b. factors other than the economy influence birth rate.

c. women who have a high income usually have few children.

d. the birth rate depends on per capita income.

5. in mexico, thailand, and indonesia, the government

职称英语综合类A级真题及答案（完整版篇三

31. what is the main idea of the first paragraph?

a. the haute couture business is expanding quickly.

b. the haute couture designers make much profit in their sales.

c. the haute couture businessmen are happy with their profit.

d. the haute couture designers claim losses in their sales.

32. according to the second paragraph, jean-louis scherrer

a. was in a worse financial position than other couturiers.

b. was very angry as he was losing money.

c. was one of the best-know couturiers.

d. stopped producing haute couture dresses.

33. the writer says that the outfit jean-louis scherrer described

a. was worth the price that was paid for it.

b. cost more to make than it should have.

c. was never sold to anyone.

d. should have cost the customer than it did.

34. the writer says in paragraph 4 that there is disagreement over

a. the history of haute couture.

b. the future of haute couture.

c. the real costs of haute couture.

d. the changes that need to be made in haute couture.

35. what is the writer’s tone toward haute couture business?

a. somewhat ironical

b. quite supportive.

c. fairly friendly.

d. rather indifferent.

第二篇

on the trial of the honey badger

on a recent field trip to the kalahari desert, a team of researchers learn a lot more about honey badgers. the team employed a local wildlife expert kitso khama to help them locate and follow the badgers across the desert. their main aim was to study the badgers’ movements and behavior as discreetly(谨慎地) as possible without frightening them away or causing them to change their natural behavior. they also planned to trap a few and study them close up before releasing them in view of the animal’s reputation, this was something that even khama was reluctant to do.

“the problem with honey badgers is they are naturally curious animals, especially when they see something new,” he says. “that, combined with their unpredictable nature, can be a dangerous mixture. if they sense you have food, for example, they won’t be shy about coming right up to you for something to eat. they’re actually quite sociable creatures around humans, but as soon as they feel they might be in danger, they can become extremely vicious(凶恶的). fortunately this is rare, but it does happen.”

the research confirmed many things that were already known. as expected, honey badgers ate any creatures they could catch and kill. even poisonous snakes, feared and avoided by most other animals, were not safe from them. the researchers were surprised, however, by the animal’s fondness for local melons, probably because of their high water content. preciously researchers thought that the animal got all of its liquid requirements from its prey(猎物). the team also learnt that, contrary to previous research findings, the badgers occasionally formed loose family groups. they were also able to confirm certain results from previous research, including the fact that female badgers never socialized with each other.

following some of the male badgers was a challenge, since they can cover large distances in a short space of time. some hunting territories cover more than 500 square kilometers. although they seem happy to share these territories with other males, ther are occasional fights over an important food source, and male badgers can be as aggressive towards each other as they are towards other species.

as the badgers became accustomed to the presence of people, it gave the team the to get up close to them without being the subject of the animal’s curiosity―or sudden aggression. the badgers’ eating patterns, which had been disrupted, to normal. it also allowed the team to observe more closely some of the other creatures that form working associations with the honey badger, as these seemed to badgers’ relaxed attitude when near humans.

36. why did the wild life experts visit the kalahari desert?

a. to find where honey badgers live.

b. to catch some honey badgers for food.

c. to observe how honey badgers behave.

d. to find out why honey badgers have a bad reputation.

37. what does kitso khama say about honey badgers?

a. they are always looking for food.

b. they do not enjoy human company.

c. they show interest in things they are not familiar with.

d. it is common for them to attack people.

38. what did the team find out about honey badgers?

a. there were some creatures they did not eat.

b. they were afraid of poisonous creatures.

职称英语综合B押题篇四

职称英语综合B押题

一、阅读判断

第8篇：What Is a Dream?(B级)

What Is a Dream?

For centuries, people have wondered about the strange things that they dream about. Some psychologists say that this nighttime activity of the mind has no special meaning. Others, however, think that dreams are an important part of our lives. In fact, many experts believe that dreams can tell us about a person's mind and emotions.

Before modem times, many people thought that dreams contained messages from God. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams in a scientific way.

The Austrian psychologist, Sigmund Freud, was probably the first person to study dreams scientifically. In his famous book, The interpretation of Dreams ( 1900 ), Freud wrote that dreams are an expressions of a person's wishes. He believed that dreams allow people to express the feelings, thoughts, and fears that they are afraid to express in real life.

The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung was once a student of Freud' s. Jung, however, had a different idea about dreams. Jung believed that the purpose of a dream was to communicate a message to the dreamer. He thought people could learn more about themselves by thinking about their dreams. For example, people who dream about falling may learn that they have too high an opinion of themselves. On the other hand, people who dream about being heroes may learn that they think too little of themselves.

Modem-day psychologists continue to develop theories about dreams. For example, psychologist William Domhoff from the University of California, Santa Cruz, believes that dreams are tightly linked to a person's daily life, thoughts, and behavior. A criminal, for example, might dream about crime.

Dornhoff believes that there is a connection between dreams and age. His research shows that children do not dream as much as adults. According to Domhoff, dreaming is a mental skill that needs time to develop.

He has also found a link between dreams and gender. His studies show that the dreams of men and women are different. For example, the people in men's dreams are often other men, and the dreams often involve fighting. This is not true of women's dreams. 3 Domhoff found this gender difference in the dreams of people from 11 cultures around the world, including both modem and traditional ones.

Can dreams help us understand ourselves? Psychologists continue to try to answer this question in different ways. However, one thing they agree on this: If you dream that

something terrible is going to occur,you shouldn't panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that some terrible event will actually take place. It's important to remember that the world of dreams is not the real world.

词汇：

psychologist n.心理学家 psychiatrist n.精神病学家(医生)

Austrian adj.奥地利的 gender n.性别

注释：

1.SigmundFreud西格蒙德。费洛伊德(1856-1939)，犹太人，奥地利精神病医生及精神分析学家，

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，

精神分析学派的创始人。他认为被压抑的欲望绝大部分是属于性的，性的扰乱是精神病的根本原因。著有《性学三论》《梦的`释义》《***腾与禁忌》《日常生活的心理病理学》《精神分析引论》《精神分析引论新编》等

2.Carl Jung:卡尔。荣格，瑞士著名精神分析专家，分析心理学的创始人

3.For example.the people in men’s dreams are often other men，and the dreams often involve fighting.This is not true of women’s dreams.例如，男人做梦会梦到男人，并且常与打斗有关；女人做梦与男人则不同。

练习：

1. Not everyone agrees that dreams are meaningful. A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

2. According to Freud,people dream about things that they cannot talk about. A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

3. Jung believed that dreams did not help one to understand oneself. A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

4. In the past,people believed that dreams involved emotions. A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

5. According to Dornhoff,babies do not have the same ability to dream as adults do. A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

6. Men and women dream about different things. A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

7. Scientists agree that dreams predict the future. A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

1.A这句话恰好表达了本文第一段的意思。即有些心理学家认为，人脑睡眠中的活动没有特别意义；而有些人则认为，梦可以揭示人的思维和情感。.

2.A第三段的最后一句讲的是弗洛伊德认为梦反映了人们在现实情况下害怕表达的情感、想法或恐惧。此句与本叙述一致。

3.B第四段的第二句和第三句：Jung believed that the purpose of a dream was to communicate a message to the dreamer.(荣格认为梦的用途是向做梦者传递一个信息)He thought people could learn more about themselves by thinking about their dreams.(他认为人们通过思考所做的梦能够更好地了解自己)。他给出了两个例子来说明他的论点。

4.C文中没有提及。

职称英语B级习题篇五

下面有1篇短文，短文后有5道题，请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

Technology Transfer In Germany

When it comes to translating basic research into industrial success, few nations can match Germany. Since the 1940s, the nation's vast industrial base has been fed with a constant stream of new ideas and expertise from science. And though German prosperity (繁荣) has faltered (衰退) over the past decade because of the huge cost of unifying east and west as well as the global economic decline, it still has an enviable (令人羡慕的) record for turning ideas into profit.

Much of the reason for that success is the Fraunhofer Society, a network of research institutes that exists solely to solve industrial problems and create- sought-after technologies. But today the Fraunhofer institutes have competition. Universities are taking an ever larger role in technology transfer, and technology parks are springing up all over. These efforts are being complemented by the federal programmes for pumping money into start-up companies.

Such a strategy may sound like a recipe for economic success, but it is not without its critics. These people worry that favouring applied research will mean neglecting basic science, eventually starving industry of fresh ideas. If every scientist starts thinking like an entrepreneur (企业家), the argument goes, then the traditional principles of university research being curiosity-driven, free and widely available will suffer. Others claim that many of the programmes to promote technology transfer are a waste of money because half the small businesses that are promoted are bound to go bankrupt within a few years. While this-debate continues, new ideas flow at a steady rate from Germany's research networks, which bear famous names such as Helmholtz, Max Planck and Leibniz. Yet it is the fourth network, the Fraunhofer Society, that plays the greatest role in technology transfer.

Founded in 1949,. the Fraunhofer Society is now Europe's largest organisation for applied technology, and has 59 institutes employing 12, 000 people. It continues to grow. Last year, it swallowed up the Heinrich Hertz Institute for Communication Technology in Berlin. Today, there are even Fraunhofers in the US and Asia.

41 What factor can be attributed to German prosperity?

A Technology transfer.

B Good management.

C Hard work.

D Fierce competition.

42 Which of the following is NOT true of traditional university research?

A It is free.

B It is profit-driven.

C It is widely available.

D It is curiosity-driven.

职称英语理工类B真题及答案篇六

Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer, crop scientist, said demand was growing at 2.5% per year but with modern technologies and the development of new ones, the world should be able to stay ahead.

“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if significant progress is to be made towards reducing malnutrition(营养不良)and poverty.” he said.

Research is needed to solve food production, land degradation(贫瘠化)and environmental problems. Secure local food supplies led to economic growth which is turn, slowed population growth. Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the world’s ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the world’s population is expected to rise from 5 X to X billion people. He said that things will probably hold or improve but there’ll still be a lot of hungry people. The biggest concentration of poor and hungry people would be in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia in , similar to the current pattern. If there is any change, a slight improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but not in sub-Saharan Africa. The major improvement will be in East Asia, South America and South-East Asia.

The developing world was investing about 0.5%, or $8 billion a year, of its agricultural gross domestic product(GDP)on research and developed world was spending 2.5% of its GDP. Dr. Fischer said more was needed from all countries.

He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries, such as wheat production research having spin-offs(有用的副产品)for Mexico, China or India.

“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions but a lot of the strategic research can have global application, so that money can be used very efficiently.” Dr. Fischer said.

Yields of rice, wheat ad maize(玉米)havegrown impressively in the past 30 years, especially in developing countries. For example, maize production rose from 2 to 8 tonnes per hectare between 1950 and 1995. But technologies driving this growth such as high-yield varieties, fertilizers, and irrigation, were becoming exhausted. “If you want to save the land for non-agricultural activities, for forests and wildlife, you’re going to have to increase yield.” Dr. Fischer said.

36. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Shortage of food supplies.

B. Development of agricultural technologies.

C. Impact of agricultural research.

D. Expectation of population growth.

37. Which of the following statements is true about the world’s agricultural research funding?

A. It is increasing among developed countries.

B. It is decreasing worldwide.

C. Less is demanded from developing countries.

D. Most of it is spent very efficiently.

38. What is the picture of Asia’s food supplies in the first 25 years?

A. Food shortage will not be a problem

B. There will be more hungry people in southern Asia.

C. Population growth will result in more hungry people.

D. There will be fewer hungry people in East Asia.

39. What does Dr. Fischer say about technologies? Dr Fischer

A. They are costly.

B. They have to be improved to meet local needs.

C. Their application is limited.

D. They have to be applied locally.

40. It can be infered from the last paragraph that_____.

A. there is a demand for saving land for non-agricultural activities.

B. crop production is growing faster in developing countries.

C. maize production reached its peak in the 1990s.

D. technologies improving maize production have been well developed.

职称英语综合B级完形填空练习篇七

When I was in my teens(十几岁)and 20s,hitchhiking was a main form of long-distance transport. The kindness or curiosity of strangers (51) me all over Europe, North America, Asia and southern Africa. Some of the lift-givers became friends, many provided hospitality (52) the road.

Not only did you find out much more about a country than (53) traveling by train or plane, but also there was that element of excitement about where you would finish up that night. Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture. It has books and songs about it. So what has happened to (54) ?

A few years ago, I asked the same question about hitchhiking in a column on a newspaper. (55) of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking.

If there is a hitchhikers (56) it must be Iran, came one reply. Rural Ireland was recommended as a friendly place for hitchhiking, (57) was Quebec, Canada-if you dont mind being berated(严厉指责)for not speaking French.

But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in many parts of the world, the (58) feeling was that throughout much of the west it was doomed(消亡). With so much news about crime in the media, people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger .But do we (59) to be so wary both to hitchhike and to give a lift?

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as if 是“好像……一样；仿佛”，例如：He treated me as if I were his son. 他待我如同待他的儿子一样。

4. the.4.3-magnitude quake:里氏4.3级地震

5. English Channel:英吉利海峡

6. Dover:多佛尔[英格兰东南部港口城市]

7. Channel Tunnel:海峡隧道。Channel Tunnel (常简称为Chunnel)是连接英法两国的海峡隧道。

8. Canterbury:坎特伯雷[英格兰东南部城市，中世纪时曾是宗教朝圣圣地]

9. it was getting heavier and heavier:爆裂声越来越响

10. Birmingham:伯明翰[英格兰中部城市]

11. the Richter scale:里氏震级表。美国地震学家 Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985)于1935年制定了地震震级表。

12. 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 in1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France.英国地质勘测所的科学家 Roger Musson 说，4月28日发生地震的地区曾经遭受过几起英国最大的地震，其中的一次发生在1580年，那次地震蹂躏了伦敦，并波及法国。

13. a matter of time:时间问题。又如： It's not a matter of money. 这个不是钱的问题。

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1. During the April 28 earthquake，the whole England was left without power.