2017-2018学年高中英语 Unit 4 Earthquakes试题（含解析）新人教版必修1.docVIP

Unit 4 Earthquakes （一）Earthquakes 地震 Earthquakes, also called temblors, can be so tremendously destructivet’s hard to imagine they occur by the thousands every day around the world, usually in the form of small tremors. 地震的另一个表达是＂temblors＂，是有可能造成极大破坏的灾难。世界上各个角落每天都在发生着的小型地震。 Some 80 percent of all the planet’s earthquakes occur along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, called the ＂Ring of Fire＂ because of the preponderance of volcanic activity there as well. Most earthquakes occur at fault zones, where tectonic plates — giant rock slabs that make up the Earth’s upper layer — collide or slide against