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2012年职称英语综合类新增文章 阅读判断（2篇） 第七篇 　Moderate Earthquake Strikes England 概括大意与完成句子（2篇） 第六篇 　How We Form First lmpression 第十篇 　Washoe Learned American Sign Language 阅读理解（15篇） 第一篇 Telling Tales about People 第八篇 The Changing Middle Class 第十篇 A Letter from Alan 第十一篇 The Development of Ballet 第十六篇 The Sahara 补全短文（2篇） 第九篇 Heat Is Killer 完形填空（15篇） 第一篇 A Life with Birds 第二篇 A Lucky Break 第三篇 Global Warming 第四篇 A Success Story 第五篇 Traffic in Our Cities 第六篇 Teaching and learning 译文见最后注：1、+表示A级文章；*表示B即文章；其他为C级文章； 2、阅读判断，请参见第4页；概括大意与完成句子，请参见第8页；阅读理解，请参见第13页；补全短文，请参见第43页 3、2012年词汇部分与2011年教材相比未作任何变化。阅读判断 第七篇 Moderate Earthquake Strikes England A moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007，toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power1 in Kent County. One woman suffered minor head and neck injuries. lt felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride,3 said the woman. The British Geological Survey said the 4.3-magnitude quake4 struck at 8:19 a.m. and was centered under the English Channel5，about 8.5 miles south of Dover6 and near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel7. Witnesses said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds. I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me. said Hendrick van Eck，27，of Canterbury8 about 60 miles southeast of London.I then heard the sound of cracking，and it was getting heavier and heavier9.It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down. There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year，but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britain since 2002 when a 4.8-magnitude quake struck the central England city of Birmingham10. The countrys strongest earthquake took place in the