step_by_step_3000第二册unit9-unit0答案.doc

Unit 9 Part I A 60,000 / 8.75 452 / 8.3 100,000 / 8.6 8.9 / 2,990 1,530 12, 000 / 5.8 7.1 / 12,230 7.5 / 22,778 6.8 / 25,000 6.7 / 50,000 9.0 / 300,000 69,197 / 18,341 B: Ice, snow, earth, rock / the side of a mountain a slow-moving mudflow the sudden release / waves of shaking system of winds / about 30 to 50 kilometers an hour 64 knows or 74 miles per hour / in the western Atlantic Ocean A violent destructive whirling wind / of short duration 74 mph / in the Pacific Ocean A period of dryness / prevents their successful growth A body of water / normally dry land a wildfire or an uncontrolled fire Suicide bomber C a bomb explosion in Algiers / in a market area ocean storm / the Pacific coast of Mexico the cause of a crash of a passenger plane / All 143 people / Wednesday Austrians / the 38 people / at ski area the hijacker / released his remaining hostages and surrendered to police Japanese / the nuclear reaction / has stopped victims of a train accident / 189 / Thursday / 250 Russian and Norwegian divers / the sunken Russian nuclear submarine 12 / heavy rains / homes and bridges / some road became rivers of flood waters. deadly storm / Europe / transportation delays / airports to close / more than 115 people Sunday’s earthquake / Turkey / more than 1,200 / 50 villages fires / Sydney / under control / new flare-ups Part II A A fire from an oil pipeline explosion Thursday More than 50 people dead Near Lagos A fuel-loading area / Nigeria’s Stealing fuel from leaking pipes / vandal NIGERIA – more than 50 people have died in a fire from an oil pipeline explosion near Lagos. The explosion and fire happened near a fuel-loading area owned by Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation. This is the latest in a series of pipeline fires in Nigeria this year. The fires have killed hundreds of people. The government says people who steal fuel from leaking pipes caused some of the fires. It also blames people who cause damage on purpose. More than 50 peopl