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BFT(阅读)模拟试卷33

一、第一部分(本题共8题，每题1.0分，共8分。)

Readthearticlebelowandchoosethebestsentencefromthelistonthenextpagetofill

eachofthegaps.Foreachgap(1-8)markoneletter(A-H)ontheAnswerSheet.onot

markanylettertwice.SmartphoneatatoGiveEarlyWarningofEarthquakesOneday

lastAugust,intheearlyhoursofthemorning,a6.0-magnitudeearthquakerockedNapa

Valley,wakingpeopleallaroundCaliforniasfamedwineregion.[RI]Oncethe

quakewasover,trackercompanyJawbonegatheredthedatainapublicgraphic,usingit

todetailthedifferencesindisturbanceforlifeloggersinBerkeley,OaklandandSanJose.

Nownewresearchshowsthatsensorsinsmartphonescangiveearlywarningofan

earthquaketoo.[R2]Manyofuswalkaroundladenwithdevicesthatcompile

dataonourmovementsandinterests-datathatseismologistsnowwanttohelpspotthe

nextmajorearthquake.AttheUSGeologicalSurvey,BenjaminBrooksislookingto

smartphonesratherthanfinelytunedscientificinstrumentstopredictbigquakes.

SmartphonescomeequippedwithGPSsensorsthatcantellwhereyourestanding,give

ortakeafewmetres.[R3]Theycanalsosenseasuddenlurchinonedirection

—thekindofmovementthat,whenloggedbymanypeopleatonce,mightbeasignofa

seismicshift.ImagineallofPortlandwasoutatacafeonasunnyday,andeveryones

smartphonesweresittingonthetablewhenoneofthesegreatearthquakeshappened.

saysBrooks.Thewholecitywouldappeartomove.*[R4]Onesimulation

exploredamodelmagnitude7.0earthquakealongtheHaywardfault,andanotherused

actuallocationdatarecordedatscientificstationsduringJapansdevastating2011

megaquake.Bothscenariossuggestedthatdatafromaround5