2012职称英语考试理工类的阅读理解模拟题12
<p> 阅读下面的短文。每篇短文的后面有五个问题，每个问题有四个备选答案。请根据短文的内容选择最佳答案。每个试题计3分,共计15分。</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="device">device</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="provides">provides</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="landslide">landslide</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="vibrations">vibrations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="soil">soil</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="tested">tested</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="UK">UK</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span>. <span word="Tile">Tile</span> <span word="device">device</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="evacuated">evacuated</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="say">say</span>. <span word="Such">Such</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="disasters">disasters</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="sudden">sudden</span>，<span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="rainfall">rainfall</span>，<span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="triggered">triggered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="earthquakes">earthquakes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="erosion">erosion</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="monitor">monitor</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="slope">slope</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="imminent">imminent</span> <span word="landslide">landslide</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="changes">changes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="shape">shape</span>.<span word="Surveyors">Surveyors</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="measuring">measuring</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="directly">directly</span>，<span word="or">or</span> <span word="sensors">sensors</span> <span word="sunk">sunk</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="boreholes">boreholes</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="fixed">fixed</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="monitor">monitor</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="slope">slope</span>.<span word="Slopes">Slopes</span> <span word="can">can</span>，<span word="however">however</span>，<span word="change">change</span> <span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="triggering">triggering</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="landslide">landslide</span>，<span word="so">so</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="method">method</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="prone">prone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="false">false</span> <span word="alarms">alarms</span>.<span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="Dixons">Dixons</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="device">device</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="listens">listens</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vibrations">vibrations</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="particles">particles</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="slope">slope</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="device">device</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="tested">tested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> 6-<span word="metre">metre</span>-<span word="tall">tall</span> <span word="artificial">artificial</span> <span word="clay">clay</span> <span word="embankment">embankment</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Newcastle">Newcastle</span>2，<span word="UK">UK</span>.<span word="Early">Early</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="false">false</span> <span word="positives">positives</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="existing">existing</span> <span word="systems">systems</span>.<span word="Once">Once</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="thoroughly">thoroughly</span> <span word="tested">tested</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="device">device</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="early">early</span>-<span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span> <span word="slopes">slopes</span>.</p><p> 词汇：5<span word="lAndslaId">lAndslaId</span>5<span word="iminEntp">iminEntp</span></p>
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