六级冲刺练习阅读（130）
<p> <span word="Southern">Southern</span> <span word="Californians">Californians</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="knowing">knowing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="advance">advance</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="a">a</span> 11 <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="strike">strike</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="meteorologist">meteorologist</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="atmospheric">atmospheric</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="patterns">patterns</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="some">some</span> 12 . <span word="Jerome">Jerome</span> <span word="Namias">Namias</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Scripps">Scripps</span> <span word="Institution">Institution</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Oceanography">Oceanography</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="La">La</span> <span word="Jolla">Jolla</span>, <span word="Calif">Calif</span>. , <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="this">this</span> 13 <span word="in">in</span> 1988 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unusually">unusually</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="California">California</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1986 <span word="and">and</span> 1987. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="Namias">Namias</span> <span word="has">has</span> 14 <span word="expanded">expanded</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summers">summers</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1947 <span word="and">and</span> 1987.</p><p> <span word="From">From</span> <span word="a">a</span> 15 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="California">California</span> <span word="earthquakes">earthquakes</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="magnitudes">magnitudes</span> <span word="of">of</span> 4- 5 <span word="or">or</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="Namias">Namias</span> 16 <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summers">summers</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meteorology">meteorology</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="summers">summers</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="more">more</span> 17 <span word="under">under</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span>; <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stronger">stronger</span>-<span word="than">than</span>-<span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="low">low</span>-<span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="ridge">ridge</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> 18 <span word="interior">interior</span>. <span word="Summers">Summers</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="weak">weak</span> <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="poorly">poorly</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="continental">continental</span> <span word="high">high</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 10 <span word="JOURNAL">JOURNAL</span> <span word="OF">OF</span> <span word="GEOPHYSICAL">GEOPHYSICAL</span> <span word="RESEARCH">RESEARCH</span>. <span word="Namias">Namias</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> 19 <span word="the">the</span> <span word="apparent">apparent</span> <span word="correlation">correlation</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seismicity">seismicity</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="he">he</span> 20 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="variations">variations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="seafloor">seafloor</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>-<span word="surface">surface</span> <span word="temperature">temperature</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="influence">influence</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="atmospheric">atmospheric</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="stress">stress</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="California">California</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span>. <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="B">B</span>. <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="C">C</span>. <span word="trace">trace</span> <span word="D">D</span>. <span word="greatly">greatly</span></p><p> <span word="E">E</span>. <span word="picked">picked</span> <span word="F">F</span>. <span word="clue">clue</span> <span word="G">G</span>. <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="H">H</span>. <span word="forcefully">forcefully</span></p>
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