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职称英语综合类考试考前每日一练 阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有两项测试任务：第23_26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个正确的小标题;第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 Earthquake 1.Every year earthquakes are responsible for a large number of deaths and a vest amount of destruction in various parts of the world.Most of these damaging earthquakes occur either in a narrow belt which surrounds the Pacific Ocean or in a line which extends from Burma to the Alps in Europe.Some of the destruction is directly caused by the quakes itself.An example of this is the collapse of buildings as a result of the quake itself,0ther damages result from landslides or major fires which are initiated by the quake. 2.There are about a million quakes a year.Fortunately，however，not all of them are destructive.The intensity of an earthquake is measured on the Richter Scale，which goes from zero upward. The highest scale recorded to date is 8. 9. Major damage generally occurs from quakes ranging upwards from 6.0. 3. The actual cause of the quake itself is the breaking of rocks at or below the earth s surface. This is produced by pressure which scientists believe may be due to a number of reasons, two of which are the expansion and contraction of the earths crust and continental drift. | 
