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改革后的大学英语四级阅读新增的长篇阅读题型，是段落信息匹配题。篇章后附有10个句子，每句一题。每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。有的段落可能对应两题，有的段落可能不对应任何一题。以下是小编为大家整理的2014年英语六级阅读段落信息匹配题练习，供各位考生参考。 Earthquakes A) An earthquake is one of the most terrifying phenomena that nature can dish up. We generally think of the ground we stand on as rock-solid and completely stable. An earthquake can shatter that perception instantly, and often with extreme violence. B) Up until relatively recently, scientists only had unproven guesses as to what actually caused earthquakes. Even today there is still a certain amount of mystery surrounding them, but scientists have a much clearer understanding. There has been enormous progress in the past century. Scientists have identified the forces that cause earthquakes, and developed technology that can tell us an earthquakes magnitude and origin. The next hurdle is to find a way of predicting earthquakes, so they dont catch people by surprise. In this article, well find out what causes earthquakes, and well also find out why they can have such a devastating effect on us. C) An earthquake is a vibrationthat travels through the earths crust. Technically, a large truck that rumbles down the street is causing a mini-earthquake, if you feel your house shaking as it goes by; but we tend to think of earthquakes as events that affect a fairly large area, such as an entire city. All kinds of things can cause earthquakes: volcanic eruptions, meteorimpacts, underground explosions , collapsing structures . But the majority of naturally-occurring earthquakes are caused by movements of the earths plates. | 
