When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.

59. One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low was that ______.

A) new computers had been installed in the buildings

B) it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the highways

C) large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holiday

D) improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways 60. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to ______. A) counterbalance an earthquake’s action on the building

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B) predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy

C) help strengthen the foundation of the building

D) measure the impact of an earthquake’ s vibrations

61. It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on ______.

A) the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital construction

B) the development of flexible building materials

C) the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations

D) early forecasts of earthquakes

62. The main purpose of this passage is mostly to______.

A) compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in the U. S.

B) encourage civil engineers to make

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extensive use of computers

C) outline the history of the development of quake - resistant building materials

D) report new developments in constructing quake - resistant building Section B

Directions; Match the Chinese sentences in the left column with the English in the right column, mark the corresponding letter on the Answer with a single line through the centre. 63. 首先，他如此 A) The desire to 努力工作并非只keep the respect of a 为了钱，他一心为good name 了教育青年人并propelled me to 设法激励他们在become the first in 各方面取得进步。 our family to go to college. 64. 要保持好名声B) Shielding 多赢得的那份尊children from the 重，这一渴求促使knowledge that they

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我成为全家第一个have failed is 上大学的人。 anything but beneficial to their development. 65. 我们必须唤醒C) We must waken 人们认识到环境people to the 保护的重要性。否importance of 则，就为时太晚environmental 了。 protection. Or it will be too late. 66.庇护孩子不让D) To start with, it 他们知道自己已is not only money 经失败对于他们that he works so 的成长是绝对无hard. He is 益的。 committed to educating the young and tries to motivate them to get ahead in life.

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A)The only thing neighbor have in 67.现在回想起来，common to begin 他是故意不让我with is proximity, 们知道，免得扫了and unless 大家的兴。 something more develops, that isn’t reason enough to be best friends. 68.尽管他对拥有 B)As I look back, 这份体面的工作it's clear that he had 心存感激，但是他deliberately kept all 并不真正认为具of that hidden from 有写作天才的人us to avoid spoiling 一定能够教书。 our fun. C)Though grateful 69.对于一个腼腆for gentle 的人而言，他爱交employment, he 际的慷慨精神尤didn’t really see 其难能可贵。 who had a gift for writing should necessarily be able

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