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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 110

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   A recent investigation by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey
shows that strange animal behavior might help predict future earthquakes.
Investigators found such occurrences in a ten-kilometer radius of
the epicenter of a fairly recent quake. Some birds screeched and
5 flew about wildly: dogs yelped and ran around uncontrollably.

Scientists believe the animals can perceive these environmental changes
as early as several days before the mishap.

10 In 1976 after observing animal behavior, the Chinese were able to
predict a devastating quake. Although hundreds of thousands of people
were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of other
people and thus keep the death toll at a lower level.

1. What prediction may be made by observing animal behavior?




2. Why can animals perceive these changes when humans cannot?




3. Which of the following is not true?




4. In this passage, the word 'evacuate' in line 13 most nearly means




5. If scientists can accurately predict earthquakes, there will be




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