Question

Read the text. Are the sentences are true or false? Every year there are over 150,000 earthquakes around the world. Many are very small and people don’t notice them. Others, like the ones in Haiti in 2010, or Japan in 2011, cause terrible damage and can destroy whole towns and cities. Scientists study the Earth and know where earthquakes are likely to happen. Some countries have a much higher risk than others. Japan has on average 1,500 earthquakes every year. In Britain there are 140. The earthquakes in Britain are usually very small and don’t cause damage to people’s houses. In Japan there are much bigger earthquakes, and many modern buildings are specially built so that they don’t get damaged by the movement of the earth. One of the big problems with earthquakes is that we don’t know when they are going to happen. Scientists can tell us where a big earthquake will probably happen, but they can’t tell us the date or the time. If we could predict earthquakes, we could prepare for them. If we were prepared, we could save lives by moving people away from the earthquake area. In the future things may be different, however. In the 1970s, Chinese scientists noticed something interesting about the behaviour of animals. In the winter of 1974 lots of snakes woke up from their winter sleep and came out into the cold. That winter there were several earthquakes in the north of China. In January the following year, people around the city of Haicheng noticed that lots of farm animals like cows and horses were nervous and refused to go into buildings at night. In February there was a large earthquake in the area. Its centre was in Haicheng. 1 There are over 150,000 serious earthquakes annually. 2 All new buildings are safe in an earthquake. 3 Japan has over ten times more earthquakes annually than Britain. 4 If we could say where earthquakes will happen, we could rescue more people.____ 5 Scientists think that animals may not know that an earthquake is coming.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. False - The text mentions "over 150,000 earthquakes," but it doesn't specify that they are all serious.

2. False - The text mentions that many modern buildings in Japan are specially built to withstand earthquakes, but it doesn't claim all new buildings are safe.

3. True - The text states that Japan has on average 1,500 earthquakes every year, while Britain has 140.

4. True - The text suggests that if we could predict earthquakes, we could prepare for them and potentially save lives.

5. False - The text mentions that in the 1970s, Chinese scientists observed unusual behavior in animals before earthquakes, indicating that scientists consider the possibility that animals might sense earthquakes coming.