stepbystep3000第二册unit9.答案

Unit 9

Part I

A

1. 60,000 / 8.75

2. 452 / 8.3

3. 100,000 / 8.6

4. 8.9 / 2,990

5. 1,530

6. 12, 000 / 5.8

7. 7.1 / 12,230

8. 7.5 / 22,778

9. 6.8 / 25,000

10.6.7 / 50,000

11.9.0 / 300,000

12.69,197 / 18,341

B:

1. Ice, snow, earth, rock / the side of a mountain

2. a slow-moving mudflow

3. the sudden release / waves of shaking

4. system of winds / about 30 to 50 kilometers an hour

5. 64 knows or 74 miles per hour / in the western Atlantic Ocean

10. A violent destructive whirling wind / of short duration

11. 74 mph / in the Pacific Ocean

12. A period of dryness / prevents their successful growth

13. A body of water / normally dry land

14. a wildfire or an uncontrolled fire

Suicide bomber

C

10.6.8 a bomb explosion in Algiers / in a market area

10.6.9 ocean storm / the Pacific coast of Mexico

10.6.10 the cause of a crash of a passenger p lane / All 143 people /

Wednesday

10.6.11 Austrians / the 38 people / at ski area

10.6.12 the hijacker / released his remaining hostages and surrendered to

police

10.6.13 Japanese / the nuclear reaction / has stopped

10.6.14 victims of a train accident / 189 / Thursday / 250

15.Russian and Norwegian divers / the sunken Russian nuclear

submarine

16.12 / heavy rains / homes and bridges / some road became rivers of

flood waters.

17.deadly storm / Europe / transportation delays / airports to close /

more than 115 people

18.Sunday’s earthquake / Turkey / more than 1,200 / 50 villages

19.fires / Sydney / under control / new flare-ups

Part II

A

A fire from an oil pipeline explosion

Thursday

More than 50 people dead

Near Lagos

A fuel-loading area / Nigeria’s

Stealing fuel from leaking pipes / vandal

20.NIGERIA –more than 50 people have died in a fire from an oil

pipeline explosion near Lagos. The explosion and fire happened near a fuel-loading area owned by Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation. This is the latest in a series of pipeline fires in Nigeria this year. The fires have killed hundreds of people. The government says people who steal fuel from leaking pipes caused some of the fires. It also blames people who cause damage on purpose.

21.More than 50 people are dead in Nigeria after a leaking oil

pipeline burst into flames outside the commercial capital Lagos.

The blast and resulting fire Thursday ripped through an area near

a fuel-loading depot owned by the state-run Nigerian National

Petroleum Corporation. Witnesses report seeing burned bodies littering the charred grounds while many other victims are being treated for injuries sustained in the blaze. A spokesmanfor the petroleum company says the fire was caused by a vandal.

Ski resort wire aboard operator unhurt crew

B

10.6.15 a cable car accident at a ski resort in northern Italy

10.6.16 a. American military plane / cut the wires / low-level flight

b. 20

c. 60 kilometers away