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

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• 1The smart buildings discussed in the passage ________.

  A.would cause serious financial problems

  B.would be worthwhile though costly

  C.would increase the complexity of architectural design

  D.can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes

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• 2The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to ________.

  A.counterbalance an earthquake’s action on the building

  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

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• 3One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is 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

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• 4It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

  A.after the installation of a great number of cells and connections, robots will be capable of self-reproduction

  B.with the rapid development of technology, people have come to realize the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability

  C.once we make a machine as complex as the human brain, it will posses intelligence

  D.robots will have control of the vast, man-made world in space

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• 5A robot can be used to expand our frontiers when ________.

  A.its intelligence and cost are beyond question

  B.it is able to bear the rough environment

  C.it is made as complex as the human brain

  D.its architecture is different from that of the present ones

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• 6The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to ________.

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

  B.encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of computers

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

  D.report new developments in constructing quake-resistant buildings

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• 7Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are ________.

  A.sprayed with pesticides

  B.facing an infrared scanner

  C.in poor physical condition

  D.exposed to excessive sun rays

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• 8In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to ________.

  A.estimate the damage to the crops

  B.draw a color-coded map

  C.measure the size of the affected area

  D.locate the problem area

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• 9Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by ________.

  A.resorting to spot-spraying

  B.consulting infrared scanning experts

  C.transforming poisoned rain

  D.detecting crop problems at an early date

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• 10The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties due to ________.

  A.the lack of official support

  B.its high cost

  C.the lack of financial support

  D.its failure to help increase production

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