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1、六级考试标准阅谏(11)第贝码页7.总共总页数页第十一篇:which is safer-staying at home, travelingtowork on public transports or working in the office?surprisingly each of these carries the same risk, whichisvery low. however» what about flying compared to workinginthe chemical industry? unfortunately the former is 65 tim

2、esriskier than the latter ! in fact, the accident rate of workersin the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of humanactivity, and almost as safe as staying at home.thetrouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrongthey often cause death to those living nearby, it is thi

3、s whichmakes chemical accidents so newsworthy, fortunately they areextremely rare, the most famous ones happened at texas city(1947), flixborough (1974), seveso ( 1976)> pemex (1984)and bhopal (1984)。some of these are always in the mindsof the people even though the loss of life was small, no one

4、died at seveso* and only 28 workers at flixborough. the worstaccident of all was bhopal> where up to 000 were killed.the texas city explosion of fertilizer killed 552. the pemexfire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of raexicocity took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunat

5、e eventat bhopal. some experts have discussed these accidents andused each accident to illustrate a particular danger, thus thetexas city explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate（硝酸镀）9 which is safe unless stored in great quantity, theflixborough fireball was the fault of management> whic

6、h tookrisks to keep production going during essential repairs, theseveso accident shows what happens if the local authoritieslack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep, when thepoisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders wereincapable of taking effective action, the pemex fire was madewor

7、se by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb, the fireset off a chain reaction os exploding storage tanks, yet, bya miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode, had thesecaught fire, then 3, 000 strong rescue team and fire fighterswould all have died.L which of the following statements istru

8、e?a. working at the office is safer than staying at home.b. traverlling to work on p ublic trans port is safer than workingat the office. c. staying at home is safer than working inthe chemical industry. d. working in the chemical industryis safer than traveling by air.2. chemical accidents areusual

9、ly important enough to be reported as news becausea. they are very rare b. they often cause loss of lifec. they always occur in big cities d. they arouse the interest of all the readers 3.according to passage> the chemicalaccident that caused by the fault of managementhappened ata.texas city b.fl

10、ixboroughc. sevesod. mexicocity 4. from the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is akind ofa. natural gas, which can easily catch fireb. fertilizer which can't be stored in a great quantitycpoisonous substance> which can't be used in overcrowdedareas d. fuel, which is stored in large ta

11、nks 5. from thediscussion among some experts we may coclude thata. toavoid any accidents we should not repair the facilities inchemical industry b, the local authorities should not beconcerned with the production of the chemical industryc. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if

12、effective measure had been taken d. natural gas stored invery large tanks is always safe第十四篇答案：dbabc第十一篇:which is safer-staying at home, travelingtoisinwork on publie transport, or working in the office?surprisingly each of these carries the same risk, which very low. however, what about flying comp

13、ared to working the chemical industry? unfortunately the former is 65 times riskier than the latter ! in fact, the accident rate of workers in the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of humantheactivity, and almost as safe as staying at home.trouble with the chemical industry is that w

14、hen things go wrong they often cause death to those living nearby, it is this which makes chemical accidents so newsworthy, fortunately they are extremely rare, the most famous ones happened at texas city(1947)9 flixborough (1974), seveso (1976), pemex (1984)and bhopal (1984)。some of these are alway

15、s in the mindsof the people even though the loss of life was small, no one died at seveso, and only 28 workers at flixborough. the worst accident of all was bhopal> where up to 000 were killed.the texas city explosion of fertilizer killed 552. the pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in

16、the suburbs of raexico city took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at bhopal. some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger, thus the texas city explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate(硝酸镀)9 which is safe unless store

17、d in great quantity, the flixborough fireball was the fault of management> which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs, the seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep, when thepoisonous gas drifted over the tow

18、n, local leaders wereincapable of taking effective action, the pemex fire was madeworse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb, the fireset off a chain reaction os exploding storage tanks, yet» bya miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode, had thesecaught fire, then 3, 000 strong

19、rescue team and fire fighterswould all have died.L which of the following statements istrue?a. working at the office is safer than staying at home.b. traverlling to work on p ublic trans port is safer than workingat the office. c. staying at home is safer than working inthe chemical industry. d work

20、ing in the chemical industryis safer than traveling by air.2. chemical accidents areusually important enough to be reported as news becausea. they are very rare b. they often cause loss of lifec. they always occur in big cities d. they arouse the interestof all the readers 3.according to passage>

21、 the chemicalaccident that caused by the fault of managementhappened ata.texas city b.flixboroughc. sevesod. mexicocity 4. from the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is akind ofa. natural gas, which can easily catch fireb. fertilizer which can't be stored in a great quantity cpoisonous subst

22、ance» which can* t be used in overcrowdedareas d. fuel, which is stored in large tanks 5. from thea. todiscussion among some experts we may coclude that avoid any accidents we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry b.the local authorities should not be concerned with the producti

23、on of the chemical industryc. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measure had been taken d. natural gas stored in第十四篇答案：dbabcvery large tanks is always safe第十一篇:which is safer-staying at hornet travelingtowork on publie transports or working in the office?surprisin

24、gly each of these carries the same risk, whichisvery low. however, what about flying compared to workinginthe chemical industry? unfortunately the former is 65 timesriskier than the latter ! in fact, the accident rate of workersin the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of humanactivit

25、y, and almost as safe as staying at home.thetrouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrongthey often cause death to those living nearby, it is this whichmakes chemical accidents so newsworthy, fortunately they areextremely rare, the most famous ones happened at texas city(1947)9 fli

26、xborough (1974), seveso (1976), pemex (1984)and bhopal (1984)。some of these are always in the mindsof the people even though the loss of life was small, no one died at seveso, and only 28 workers at flixborough. the worst accident of all was bhopalt where up to 000 were killed.the texas city explosi

27、on of fertilizer killed 552. the pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of raexico city took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at bhopal. some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger, thus the texas city

28、 explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate（硝酸钱）9 which is safe unless stored in great quantity, the flixborough fireball was the fault of management> which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs, the seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack kno

29、wledge of the danger on their doorstep, when the poisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders were incapable of taking effective action, the pemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb, the fire set off a chain reaction os exploding storage tanks, yet, by a miracle

30、, the two largest tanks did not explode, had these caught fire, then 3, 000 strong rescue team and fire fighterswould all have died.L which of the following statements istrue?a. working at the office is safer than staying at home.b. traverlling to work on p ublic trans port is safer than working at

31、the office. c. staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry. d, working in the chemical industry2. chemical accidents areis safer than traveling by air.usually important enough to be reported as news becausea. they are very rare b. they often cause loss of lifec. they always occur

32、in big cities d. they arouse the interest of all the readers 3.according to passage> the chemicalaccident that caused by the fault of managementhappened ata.texas city b.flixboroughc. sevesod. mexicocity 4. from the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is akind ofa.natural gas, which can easily

33、catch fireb. fertilizer which can't be stored in a great quantitycpoisonous substance» which can't be used in overcrowdedareas d. fuel, which is stored in large tanks 5. from thediscussion among some experts we may coclude thata. toavoid any accidents we should not rep air the facilitie

34、s inchemical industry b. the local authorities should not beconcerned with the production of the chemical industryc. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled ifeffective measure had been taken d. natural gas stored invery large tanks is always safe第十四篇答案：dbabc第十一篇:which is safer-sta

35、ying at home, travelingtowork on publie transports or working in the office?surprisingly! each of these carries the same risk, whichisvery low. however, what about flying compared to workinginthe chemical industry? unfortunately the former is 65 timesriskier than the latter ! in fact, the accident r

36、ate of workersin the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of humanactivity, and almost as safe as staying at home.thetrouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrongthey often cause death to those living nearby, it is this whichmakes chemical accidents so newsworthy, fort

37、unately they areextremely rare, the most famous ones happened at texas city(1947)9 flixborough (1974), seveso (1976), pemex (1984)and bhopal (1984)。some of these are always in the mindsof the people even though the loss of life was small, no onedied at seveso, and only 28 workers at flixborough. the

38、 worstaccident of all was bhopal> where up to 000 were killed.the texas city explosion of fertilizer killed 552. the pemexfire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of raexicocity took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate eventat bhopal. some experts have discussed these acc

39、idents andused each accident to illustrate a particular danger, thus thetexas city explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate（硝酸镀）9 which is safe unless stored in great quantity, theflixborough fireball was the fault of management> which tookrisks to keep production going during essential r

40、epairs, theseveso accident shows what happens if the local authoritieslack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep, when thepoisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders wereincapable of taking effective action, the pemex fire was madeworse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb, the

41、fireset off a chain reaction os exploding storage tanks, yet, bya miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode, had thesecaught fire, then 3, 000 strong rescue team and fire fighterswould all have died.k which of the following statements istrue?a. working at the office is safer than staying at hom

42、e.b. traverlling to work on p ublic trans port is safer than workingat the office. c. staying at home is safer than working inthe chemical industry. d working in the chemical industryis safer than traveling by air.2. chemical accidents areusually important enough to be reported as news becausea. the

43、y are very rare b. they often cause loss of lifec. they always occur in big cities d. they arouse the interestof all the readers 3.according to passage> the chemicalaccident that caused by the fault of managementhappened ata.texas city b.flixboroughc.sevesod mexicocity 4. from the passage we know

44、 that ammonium nitrate is akind ofa. natural gas, which can easily catch fireb. fertilizer which can't be stored in a great quantity cpoisonous substance> which can't be used in overcrowded areas d. fuel, which is stored in large tanks 5. from thea. todiscussion among some experts we may

45、coclude that avoid any accidents we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry b. the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the chemical industry c. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measure had been taken d. natural gas stor

46、ed invery large tanks is always safe第十四篇答案j dbabc trouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrong they often cause death to those living nearby, it is this which makes chemical accidents so newsworthy, fortunately they are extremely rare, the most famous ones happened at texas city第十

47、一篇:which is safer-staying at home, travelingtowork on publie transports or working in the office?surprisingly each of these carries the same risk, whichisvery low. however» what about flying compared to workinginthe chemical industry? unfortunately* the former is 65 timesriskier than the latter

48、 ! in fact, the accident rate of workersin the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of humanactivity, and almost as safe as staying at home.the(1947), flixborough (1974), seveso (1976), pemex (1984)and bhopal (1984)。some of these are always in the mindsof the people even though the loss

49、 of life was small, no one died at seveso* and only 28 workers at flixborough. the worst accident of all was bhopal> where up to 000 were killed.the texas city explosion of fertilizer killed 552. the pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of raexico city took 542 lives, just

50、 a month before the unfortunate event at bhopal. some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger, thus the texas city explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate(硝酸镀)9 which is safe unless stored in great quantity, the flixborough fireball wa

51、s the fault of management> which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs, the seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep, when the poisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders were incapable of taking effec

52、tive action, the pemex fire was madeworse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb, the fireset off a chain reaction os exploding storage tanks, yet» bya miracle the two largest tanks did not explode, had thesecaught fire, then 3, 000 strong rescue team and fire fighterswould all have die

53、d.L which of the following statements istrue?a. working at the office is safer than staying at home.b. traverlling to work on p ublic trans port is safer than workingat the office. c. staying at home is safer than working inthe chemical industry. d. working in the chemical industryis safer than trav

54、eling by air.2. chemical accidents areusually important enough to be reported as news becausea. they are very rare b. they often cause loss of lifec. they always occur in big cities d. they arouse the interestof all the readers 3.according to passage> the chemicalaccident that caused by the fault

55、 of managementhappened ata.texas city b.flixboroughc. sevesod. mexicocity 4. from the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is akind ofa. natural gas, which can easily catch fireb. fertilizer which can't be stored in a great quantity cpoisonous substance> which can't be used in overcrowde

56、d areas d. fuel, which is stored in large tanks 5. from thea. todiscussion among some experts we may coclude thatavoid any accidents we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry b. the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the chemical industryc. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measure had been taken d. natural gas stored invery large tanks is always safe第十四篇答案：dbabc accident of all was bhopalt where up to 000 were killed.第十一篇:which is safer-staying