D. Earthquakes often come unexpectedly (出乎意料地).
答案A
解析细节理解题。由第三段第一句话可知A项的叙述是错误的。
★四、完形填空
A shepherd was herding (放牧) his sheep when suddenly a brand-new sports car came out of a dust cloud towards him. The 1 was a young man in a new designer suit, designer 2 , designer sunglasses and a designer tie. He 3 out the window and asked the shepherd, "If I tell you 4 how many sheep you have here, will you give me one?"
The shepherd 5 the man, then his peaceful sheep and 6 answered, "Sure. Why not?"
The young man 7 his car, took out his 8 , connected it to his mobile phone, surfed to a page on the Internet where he called up a satellite navigation system (卫星导航系统). 9 , he printed out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech 10 . He turned to the shepherd and said, "You have exactly 1, 586 sheep. "
"That's right. " said the shepherd, "I guess you can 11 one of my sheep. "
The shepherd then said to the young man, "Hey, if I can 12 you exactly what your 13 is, will you give me back my sheep?"The young man 14 about it for a(n) 15 and then said, "Okay, why not?"
"You are a consultant (顾问). "said the shepherd.
"Wow!That's 16 . " said the young man. "But how did you 17 that?"
"No guessing required. " answered the shepherd. "You showed 18 here even if nobody called you;you want to get 19 for an answer that I already knew, to a question I 20 asked and it's obvious you don't know a thing about my business . . . Now give me back my sheep. "
1A. cyclist B. driver
C. teacher D. pilot
答案B
解析因为第一句话中有sports car, 所以此处应该选B项。
2A. clothes B. trousers
C. socks D. shoes
答案D
解析因为suit是"一套衣服"的意思, 所以此处选D项最合适, 和后面的sunglasses和tie相对应。
3A. leaned B. took
C. put D. looked
答案A