本文将给出单词和小短文，帮助考生们记忆单词。

普通专升本英语科目是考生们复习过程中的重中之重，而学习英语的最基础也是最重要的就是背单词。下面，我们给出一些文章，帮助考生们记忆其中的重点单词！

1、重点单词

government/ɡvnmnt/

n.政府；政体

earthquake/θkwek/

n.地震

publish/pbl/

v.出版；发表

chance/tɑns/

n.机会；运气

v.偶然发生；碰巧

discover/dskv(r)/

v.发现；发觉

predict/prdkt/

v.预言，预知

control/kntrl/

n.控制；管理

vt.控制；管理

The US.government has recently helped people learn more about the dangers of earthquakes by publishing a map.This map shows the chances of an earthquake in each part of the country.The areas of the map where earthquakes are most likely to occur are called earthquake“belt”.The government is,spending a great deal money and is working hard to help discover the answer to these two questions:1.Can we predict earthquake2.Can we control earthquakes

美国政府最近出版了一张地图，帮助人们更多地了解地震的危险。这张地图显示了这个国家每一个地区发生地震的可能性。地图上最有可能发生地震的地区被称为地震“带”。政府花费了大量的金钱，并且正在努力寻找以下两个问题的答案:1。我们能预测地震吗2.我们能控制地震吗

2、重点单词

scientist/santst/

n.科学家

active/ktv/

adj.积极的；主动的

break/brek/

v.打破；违犯；打断

n.间断；休息；破裂

section/sekn/

n.截面；部门；地区；章节

v.被切割成片；被分成部分；把…分段

accurately/kjrtli/

adv.精确地，准确地

To answer the first question,scientists are looking very closely at the most active fault(断层)systems in the country such as the San Andreas fault in California,a fault is break between two sections of the earth’s surface.These breaks between sections are the place where earthquake occurs.Scientists look at the faults for changes that might show that an earthquake was about to occurs.But it will probably be many years before we can predict earthquakes accurately.And the control of earthquakes is even farther away.

为了回答第一个问题，科学家们正在密切关注美国最活跃的断层系统，例如加利福尼亚州的圣安德烈亚斯断层，它是在地球表面的两个部分之间断裂的断层。这些路段之间的裂缝就是地震发生的地方。科学家们从断层中寻找可能表明地震即将发生的变化。但可能要过很多年我们才能准确地预测地震。而控制地震则更加遥远。