Mostofusknowtostaylowtothefloorifwe'recaughtinafire,or...
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Most of us know to stay low to the floor if we're caught in a fire, or head to the basement if a tornado's coming, or board up the windows in a hurricane. But, because relatively few of us live along fault lines, the massive earthquake that hit Haiti this month was a reminder that we're far less versed on what to do when the ground below us convulses. If we're in a house or building, for example, our first impulse might be to run outside — but, counterintuitive as it might sound, experts warn against that since people are too often killed by falling or fallen debris as they try to escape.
Given how many us travel in quake-prone regions today — including, tragically, the four students and two professors from Lynn University in Florida who perished in the Haiti quake — even folks who don't reside in California should know how to survive a temblor. But there are two different, and at times competing, schools of thought on the matter — both of which are considered valid but perhaps not always in the same situations.
The most conventional and widely accepted by the disaster-response community, is the "drop, cover and hold on" approach, which urges people to take cover beneath something like a heavy table to avoid falling objects. The second, newer method is known as "the triangle of life." It recommends lying down in a fetal position not under but next to furniture; as roofs and walls collapse atop those sofas and desks, buffer spaces are created that protect people from being crushed.
Over the past decade, a consensus has been building that "drop, cover and hold on" is a more appropriate method for developed countries like the U.S., where improved construction has greatly reduced the likelihood of structures imploding. The triangle of life is thought to be more pertinent in developing nations like Haiti, where shoddy building codes make finding a "survivable void" inside collapsed buildings more important than shielding yourself from falling chandeliers. "You have to think about the hazard level of the area you're in," says Gary Patterson, a geologist and director of education and outreach at the Center for Earthquake Research & Information at the University of Memphis in Tennessee. "If you're going to play the odds, drop-and-cover may be the best way to go, but a lot of emergency responders might say triangle-of-life because they're the ones who see the fatalities in buildings that do collapse."
73. By saying "relatively few of us live lines"(the underline), the author means that most of us__________?
A. make mistakes when facing emergencies
B. can deal with emergencies in a proper way
C. are seldom bothered by massive earthquakes
D. hardly know what to do in an earthquake
74. What do most people take as “counter-instinctive” when there is an earthquake?
A. That people run outside impulsively.
B. That experts warn against running outside,
C. That experts warn again trying to escape.
D. That people are often killed by falling objects.
75. What did the four students and two professors from Lynn University in Florida go to Haiti for?
A. To study earthquakes.
B. To help rescue work.
C. To be on personal trip.
D. To be on business trip.
76. The new method differs from the conventional method in that former believes that__________________.
A. people don't need to take over
B. people don't need heavy furniture
C. furniture collapses when roofs and walls fall
D. furniture can uphold the fallen roofs and walls
77. As for which method to choose in an earthquake, Gary Patterson suggests basing the choice on. A. your whereabouts
B. the intensity of the earthquake
C. the "drop, cover and hold on" approach
D. the “triangle of life approach”
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