Passage Three "Hi there. How’s it going" "Oh, fine. Fine. How about this weather, huh" "Well, I guess we can always use the rain." What’s that This story Oh, just a little look at small talk. You know, those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day, Maybe you’re waiting for the elevator. Or in a line at the bank. It all seems pretty trivial. Idle chatter about traffic doesn’t do much more than fill the air with empty words that are quickly forgotten. But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives. Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, "Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion. It’s so powerful. It does something to you." "Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary," Oliver says, "IfI don’t make small connection with another person, I can’t work." What causes it As a rule, you’re either trying to force something into your life, or you’re using conversation as an invisible force field to keep them out. You can be wanting to connect with another person, and small talk is your introduction to more meaningful conversation. The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time. Take the elevator, for instance. Now there’s prime territoo,. Nobody knows anyone and there’s no reason to start a conversation, but invariably, someone does. Making conversation in such peaceful social settings, according to Oliver, "can confirm your territory. It’s a way of feeling liked and accepted." The topics of small talk don’t matter. In fact, you don’t want anything more taxing than the weather or the traffic. It’s non-threatening talk in a threatening situation. However, the rules change quickly when you’re with lots of people doing lots of talking. Let’s say you’re at a party. Now it’s time to use small talk as a way of making others feel more comfortable around you, so you don’t look silly standing by the food table alone all night. "Small talk", as interpreted by the author,______
A. has no real function in communication at all
B. is usually meaningless and therefore useless
C. is not as unimportant as it may seem to be
D. is restricted to certain topics only
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Passage One When the Earth shook here on March 26th, 2000, it helped geologists to figure out how the Earth around Seattle would shake during the real thing less than a year later. When Seattle’s Kingdome was demolished with explosives, more than 200 seismic recorders caught every rattle and roll. Tom Brocher of the U.S. Geological Survey says, "You can see the red waves traveling away from the Kingdome. " ① The areas that shook the worst then also shook the worst when the six point eight (on the Richter scale) Nisqually earthquake hit. ② "We shouldn’t be surprised to see damage at Boeing field and at the port of Seattle where we did see damage, because in both of those areas the ground shook longer and harder than other parts of Seattle." It’s what’s known as a slab quake (located) 36 miles below the surface where the Juan de Fuca plate slab is diving underneath the North American plate. Geologists believe the plate bent, causing it to crack, and sending shock waves to the surface. Tom Brother says, "As soon as we knew it was a deep earthquake-that it was this type of earthquake-we immediately put out the word that we should expect very few aftershocks. " There were only 4. In San Francisco’s Loma Prieta earthquake here in 1989 which was closer to the surface, there were 120 aftershocks. The fact that "deep-focus" earthquakes have fewer aftershocks still puzzles geologists. Brocher says, "What we can tell people is you’re not going to have these (aftershocks). What we can’t tell them why. And that’s a research issue. " Geologists say the Nisqually quake originated from almost the same spot as the 1949 quake there, and had the same damage patterns. There were fewer landslides this year because of the lack of rain. Over the next year and half, researchers want to set off explosives at the surface near Seattle, aimed at the slab 37 miles below. The waves will then bounce offthe slab and reflect back to the surface giving information about where the plate is and how it’s moving. So, before the Earth moves again, geologists will have an idea which places might be destined to shake the hardest. If a real earthquake hits Seattle, the areas that will be damaged most would be______
A. airports
B. C. ports
C. the suburbs
D. Boeing field and the port of Seattle
Passage One When the Earth shook here on March 26th, 2000, it helped geologists to figure out how the Earth around Seattle would shake during the real thing less than a year later. When Seattle’s Kingdome was demolished with explosives, more than 200 seismic recorders caught every rattle and roll. Tom Brocher of the U.S. Geological Survey says, "You can see the red waves traveling away from the Kingdome. " ① The areas that shook the worst then also shook the worst when the six point eight (on the Richter scale) Nisqually earthquake hit. ② "We shouldn’t be surprised to see damage at Boeing field and at the port of Seattle where we did see damage, because in both of those areas the ground shook longer and harder than other parts of Seattle." It’s what’s known as a slab quake (located) 36 miles below the surface where the Juan de Fuca plate slab is diving underneath the North American plate. Geologists believe the plate bent, causing it to crack, and sending shock waves to the surface. Tom Brother says, "As soon as we knew it was a deep earthquake-that it was this type of earthquake-we immediately put out the word that we should expect very few aftershocks. " There were only 4. In San Francisco’s Loma Prieta earthquake here in 1989 which was closer to the surface, there were 120 aftershocks. The fact that "deep-focus" earthquakes have fewer aftershocks still puzzles geologists. Brocher says, "What we can tell people is you’re not going to have these (aftershocks). What we can’t tell them why. And that’s a research issue. " Geologists say the Nisqually quake originated from almost the same spot as the 1949 quake there, and had the same damage patterns. There were fewer landslides this year because of the lack of rain. Over the next year and half, researchers want to set off explosives at the surface near Seattle, aimed at the slab 37 miles below. The waves will then bounce offthe slab and reflect back to the surface giving information about where the plate is and how it’s moving. So, before the Earth moves again, geologists will have an idea which places might be destined to shake the hardest. According to the geologists, how did the shock waves reach the surface
A. The plate slab bent, and then cracked, sending shock waves to the surface.
B. The plate was demolished, sending shock waves to the surface.
C. The shock waves traveled to the surface themselves.
D. The shock waves originated from the surfac