According to the passage, the extent of the disaster in an earthquake depends on the following factors EXCEPT
A. building a house with wrong materials.
B. building a house at a wrong site.
C. people rushing out to the street out of panic.
D. the distance from the center of the quake to the ground.
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Pedro strutted about like a rooster because
A. he owned a chicken farm and studied how roosters walked.
B. he felt superior to other people.
C. he knew how to make strong coffee better than anyone else.
D. it amused the people who gave money when he played the drum with the American women.
______ everything taken into consideration, the solution offered by the Dean is relatively
A. Since
B. For
C. As
D. With
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The California Grocers Association says regular plastic bags cost a penny or two. Paper's 5 to 8 cents. Special biodegradable bags are 10 to 16 cents. Mayor Gavin Newsom says San Francisco considered charging grocers a fee on each plastic bag. The mayor says grocers used their political muscle at the state level and got the legislature to prohibit cities from imposing such a charge. With no power to slow the spread of plastic bags, the city banned them.
What's the news about?
A. Environmental protection.
B. Trash landfill.
C. The issue of biodegradable.
D. Banning plastics bags.
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What's the news about?
A. China bans online sale of lotteries.
B. China will issue lotteries on line.
China will ban issuing some lotteries.
D. China will ban selling some lotteries.