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根据以下材料回答题 InJuly1994Jupiter,thelargestplanetinoursolarsystem,wasstruckby21piecesofacomet(彗星).Whenthefragments(碎片)landedinthesouthernpartofthegiantplanet,theexplo-sionswerewatchedbyscientistshereonearth.Butwhatifourownplanetwashitbyacomet?
Theyearis2094.IthasbeenannouncedthatacometisheadingtowardstheEarth.Mostofitwillmissourplanet,buttwofragmentswillprobablyhitthesouthernpartoftheEarth.Thenewshascausedpanic.
On17July,afragmentfourkilometreswideenterstheEarth'satmospherewithahugeexplo-sion.Abouthalfofthefragmentisdestroyed.ButthemajorpartsurvivesandhitstheSouthAtlan-ticat200timesthespeedofsound.Theseaboilsandanenormouswaveiscreatedandspreads.
ThewallofwaterrushestowardssouthernAfricaat800kilometresanhour.CitiesontheAfricancoastaretotallydestroyedandmillionsofpeoplearedrowned.ThewavemovesintotheIndianOceanandheadstowardsAsia.
MillionsofpeoplearealreadydeadinthesouthernpartoftheEarth,butthenorthwon'tes-capeforlong.Tonsofbrokenpiecesarethrownintotheatmospherebytheexplosions.Asthesunishiddenbycloudsofdust,temperaturesaroundtheworldfalltoalmostzero.Cropsareruined.Warsbreakoutascountriesfightforfood.Ayearlatercivilizationhascollapsed.Nomorethan10millionpeoplehavesurvived.
Coulditreallyhappen?Infact,ithasalreadyhappenedmorethanonceinthehistoryoftheEarth.Thedinosaurs(恐龙)wereontheEarthforover160millionyears.Then65millionyearsagotheysuddenlydisappeared.ManyscientistsbelievethattheEarthwashitbyaspacefragment.
Thedinosaurscouldn'tsurviveinthecoldclimatethatfollowedandtheybecameextinct.Willwemeetthesameend?
WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUEaccordingtotheauthor'sdescriptionofthedisasterin2094? A.Thewholeworldbecomesextremelycold.
B.AllthecoastalcitiesinAfricaaredestroyed.
C.Thewholemankindbecomesextinct.
D.Thevisitofthecometresultsinwars.
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