The phrase "this scale" in Paragraph 6 refers to__________.

A．4.8-magnitude quake.

B．4.3-magnitude quake.

C．5.8 on the Richter scale.

D．6.1 on the Richter scale.

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题干：第六段中的“this scale”指的是。指代题。从第六段的首句来看，每年全世界都有上千次这个震级的中型地震，因而this scale指的是第五段提到的地震，第五段是Hendrick回顾4月28号地震的情况，由此可以推知谈论的是4月28日的地震这样的震级，从第三段可知该次地震为4．3级，故该题答案为B(4．3级的地震)。

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