3. What made the 1906 San Francisco earthquake especially destructive?
(A) There were no emergency plans or services to save lives.
(B) The strongest earthquake ever recorded just hit a year ago.
(C) The city had no rail systems to send people away before the quake.
(D) Fires broke out without pipes to supply water to put them off.

What made the 1906 San Francisco earthquake especially destructive?
是什麼原因讓1906年的舊金山地震造成特別嚴重的破壞?

(A) There were no emergency plans or services to save lives.當時沒有緊急計畫或救援服務來拯救人們。
(B) The strongest earthquake ever recorded just hit a year ago.有史以來最強的地震就在一年前發生。
(C) The city had no rail systems to send people away before the quake.城市沒有鐵路系統可以在地震前把人們送走。
(D) Fires broke out without pipes to supply water to put them off.火災爆發，但沒有水管供水來撲滅火勢。

第四段：
Most importantly, water pipes were shattered.
最重要的是，供水管線破裂。

This meant that firemen did not have enough water to put off the fires.
這表示消防員沒有足夠的水來撲滅火災。

Fires burned for more than three days, destroying homes, business, and government buildings.
大火持續燃燒了三天以上，摧毀了住宅、商業建築和政府大樓。