单选题 What does the author mean to say when he talks about the damage caused by earthquakes to the buildings?

A、 It is hard to build structures strong enough to withstand serious temblors.
B、 Not all structures can be made to withstand the tremor of the earthquakes.
C、 The degree of damage caused by earthquakes to different buildings can hardly be predicated accurately.
D、 No structures would be strong enough to endure violent earthquakes.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[精解] 本题为推理题。在文章第三段作者提到，“While seismic engineering has improved dramatically in the past 10 to 15 years，every new quake reveals unexpected weakness in‘quake-resistant’structures”；在文章结尾，作者提到“every fault cannot be monitored and every highway cannot be completed quake-proofed．”可见，建筑物的防震能力是无法准确估计的。