UNIT 4NATURAL DISASTERS
Section A Listening and Speaking
课后篇巩固提升
基础训练
.单句填空
1.The children had great fun      (slide) down the grassy slope last Sunday. 
答案sliding
2.     (rescue) the drowning boy,the soldier jumped into the lake. 
答案To rescue
3.The houses which had been      (damage) in the terrible earthquake were repaired. 
答案damaged
4.Thousands of soldiers and rescue workers were sent there to search for the      (survive). 
答案survivors
5.Entire villages have been washed away and roads and bridges have been      (destroy). 
答案destroyed
6.The villagers         (evacuate) from the village before it was heavily flooded. 
答案had evacuated
7.It was the area that is often      (affect) by the hurricane. 
答案affected
8.Adults understand what it feels like to be      (flood) with objects.(2018·全国卷
答案flooded
.短语填空
at least,do damage to,get away from,day and night,more than,make sure,provide...for,set up,go on,used to
1.He practised playing the piano        and finally was offered a chance to put on a performance. 
答案day and night
2.There are      two million farmers,making up two thirds of the total population of the province. 
答案more than
3.You need      ten pounds if you go to the cinema in London nowadays. 
答案at least
4.Looking at the sun directly without sunglasses can          your eyes. 
答案do damage to
5.My grandfather was very anxious to         cities and back to nature. 
答案get away from
6.In the exams,      that everything you write is related to the questions you have been asked. 
答案make sure
7.I don’t think it is suitable for parents to quit their jobs in order to      better conditions      their children. 
答案provide;for
8.Mr Brown and a partner         a successful fashion company. 
答案set up
9.On TV,we can learn about what         all over the world without leaving our homes. 
答案is going on
10.I      have many friends and be outgoing,but now I have few friends. 
答案used to
.完成句子
1.强烈的地震袭击了这个城市,许多大楼都被损坏。
A strong earthquake hit the city and                     . 
答案many buildings were damaged
2.据报道许多人在洪水中失去了家园。
It is reported that many people                in the flood. 
答案lost their homes
3.我们的英语老师建议每天早晨读15分钟的课文。
Our English teacher           the texts for 15 minutes every morning. wehaveafewfunthingsinspring怎么读
答案advises reading
4.根据警察所说的,没有人在这次事故中受伤。
         the police,no one was injured in the accident. 
答案According to
5.你知道唐山大地震的震级是多少吗?
Do you know                     the earthquake in Tangshan was? 
答案what the magnitude of
能力提升
.阅读理解
A
1976:Tangshan,China
China has had the second deadliest earthquake on record,the 1976 Great Tangshan Earthquake,which happened in the country’s northeast.It’d be more accurate(精确) to call this a double quake:an aftershock that happened 16 hours after the original earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale (里氏震级) and was equally destructive.
2004:Indian Ocean Tsunami(印尼海啸)
On December 26,2004,a 9.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the bottom of the Indian Ocean,releasing energy equal to that of 23,000 atomic bombs.The largest earthquake in 40 years,the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake caused a tsunami across the Indian Ocean,sending a series of waves as high as 50 feet crashing onto the shores of 11 countries.Some people were swept out to sea while others drowned in their homes,unable to escape.According to the US geological survey,the official death toll was 227,898.
2008:Sichuan earthquake,China
The 7.9-magnitude disaster struck the mountainous Sichuan Province in western China,destroying millions of buildings and causing $86 billion damage.Nearly 10,000 children died in schools trapped under rubble(瓦砾) when the buildings fell down.
2011:Tōhoku earthquake,Japan
The 2011 earthquake and tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed more than 16,000 people and over 2,500 people were reported missing.More than 470,000 were displ
aced from their homes.The 9.09.1-magnitude disaster was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan,and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
【语篇导读】本文主要摘取了四次发生在全球的地震,介绍了它们的一些情况。
1.Why is the 1976 Great Tangshan Earthquake called a double quake?
A.The earthquake happened twice.

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