1、Unit 4 EarthquakesSectionLearningaboutLanguage,UsingLanguage,SummingUp&LearningTip课后篇巩固提升一、单词拼写1.I have passed the driving test,Jack.(祝贺)!答案:Congratulations2.What do you think of Bill?(判断) from what he says,he is an honest man.答案:Judging3.Id like to (表达) my thanks to you.Youre welcome.We should help
2、 each other.答案:express4.I had the (荣幸) of meeting Jackie Chan.Really?How lucky you were!答案:honour5.I am working hard to become a scientist in the future.Im (骄傲的) of you.答案:proud二、单句填空1.He (congratulate) me on my succeeding in winning the champion.答案:congratulated2.Lets give him our (congratulate) on
3、 his passing the maths exam.答案:congratulations3.(frighten) children were calling for their mothers.答案:Frightened4.The child (frighten) to death by the violent thunderstorm.答案:was frightened5.If you watch his (express) carefully,you will know what he is thinking about.答案:expression6.The woman (expres
4、s) her thanks to the soldier for saving her child.答案:expressed三、同义句转换1.Edward,I want my paper typed immediately,please.Edward,I want my paper typed ,please.答案:right away/right now/at once2.The end of my holiday came and I had to go back to school.My holiday was and I had to go back to school.答案:at a
5、n end3.Its raining hard but I still want to go there.Its raining hard.,I still want to go there.答案:However4.Our teacher was not angry.Instead,he seemed quite pleased.being angry,our teacher seemed quite pleased.答案:Instead of5.He burst out crying for no reason,which surprised us.He for no reason,whic
6、h surprised us.答案:burst into tears四、完成句子1.We will (祝贺他) his winning the first prize in the competition.答案:congratulate him on2.We shouldnt (以衣服来判断一个人).答案:judge a person/man by/from his clothes3.Children should be encouraged to (表达他们不同的观点).答案:express their different views4.He performed well at school
7、,which made his parents (为他骄傲).答案:proud of him5.She (害怕) losing her eyesight.答案:is frightened/afraid of五、阅读理解AThe woman had died when the rescuers found her after the terrible earthquake.She was covered by a destroyed house.Through gaps(缝隙) of those ruins,the rescuers could see her last posture(姿势).
8、It was something like an ancient person who was kowtowing(叩头),but it just looked strange because she was out of shape by pressure.The rescuers confirmed her death by touching her through the gaps of the ruins.They shouted at the ruins again and again and knocked the bricks using various tools,but no
9、 reply inside.Then the rescuing team went to the next building.Suddenly the leader ran back,calling “Come here.”He came to the body,put his hands under the woman,feeling and touching,then shouted loudly and gladly,“There is someone,a baby,still living.”Through some efforts,rescuers cleaned up the ru
10、ins which blocked her.Under her body lay her baby,who was covered by a small red quilt(棉被).He was about 3 or 4 months old.Since well protected by his mothers body,he was safe.He was in a deep sleep when the rescuer carried him out,and his lovely and peaceful face warmed everyone around him.The docto
11、r,along with the rescuing team,took the baby out of the quilt to check if the baby was all right,and he found there was a mobile phone in the quilt.The doctor looked at the screen;a written message was already there:“My dear baby,if you could live,dont forget how much I love you.”As a doctor,he expe
12、rienced much of this type of separation;but at this moment,he cried.Every person who saw this message shed(流出) tears.1.When the rescuers found the mom,she .A.was using her mobile phone to ask for helpB.begged the rescuers to save her baby firstC.was struggling with the pressureD.didnt have the norma
13、l shape答案:D解析细节理解题。从第一段的“Itwassomethinglikeanancientpersonwhowaskowtowing,butitjustlookedstrangebecauseshewasoutofshapebypressure.”可知当救援人员发现那位母亲时,她的身体已经变形,故选D项。2.The underlined word “confirmed” in Paragraph 2 may mean “”.A.provedB.inferredC.guessedD.imagined答案:A解析词义猜测题。根据下文可知,句子“Therescuersconfirmed
14、herdeathbytouchingherthroughthegapsoftheruins.”的意思是:救援人员通过废墟的空隙触摸她,证实了她的死亡。故本题答案:为A项。3.When the baby was rescued,he .A.was smilingB.was sleepingC.was listening carefullyD.was frightened to death答案:B解析细节理解题。从最后一段的“Hewasinadeepsleepwhentherescuercarriedhimout.”可知答案:。4.The passage is mainly about .A.a
15、story of saving a mother and her babyB.the disaster of a terrible earthquakeC.the rescuers hard work after an earthquakeD.the great love of a mother in an earthquake答案:D 解析主旨大意题。通过本文的故事可知,在地震发生时,一位母亲用自己的身体保护了熟睡中的孩子,而自己却遇难了。这一故事赞扬了地震中伟大的母爱。BIt was 3:12 am when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer woke up to t
16、he smell of burning.Except for the cracking of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two-story house at Baldwin,Long Island.With his father away on night duty at a local factory,Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother,his sister Karen,14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd.He ran
17、 downstairs through the smoke-filled house to push and pull Karen and Todd until they sat up.Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden.There,his sister and brother,taking short and quick breaths and coughing,sat on the ground.The nine-year-old boy ran back into the house
18、and upstairs to his mothers room.He found it impossible to wake her up.Mrs.Kreamer,because of the smoke,was unconscious(无意识的),and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden.But the boy remained calm and,as a fireman said later,“acted with all the self-control of a trained(训练) grown-up”.O
19、n the bedroom telephone,luckily still working,Glenn called his father and,leaving Mr.Kreamer to telephone the firemen and ambulance service,got on with the task of saving his mother.First he filled a bucket(水桶) with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed.Then,with a wet
20、cloth around his head he went back to the garden.He could hear the fire engine coming up,but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house?Carrying a ball of string (线) from the garage,Glenn ran back into the house and went upstairs to his mothers room.Tying one end of the string t
21、o her hand he ran back,laying out the string as he went,through the hall and back out into the garden.Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan,“The string will lead you to my mother.” Mrs.Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.5.Why did Glenn
22、 run downstairs first?A.He wanted to find out what was happening.B.He was worried about his mothers safety.C.He wanted to save his sister and brother.D.He went to see if his father had come back from work.答案:C解析推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Herandownstairsthroughthesmoke-filledhousetopushandpullKarenandTodduntilthe
23、ysatup.”可知,格伦跑到楼下是为了救他的哥哥和姐姐。6.How did Glenn help the firemen to find his mother?A.By throwing water all over her and her bed.B.By carrying her to safety with his brother.C.By pushing and pulling his mother.D.By tying a string to his mothers hand.答案:D解析细节理解题。根据文章倒数一、二段内容可知D项正确。7.What did Glenn do to
24、 protect himself in the fire?A.He put a wet cloth around his head.B.He threw water all over himself.C.He hid himself in the bathroom.D.He rushed out to the lawn.答案:A解析根据文章第四段中的“Then,withawetclotharoundhisheadhewentbacktothegarden.”可知A项正确。8.Glenn saved his family because .A.his father had taught him
25、to do so on the phoneB.he had learned something about first aidC.he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wiselyD.he had followed his mothers instruction答案:C解析根据全文内容,尤其是第一段后半部分、第二段和最后两段可知,是格伦的沉着冷静和机智的做法挽救了家人的性命。六、语篇填空Strange things appeared before the Tangshan earthquake 1.(happen).For three days
26、the water in the village wells became higher and then lower.The well walls had deep cracks 2. them.A smelly gas came out of the cracks.Some animals including fish and 3.(mouse) behaved strangely.Other strange things also happened in the city,4. people thought little of these events and they slept as
27、 usual.5.(final) a terrible earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28,1976,in which more than 240,000 people died and many 6.(injure).Many houses fell down and sand filled the wells instead of water.People were greatly shocked.All the electricity in the city was cut off and people began 7.(wond
28、er) how long the disaster would last.The whole city was completely destroyed and the world seemed to be at an end.It was the 8.(big) earthquake of the 20th century,which even people in Beijing could feel.However,the people of Tangshan didnt lose hope,because 150,000 soldiers were sent to help the re
29、scue workers.The soldiers tried their best to dig out those 9. were trapped.They also built shelters for the 10.(survive).Fresh water was taken to the city by every means.Slowly,the city began to come back to life.【语篇导读】本文描述了唐山大地震发生前的迹象以及地震带来的灾害等情况。1.happened考查动词时态。由首句信息可知此处描述的是发生在过去的事情,故用happened。2
30、.in考查介词。表示墙上有裂缝时应用介词in。3.mice考查名词复数。空前没有限定词修饰,故应用复数形式。mouse的复数形式为mice。4.but考查连词。由语境可知上下文之间为转折关系,故用but表示转折。5.Finally考查词形转换。修饰整个句子应用所给词的副词形式。6.wereinjured考查时态和语态。本文叙述的事情发生在过去,且句子主语和动词injure之间为逻辑上的动宾关系,故用一般过去时的被动语态。7.towonder考查非谓语动词。空处表示人们的心理活动,故应用动词不定式。begintodosth.意为“开始做某事”。8.biggest考查形容词的最高级。由冠词the以及语境可知应用最高级。9.who考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知,空处引导定语从句指代先行词those,并在从句中作主语,故用who。10.survivors考查词形转换。此处应用名词作介词for的宾语,再由语境可知应用复数形式。
