1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Section Introduction & Reading and VocabularyPreparing根据提示写出下列单词1_ n灾难2_ n. 洪水3_ n. 飓风4_ n. 闪电5_ n. 柱状物；柱状体6_ vt. 经历7_ vt. 引起；导致8_ n. 家具9_ vt. 埋葬10_ vi. 发生11_ adj. 猛烈的；激烈的；强烈的12_ vt.&n. (雷电、暴风雨等)袭击【答案】1.disaster2.flood3.hurricane4lightning5.column6.experience7.cause8furniture9.bury10
2、.occur11.violent12strike看单词学构词在furniture一词中，ture为常见的名词后缀。常见的还有：mixture n.混合物；signature n.签名；签署；architecture n.建筑学；creature n.创造物；生物等。根据提示补全下列短语1pick _ 拾起，捡起；接收；无意中学会2take _ 脱下；起飞；取消3_ average 平均4_all time 有史以来5be experienced_ 做某事有经验6end _ 结果为；以结束【答案】1.up2.off3.on4.of 5. at/in6.up根据提示补全下列教材原句1They ca
3、n destroy houses，but leave_the_furniture_inside_exactly_where _it_was.它们能毁掉房子，却把房内的家具留在原处。2On average，there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year，causing_about_80_deaths_and_1,500_injuries.平均来说，美国每年发生800次龙卷风，造成大约80人死亡，1500人受伤。3By the time it ended，more than 700 people had_been_killed and 2,700 had_b
4、een_injured.到这次飓风结束时，已有700多人死亡，2 700多人受伤。阅读P23教材课文，选择最佳答案1Which of the following descriptions about tornado is NOT correct?AIt is a kind of rotating column of air.BIt is usually caused by a thunderstorm.CIt can reach a speed up to more than 400 kilometres per hour.DIt can cause much damage to people
5、, including deaths and injuries.2How much damage did the worst tornado cause to the US?AIt picked up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next street.BThe fur of the back of many cats and thefeathers of many chickens had been taken off.CIt caused about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.D
6、More than 700 people lost their lives and 2,700 had been injured.3Where was Charles Coghlan born indeed?AIn Ireland.BIn Canada.CIn New York.DIn Galveston.4What are the causes of these natural violence?AThe different atmospheric pressure between two areas.BThe changeable weather in these areas.CThe d
7、estruction of the nature by human beings.DNot mentioned in the passage.【答案】14BDAD阅读P23教材课文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.Almost all of them occur in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north.Tornadoes can c
8、ause much 1._(destroy).2._ average there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year.The 3._(bad) one of all time occurred in 1925, 4._(affect) three US states.By the time it 5._(end), more than 700 people 6._(kill) and 2,700 had been injured.Hurricanes are strong tropical storms.There are violent winds o
9、f 120 kilometres per hour or more，7._ cause bad weather.There are about six Atlantic hurricanes each year.The worst hurricane disaster 8._(occur) on the 8th September 1900.The disaster killed 6,000 people in 9._ population of 37,000 and destroyed 3,600 10._(building)【答案】1.destruction2.On3.worst4affecting5.ended6.had been killed7.which8occurred9.a10.buildings- 4 - 版权所有高考资源网
