1、Unit 4 Earthquakes课时作业15Grammar.把下列句子改写成定语从句1Wheat is a plant. It is planted in the north of China.Wheat is a plant, which_is_planted in the north of China.2This is the scientist. His name is known to everyone.This is the scientist whose name is known to everyone.3You lost a dictionary in the school
2、 library last week. Have you found it?Have you found the dictionary (that/which)_you_lost in the school library last week?4I saw the short old man in the meeting room this morning. Now where is he?Where is the short old man (whom/that/who)_I_saw in the meeting room this morning?5The great man once l
3、ived in that house. Can you show me around the house?Can you show me around the house (which/that)_the_great_man_once_lived in?6Pandas eat bamboo. It is almost the only food they like. Pandas eat bamboo which/that is almost the only food they like.7You often talk of your professor. Is that old man t
4、he professor?Is that old man the professor (that/whom)_you_often_talk_of?8I will always remember the days. I spent those days in that beautiful city with my husband.I will always remember the days (that/which)_I_spent in that beautiful city with my husband.9That is the college. I visited that colleg
5、e two months ago.That is the college (that/which)_I_visited two months ago.10The house is mine. The window of the house is broken.The house whose window/the window of which/of which the window is broken is mine.单句填空1John is the boy whose legs were badly injured in the accident.2You might search on t
6、he Internet for comments or news stories about this school that/which may interest you.3He is the only one of the students that/who_knows (know) English in the team.4This is a position which/that most of us want to get.5The building, whose_roof (roof) can be seen here, is the biggest supermarket in
7、town.6My hometown is no longer the town that/不填 it used to be ten years ago.7After the flooding, people were suffering in that area, who needed clean water very much.8A teacher is a person who/that_passes (pass) knowledge to the student.9The prize will go to the writer whose story shows the most ima
8、gination.10Youll find taxis waiting at the bus station which/that/不填 you can hire to reach your host family.句型训练1Finally, the thief handed everything (that)_he_had_stolen to the police. (steal)最后，那个小偷向警察交出了他偷的所有的东西。2She is the only one of the students in our class that/who_has_ever_been_to Beijing.
9、(be)她是我们班唯一一个去过北京的学生。3She took photographs of the things and people (that)_she_was_interested_in. (interested)她把她感兴趣的人和物都拍摄了下来。4The people whose_houses_were_destroyed/the_houses_of_whom_were_destroyed/of_whom_the_houses_were_destroyed in the earthquake were rescued by the soldiers. (destroy)在地震中被毁了房
10、屋的人们被战士们营救了。5Yesterday, I happened to meet, in the shopping centre, the professor (who/whom/that)_I_knew at a party. (know)昨天在购物中心，我碰巧遇见了那位我在一次聚会上认识的教授。.完形填空Earthquakes are very common and thousands of them happen nearly every day. But most are _1_ weak to feel. During a _2_ earthquake, there is oft
11、en a great noise first. Then the earth _3_ terribly and many houses _4_ down. Railway tracks break and trains go _5_ lines; a great many factories are _6_； thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes. _7_ the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake _8_， other disasters such as
12、fires often _9_. More buildings are destroyed and more _10_ are caused. It is well known of the _11_ of a possible earthquake, and for centuries men have been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2,000 years ago, _12_， a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng _13_ a machine which could find out f
13、rom which _14_ the seismic waves had come, and this machine is still _15_ by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and _16_ they happen, but we still cannot _17_ exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot _18_ it from happening. So earthquakes are among the _19_
14、 disasters in the world.No one can stop natural earthquakes. _20_， scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.本文是一篇说明文。文章说明了地震的破坏力以及人们对地震所做的研究，尤其介绍了张衡及地动仪。没有人能阻止地震的发生，但科学家们可以在减少地震的破坏性方面有所帮助。1A.very BtooCquite Dso答案：B解析：此处是说有些地震太弱了，以至于人们感觉不到，句中使用的是“too.to
15、.”结构，意为“太而不能”。2A.real BweakCbig Dsmall答案：C解析：根据其后的“there is often a great noise first”可推知应选big。3A.moves BshakesCjumps Dbreaks答案：B解析：由常识可知，发生地震时地面在晃动(shake)。4A.get BputCset Dfall答案：D解析：地震导致房屋倒塌(fall down)。get down“下来”；put down“放下”；set down“记下，写下”。5A.off BonCinto Dbehind答案：A解析：由“Railway tracks break”可
16、知铁轨断了，火车脱轨(off)了。6A.burst BstruckCdestroyed Dburied答案：C解析：工厂被破坏(destroyed)。burst“爆发”，strike“袭击，攻击”，bury“掩埋”，均不符合句意。7A.Except BBesidesCInstead of DBecause of答案：B解析：由第8空后的“other disasters”可知“除了”地震造成的损失之外，还有别的灾难，故B项正确。8A.lonely BlaterCthemselves Ditself答案：D解析：与后面的火灾相对应，强调地震“本身”造成的破坏。9A.follow BcopyCcom
17、e Denter答案：A解析：此处表示伴随地震而来的灾害，故填follow表示“跟着”。10A.quakes BdeathsCdifficulties Dresults答案：B解析：由于火灾随之而来，在原来地震造成的房屋倒塌和人员死亡的基础上有更多的房屋倒塌和人员死亡。11A.information BquestionsCdangers Dfrights答案：C解析：由常识可知，地震是很危险的。12A.as a result Bin factCfor example Das well答案：C解析：下面是作者的举例，说明人们为预测地震所做的研究，故选C项。13A.invented Bdiscov
18、eredCfound Dbought答案：A解析：invent指发明原来世上不存在的东西或事物，符合句意。discover“发现”；find“发现，找到”；buy“买”。14A.country BdirectionCways Dcity答案：B解析：预测地震波从什么方向传过来。因而选direction(方向)符合句意。15A.improved BrepairedCprotected Dused答案：D解析：现代的科学家仍然在“使用”张衡发明的地动仪。由still可知D项正确。16A.where BwhenCwhat Dwhy答案：D解析：由后面的“when and where”判断，此空应选w
19、hy。17A.speak BtellCtalk Dpoint答案：B解析：此处tell表示“说明白，讲清楚”。18A.make BprepareCstop Dlet答案：C解析：我们已经研究出为什么会发生地震，但无法预测它什么时间，在哪里发生，也无法阻止它发生。stop.(from) doing.“阻止做”。19A.worst BbestCmost Dfastest答案：A解析：由于无法准确预测地震何时发生，故认为其是严重的灾难之一，由此可知应选worst(最坏的)。20A.However BButCAnd DSo答案：A解析：前后句存在转折关系，but表示转折时不用逗号与其后内容隔开，故B项
20、排除。.语法填空Tom is a primary student _1_ is interesting and funny. Now he is having supper at the new table _2_ his father bought only yesterday afternoon. A little white dog _3_ name is Maomao is sitting beside him. It is waiting for food _4_ Tom gives to it from time to time. Suddenly, Toms mother _5_
21、 also likes the white dog very much says, “Tom, have you seen, the book _6_ I bought last week in the bookstore _7_ your aunt works? I wrote the date on it when I would have to pay the bills _8_ must be paid in time.” Smiling, Tom looks down at Maomao, _9_ is sitting right on the book now. He says s
22、oftly, “Run away from the book _10_ mother is looking for, or shell punish you.”1who/that2.which/that3.whose4.which/that5who/that6.which/that7.where8.that/which9which10.which/that.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜
23、线()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。The other day, on my way to home, I saw an old man surrounded by a great many people. As turned out that the old man was begging for some money. What surprised me was that the old man is neatly dressed, looking different fro
24、m other beggar. My curiosity was aroused and I made up my mind to finding out the truth. I gave some small change to him, but he thanked me, nodding with smile. When there was fewer people, the old man told us that he was collecting money to raise some orphans. Being old, he cant do tough work like before. What a respectful man he is!答案