1、Unit 6Disaster and hope课时作业(一)Starting out & Understanding ideas必备知识基础练进阶训练第一层.单词拼写1Earthquake is a kind of natural _ (灾难), which often results in many people being injured or killed.2Charities appealed for donations of food and clothing for victims of the _ (飓风)3An active volcano could _ (喷发) at an
2、y time!4We _ (立刻) come to the rescue if any problems happen.5Before some of you rush off on holiday, I do have one rather important _ (通告)6The effect of rainfall on _ (滑坡) is a widely discussed topic.7In a world that warms up by 3 ， it found that multiple changes to the colour of the oceans would _
3、(发生)8Heat the glass _ (管子) to the point that it can bend.9It was lucky that he got A _ (多，余) in the test.单句语法填空1The volcano is still active, as evidenced by the recent _ (erupt)2I was going to pay in cash when it suddenly _ (occur) to me that I had left my purse at home.3Anderson made the _ (announc
4、e) at the conference that the company would close next week.4Seeing nobody around, I ran away _ (immediate)5I didnt realize my mother loved me so much until I received her gift for my 18th birthday, a diary _ (record) my growth.6He, as well as his two classmates, _ (be) going to take part in a piano
5、 competition tomorrow.7We have entered into an age _ dreams have the best chance of coming true.8The news shocked the public, _ (lead) to great concern about studentssafety at school.9It is typical _ him to think about helping others in trouble.10_ (compare) with the earth, the sun is much larger.11
6、He is expected _ (arrive) at 9 oclock.用方框内短语的适当形式填空in the face of, step out of, pick up, after all, react to, whats more 1You cant change what happened, but you can change how you _ it.2When the star _ the house, he found he was surrounded by a lot of fans.3People speak highly of the boys bravery an
7、d calmness _ such an emergency.4It didnt take me long to _ my friend at the airport.5Its more convenient to take a subway than drive a private car.Quite so. _， its also a good way to support the lowcarbon lifestyle.6You really shouldnt have reacted to his comment on your work so violently. _， he mea
8、nt no harm to you.完成句子1直到摩托车看起来几乎像是新的，他才停止清洗。Not until the motorbike looked almost new _.2我们只有坚持我们的梦想，才能克服各种困难。_ we stick to our dreams can we be able to get over all kinds of difficulties.3毫无疑问，作为一位中国人，我熟悉我的国家。As a Chinese, _ I am familiar with my country.4这个项目预计下个月完工。The project is _ next month.5不
9、知道怎么办，他去找他的父母帮忙。_ what to do, he went to his parents for help.课文语法填空Today, the temperature in London is expected to reach 30 plus degrees, which is 1._ (usual) for London because the average high temperature in July is only 22 degrees. Going 2._ the stairs and onto the platform is like jumping into
10、a volcano thats erupting. Each summer in London definitely seems 3._ (hot) than the last. I suddenly feel a bit scared and perhaps I should start planning 4._ the future. I imagine putting my flat on the market and buying a boat. That way, when the Thames 5._ (rise) and there is a flood in London, I
11、ll still be able to get to work. Later, Im shocked by photos 6._ (show) that a hurricane in Asia has destroyed a town. Experts say this bad weather has occurred due to climate change. News like this makes me feel nervous. This inspires me 7._ (start) thinking about moving to space. “8._ next station
12、 is Bank！” comes the announcement. Thats my destination. I feel a fresh wind on my face 9._ (immediate) I step out of the station. Well, maybe I have been worrying too much. After all, its only 30 10._ (degree) outside！关键能力提升练进阶训练第二层.阅读The scientific study of earthquakes is comparatively new. Until
13、the 18th century, few factual descriptions of earthquakes were recorded, and the natural causes of earthquakes were not well understood.The earliest earthquake for which we have descriptive information occurred in China in 1177 BC. The Chinese earthquake catalog (目录) describes several dozen large ea
14、rthquakes in China during the next few thousand years. Earthquakes in Europe were mentioned as early as 580 BC, but the earliest for which we have some descriptive information occurred in the mid16th century. The earliest known earthquakes in Americas were in Mexico in the late 14th century and in P
15、eru in 1471, but descriptions of the effects were not well recorded. By the 17th century, descriptions of the effects of earthquakes were being published around the world.The most widely felt earthquakes in the recorded history of North America were a series that occurred in 18111812 near New Madrid
16、, Missouri. A great earthquake, whose magnitude is reported to have been about 8, occurred on the morning of December 16, 1811. Another great earthquake occurred on January 23, 1812, and a third, the strongest yet, on February 7, 1812. Aftershocks (余震) were nearly continuous between these great eart
17、hquakes and continued for months afterwards. These earthquakes were felt by people as far away as Boston and Denver. Because the population in these regions was small, the destruction of human life and property was slight.The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the most destructive in the re
18、corded history of North Americathe earthquake and the fire that followed killed nearly 700 people and left the city in ruins.1When did published descriptions of the effects of earthquakes become popular in the world?AIn the 1300s. BIn the 1400s.CIn the 1500s. DIn the 1600s.2What do we know about the
19、 earthquakes in 18111812 in North America?AThey killed a large number of people.BThey occurred in San Francisco.CThey could be felt very far away.DThey almost destroyed entire cities.3What can we infer from the passage?AFew earthquakes were scientifically studied before the 18th century.BEarthquakes
20、 can be avoided with the development of technology.CMost of the early earthquakes caused little damage.DPeople havent found the causes of earthquakes so far.4Whats the best title for this passage?AThe Scientific Study of EarthquakesBEarthquakes in HistoryCThe Effects of Earthquakes on HumansDWhy Ear
21、thquakes Occur.七选五The Science of Earthquakes_1_The surface of the earth is divided into different pieces. They are called tectonic plates (构造板块). When two plates suddenly slip past one another, an earthquake happens. This shakes the ground and everything on it.What causes earthquakes and where do th
22、ey happen? _2_ They are the inner core, outer core, mantle (地幔) and the earths crust (地壳). The crust and the top of the mantle make up a thick skin on the surface of the planet. But this skin is not all in one piece. It is actually made up of many tectonic plates. They are like puzzle pieces. These
23、pieces are always sliding around and bumping into each other. Sometimes their edges get stuck together. When this happens, the rest of the plate keeps moving. Eventually the edges come unstuck. _3_Why does the earth shake when there is an earthquake?Earthquakes send out waves in all directions. When
24、 they reach the earths surface, they shake the ground. _4_ The P wave squeezes and stretches the earth. The S wave shakes it up and down._5_Scientists use special tools to record and measure earthquakes. These tools are called seismographs. Recording from seismographs tells scientists when and where
25、 an earthquake took place. It can also tell scientists the size of an earthquake.AHow are earthquakes recorded?BThat is when an earthquake happens.CThere are different types of earthquake waves.DWhat is an earthquake?EThe earth has four main layers (层)FCan scientists predict earthquakes?GScientists
26、can tell where an earthquake took place by studying the P and S waves.完形填空I was driving on the freeway when I noticed heavy clouds rolling in. A storm was coming. Glancing at the boxes of _1_ in the back seat, I smiled to myself. The rain began beating _2_ against my car window, making driving impos
27、sible. I _3_ onto the shoulder of the road and stopped. The rain _4_ me of Hurricane Katrina.Hurricane Katrina struck when I was nine years old. I had _5_ it would strike us in Houston. It missed us, but other cities were not so lucky. I remembered watching the _6_. A reporter stood inside the Houst
28、on Astrodome, _7_ people. Many wore dirty clothes, and some had no shoes on their feet. I noticed a little boy behind the reporter _8_ an old teddy bear. Watching him, I knew I had to do something.The next day, my friends _9_ me at our volunteer club and we came up with a plan. We wanted to _10_ toy
29、s and give them to the kids at the Astrodome, which would bring some _11_ into the lives of these families. We _12_ the word to our schools and other organizations. Three days later, the collection boxes were overflowing with new toys! When we _13_ the Astrodome with our gifts, children flew toward
30、us from all directions, smiles lighting up their faces.BZZZZ. My cell phone brought me back to the present. To my joy, the storm had _14_ “Hector. We have more victims of yesterdays tornado (龙卷风)” “Well, Ive brought clothes Id like to donate to them. The _15_ delayed me, but Ill be there soon！” I ea
31、sed my car into the suddenly busy traffic. It felt good to know that I was making a difference again.1 A. toys BclothesCgifts Dshoes2 A. gently BlazilyCmerrily Dheavily3 A. came out Bset outCpulled off Dgot off4 A. warned BinformedCreminded Dconvinced5 A. worried BprayedCconfirmed Ddoubted6 A. news
32、BshowCgame Dperformance7 A. observing BentertainingCchallenging Dinterviewing8 A. hugging BkickingCselling Dthrowing9 A. greeted BjoinedCbothered Dannoyed10A. invent BselectCcollect Dproduce11A. freedom BhappinessCmotivation Dbelief12A. recited BtookCwhispered Dspread13A. left BdecoratedCentered Dme
33、asured14A. struck BpassedCstrengthened Dapproached15A. storm BtrafficCkid Dcall.语法填空Last Thursday, there was a big fire in a big shop in our city. At 8：16 that morning, 1._ the employees were working busily in the fourstoreyed building, heavy smoke was seen 2._ (come) out of the windows on the secon
34、d floor. The fire lasted nearly an hour, and the majority of the 345 employees managed 3._(escape) from the fire. Unfortunately, 7 were killed, and 23 injured, lightly or seriously.Some workers 4._ (complain) that aid came too late, 5._ the firemen did come just 10 minutes after the fire was reporte
35、d. To rescue everyone from the burning and smoking building in such a short time was too difficult. The only two exits of the big building were not enough for so many people to withdraw in 6._ hurry.The reason for the fire, according to an investigator, was 7._ someone broke the nonsmoking rule in t
36、he factory, because some cigarette ends 8._ (find). Next two weeks, 15 inspection teams will be working in all the factories 9._ turn, aiming to clear away the possibility of more fires. 10._ (hope), no disasters like this will happen again.Unit 6Disaster and hope课时作业(一)Starting out & Understanding
37、ideas必备知识基础练.单词拼写1disaster2.hurricane3.erupt4.immediately5.announcement6landslide7.occur8.tube9.plus.单句语法填空1eruption2.occurred3.annoucement4.immediately5recording6.is7.when8.leading9.of10.Compared11to arrive.用方框内短语的适当形式填空1react to2.stepped out of3.in the face of4.pick up5.Whats more6.After all.完成句子1
38、did he stop cleaning it2.Only if3.there is no doubt that4expected to be finished5.Not knowing.课文语法填空1答案与解析：unusual考查形容词。根据“because the average high temperature in July is only 22 degrees”可知30多度是不寻常的，故填 unusual。2答案与解析：down考查副词。根据 and onto 可知此处指的是下台阶，故填 down。3答案与解析：hotter考查形容词比较级。根据空后的 than 可知此处应用比较级，
39、故填 hotter。4答案与解析：for考查介词。plan for名词，表示“计划”，故填 for。5答案与解析：rises考查时态和主谓一致。主句用的是一般将来时，所以when 引导的时间状语从句应用一般现在时表将来，且 the Thames 为单数，故填 rises。6答案与解析：showing考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，所填词语为非谓语动词，且 photos 与 show 之间为主动关系，故填showing。7答案与解析：to start考查非谓语动词。inspire sb. to do sth. 为固定用法，故填 to start。8答案与解析：The考查冠词。根据 next s
40、tation 可知此处表示特指，应该用定冠词 The。9答案与解析：immediately考查连词。分析空格前后可知此处表示“一就”，故填 immediately。10答案与解析：degrees考查名词的数。根据前面的30可知此处应用复数形式，故填degrees。关键能力提升练.阅读【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章简要介绍了历史上有记载的几次大地震。1答案与解析：D根据第二段最后一句“By the 17th century, descriptions of the effects of earthquakes were being published around the world.”可知
41、答案为D。2答案与解析：C根据第三段中的“These earthquakes were felt by people as far away as Boston and Denver.”可知答案为C。3答案与解析：A根据第一段中的“Until the 18th century, few factual descriptions of earthquakes were recorded.”可推断答案为A。4答案与解析：B通读全文可知，本文简要介绍了历史上有记载的几次大地震，故答案为B。.七选五【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文，主要介绍了关于地震的一些知识。1答案与解析：D由“The surface o
42、f the earth is divided into different pieces. They are called tectonic plates(构造板块)When two plates suddenly slip past one another, an earthquake happens. This shakes the ground and everything on it.”可知，地球表面被分成不同的部分。它们被称为构造板块。当两个板块突然擦肩而过时，就会发生地震。这震动了地面和上面的一切事物。所以本段在向读者解释地震是什么。故D选项“地震是什么？”符合题意。故D选项正确。
43、2答案与解析：E由“They are the inner core, outer core, mantle(地幔)and the earths crust (地壳)”可知，它们是内核、外核、地幔和地壳。所以设空处要总说“地球有四个主要层”。故E选项“地球有四个主要层。”符合题意。故E选项正确。3答案与解析：B由空前“These pieces are always sliding around and bumping into each other. Sometimes their edges get stuck together. When this happens, the rest of
44、the plate keeps moving. Eventually the edges come unstuck.”可知，这些碎片总是四处移动、互相碰撞。有时它们的边缘会卡在一起。当这种情况发生的时候，板块的剩余部分继续移动。最终边缘会松脱。而这时候会发生地震。故B选项“那就是一场地震发生的时候。”符合题意。故B选项正确。4答案与解析：C由下文“The P wave squeezes and stretches the earth. The S wave shakes it up and down.”可知，纵波挤压并拉伸地球。横波上下摇动地球。所以设空处要总说“地震波有不同的类型。”故C选项
45、“地震波有不同类型。”符合题意。故C选项正确。5答案与解析：A由下文“Scientists use special tools to record and measure earthquakes.”可知，科学家使用特殊工具记录和测量地震。故该段主要描述地震是如何记录的，而该空作为小标题应具有概括功能。C项意为“地震是如何被记录的”，引出下文，符合语境。故正确答案为A。.完形填空【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文中讲述了去捐衣服的路上，一场暴风雨把“我”的思绪带回了飓风卡特里娜袭击时我和朋友为暂住在体育馆的孩子送玩具的那一幕。1答案与解析：B根据最后一段中的“Well，Ive brought cl
46、othes Id like to donate to them.”可知，此处指”我”要捐的衣服(clothes)，故选B项。2答案与解析：D根据空后的“making driving impossible”可知，雨下得很大，因此此处表示大雨猛烈地打在车窗上，故选D项。3答案与解析：C雨大得让“我”无法开车，所以“我”把车拐到路边停了下来。come out“出版”；set out“动身踏上”；pull off“驶离(道路)(停下或进入小路)”；get off“下车”。4答案与解析：C雨下得很大，让“我”想起了飓风卡特里娜。remind sb. of sth. 表示“使某人想起某事”，故选C项。5答
47、案与解析：A飓风卡特里娜来了，“我”自然是担心(worried)它会袭击我们。6答案与解析：A根据空后的 reporter 可知，这是新闻(news)里的情景，故选A项。7答案与解析：D结合常识及语境，记者自然是对人们进行采访(interviewing)，故选D项。8答案与解析：A“我”注意到记者后面的一个小男孩抱着(hugging) 一只旧泰迪熊。根据常识可知，泰迪熊是被抱着的，故选A项。9答案与解析：B根据空后的“and we came up with a plan”可知，“我”的朋友们加入了我们的志愿者俱乐部。join“加入到之中，与一道去”。故选B项。10答案与解析：C根据空后的“Th
48、ree days later，the collection boxes were overflowing with new toys！”可知，我们想收集 (collect) 一些玩具送给孩子们。11答案与解析：B给孩子们玩具自然是想给他们带来快乐(happiness)，故选B项。12答案与解析：D空后讲三天后，募捐箱里装满了新玩具，因此可推知我们向学校和其他组织传播了 (spread) 这个信息，故选D项。13答案与解析：C根据空后的“the Astrodome with our gifts”可知，我们带着礼物进入 (entered) Astrodome 体育馆，孩子们从四面八方朝我们飞奔而来
49、，脸上洋溢着笑容。故选C项。14答案与解析：B根据空前的“To my joy”可知，暴风雨已经过去(passed)，这让“我”感到非常高兴。故选B项。15答案与解析：A根据文章第一段可知，“我”在路上遭遇了暴风雨(storm)，所以停车耽搁了时间，故选A项。.语法填空【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。上周四一个工厂失火，造成了人员伤亡。失火原因据说是有人违反了禁烟规定。接下来的两周内，会有15个检查组轮流巡查，以消除更多火灾发生的可能性。1答案与解析：when考查定语从句。句意：那天早上8：16，当这栋四层楼里的员工正在忙碌工作时，有人看见浓烟从二层的窗户中冒了出来。这是一个定语从句，先行词为8：1
50、6 that morning，表示时间，且从句缺少时间状语，故填when。2答案与解析：coming考查现在分词。句意同上。smoke 与 come 之间是主动关系，故填 coming。3答案与解析：to escape考查非谓语动词。句意：火灾持续了将近一个小时，345名员工中大多数人从火灾里逃了出来。manage to do sth. 意为“设法做成某事”，故填 to escape。4答案与解析：complained考查动词的时态。句意：一些员工抱怨救援来得太晚，但是消防员的确在火势报道出来后的十分钟内就赶到了。文章使用的是一般过去时，且由后面分句中的 did 也可知，此处应使用一般过去时。
51、故填complained。5答案与解析：but考查连词。句意同上。根据句意可知，前后分句之间是转折关系，故填but。6答案与解析：a考查冠词。句意：这栋大楼仅有的两个出口不足以让这么多人迅速撤出。in a hurry 意为“迅速”，为固定搭配。故填a。7答案与解析：that考查表语从句。句意：据调查者说，起火原因是某个人违反了工厂的禁烟规定，因为一些烟头被找到了。设空处位于 was 后，且空后是一个完整的陈述句，不缺句子成分，所以这是一个表语从句，故填that。8答案与解析：were found考查动词的语态和时态。句意同上。全文使用的是一般过去时，所以此处也应使用一般过去时。some cigarette ends 与 find 之间是被动关系，所以用被动语态。且some cigarette ends 是名词的复数形式，故填 were found。9答案与解析：in考查固定搭配。句意：接下来的两周内，会有15个检查组轮流在所有工厂工作，以消除更多火灾发生的可能性。in turn意为“轮流，依次”，是固定搭配。故填in。10答案与解析：Hopefully考查副词。句意：希望这样的灾难不要再发生。设空处位于句首，修饰整个句子，应用副词形式。故填 Hopefully。
