1、Unit 5The power of nature主题语境:人与自然灾害防范Section Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending课后篇巩固提升一、写作词汇预习Reading部分的词汇,完成下列小对话或语段。1.Are you interested in historical novels?(实际上),nothing interests me more than reading that kind of novels.答案Actually2.Do you know who will (被任命) as our new sales manage
2、r?Sorry,I dont know.答案be appointed3.Who are you (打招呼)?The man across the road.Its my uncle.答案waving at4.She looked very smart in a pale grey (套装).Yes,she did.答案suit5.Do you think he is lucky to get the job?(当然了).答案Absolutely6.Tom (前往) home when I drove (沿着) the road.答案was making his way;alongside二、阅
3、读词汇预习Reading部分的词汇,写出画线部分的汉语意思。Yesterday I paid a visit to my uncle,a scientist researching on volcanoes 1.When I entered his office,I saw a diagram 2. on the wall,showing when volcanoes erupt 3.He told me a volcano has much more potential 4. to cause damage than a hurricane 5. or an earthquake.He al
4、so told me that the ashes 6. will pollute the environment and cause damage to air travel.After lunch,I wore a helmet 7. and boots 8. and made my way to a live volcano.I collected much information for a database 9. about the volcano.答案1.火山2.图表3.喷发4.潜能5.飓风6.灰7.头盔8.靴子9.数据库三、用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空in the distan
5、cebe appointed asburn to the groundtake notice ofbe about tobe amazed atout of the waymake our way1.Visitors how much the town has changed.答案are amazed at2.Steven has to move because his house last night.答案was burnt to the ground3.I hope youll what Im going to tell you.答案take notice of4.I moved my l
6、egs so that she could pass.答案out of the way5.On a clear day you can see the temple .答案in the distance6.We begin our experiment when the supply of electricity was cut off.答案were about to7.Though it was dark,we to the village.答案made our way8.Mr Smith chairman of the meeting.答案was appointed as四、根据汉语及括号
7、内的提示,将下列句子翻译成英语1.原先没想到会有这么多人来参加会议。(Its unexpected that)答案Its unexpected that so many people would come to the meeting.2.夜幕降临,我们开始往家走。(独立主格结构)答案Night coming on,we set off for home.3.他今天早上打电话来的时候,我正准备离家。(be about to.when)答案I was about to leave home when he phoned this morning.4.在新房子里住下来后,他就着手写下一本书了。(用
8、分词形式)答案Having settled down in his new house,he set about writing his next book.5.我认为跟他讨论这个绝对有必要。(absolutely)答案I consider it absolutely necessary to talk about it with him.6.我们希望你们能够与我们并肩同行。(alongside)答案We hope youll walk alongside us.五、阅读理解Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii,Italy.They se
9、e the sights that Pompeii is famous for,such as its stadium,theatres,shops and restaurants.The tourists do not,however,see Pompeiis people.They do not see them because Pompeii has no people.No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,000 years.Once,Pompeii was a busy city of 22,000 people.It lay at the
10、 foot of Mount Vesuvius,a grass-covered volcano.Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries,so the people of Pompeii felt safe.But they were not.In August of AD 79,Mount Vesuvius erupted.The entire top of the mountain exploded,and a huge black cloud rose into the air.Soon stones and hot volcanic as
11、h began to fall on Pompeii.When the eruption ended two days later,Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes.Almost all of its people were dead.For centuries,Pompeii lay buried under stones and ashes.Then,in the year 1861,an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii.Slowly
12、and carefully,Ginseppe and his men dug.The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79.There were streets and fountains,houses and shops.There was a stadium with 20,000 seats.Perhaps the most important of all is that there were everyday objects,which tell us a great deal about the people w
13、ho lived in Pompeii.Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color in the bottom,so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine.They liked bread,too;metal bread pans were in every bakery,and in one bakery there were 81 round,flat loaves of bread a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today.Ti
14、ny boxes filled with a dark,shiny powder tell us that women like to wear eye-makeup.Ginseppe has died,but his work continues.One-fourth has not been uncovered yet.Scientists are still digging,still making discoveries that draw tourists to Pompeii.1.Why do large numbers of people come to Pompeii each
15、 year?A.To visit the volcano.B.To see how Pompeians lived.C.To watch sports and plays.D.To shop and eat there.答案B解析细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for,such as its stadium,theatres,shops and restaurants.”可知,游客来到庞培古城是为了看过去的庞培人是如何生活的,因为庞培城被火山灰掩埋而保持了原有的一切风貌。故选B项。2.Why had so m
16、any Pompeians remained by Mount Vesuvius?A.The city nearby offered all kinds of fun.B.The area produced the finest wine in Italy.C.Few people expected the volcano to erupt again.D.The mountain was beautiful and covered with grass.答案C解析细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius,a grass-cove
17、red volcano.Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries,so the people of Pompeii felt safe.But they were not.”可知,这座火山很长时间处于休眠状态,人们没料到它还会喷发。故选C 项。3.Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79?A.Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully.B.Because scientist
18、s successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects.C.Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched.D.Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted.答案C解析推理判断题。由第二段以及第三段的最后两句可知,由于火山突然喷发,人们在毫无准备的情况下就被埋葬了,几个世纪以来都没有被破坏,所以保留了当时全部的情景。故选C项。4.What do we know about the Pomp
19、eians who lived 2,000 years ago?A.They liked women wearing all kinds of make-up.B.They lived more or less the same as Italians now do.C.They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating.D.They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79.答案B解析细节理解题。根据文章第四段的内容可知,古代的庞培人的生活习惯和现代的意大利人的生活习惯差不多一样。故选B项
20、。六、语篇填空Dirty water rose in wells and canals before the earthquake.But no one judged that an earthquake was coming.1. (sudden),everything shook.It seemed as if the world was 2. an end.Millions of brick houses and a number of dams 3.(destroy).Railway tracks became useless bars.Pipes in mines burst and
21、 let out smelly steam.Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.The next day,this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers.With the reporters 4.(give) an outline of the disaster,the whole nation was shocked by the damage and the victims extreme 5. (suffer).People were moved 6. they read
22、that the 7.(survive) comforted each other by saying “Congratulations! You survived!”So they not only expressed their sympathy sincerely,but also organized together 8.(help) the victims right away.The injured were rescued and the dead 9.(be) buried.The 10.(frighten) people who survived were dug out from under the ruins and were offered shelter,fresh water and electricity.Thanks to peoples help,the loss was minimized.答案1.Suddenly2.at3.were destroyed4.giving5.suffering6.when7.survivors8.to help9.were10.frightened
