1、Unit 4 Earthquakes Section Warming Up shocked 句意:这是一个令人震惊的故事,所有学生感到大吃一惊。shocking“令人震惊的” ,指事或人本身的性质;shocked “感到震惊的” ,指人的心理感受。8All the students havent finished their homework._, because some students watched the final football match until far into the night.答案:No all 与 not 连用构成部分否定,答语中 No 的意思是“对,是的” 。
2、.阅读理解After a serious earthquake happened, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to his sons school, only to find that the building where his son studied had collapsed and looked like a pancake(煎饼) He was shocked. He didnt know what he should do for a while, then he remembered the words he
3、 had said to his son, “No matter what, Ill always be there for you!” And tears began to fill his eyes. He started digging through the ruins.As he was digging, other helpless parents and the firemen arrived and tried to pull him off the ruins, saying, “Its too late! Theyre all dead! Theres nothing yo
4、u can do!”To them he replied with one line, “Are you going to help me now?”And then he kept on digging.No one helped, however. He went on alone because he needed to know for himself, “Is my boy alive or is he dead?” He dug for eight hours.12 hours.24 hours.36 hours.then, in the 39th hour, he pulled
5、back a rock and heard his sons words. He shouted his sons name, “ARMAND!”He heard back, “Dad!?! Its me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, youd save me and when you saved me, theyd be saved. You promised, No matter what happens, Ill always be there for you!Y
6、ou did it, Dad!”“Whats going on in there? How is it?”the father asked.“There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. Were frightened, hungry, thirsty and thankful youre here. When the building fell down, it made a triangle, and it saved us.”“Come out, boy!”“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, because I
7、 know youll get me! No matter what happens, I know youll always be there for me!”文章大意:本文描述了一次地震后父亲坚持从废墟中救出儿子的感人故事,因为他对儿子说过,无论发生什么,他都会与儿子在一起,儿子坚信这一点,所以他们战胜了这次灾难。1The underlined word“collapsed”probably means_.A倒塌 B摇晃C耸立 D颠簸答案:A 由第一段中地震后楼房像煎饼可断定 collapsed 应为“倒塌”之意,故选A。2Who came to help the father when
8、he was digging?AHis wife. BOther parents.CThe firemen. DNo one.答案:D 由第四段的第一句 “No one helped, however.”可知,当他挖掘时,没有人帮助他,故选 D。3Other parents and the firemen wanted to pull him off the ruins because they thought_.Ahe was madBall the children had died in the earthquakeChe was too dangerous to othersDit w
9、as not his job to dig答案:B 由第三段中的“Its too late! Theyre all dead! Theres nothing you can do!”可知,当时其他父母和消防队员想把他从废墟中拖走是因为他们认为所有的孩子都在地震中丧生了,故选 B。4How many students were still alive when the father found them in the ruins?AFourteen. BThirtythree.CFortyseven. DNineteen.答案:A 由第六段的第一句 “There are 14 of us lef
10、t out of 33, Dad.”可知,当时仍有 14个孩子活着,故选 A。5We can learn from the passage that_.Ait took the father one day to find his son and other studentsBhis wife died in the earthquakeChis son was the last one to come out of the ruinsDthe son didnt believe his father would come to save him答案:C 由第四段可知他花了 39 个小时才找到
11、儿子和其他孩子,所以 A 项不正确;由第一段的第一句可知,他妻子很安全,没有死,故 B 项不正确;由第四段的最后几句可知儿子非常自信父亲将会来救他,故 D 项不正确;由最后一段的第一句“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, because I know youll get me!”可知,儿子是最后一个从废墟里出来的,故选 C。.完形填空Ill never forget May 12 , 2008. We were having classes at Beichuan Middle School, Sichuan Province, when a huge
12、_1_hit the area.At about 2:28 pm., our_2_, Mr Wang, was teaching us singing on the fourth floor of the Teaching Building. _3_we felt the building shaking violently. It was an earthquake! Our building starting to_4_. It was too late to rush out to the_5_. We were told to hide under the desks._6_later
13、, the whole building fell down. We were_7_and couldnt move a little at all. No one could really imagine at that split second, how much pain we had_8_or how desperate(绝望)we felt as we waited to be_9_. I heard Mr Wang calling our names again and again.Hours later, some people came to rescue and_10_of
14、us were saved luckily.Later, I_11_this huge earthquake scaled 8.0 magnitude. It hit several provinces including Sichuan, Gansu and Shanxi. So far it has_12_more than 80,000 and injured 360,000. My hometownBeichuan was_13_the worsthit areas. Our school, which was_14_filled with vigor(活力)and laughter,
15、 was a dead valley.World after such a_15_could appear nothing but empty and pointless. So many peoples lives were taken away, so much _16_was done and the whole city was_17_. Beichuan has become a history.Now, some of my classmates and I were_18_to study in a middle school in Jiangsu Province. I sti
16、ll_19_dreaming and still strive for a better future: to make our homes beautiful yet_20_.May victims rest in peace. May survivors live to be stronger.文章大意:512 大地震已经远去,让我们借此日记重新走进那一个悲惨的日子。1A.rain BearthquakeCsnow Drock答案:B 由 3 空后的“It was an earthquake!”可知,是“地震” 。2A.classmate Bparent Cfriend Dteacher答
17、案:D 由该空后的“was teaching us singing”可知,是我们“老师” 。3A.Finally BLuckily CSuddenly DActually答案:C 我们正在学歌“突然 ”感到大楼在剧烈地摇晃。suddenly“突然地” 。4A.fall Bstand Crun Dwalk答案:A 我们的大楼要“倒塌 ”。fall “跌倒” 。6 空有 fell down 提示。5A.home Bdesks Cclassroom Doutdoors答案:D 冲到“外面”去已经来不及了。 outdoors“在户外,在露天,往户外” 。6A.Minutes BWeeks CHours
18、 DDays答案:A 由常识知, “几分钟后 ”我们的大楼倒塌了。7A.trapped Bstayed Cplayed Dpacked答案:A 我们被“困”住了,动弹不得。 be trapped“被困住” 。8A.lived Bsuffered Cenjoyed Descaped答案:B 没有人能想像在我们等待 “救援”的那一刻我们“遭受”了怎样的痛苦,我们是多么的绝望。suffer“ 遭受,经历” 。9A.ignored Brecovered Crescued Dremembered答案:C rescue“救援” ;ignore“忽视,不理睬” ;recover “恢复,康复” ;remem
19、ber“记忆” 。10A.all Bsome Cnone Deach 答案:B 由常识知, “一些人 ”被救了出来。11A.found out Badded up Ccame up Dset down答案:A 后来我“查明”这次地震的震级是里氏八级。find out“找出,发现,查明” ;add up“加起来 ”;come up“ 出现” ;set down “记下” 。12A.devoted Bhelped Ckilled Dconcerned答案:C 这次地震使八万多人失去了生命。 kill“杀死” 。13A.outside Bwith Cbetween Damong 答案:D 我的家乡北
20、川是受灾最厉害的地区之一。 among“在之中,在中间”。14A.now Bonce Cthen Dnever答案:B 我们学校“曾经” 充满活力和笑声,现在成了死亡之地。once “曾经” 。15A.attitude Btrouble Cdisaster Dexperience答案:C “灾难”过后,世界好像空洞洞的没有意义。disaster“灾难” ;attitude“态度” ;trouble “困难” ;experience“经历” 。16A.life Bdamage Churt Ditem答案:B 很多人的生命被剥夺了,造成了巨大的 “伤害” ,整座城市成为了“废墟” 。do dama
21、ge“造成伤害 ”。17A.in ruins Bdug out Cas usual Dset up答案:A in ruins“成为废墟” ;dig out“发掘到,发现,找出 ”;as usual“照例,像往常一样” ; set up“建立,创立” 。18A.judged Bpersuaded Cjoined Dorganized答案:D 我们一些同学被“ 组织”到了江苏省的一所中学学习。organize“组织,安排” 。19A.keep on Bgive in Ccare about Dgo through答案:A 我“不停地”梦想有个美好的未来。 keep on“继续不断,保持” ;giv
22、e in“屈服,让步” ;care about“关心,惦念” ;go through “经历,经受” 。20A.peaceful Bsafe Cgrateful Dactive答案:B 把我们的家乡建设得美丽 “安全” 。safe “安全的 ”,与此次发生了地震不安全对应。peaceful“和平的,安静的” ;grateful “感激的,感恩的” ;active“积极的” 。.语法填空阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当内容(不多于 3 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。【全国新课标卷题型】Phyllis Rawlins house was destroyed after a tornado(龙卷风
23、) swept through her town of Kokomo, Ind., on Sunday. Last summer, she lost _1_ husband of over 40 years, Edgar. In the tornados rubble(瓦砾), Rawlins searched _2_ Edgars wedding ring. “Digging and praying. Digging and praying, ” she told local station Fox 59.“It was everything to me, because thats one
24、 thing that I had, ” she said.Rawlins had been visiting family in Kentucky _3_ the storm came through. She returned to find her home _4_(complete) in pieces. “This was the house that love built, ” she told WTHR. Without her husband _5_ her house, she was determined to find the ring. But locating it
25、among the piles of rubble seemed to be _6_(hope). Somehow, her brother _7_(spot) something under a piece of the roof and called her over. The ring, _8_(bury) in the rubble, had turned up. “It was a miracle, ” Rawlins said. “We both just hugged each other, crying. That was_9_I had searched and search
26、ed for, ” When all was lost,_10_ special ring he left was finally found.“Im very strong with my faith, and I know that God is in control of everything, the good and the bad, ” Rawlins said. 1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6_ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._答案:1. her 2. for 3. when 4. completely 5. or 6. hopeless 7. spotted 8. bu
27、ried 9.what 10. the【辽宁卷题型】Mary (M) is talking about keeping pets with Wesley(W), her friend.M:Is this dog yours?W:Of course.M:I think its _1_ waste of time to keep pets.W:_2_ having pets has many advantages.M:Really?W:In keeping our dogs or cats we_3_ learn about various diseases that affect them, a
28、nd the cures for these diseases. We can also learn how much sleep they need and what kind of food keeps _4_ healthy. Animals, fish and birds have a lot of things in common _5_ human beings.M:Is that all?W:No. Pets are completely dependent on their owners and the owners should respond to this depende
29、nce by looking after them. So keeping pets _6_(make) people have a sense of responsibility.M:Do you encourage your children _7_(keep) pets?W:Yes, it will help improve their general education. And it is a _8_(interesting) way to learn, _9_(compare) with the biology lesson in school.M:Can you give me some advice on how to keep a pet?W:In deciding to keep a pet, we make ourselves responsible for _10_(provide) proper food and shelter for the pet.M:Thank you. Byebye.W:Bye.1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6_ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._答案:1.a 2.But 3.can 4.them 5.with 6makes 7.to keep 8.more interesting pared10providing