1、 Unit 4 EarthquakesPeriod One Warming up, Pre-reading & ReadingGoals: 1.learn something about earthquakes 2. Practise listening , general comprehending , detail comprehending , deep comprehending and oral reading.Step I.Warming up :look at the two photos and describe what might happen to the objects
2、 in the photos.1._2._3._Step II. Pre-readingLook at the four photos,what do you think will happen before an earthquake:1._2._3._4._Step III.Reading I. Read the text and tell which of the following are true(T) or false (F)1.several days before the earthquake, people in Tangshan noticed some strange t
3、hings happening.( )2.People could hear the sound of plane when the plane was very high in the air.( )3.When the earthquake happened, no one outside Tangshan could hear it.( )4.The third paragraph of the reading passage tells us the great damage done to the city.( )5.After the earthquake, the army or
4、ganized rescue teams to help the people trapped in the ruins. ( )II.Choose the best answer according to the text.1.We can infer from the passage that _.A.the rescue came soon after the earthquake.B.The people were so afraid that they all ran awayC.There were few big earthquakes in historyD.All the h
5、ouses in the city fell down2.Why did not the people find out the sign of the earthquake?A. Because there were always planes flyingB. Because the water pipes cracked oftenC. Because there were bright lights in the sky D. Because people did not think of these events.3. Which of the following didnt hap
6、pen during the earthquake?A. There was a huge crack B. Steam burst out of the groundC .Many children were left without parents. D. Rescue teams were sent there4. Before the earthquake, the following happened except_.A. The water in the well rose and fell B. The well walls had cracksC. The animals we
7、re too nervousD. People all knew the matter5. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The earth did not sleep that nightB. An earthquake happened to TangshanC. The animals could not sleepD. Earthquake happens now and thenIII. Fill in the blanks according to the text.At about 3:00 a.m, on July 28, 1
8、976, people in Tangshan,Hebei province, woke up and saw bright lights in the sky. They didnt pay much attention and went back to bed as _that night.At 3:42 a.m. everything began to _.the greatest earthquake of the 20th century began eleven kilometers_below the city. It was heard in Beijing, which is
9、 more than two hundred kilometers_. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. Two -third of the people died or were_during the earthquake.Two survivors couldnt believe it was natural. Nearly everything was _. Most of the buildings were_and many farm animals died. Then later that afternoon,_big quake shook Tangshan. Some _workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.All hope was not lost.the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. Slowly, the city began to _again.*在课本中找出这些词组划上.立刻，马上 仿佛，好象结束，终结 严重受损，破败不堪掘出，发现 许多，大量的评价不高 象往常一样成为废墟 的数量
