1、 Unit 4 Earthquakes课文与语法填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the village wells kept rising and 1 (fall).Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in 2 . A smelly gas came out of the cracks. In 3
2、 farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous 4 (eat). 5 (mouse) ran out of the fields 6 (look) for places to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. At about 3:00 am 7 July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could 8 (hear) outside the city
3、of Tangshan even when no 9 (plane) were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. But the one million people of the city, 10 thought little of these events,were asleep as usual that night. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 答案 1.falling 考查非谓语动词。keep doing.持续做,此处 falli
4、ng 和 rising 并列作kept 的宾语。2.them 考查代词。them 指代前面的“walls” 。3.the 考查冠词。此处表示特指。4.to eat 考查固定用法。too.to.太而不能。5.Mice 考查名词单复数。此处泛指老鼠,故用复数形式。6.looking 考查非谓语动词。look 和句子主语是主动关系,故用现在分词作状语。7.on 考查介词。在具体某一天用介词 on。8.be heard 考查语态。主语 the sound of planes 与动词 hear 之间为被动关系。9.planes 考查名词单复数。根据谓语部分的 were 可知,此处需用复数形式。10.wh
5、o 考查定语从句。此处引导非限制性定语从句,先行词为 people,且从句中缺少主语,故填 who。课文与短文改错根据课文内容,对下面材料进行修改。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。Congratulations! We are pleased to telling you that you have win the high school speaking competition about new Tangshan. Your speech was heard by the group of five judges, all of wh
6、o agreed that it was the best one this year. Your parents and your school should be proud you! Our office would like to have you speaking in the new park, which will honor those who were died in the terrible disaster. What you know, this is the day when the quake happened more than thirty years befo
7、re. We invite you to bring your family and friends on that specially day.答案 Congratulations! We are pleased to you that you have the high school speaking competition about new Tangshan. Your speech was heard by group of five judges, all of agreed that it was the best one this year. Your parents and
8、your school should be proud of you! Our office would like to have you in the new park, which will honor those who were died in the terrible disaster. you know, this is the day when the quake happened more than thirty years . We invite you to bring your family and friends on that day.be pleased to do
9、 sth.很高兴做某事。此处为现在完成时,所以此处应用过去分词。a group of 一组,一群。定语从句的先行词为 judges,指人,且关系词前面有介词,故应用 whom。be proud of.因而自豪。have sb. do sth.使某人做某事。die 为不及物动词,无被动语态。此处引导非限制性定语从句,从句位于句首,需用 as 引导。more than thirty years ago 30 多年以前,和一般过去时连用。修饰名词需用形容词形式。话题知识与写作. 根据提示翻译下列句子。1.一天夜里,一切都开始摇晃起来。(shake)2.水管爆裂,电被切断。(burst;cut off
10、)3.世界似乎到了末日。(It seemed as if.;be at an end)4.有些人受伤了,有些人被埋在废墟下,还有些人失踪了。(injure;bury)5.从那时的情况判断,还有一些被困人员等待着救援。(judge from;trapped;rescue)6.并不是没有了希望。(all.not.)7.士兵立刻就被派来营救他们。(right away;rescue). 将以上句子连成一篇语言流畅、用词准确、逻辑严密的短文。答案 .1.One night,everything began to shake.2.The water pipes were burst and the el
11、ectricity was cut off.3.It seemed as if the world was at an end.4.Some people were injured, some buried under the ruins and some missing. 5.Judging from the situation then, there were a number of trapped people waiting for the rescue.6.All hope was not lost.7.The soldiers were sent to rescue them ri
12、ght away.参考范文One night,everything began to shake,with the pipes bursting and the electricity cut off. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Some people were injured, some buried under the ruins and some missing. Judging from the situation then, there were a number of trapped people waiting for th
13、e rescue. All hope was not lost, because soldiers were sent to rescue them right away.单元词汇拓展速记1.表示“专注”的搭配be buried in be occupied inbe absorbed in be engaged inbe devoted to apply oneself toconcentrate onfocus/fix ones attention onput ones heart into2.“灾害”词汇earthquake n.地震disaster n.灾难;不幸drought n.旱灾;干旱hurricane n.飓风eruption n. (火山)喷发tsunami n.海啸sandstorm n.沙尘暴fog and haze 雾霾mud-rock flow 泥石流3.“think”构成的短语think little of 认为没价值think highly of 重视;看得起think well of 重视think poorly of 轻视think badly of 认为不好think to oneself 心里想think over 仔细考虑think up 想出;构思出
