2016-2017学年高中英语 unit 4 earthquakes新人教版必修1_1

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1、Unit4　EarthquakesSectionⅡ　Warmingup&Reading—LanguagePointsⅠ.单句语法填空1．________(destroy)bytheterribleearthquake，thetownwasleftalmostinruinsandallkindsofsupplieswerecutoff.答案：　Destroyed2．Thetwoboyslookedasifthey________(be)twins，fortheylookedsomuchlikeeachother.答案：　w

2、ere3．Yearsoffightinghaveleftthecityin____________(ruin)．Itwouldtakealotofmoneytorebuildit.答案：　ruins4．Thisisoneoftheworstnatural________(disaster)evertohitthearea.答案：　disasters5．Willtheclothinggiveprotectionagainst________(extreme)cold?答案：　extremely6．Jackhadtodrop

3、outoftheracebecausehisfootwasseriously________(injury)halfway.答案：　injured7．Deathfinallybroughtanendtoher________(suffer)．答案：　suffering8．It’s________(use)tryingtotalktoherbecausesheneverlistens.答案：　useless9．Wewerewarnednottotalkto________(report)．答案：　reporters10．T

4、hecoal________(mine)wereworkingundergroundinuncomfortableconditions.答案：　miners11．Withmoreforests________(destroy)，hugequantitiesofgoodeartharebeingwashedawayeachyear.答案：　destroyed12．Itwasa________(shock)story，andweallgot________(shock)．答案：　shocking；shockedⅡ.阅读理解7

5、Everyyeartherearehundredsofearthquakesindifferentpartsoftheworld.InSeptember,1923，TokyoandYokohamawerebothdestroyedbyanearthquakeandthefiresthatfollowedit.Theyhadtobecompletelyrebuilt.OneofthemostseriousearthquakeswasinChina’sShanxiProvincein1556.Itkilledalmoston

6、emillionpeople.Wemeasureanearthquake’sstrengthontheRichterScale.TheRichterScalewasintroducedin1935inSouthernCaliforniaintheUSA.Itmeasuresearthquakesonascaleofonetoten.Anyearthquakemeasuringfiveormoreisusuallyserious.TheEarth’scrust(地壳)ismadeupofrockcalledplates.A

7、stheseplatesmove，theysometimescrash(撞)againsteachother，causingthecrusttoquake.IncitiessuchasTokyo，wheresmallquakeshappenquiteoften，manymodernbuildingsaredesignedtobeflexiblesowhentheEarthmoves，theymovewithit.Earthquakescanalsobreakupgasandoilpipes.Thiscancausefir

8、estobreakout，whichcandoasmuchdamageastheearthquakeitself.Anothereffectofearthquakesistsunamis.Thesearehugewavescreatedbyearthquakesbeneaththesea.Theycanbemanym