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新视野大学英语3（Unit1~Unit6）练习题

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UNIT-6

Are you ready for an earthquake? If you live where earthquakes are a common 1. occurrence , you should take precautions and make preparations. You should have 2. Supplies of water and food at home and at work.

When you feel an earthquake, get under a table. Windows, bookcases, and other heavy objects may not 3. Withstand the shaking and could fall. So 4. Stay away from them. 5. Watch out for falling fragments. Get a firm 6. grip on something. And stay hidden 7. until the quake stops.

If you are in a tall building, and not near a table, move into a doorway or under a 8. horizontal beam and protect your head with your arms. Do not use the elevators (电梯).

If you're outdoors, move to a 9. clear area away from electrical wires.

If you're on a sidewalk near buildings, 10. duck into a doorway.

If you're driving, 11. pull over to the side of the road. 12. Avoid bridges. Also, stay away from other 13. dangerous places. Stay inside your car until the shaking is over.

If you're in a store or other 14. public place, you have something more to think about. Move away from shelves 15. containing objects that could fall. Be 16. Sensible . Do not rush for exits! Keep a pair of heavy shoes handy. If there is an earthquake, there will be lots of 17. fragments of broken glass.

If you're in a theater, 18. remain in your seat. As you sit, 19. Protect your head with your arms. When the shaking is over, 20. proceed directly to the nearest exit in a calm manner.

Arrange a meeting place with loved ones in case there is an earthquake.

UNIT-5

My grandfather passed away today. He had a 1. heart attack. 2. of his treatment he was in a lot of pain. You see, the doctors were able to keep his body 3. , even though there was little chance of saving him. The 4. part of it was that my grandfather, who had always been quite humorous, could 5. communicate after that. He just didn't seem to be the 6. person anymore.

My grandfather was a fat man. After the 7. , it took my grandmother, my mother and me to dress him each morning. After he was dressed, we 8. his pillow and sat him in his bed. His everyday life was wholly 9. of watching whatever was on the TV. He couldn't 10. change the channel.

The doctors had worked hard to 11. him alive. However, a few weeks 12. they told us something disappointing. The surgical 13. had not been successful. My grandfather's condition had no 14. of improvement. Next, X-rays showed my grandfather had obtained a lung 15. —a frequent problem with stroke patients. Drugs would make him sick and could not 16. him.

That was the time for us to make a 17. decision. On the one hand, we could not 18. to see our once vigorous grandfather suffering. He was living the painful, limited life to which the stroke had 19. him. On the other hand, we hated to be the one to decide to let nature take its course.

At last we decided that the right thing to do would be to let him die with 20.