学练考高中英语Unit4EarthquakePeriodOneWarmingUp

Unit 4 Earthquake

Period One Warming Up & Reading

Ⅰ.在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式

1. On Jan. 4, a fire broke out at a building in Lankao, Henan Province, and most people ________(rescue)．

2. The police ________(trap) the thief into a situation where he could not escape.

3. Mr Richard hasn't got any time to play golf these days, because he is ________ (bury) in the research of bird language.

4. When the boss got to the factory ________ midnight, he found it ________ ruins.

5. The women ________(injure) in the accident should be given first aid.

6. On hearing the news that her son had won the game, she burst into ________ (laugh)．

7. He paced up and down in the drawing room, ________(extreme)concerned over the result of the interview.

8. The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities________(be) rising steadily since 1997.

9. It is well known to all that three fourths of the surface of the Earth________ (cover)with water.

10. The news that the president was hanged________(shock) everyone in that country.

Ⅱ.短语填空

a great number of; burst into; think little of; right away; dig out; at an end; in ruins; seem as if; be shocked by; be trapped in

1. The houses across the street are________________， but they were in good condition a few years ago.

2. If you are home and you smell gas, open a window and get out of the building ________________．

3. When the cows ran down the road, it ________________they were driven by an unseen hand.

4. We knew it was all over when we saw the building ______flames.

5. The whole society, not to mention the fifth estate, ________________the sad news of his passing away.

6. I might have ________________the fire if I had not run away fast enough.

7. She has gone to the library to ________________a few facts and figures for the report during the past week.

8. ________________people are beginning to realize that wealth is not equal to happiness.

9. It had got very cold, and I guessed the good weather was________________．

10. The teacher ________________the matter because he considered it a small potato.

Ⅲ.完成句子

1. When the game was over, they each came over and congratulated me as if I

__________________．(win)

比赛结束后，他们一个个跑过来向我祝贺，好像是我赢了这场比赛一样。

2. As a result of the sandstorm, three fourths of the bridges in the area __________________. (require)

由于沙尘暴的影响，这个地区四分之三的桥梁需要维修。

3．It was not until the third student was rescued that the teacher realized that his daughter __________________ the teaching building.(trap)

直到救出了第三个学生后，那个老师才意识到自己的女儿还被困在教学楼中。

4. As a teacher, in my opinion the students all have advantages, and the key is __________________ their own merits.(dig)

作为一名教师，在我看来学生都是有优点的，关键是怎么把他们自己的优点挖掘出来。

5. When she heard the news from the hospital that her father had died, she __________________. (burst)

听到从医院里传来她父亲去世的噩耗时，她突然放声大哭起来。

6. In the terrible earthquake, many a house in the area __________________，so they had to build new ones.(destroy)

在那次可怕的地震中，那个地区的许多房屋被毁，因此他们只好建造新的房屋。

7. By the time I got to where he was lying, it was clear that his sad life __________________________. (end)

等我赶到时，他躺在那里，悲惨的一生显然已几乎走到了尽头。

8. It was reported in the local newspaper that a number of priceless works of art __________________ from the gallery last night. (steal)

据当地报纸报道，美术馆中许多价值连城的艺术品昨夜被盗了。

9. The woman, tears in her face, watched her son ____________ sent into the operation room. (injure)

这个妇女泪流满面地看着她受伤的儿子被送进手术室。

10. Three days later, when firefighters put out the last of the flames, some 500 blocks in the city ____________．(ruin)

消防队员在三天后扑灭最后一处火焰时，城中已有近500个街区被夷为平地。

Ⅳ. 阅读理解

Robert Kohout, 39, was working outside his home last October when he heard a frightening noise. He turned round and saw Walter Graham's car sinking into 8 feet of water of the swimming pool a little distance away from his yard. Kohout immediately called to Graham's wife, Evelyn, to phone 911. Then he ran back to his house to get Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo to help, who were at w ork inside the house. “There was no time for second thoughts，” said Reif, a farmer's son. “The only thing to do is to get in the pool.”

The car doors were locked. Graham, 73, was unconscious, and his mercury was rapidly filling with water. Reif struggled to break the driver's side window with a hammer but had trouble getting it done underwater.

Finally, some four minutes after the car had fallen into the pool, the glass was broken. By then, Graham was floating at the top of the flooded passenger compartment.