***Unit 4 Natural Disasters***

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一、根据提示写出下面单词

1. R_____ workers and soldiers were sent to help those who were _____(被困) under the building.

2. The first thing he did was to find _____(遮蔽处) from the freezing wind and snow.

3. His mother stood there, w______ goodbye to her son on the train.

4. A powerful typhoon ________(袭击) our town several years ago and a large number of people became homeless.

5. Some children were _______(滑行；滑动) on the ice happily when they heard someone _____(cry) for help.

6. He s_____ from poor eyesight and could no longer read properly.

7. The plane c_____ into the mountain, fortunately the pilot managed to survive.

8. In the traffic accident, the ________(幸存者) were all badly injured.

9. Universities should be about the acquisition(习得) of knowledge, ______(智慧) and understanding.

10. In 1892 Coubertin first put forward his idea to _____(恢复) the Olympic Games but failed.

二、单句语法填空

1. The mother, along with her two children, ______(rescue) from the sinking boat.

2. As far as I’m concerned, staying up late every day is certain _____(affect) your heath seriously.

3. The old man went through a lot of _____ in the old days. What’s worse, he ______ from heart attack when he was in his eighties. (suffer)

4. The news ______(shock) the public, leading to great concern about students’ safety at school.

5. A rescue worker risked his life _____(save) two tourists who _______(trap) in the mountains for two days.

6. _____(bury) in study, he didn’t notice that all the others had left.

7. He treats me as if I ______(be) his own daughter.

8. What you said left us _____(lose) in thought.

9. I wonder why you refused _____(deliver) my letters to my home last week.

10. In my opinion, playing tame games outdoors with your friends is an ______(effect) way to get rid of anger.

三、写出方框里词组含义，并用其适当形式完成句子

make joint efforts_____

in ruins ______

cause great damage to______

in an effort to do...______

in shock _____

be trapped in ______

calm (sb.) down ______

suffer from _____

come into effect _______

have a great effect on ______

as usual _______

dig out _____

set up ________

1.A terrible earthquake nearly destroyed everything, leaving almost everything _____.

2.The old farmer was very upset because the strong winds ______ his crops.

3.I looked at my husband ______, waiting for him to tell me that I had misunderstood everything.

4. ______ catch the opportunity, I made every effort to finish the assignment perfectly.

5. ______; there’s no need to be upset about it.

6. We would _______ to help survivors rebuild their homes.

7.The measures taken by the local government will _______ next month.

8.Smartphones which are now universally recognized as a must, _______ us.

9.It was reported that an American couple had ______ a lot of gold coins from their own yard.

10. Although I got up with a headache, I went to work _______.

四、完成句子

1. 现在越来越多的人意识到(aware)自然灾害与我们日常生活对地球所做的事情有关。

Now ______ people have _____ that _____ have much to do with _____ we have done to the earth.

2. 听到我们队获胜的消息，他没有感到兴奋，这使我很困惑(leave)。

_____ the news that our team won the game, he didn’t feel excited, _______.

3. 另一个让我们永不放弃的理由是：只有努力，我们才能从错误中学习。

Another reason ______ we should never give up is that _____

_______.

4. 被困在孤岛上的游客靠抓海里的鱼活下来了。

The traveler ________ the lonely island _____ on the fish ______(catch) in the sea.

5. 我突然想到还有另外一种方法可以解答这个数学题。

_______

6. Tom 正要关窗，这时一只小鸟引起了他的注意。

_______

7. 我们已经详细地讨论了这个计划，所以接下来我们应该不遗余力地实施它。

We have discussed this plan _______, so next we should ________.

8. 因为环境严重污染(with用法), 我发现要呼吸新鲜空气很难。

_______

9. His parents died two years ago, _______(使他成了孤儿orphan).[leave用法]

10. He went on working ________(好像什么都没发生过).

五、短文语法填空：

Though it is estimated(估计) that about 500,000 earthquakes occur each year, only 100 of which cause damage! However 1_______ earthquake could occur any time of the day or night so it pays to be prepared if you are 2_____(fortunate) caught in the middle of one.

If you are indoors, stay indoors unless you are in the ground floor 3_______ you can easily run outside. The best thing 4______(do) if you are indoors is hide under a strong piece of furniture(家具) like a bed 5_____ desk. Do not try to head for the stairway 6______ you are living in an upper storey, as 7______(chance) are that the stairways may collapse(倒塌).

If you 8________(drive) on the road, get out of the traffic and stop on a clear stretch of the road. Do not stop on a bridge. Stay inside your car until the shaking 9_____(stop). before you resume driving, look 10________ for cracks, breaks in the road and bumps. Try to reach an open ground if you can.

六、七选五

It came with destructive force, a natural disaster that shocked the world and killed tens of thousands. The waters have now receded(退去), but diseases and food and water shortages trouble a number of countries around the Indian Ocean.

Food and water

The number of survivors in need of food aid after the Indian Ocean disaster has climbed to 5 million people. 1________ Relief teams hope to reach all of the estimated 700,000 hungry survivors in Sri Lanka within three more days. It could take longer before enough food aid gets to the nearly 1 million people in need in hard-to-reach parts of Indonesia. 2________.

Disease

3________ World Health Organization(WHO) crisis chief David Nabarro said 50,000 more people could die from diseases and other causes. WHO said it had already received a handful of reports of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

Trauma(精神创伤)

Psychologists are warning that mental health problems caused by the tsunami could prove harder to resolve than the physical damage.

Some survivors say they are troubled by recurring nightmares(噩梦) about walls of water. 4_______ Although the Thai Government has offered to build temporary(临时的) beachside housing, many refugee families are refusing to come down from the hills. Others are afraid to go back to jobs on the sea.

Rebuilding

Over 150,000 people were killed by the tsunami, but hundreds and thousands more have been left with no means to make a living. Dakshina Murti, a fisherman, not only lost three family members, but also lost his boats, his nets, everything. “Everything’s gone,” he says. 5________ For now, rebuilding the economy remains a distant concept.

A. Many locals are afraid to return to beachside homes.

B. Another serious problem is the need for clean water.

C. The number could rise further, the United Nations has said.

D. People around the world offered their timely and selfless help.

E. It was difficult to deliver food to the more than 1,000 islands.

F. There are several million people who suffered the same experience.

G. For those who survived the tsunami’s force, disease is now the No. 1 problem.

***参考答案***

一、1. Rescue, trapped 2. shelter 3. waving 4. struck 5. sliding, crying 6. suffered 7. crashed 8. survivors 9. wisdom 10. revive

二、1. were rescued 2. to affect 3. sufferings; suffered 4. shocked 5. saving, were trapped 6. Buried 7. were 8. lost 9. to deliver 10. effective

三、1. in ruins 2. caused great damage to 3. in shock 4. In an effort to 5. Cam yourself down 6. make joint efforts 7. come into effect 8. have a great effect on 9. dig out 10. as usual

四、1. an increasing/a growing number of, realised/been aware, natural disasters, what

2. Hearing, which left me puzzled/ leaving me puzzled

3. why, we can learn from mistakes only if/as long as we make our efforts

改写：only if we make our efforts can we learn from mistakes

4. (who was) trapped on, survived, (which was) caught

5. It suddenly hit/struck/occurred to me that there was another solution to the math problem.

或Another solution to the math problem suddenly hit/struck/occurred to me.

6. Tom was about to close the window when his attention was caught by a bird/a bird caught his attention.

7. at length/in detail, spare no efforts to carry it out.

8. With the environment seriously polluted, I find it hard to breathe fresh air.

9. leaving him an orphan

10. as if nothing had happened