1、Period ThreeExtended reading take the form of;far and wide;be separated from;in the distance 1.I heard someone shout to mebut I didnt know who he was. 2.His kindness spread, winning him a growing number of followers. 3.It is common knowledge that the Great Britain France by the English Channel. 4.Th
2、e World War in 1939 and ended in 1945, causing great harm to people all around the world. 5.Culture exchanges between the two countries are frequent these years, which often exhibitions, performances and so on. .句型训练 1.When we arrived atthe old village, we found it had completely changed. (宾语从句) 当我们
3、到达过去我们称为旧村庄的地方时,我们发现它彻底变了。 2.After she heard this, Mrs Ma was moved,. (with 复合 结构) 听到这话后,马夫人感动得热泪盈眶。 3.Since the 1970s many new applicationson me. 自从二十世纪七十年代以来,人们在我的身上找到了很多新的用途。 4.She looked aroundsomething. (as if省略句) 她环顾四周,好像在寻找什么东西。 5., I made a scarecrow. 为了吓跑鸟儿们,我做了一个稻草人。 .阅读理解 A Suddenly anoth
4、er thought went through Kates mind like an electric shock. An express train was due to go past about thirty minutes later. If it were not stopped, that long train, full of passengers, would fall into the stream. “Someone must go to the station and warn the station-master,” Kate thought. But who was
5、to go? She would have to go herself. There was no one else. In wind and rain she started on her difficult way. Soon she was at the bridge that crossed the Des Moines River, a bridge also built of wood, just like the bridge across Honey Creek. The storm had not washed this away, but there was no foot
6、path across it. She would have to cross it by stepping from sleeper(枕木) to sleeper. With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild floodwaters below. If she should slip, she would fall between the slee
7、pers, into the rapidly flowing stream. At lastshe never knew how long it had taken hershe felt solid ground under her feet. But there was no time to rest. She still had to run more than half a mile and had only a few minutes left. Unless she reached the station before the express did, many, many liv
8、es would be lost. She did reach the station just as the train came into sight. Fortunately the station- master was standing outside. “The bridge is down! Stop the train! Oh, please stop it!” Kate shouted breathlessly. The station-master went pale. He rushed into the station building and came back wi
9、th a signal light. He waved the red light as the train came into the station. It was not a second too early. ()1.What did Kate decide to do? A.Stop the express train. B.Check the signal light. C.Meet the passengers. D.Visit the station-master. ()2.Which of the following words best describes Kates jo
10、urney? A.Fruitless. B.Well-planned. C.Pleasant. D.Risky. ()3.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A.The station-master was unhealthy. B.Kates efforts paid off. C.The train arrived later than usual. D.The train failed to stop. B Earthquakes usually happen on the edges of large sections of the e
11、arths plates. These plates slowly move over a long period of time. Sometimes the edges, which are called fault lines, can get stuck, but the plates keep moving. Pressure slowly starts to build up where the edges are stuck and, once the pressure gets strong enough, the plates will suddenly move, caus
12、ing an earthquake. Generally before and after a large earthquake there will be smaller earthquakes. The ones that happen before are called foreshocks. The ones that happen after are called aftershocks. Scientists dont really know if an earthquake is a foreshock until the bigger earthquake occurs. Sh
13、ock waves from an earthquake that travel through the ground are called seismic waves(地震波). They are most powerful at the centre of the earthquake, but they travel through much of the earth and back to the surface. They move quickly at 20 times the speed of sound. Scientists use seismic waves to meas
14、ure how big an earthquake is. They use a device called a seismograph(地震仪) to measure the size of the waves. The size of the waves is called the magnitude. To tell the strength of an earthquake, scientists use a scale called the Moment Magnitude Scale or MMS (it used to be called the Richter Scale).
15、The larger the number on the MMS, the larger the earthquake. You usually wont even notice an earthquake unless it measures at least a 3 on the MMS. Here are some examples of what may happen depending on the scale: 4.0Could shake your house as if a large truck were passing close by. Some people may n
16、ot notice. 5.0If you are in a car, it may shake. Glasses and dishes may rattle. Windows may break. 6.0 Items will fall off shelves. Walls in some houses may crack and windows break. Pretty much everyone near the centre will feel this one. 7.0 Weaker buildings will collapse and cracks will occur in b
17、ridges and on the streets. 8.0 Many buildings and bridges fall down. Large cracks in the earth. 9.0 and upWhole cities will flatten and large-scale damage. ()4.If a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hits your area, what might happen? A.Your house might shake violently. B.People might feel no shaking at all.
18、C.The family photo may fall off the wall. D.There might be cracks everywhere on the street. ()5.What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2? A.Its still hard to tell foreshocks from main earthquakes. B.Scientists cant exactly measure the strength of an earthquake. C.Pe
19、ople may ignore foreshocks when an earthquake is not so strong. D.The earthquake wont cause any damage unless it reaches 9.0 MMS. ()6.The writer explains the concepts concerning the earthquake by. A.listing examples B.giving explanations C.making comparisons D.offering data ()7.What is the purpose o
20、f the passage? A.To enrich peoples knowledge of self-rescue in disasters. B.To stress the importance of earthquake rescue. C.To issue early warnings before an earthquake. D.To present facts about the earthquake. 参考答案 .1. beyond2. unbearable3. rescue4. dawn5. erupt6. cloud-capped 7. pattern8. destina
21、tion9. import10. overseas .1. rolling2. unearthed3. located4. capped5. destruction6. sharply7. Faithfulness8. are barred9. distance10. from .1. in the distance2. far and wide3. is separated from4. broke out5. take the form of .1. what we used to call2.with tears in her eyes3. have been found4. as if
22、 in search of5. To scare the birds away/off .A 【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了凯特冒险去火车站向站长报告桥坏了, 阻止了火车前行,避免了一场灾难的故事。 1.A细节理解题。根据第一段中“She would have to go herself. There was no one else.” 可知,凯特决定自己去阻止特快列车。 2.D推理判断题。根据第二段中“With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly d
23、aring to look down between the sleepers into the wild floodwaters below. If she should slip, she would fall between the sleepers, into the rapidly flowing stream.”可知,她小心翼翼地开始她那危险的穿行,有时用手和膝盖, 如果她滑倒了,就可能从枕木之间掉到流速湍急的溪水里。由此可知她的举动是冒险 的。 3.B推理判断题。根据最后一段中“He waved the red light as the train came into the s
24、tation. It was not a second too early.”可知,当火车进站时,他挥了挥手中的红灯。由此 可以推断出,他们成功地阻止了火车,故凯特的努力得到了回报。 B 【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文,介绍了关于地震的相关事实,如地震产生的原 因、主地震前后会有小地震、地震波的含义、地震强度的测量方式以及不同级别的 地震可能会发生的一些事情。 4.C推理判断题。根据倒数第五段中“5.0If you are in a car, it may shake. Glasses and dishes may rattle. Windows may break.”(如果你在车里,它可能会
25、摇晃。杯子和盘 子可能会发出响声。窗户可能会破碎。)可知,如果你所在地区发生 5.0 级地震,全家 福可能会从墙上掉下来。 5.A句意猜测题。直到更大的地震发生,科学家才真正知道这次地震是否为前震。 由此可知画线句子意为“前震和主震仍然很难区分”,故选 A 项。 6.B写作手法题。根据第一段中“These plates slowly move over a long period of time. Sometimes the edges, which are called fault lines, can get stuck, but the plates keep moving. Press
26、ure slowly starts to build up where the edges are stuck and, once the pressure gets strong enough, the plates will suddenly move, causing an earthquake.(这些 板块在很长一段时间内缓慢移动。有时被称为断层线的边缘会被卡住,但板块仍在移 动。在边缘被卡住的地方,压力开始慢慢增大,一旦压力足够大,板块就会突然移动,引 起地震。)”可知作者通过给出解释的论证方式说明了有关地震的概念。故选 B项。 7.D写作意图题。通读全文可知,本文主要说明了关于地震的相关知识,所以这篇文 章主要是为了介绍地震的相关事实。
