1、Unit4 Natural disasters section 【基础训练】【基础训练】 单词拼写单词拼写 1.The tree fell down with a great（碰撞）. 2.Its partly that his writings rode a（浪潮） of social, political and scientific progress. 3.In（总结） ，this was a disappointing performance. 4.The hotel pool is 15 metres in l. 5 . My parents1 divorce had a big e
2、on me. 单句语法填空单句语法填空 1. Daniels(sweep) his arm over his friends shoulder. 2.I usually have fast food(deliver) to my office. 3.Aviolent storm(strike) the area, taking away his house. 4.Arts have a gradually spreading(effective). 5.This room is twice the(long) of the kitchen. 单句写作单句写作 1.一场可怕的龙卷风袭击了东南海岸
3、线，扫平了好几个村庄。 Aterrible tornado hit the southeastern coastline. 2.一次震级达 7.8 的强震袭击了青海玉树。 Astrong earthquake.a magnitude of 7.8 hit Yushu, Qinghai. 3.她注意到一辆汽车撞到了附近的大树上。 She noticed a car.a big tree nearby. 4 .他的房了位于易受飓风影响的地区。 His house is located in the areas easily. 5 .他在等候审判，预计明年初开始。 Hes awaiting tria
4、l,to begin early next year. 【综合训练】【综合训练】 阅读理解阅读理解 Surviving Hurricane Sandy Natalie Doan, 14, has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway, New York. Living just a few blocks from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the waves from her house. Its the ocean that makes Rockaway so special, she s
5、ays. On October 29, 2012, that ocean turned fierce. That night, Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast, and Rockaway was hit especially hard. Fortunately, Natalies family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the citys bridges closed. When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neigh
6、borhood in ruins. Many of Natalies friends had lost their homes and were living far away. All around her, people were suffering, especially the elderly. Natalies school was so damaged that she had to temporarily attend a school in Brooklyn. In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaw
7、ay recover inspired Natalie. Volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys. Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild. Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless high-rise buildings. My mom tells me t
8、hat I cant control what happens to me, ” Natalie says, “but I can always choose how I deal with it. Natalies choice was to help. She created a website page, matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help. Natalie posted information about a boy named Patrick, who lost his baseball card col
9、lection when his house burned down. Within days, Patricks collection was replaced. In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids: Christopher, who received a new basketball; Charlie, who got a new keyboard. Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring much-needed supplies to Ro
10、ckaway. Her efforts made her a famous person. Last April, she was invited to the White House and honored as a Hurricane Sandy Champion of Change. Today, the scars of destruction are still seen in Rockaway, but hope is in the air. The streets are clear, and many homes have been rebuilt I cant imagine
11、 living anywhere but Rockaway, ” Natalie declares. My neighborhood will be back, even stronger than before 1. When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane, she found. A. some friends had lost their lives B.her neighborhood was destroyed C.her school had moved to Brooklyn D.the elderly were
12、free from suffering 2.How did Natalie help the survivors? A. She gave her toys to other kids. B.She took care of younger children. C.She called on the White House to help. D.She built an information sharing platform. 3 . What does the story intend to tell us? A. Little people can make a big differen
13、ce. B.Afriend in need is a friend indeed. C.East or west, home is best. D.Technology is power. 七选五七选五 1 Safety in the highway is not totally out of our hands. Here are four ways we can protect ourselves when we travel. 2People in small cars are injured more often and more severely than people travel
14、ling in large cars. Factories of small cars are strengthening their products1 safety, which helps. But the mix of large cars and small cars on the road is the main reason of the problem. Being thrown into glass and metal car parts, or being thrown from the car can really hurt or even kill you. 3The
15、safety belts main purpose is to pull you back if your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object, or if it rolls over. A belt can reduce the chance of deadly injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%. Air bags are important. More than half of all new cars sold have air bags. A
16、ir bags provide protection in frontal crashesthe type of crash that kills the most driverswhen they are also wearing safety belts. Most people are demanding air bags in the cars they buy. 4Effective as they are, they cant take the place of safety belts. Drunk driving crashes are less likely to happe
17、n if you dont drink. 5 Many people have realized that drunk driving can lead to death and injury, prison time and other results. There are movements to strengthen penalties for drinking and driving. A. How to drive safely. B.You are safer in a large car. C.How to protect ourselves in the highway? D.
18、Air bags are not installed in all cars. E.Thats why safety belts should be worn. F.Drunk driving is the most serious problem. G.But the protection provided by air bags is limited inside or rear crashes. 概要写作概要写作 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 At 14：28 on May 12,2008, the disastrous earthquake occurred
19、. Suddenly the building collapsed, when all the students were in class, including Xiao Xue, a 15-year-old girl. She was hit on the head, and at once began to bleed. Greatly frightened, she felt as if everything was dead. Suddenly she heard her desk-mate Xiao Ya, also seriously injured, calling. In t
20、he darkness they were hand in hand, and they hugged to encourage each other. Two hours passed, and Xiao Ya was getting weaker and weaker. Her hands were getting loose, her voice fainter, and eventually she could no longer stand the pain and bleeding. Finally she stopped making response to her best f
21、riends whisper, Xiao Xue kept holding her friend in her arms under the ruins, waiting fbr rescue. Night falling, a rescue team happened to pass by. Their voices and their flashlight gave Xiao Xue enough hope and strength to let out a cry fbr help that seemed to her to be the loudest ever since, but
22、actually it would have been ignored if the team leader hadnt bent down to pick up her hand light which fell to the gap of the ruins. When she reached fbr the light, she sensed that some weak voice come from under the ruins. Quickly! Quickly! Someone is still alive down there! ” At last the rescuers
23、found Xiao Xue still embracing Xiao Ya, but Xiao Ya had left her beloved forever. Id never heard of more touching stories about friendship between classmates before. Moved to tears, I wish both the girls would live happily in different worlds Surely, those who enjoy true friendship must be happy. 参考
24、答案： 【基础训练】 *单词拼写 1.答案:crash 2.答案:wave 3.答案:summary 4.答案:length 5.答案:effect *单句语法填空 1.答案:swept 2.答案:delivered 3.答案:struck 4.答案:effect 5.答案:length *单句写作 1.答案:sweeping away several villages 2.答案：that/which reached 3.答案：crash into 4.答案:affected by the hurricane 5.答案: which is expected 【综合训练】 *阅读理解 1-3BD
25、A *七选五 1-5CBEGF *写作 It was 14： 28 on May 12,2008. Students were having classes when the terrible earthquake happened.（要点 1）Two of the students, Xiao Xue and Xiao Ya, foiled to escape, and were trapped in the ruins.（要点 2）While waiting for rescue, Xiao Ya left the world and her beloved friend.（要点 3）At last the rescuers found Xiao Xue, who were still embracing her best friend. Xiao Xue was saved at last.（要点 4）
