必修一第四单元warming up and reading

1、Who am I ?Im from natureIm easy to be angryI love people but they hate meI love shaking and traveling I visited Sichuan Province on May 12th, 2008 . A riddle (谜语）Wenchuan EarthquakeTangshan Earthquake On July 28 197603:42:53 a.m.ReadingThe title “A night the earth didnt sleep ” means :A. The earth w

2、as awake all night long.B. Animals on the earth would not sleep at night.C. People on the earth couldnt fall asleep that night.D. The earth shook heavily that night because of an earthquake, ruining Tangshan.Skim the passage quickly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.Fast readingPara

3、1Para 2Para 3Para 4Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.Everything began to shake and it seemed as if the world was at an end.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost.Please divide the text into 3 parts according to the main idea of

4、each part given below.Part 1( )Part 2( )Part 3( )Para._Para._Para._Signs the earthquake.The damage caused by the earthquake.The rescue work the earthquake.12-34beforeduringafterThe writer wrote the text in the order of_.time32 132 32 32 The order of the passageThe order of the passage(Part 1)(Part 2

5、)(Part 3)Before the earthquakeDuring the earthquakeAfter the earthquakeFor three daysAt about 3:00am on July 28, 1976At 3:42am on July 28, 1976Afternoon of July 28, 1976Soon after the quakesDetailed reading Part (Para.1)Signs before the earthquakeThe water in the village wells_. had deep cracksrose

6、and fellThe well walls _in them. eatThe chickens and even the pigs were too _ to _. nervousran out of jumped out of Mice _ the field _ places to hide. looking forFish _their bowls and ponds.bright lightsThe sound of planeSome people saw _ in the sky._ could be heard even when no planes were in the s

7、ky.The water pipes in some buildings_.cracked and burst Part II (Para.2-3): The damage caused during the earthquake1. of the nation felt the earthquake .2.A huge crack that was kilometers long and meters wide cut across houses.3.In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. 4. of the people died or

8、 were injured during the earthquake.5.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than .6.All of the citys hospitals, of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.1/3830152/3400,00075%90%Listen to part 2 and then fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.After a few s

9、econds, a large city lay in ruins. Everything was destroyed. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Part (Para.4): Rescue Work after the earthquakeFind some sentences in Para.4 to describe the pictures below.The army organized teams to _ those who were _and to _ the dead. Workers built _ for _whos

10、e homes had been _ .Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. dig outtrappedburyshelterssurvivorsdestroyed Several days before July 28, 1976, many s_ things happened in Tangshan. They were signs of the e_. But people in the city of Tangshan thought l_ of these events. At 3:42 a.m.

11、 that day, the earth began to s_ , which d_ the city. Many people including workers and doctors, came to r_ those t_ under the ruins. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings f_ down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. T_ were organized to dig out the trapped and b_ the dead. trangearthquakeittlehakeestroyedescuerappedelleamsurySummaryTangshans new lookTangshan has grown into a beautiful cit