Unit 4　Earthquakes语篇演练十六

1、Unit 4Earthquakes语篇演练(十六)时间安排：第六周周一演练题型：阅读理解2篇建议用时：15分钟答案栏：14_58_AHaving lived in California until 1970，my family has felt a number of earthquakes.We have been fortunate，however，to have suffered no bodily harm or property damage.There is a website that lists all California earthquakes recorded from

2、1769 to the present.The site lists the dates and times as well as the magnitude(震级)and the exact location of any quake that measured more than are only a few quakes that stand out in my memory and，luckily，none is shown in the website.So，my personal experience with earthquakes might be considered ins

3、ignificant.There are three earthquakes that are difficult to forget.The first one was in 1955 and our oldest daughter was walking with me in our backyard in Redwood City in California.As the shaking became stronger I held her to me with one arm as I held on to one of our fruit trees with the other.A

4、ll three of us(my daughter，I and the tree)shook for two or three minutes that to us felt like hours.The second one was in 1963. Our entire family was visiting Disneyland in Southern California.The earth started to shake just as we were beginning to walk from our hotel toward_the_famous_landmark.My t

5、hird experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California.It was in my sixties and I was alone in an old church.As the building started to shake，I quickly headed for the door to go outside.I remember I said a little prayersomething like，“Help me get out of here in time，Dear Heavenly Father”M

6、inutes later, I was safe outside.1The author writes the passage mainly to tell us about_.Aa new film about an earthquakeBhow to survive an earthquakeChis three earthquake experiencesDhow to save children in an earthquake2The earthquakes the author has experienced_Aall caused bodily harmBare all reco

7、rded in a websiteCall measured more than 6.0Dall happened in California3What does the underlined part “the famous landmark” refer to?AA church.BDisneyland.CA building destroyed by an earthquake.DThe place where the author was born.4Which of the following statements is NOT true about the third earthq

8、uake?AIt happened in the authors sixties.BThe author succeeded in getting outside.CWhen it happened，the author was in a church.DThe author was too afraid to walk when it happened.BImagine one day, the water taps in your house stop running. You have to buy water from shops. And still there isnt enoug

9、h for everyone. Your mother has to save the familys shower water to do other things. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?Probably not. But thats what kids in Yemen are experiencing. Experts said Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water. According to a report,

10、the capital, Sana, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.Because of the shortage, the government often cuts the water supply. Hannan, an 18yearold from Lahej, told Times: “In a good week well have a water supply all week. But then the following week there will be water only for a day or tw

11、o.”Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water truck. Private companies own the trucks. They travel around the city every day to sell water at very high prices.“A lot of people cant afford it，” she said.The average person in Yemen uses 1

12、00 to 200 cubic meters of water per year. That is far below the international water poverty line of 1,000 cubic meters.The government is thinking of making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.5The purpose of the passage is to _.Atell

13、us what life is like in YemenBdraw our attention to water shortageCremind us how important water isDshow us ways of solving problems6The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.Abuying water from shopsBdrinking dirty waterCsuffering from water shortageDwashing clothes with used water7Hanna

14、n described _.Awhat her life is likeBhow beautiful Lahej isChow people use water fullyDhow heavy the traffic in Lahej is8The Yemen Government _.Ahas found a practical solutionBonly cares about rich peopleCmay try to make use of seawaterDcan do nothing about the water supply答案语篇解读：作者回忆了自己经历的三次地震。1选C作者意图题。作者主要是向读者介绍了自己经历的三次地震。2选D细节理解题。根据第三段的The first one was in 1955.in California.和第四段第二句以及第五段的My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California.可知答案。3选B推理判断题。根据Our entire family was visiting Disneyland可知答案。4选D细节理解题。根据I quickly headed for the door to go outside.可知作者很快就跑出去了。语