高中英语必修一unit4reading

1、 typhoon台风drought干旱earthquake 512汶川地震，发生于2008年5月12日（星期一）14时28分04秒，震中位于四川省阿坝藏族羌族自治州汶川县映秀镇与漩口镇交界处。根据中国地震局的数据，此次地震达里氏震级8.0级。地震波及大半个中国及亚洲多个国家和地区，北至辽宁，东至上海，南至香港、澳门、泰国、越南，西至巴基斯坦均有震感。 截至2008年9月18日12时，512汶川地震共造成69227人死亡，374643人受伤，17923人失踪，是中华人民共和国成立以来破坏力最大的地震，也是唐山大地震后伤亡最严重的一次地震。1976年7月28日3时42分53.8秒，中国河北省唐山、

2、丰南一带（东经118.2，北纬39.6）发生了强度里氏7.8级（矩震级7.5级）地震，震中烈度11度，震源深度12千米，地震持续约12秒。地震造成242769人死亡，16.4万人重伤，位列20世纪世界地震史死亡人数第二，仅次于海原地震。A night the earth didnt sleepThe title “A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP” means . A.the earth was awake all night long.B.people on the earth couldnt fall asleep that night.C.A terribe e

3、arthquake hit Tangshan that night.D.animals on the earth did not sleep that night.How many parts can this passage be divided into? Three parts Do you know the main idea of each part?Part 1 Paragragh1Part 2 Paragraph 2.3Part 3Paragraph 4The main idea of each part: time orderPart 1.（Para.1）Before the

4、earthquakePart 2.(Para.2,3)During the earthquakePart 3.(Para.4)After the earthquakeSomething strange happened in Tangshan Something happened the destroy of the earthquake in TangshanSomething happenedthe rescue of TangshanMain IdeaDetails_ things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei.

5、The water in the wells _ and _. A _ gas came out of the cracks.The chickens and pigs were too _ to _. Fish _out of the bowls and ponds.Mice _ out of the fields.At _ am on July 28, 1976, people saw _ _ in the sky. signs b e f o r e the earth-quake Para.1Strangerosefellsmellynervouseatjumpedran3:00bri

6、ght lightsMain IdeaDetailsAt _ am, the _ earthquake of the 20th century began ._ burst from holes in the ground.Hard hills of rock became rivers of _._ covered the ground like red autumn leaves. Two _ and most of the bridges fell. The railway tracks were now _pieces of _._ now filled the wells inste

7、ad of water.Water, food and _ were hard to get.Damage caused byearthquakePara. 2-33:42greatestSteamdirtBricksdamsuselesssteelSandelectricityMain idea EventResult after theearth-quake _ was not lost._sent 150,000 soldiers ._built shelters for survivors._was taken to the city. The city began to breath

8、e againAll hope ArmyWorkersFresh water All the following strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake EXCEPT that .A.the water in the village wells rose and fellB.mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hideC.the sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangsha

9、n even when no planes were in the skyD.fish swam in the bowls and ponds freely and pleasantly as usualWe can infer(推断) from the text that_.A.the whole city was at an end.B.the armys coming brought hope to the city.C.people lost hope faced with the terrible earthquake.D.the signs before the earthquake werent obvious at all. What feel