UNIT5THEPOWEROFNATUREREADING作业

1、Unit 5The power of natureReading一、写作词汇预习Reading局部的词汇，完成以下小对话或语段。.一Are you interested in historical novels?一（实际上）,nothing interests me more than reading that kind of novels.答案 Actually.一Do you know who will （被任命）as our new sales manager?Sorry,! dont know.答案 be appointed.一Who are you （打招呼）？一The man ac

2、ross the road.Its my uncle.答案 waving at.一She looked very smart in a pale grey （套装）.Yes,she did.答案卜uit.一Do you think he is lucky to get the job?一（当然了）.答案 Absolutely.Tom （前往）home when I drove （沿着）the road.答案 was making his way;alongside二、阅读词汇预习Reading局部的词汇,写出画线局部的汉语意思。Yesterday I paid a visit to my un

3、cle,a scientist researching on volcanoes 1.When I entered his office,! saw a diagram 2 on the wall,showing when volcanoeserupt 3.He told me a volcano has much more potential 4. to cause damage than ahurricane 5.or an earthquake.He also told me that the ashes 6. will pollute theenvironment and cause

4、damage to air travel.After lunch,! wore a helmet 7. and boots 8.and made my way to a live volcano.Icollected much information for a database 9. about the volcano.答塞|1.火山2 .图表3 .喷发4 .潜能5 .飓风6 .灰.头盔8.靴子9 .数据库三、用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空in the distance be appointed as burn to the ground take notice of be about to

5、 be amazed at out of the waymake our way1.Visitors how much the town has changed.答案 are amazed at2.Steven has to move because his house last night.答案 was burnt to the groundhope youll what Im going to tell you.答案 take notice ofmoved my legs so that she could pass.答案 out of the wayn a clear day you c

6、an see the temple .答案 in the distance. We begin our experiment when the supply of electricity was cut off.答案 were about to.Though it was dark,we to the village.答案 made our way.Mr Smith chairman of the meeting.答案 was appointed as四、根据汉语及括号内的提示，将以下句子翻译成英语L原先没想到会有这么多人来参加会议。(Ifs unexpected that) 答案 Its u

7、nexpected that so many people would come to the meeting.夜幕降临，我们开始往家走。(独立主格结构)答案 Night coming on,we set off for home.他今天早上打 来的时候，我正准备离家。(be about to.when) 答案 I was about to leave home when he phoned this morning.在新房子里住下来后，他就着手写下一本书了。（用分词形式） 答案 Having settled down in his new house,he set about writing

8、 his next book.我认为跟他讨论这个绝对有必要。(absolutely)答案 I consider it absolutely necessary to talk about it with him.我们希望你们能够与我们并肩同行。(alongside)答案 We hope youll walk alongside us.五、阅读理解Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii Jtaly.They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for,such as its stadium,theatr

9、es,shops and restaurants.The tourists do not,however,see Pompeii9s people.They do not see them because Pompeii has no people.No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,000 years.Once,Pompeii was a busy city of 22,000 people.lt lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius,a grass-covered volcano.Mount Vesuvius ha

10、d not erupted for centuries,so the people of Pompeii felt safe.But they were not.In August of AD 79,Mount Vesuvius erupted.The entire top of the mountain exploded,and a huge black cloud rose into the air.Soon stones and hot volcanic ash began to fall on Pompeii.When the eruption ended two days later

11、,Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes.Almost all of its people were dead.For centuries,Pompeii lay buried under stones and ashes.ThenJn the year 1861,an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii.Slowly and carefully,Ginseppe and his men dug.The city looked almost the

12、same as it had looked in AD 79.There were streets and fountains,houses and shops.There was a stadium with 20,000 seats.Perhaps the most important of all is that there were everyday objects,which tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii.Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color

13、 in the bottom,so we know that the peopleof Pompeii liked wine.They liked bread,too;metal bread pans were in every bakery,and in one bakery there were 81 round,flat loaves of bread - a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today .Tiny boxes filled with a dark,shiny powder tell us that women like

14、 to wear eye-makeup.Ginseppe has died,but his work continues.One-fourth has not been uncovered yet.Scientists are still digging,still making discoveries that draw tourists to Pompeii.l.Why do large numbers of people come to Pompeii each year?A.To visit the volcano.B.To see how Pompeians lived.C.To w

15、atch sports and plays.丽细节理解题。D.To shop and eat there.根据文章第一段中的“They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for,such as itsstadium,theatres,shops and restaurants可知，游客来到庞培古城是为了看过去的庞培人是如何生 活的，因为庞培城被火山灰掩埋而保持了原有的一切风貌。应选B项。2.Why had so many Pompeians remained by Mount Vesuvius?A.The city nearby offered all

16、 kinds of fun.B.The area produced the finest wine in Italy.C.Few people expected the volcano to erupt again.D.The mountain was beautiful and covered with grass.答案C|解析|细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius,a grass-covered volcano.Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries,so the peop

17、le of Pompeii felt safe.But they were not.”可知，这座火山很长时间处于休眠状态，人们没料到它还会喷发。应选C项。3.Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79?A.Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully.B.Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects.C.Because the c

18、ity was buried alive and remained untouched.D.Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted.典C画推理判断题。由第二段以及第三段的最后两句可知，由于火山突然喷发，人们在毫无准备的 情况下就被埋葬了,几个世纪以来都没有被破坏，所以保存了当时全部的情景。应选C项。4.What do we know about the Pompeians who lived 2,000 years ago?A.They liked women wearing all kinds o

19、f make-up.B.They lived more or less the same as Italians now do.C.They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating.D.They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79.SgB丽细节理解题。根据文章第四段的内容可知，古代的庞培人的生活习惯和现代的意大利人的 生活习惯差不多一样。应选B项。六、语篇填空Dirty water rose in wells and canals before the earthquake.But

20、no one judged that an earthquake was coming. 1. (sudden),everything shook.lt seemed as if the world was 2. an end.Millions of brick houses and a number of dams 3.(destroy).Rail way tracks became useless bars.Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam.Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.The next day,this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers.With the reporte