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1、1 Section Warming Up & Reading Language Points 课时作业 . 单句语法填空 1 I think they should equip their office with some new computers for some research work. 2Almost everyone thinks the books are suitable(suit)for children. 3I was waving(wave) my hand madly but he never once looked in my direction. 4If the
2、bottle of gas catches fire, the whole building may be burned to the ground. 5Having_read (read) the chapter four times, I finally understood the authors theory. 6It is said that the building program has been evaluated(evaluate) for its usefulness and effect it would have. 7On February 11, 2007, Drew
3、 Gilton Faust was appointed as the first female president of Harvard University in 371 years. 8It being(be)a fine day, the children went to the park. 9 Do you think there is possibility that they will get married? Absolutely (absolute)They love each other very much. 10The robber was brought to the j
4、udge, his hands fast tied(tie) . 单句改错 1 After admiring the beautiful view ， she made his way to the next destination.his her 2 As far as I know ， it is absolute impossible to finish it in five days. absolute absolutely 3 Compared the youth to the rising sun at 8 or 9 oclock a m.， Mao Zedong expresse
5、d his great hope for the young men.Compared Comparing 4The government has an interest in importing scientific equipments. equipmentsequipment 5I was reading while the light went out.while when . 阅读理解 The US government has recently helped people learn more about the dangers of earthquakes by publishi
6、ng a map.This map shows the chances of an earthquake in each part of the country.The areas of the map where earthquakes are most likely to occur are called earthquake belts.The government is spending a great deal of money and 2 is working hard to help to discover the answers to these two questions：
7、Can we predict earthquakes? Can we control earthquakes? To answer the first question, scientists are looking very closely at the most active fault (断层 ) systems in the country, such as the San Andreas fault in California.A fault is a break between two sections of the earths surface.These breaks betw
8、een sections are the places where earthquakes occur.Scientists look at the faults for changes which might show that an earthquake was about to occur.But it will probably be many years before we can predict earthquakes correctly.And the control of earthquakes is even farther away. However ， there hav
9、e been some interesting developments in the field of controlling earthquakes.The most interesting development concerns the Rocky Mountain Arsenal earthquakes.Here water was put into a layer of rocks 4,000 metres below the surface of the ground.Shortly after this injection ( 注射 ) of water ， there was
10、 a small number of earthquakes.Scientists have decided that the water which was injected into the rocks worked like oil on each other. When the water “oiled ” the fault，the fault became slippery and the energy of an earthquake was given out.Scientists are still experimenting at the site of these ear
11、thquakes.They have realized that there is a connection between the injection of the water and the earthquake activity.They have suggested that it might be possible to use this knowledge to prevent very big ，dangerous earthquakes ，that is ， scientists could inject some kind of fluid like water into f
12、aults and change one big earthquake into a number of small，harmless earthquakes. 【解题解读】为了提高人们对地震的防范意识，美国政府加大了在防震、预测方面的 投入，他们甚至在努力采取措施控制地震的发生。 1Earthquakes belts are _. Amaps that show where earthquakes are likely to occur Bzones with a high probability of earthquakes Cbreaks between two sections of
13、the earths surface Dthe two layers of earth along a fault 解析： 选 B 细节理解题。 根据第一段的第三句可知，地震多发地带被称为earthquake belts 。 2The San Andreas fault is _. Aan active fault system 3 Ba place where earthquakes have been predicted correctly Ca place where earthquakes have been controlled Dat the foot of the Rocky M
14、ountain 解析： 选 A 细节理解题。根据第二段可知，该地区为地震比较活跃的地区。 3What did scientists learn about earthquakes at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal? AThey occur at about 4,000 metres below ground level. BThe injection of water into earthquake faults prevents earthquakes from occurring. CThey are usually caused by the oil in th
15、e faults. DHarmful earthquakes could be prevented by causing harmless earthquakes. 解析： 选 D 细节理解题。根据最后两段内容可知。 4What can be said about the experiments at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal? AThey have no practical value in earthquake prevention. BThey may have practical value in earthquake prevention. CThey a
16、re certain to have practical value in earthquake prevention. DNothing is told about their practical value in earthquake prevention. 解析： 选 B 推理判断题。根据科学家的试验，通过向断裂带注水可以引发小地震，从 而使地震的能量得到释放，因此也就降低了大地震爆发的可能。 . 完形填空 In the past，human beings did not have to think about the protection of the environment.There were few people on the earth ，and natural resources
