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1、课时作业(四)必修1Unit 4Earthquakes(限时：30分钟) .语法填空Mr Jones woke early one morning. It was a beautiful morning, so 1._ went to the window and looked out. He was surprised to see a neatly dressed, middleaged professor, 2._ worked in the university near his house. He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was ca
2、rrying3._ umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag. Mr Jones thought that he must 4._ (arrive) by the night train and decided to walk to the university instead of 5._ (take) a taxi. Mr Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had tied a long rope to one of its branches, so that they could
3、 swing on it.Mr Jones was surprised to see the professor stop and look 6._ (care) up and down the road. 7._ he saw that there was nobody in sight, he stepped into the garden (there was no fence), put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat neatly on the grass and took hold of the rope. He pulled it har
4、d 8._ (see) whether it was strong enough to take his weight, then 9._ (run) as fast as he could and swung into the air on the end of the rope.At last the professor stopped and continued on his way 10._ the university, looking as quiet and correct as one would expect a professor to be.阅读理解The City of
5、 Christchurch, New Zealand was struck by a 7.1magnitude earthquake on the early morning of Saturday, September 4, 2010.No tsunami alert was reported.The countrys army troops were on standby to assist victims and disaster recovery operation. New Zealands Prime Minister John Key, flew to the affected
6、area to inspect and assess the situation of the damaged city. The Prime Minister said that the full assessment of the damages would possibly take months to know the severity of damages. Based from his assessment on what he saw in the area, it could cost at least 2 billion New Zealand dollars or US$1
7、.4 billion for reconstruction.“An absolute miracle that no one died，” Prime Minister John Key said. Two were seriously injured from this quake and thousands of local residents were awakened after being shaken at 4：35 am of that Saturday.There were people trapped inside the damaged buildings but fort
8、unately none were reported dead from the rubble of the damaged buildings.“Were all feeling scaredweve just had some significant aftershocks，” a survivor told TV One News. “Tonight were just people in the face of a massive natural disaster, trying to help each otherand were grateful we havent lost a
9、life.”GNS Science reported 29 aftershocks within the 14 hours after the quake, with strength from magnitude 3.7 to 5.4.New_Zealand_is_no_stranger_to_earthquakes. The country experiences more than 14，000 earthquakes a yearbut only about 150 are felt by people.“Many buildings here were built with eart
10、hquake protection measure.However, in most cities in developing countries, people build how they want toand therere no building controls to force them to build to a higher standard thats safe，” Andrew Charleson, an architecture professor at Victoria University of Wellington told CNN.11How many peopl
11、e were killed in the New Zealand earthquake on September 4, 2010?A250，000. B29.C2. D0.12After the earthquake, all of the following occurred EXCEPT that_Aa number of aftershocks broke outBarmy troops were there to helpCno people were injured or killedDthe full assessment of the damages cant take in a
12、 short time13What does the writer want to say by quoting Professor Andrew Charlesons words in the last paragraph?AEarthquakes are much more terrible and bigger in developing countries.BLacking of money, developing countries cant build safe buildings.CBuilding controls are the guarantee of safe build
13、ings.DIn developing countries, people have more freedom to design their buildings the way they like.14What does the underlined sentence mean?AEarthquakes break out frequently in New Zealand.BThe earthquakes breaking out in New Zealand are very strange.CThe earthquakes breaking out in New Zealand are
14、 unusual.DEarthquakes rarely hit New Zealand.15Whats the main idea of the passage?AA massive earthquake struck the city of Christchurch of New Zealand.BNo one was ever killed in earthquakes in New Zealand.CNew Zealand has strict laws to guarantee the buildings safety.DA miracle happened in the terri
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