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1、课时跟踪检测（七）Warming Up & Reading Language Points.单句语法填空1We will have learned 3,000 English words by the end of this term. 2It seems as if he has known the news. 3The number of books missing from the library is (be) large. 4He jumped into the river and rescued the child from drowning.5I woke up at six a
2、nd got up right away.6She is too short to_reach (reach) the book on the shelf.7We came to his rescue and pulled him out of the lake.8The storm laid the village in ruins.完成句子 1He burst_into/in_the_house (闯进了房子)without knocking.2To tell the truth, I think_little/poorly_of_Tom (不看好汤姆), who is very lazy
3、 and never knows what to do.3At noon the meeting came_to_an_end (结束了). 4The driver of the car was_badly_injured (受了重伤) in the accident.5They were_trapped_in_the_burning_building (被困在燃烧着的大楼里)6Its too difficult for_the_old_to_climb_up_the_mountain (对于老人来说爬上那座山)7She left the room hurriedly as_if_(she_w
4、as)_angry (好像生气的样子)8Not_everyone (并不是每个人) has such experiences.阅读理解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 fro
5、m 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 6.0.There 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 co
6、nsidered insignificant.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
7、 the other.All 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_l
8、andmark.My third 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 Heav
9、enly Father”Minutes later, I was safe outside.语篇解读：作者回忆了自己经历的三次地震。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 earthquake解析：选C写作意图题。作者主要是向读者介绍了自己经历的三次地震。2The earthquake
10、s the author has experienced_.Aall caused bodily harmBare all recorded in a websiteCall measured more than 6.0Dall happened in California解析：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。3What does th
11、e underlined part “the famous landmark” refer to?AA church.BDisneyland.CA building destroyed by an earthquake.DThe place where the author was born.解析：选B推理判断题。根据“Our entire family was visiting Disneyland”可知答案。4Which of the following statements is NOT true about the third earthquake?AIt happened in th
12、e 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.解析：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。BIf the crust (外壳) of the earth were not pretty solid (坚固的), it would be
13、 shaking about and moving up and down frequently. However, there are places in the rocks of the earths crust where it isnt strongly held together where faults exist.Along the faults, one rock might push against another with great force.The energy is changed to vibration in the rocks, so they begin t
14、o shake and we have an earthquake!The most famous one in North America was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.Seven hundred people died and property(财产) damage amounted to about $425,000,000.The greatest destruction came from the fires that followed the quake.One of the most famous earthquakes in
15、Europe took place in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1755.The city was destroyed and at least thirty thousand people were killed.In 1908, in Calabria and Sicily, a quake killed about seventyfive thousand people. In 1915, in central Italy, hundreds of towns and villages were damaged and thirty thousand people were killed.Two great earthquakes that caused great damage in Asia took place in Tokyo, Japan, and in Gansu Province in China.The Tokyo quake of 1923 killed more than one hundred thousand people and destroyed the city and the city of Yokohama, too.The Chinese quake in 1920 covered more than thre
