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1、1 Uint3 II.Basic Listening Practice 1.Script W:Did you see the paper today?There was an earthquake in Brazil.M:Yes,but it only measured 3.5 on the Richter scale.I don t think there were any casualties.Q:What is the result of the earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale according to the man?2.Script W:
2、I d a bit worried about Suzie traveling to southern India.It s the rainy season there,and there may be landsides.M:Suzie can take care of herself;she won t go anywhere too risky.Besides,you can always e-mail her if it makes you feel better.Q:What is Suzie doing?3.ScriptM:Hi,I thought you were on hol
3、iday in Asia!Back already?W:we never got there!Our travel agent cancelled our arrangements because the whole region is flooded.We were so disappointed;we won t get another chance to go this year.Q:What is the woman doing?4.Script M:Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours.Can you believe it?A
4、 typhoon hit the east coast and it was chaos.W:I saw it on the news.The flooding and damage were terrible.I don t think anyone was hurt though.Q:What is the consequence of the typhoon?5.Script W:Did you see the program last night about volcanoes?It was fascinating!M:Yes,the weird thing is the molten
5、 lava looks so beautiful,yet it s so destructive.And I couldn t believe how far the ash can travel.I m glad we dont have any volcanoes here!Q:What does the man think the volcano is?Keys:1.D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.C 名师资料总结-精品资料欢迎下载-名师精心整理-第 1 页，共 12 页 -2 III.Listening In Task 1:Soft answers turn away wrath.So
6、n:Hi,mom,what are we having for dinner tonight?Mom:I haven t started yet.Why,have you any requires?Son:How about tsunami for a change I don t know what is,but I heard some Japanese people using the word on the bus the other day.Sounds like a food.Maybe it s similar to sushi.Mom:Nonsense.Tsunami come
7、s from Japanese words meaning harbor and wave.If we had a tsunami,it would be the other way around,young man.Son:Why?What is it?Mom:I mean it may swallow you up.A tsunami is an enormous series of very powerful waves.Son:Could you surf on them?That could be cool.Mom:They re not cool.They are very des
8、tructive.When they pound the shore of populated areas,they cause tremendous damage.They destroy everything in their path.Son:What causes them?Mom:I think they are caused by some sort of shock,like an earthquake,volcano,or landside that starts a chain reaction in the ocean.Son:Do the waves get to big
9、 that they crush buildings?Mom:Easily.They can be dozens of meters high.They toss cars and houses around as though they were children s toys.Son:Can you see them coming?Mom:You can see them at quite a distance.But there s not much you can do.In the open ocean they move at up to 800km per hour,but wh
10、en it reaches the shore,the system slows down and the waves get bigger.Son:How big?Mom:They can reach 30 meters.Big enough to finish you off in one gulp.1.What the son think a tsunami is?2.What does Mom imply by saying,“If we had a tsunami,it would be the other way around”?3.What does the son think
11、surfing on tsunami waves would be like?4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the cause of a tsunami?5.How high can tsunami waves reach?Keys:1B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.C For Reference 1.In the open ocean they move at up to 800km per hour,but when it reaches the shore,the system slows down and the waves
12、get bigger.2.They can reach 30 meters,which are big enough to finish you off in one gulp.名师资料总结-精品资料欢迎下载-名师精心整理-第 2 页，共 12 页 -3 Task 2:Flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic Script The death too continues to(S1)climb from last week s flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.The U.S.Agency
13、for International Development(S2)reports that at least1,068 people are dead,1,600 are(S3)missing,and 25,000 are in need of emergency food and other forms of(S4)assistance.In Dominican Republic,414 are dead and 274 are missing,all from the town of Jimani.A key(S5)factor in the widespread destruction
14、is the extensive deforestation and the(S6)presence of settlements along the floodplains of rivers.The flooding was driven by intense rainfall.A low-pressure system(S7)originating in Central America brought exceptionally heavy rain and thunderstorms to Haiti and the Dominican Republic from May 18 t o
15、25.(S8)Rainfall exceeded 500mm(or 19.7 inches)along the border areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic during that period/Rainfall exceeded five hundred mm(or nineteen point seven inches)along the border areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic during that periodAt the town of Jimani,Dominican Re
16、public,250mm(or 10 inches)of rain fell in just 24 hours,causing the Solie River to overflow its banks from May24 to 25.The heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding and extensive debris flowed over the entire region.Swollen rivers and debris cut off many of the roads traversing the area along the base of the mountains.(S9)This made it difficult for humanitarian relief workers to rescue stranded people and deliver badly needed food,medicine and supplies to residents.Now people want to know:How of
