人教版（新课程标准）高中英语必修一Unit 4 Earthquakes同步练习2

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

    If the crust (外壳) of the earth were not pretty solid (坚固的), it would be shaking about and moving up and down frequently. However, there are places in the rocks of the earth's crust where it isn't strongly held together—where faults exist. Along the faults, one rock might push against another with great force. The energy is changed tovibrationin the rocks, so they begin to 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 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 three hundred square miles and killed about two hundred thousand people.

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

    Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.

    Sometimes, the word “green” means young, fresh and growing. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or an ox whose horns(角)had not yet developed. A century later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had no experience in war. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.

    Someone who is good at growing plants is said to have a green thumb(大拇指). The expression comes from the early 20th century. A person with a green thumb can make plants grow quickly and well.

    Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling , jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster （怪物）is not a dangerous animal from outer space. It is an expression used about 400 years ago by the British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. It describes the unpleasant feeling when someone has something he wants. For example, a young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if you get a pay rise and he does not.

    In most places in the world, a green light means to move ahead. In everyday speech, a green light means agree to continue with a project.

Can computers completely take the place of human beings ________？No one can tell.

—We need an immediate reply.

—I see. I'll send the paper to you ________.

The article discusses the ________ which led to the outbreak of the war.

The houses across the street are ________，but they were very good a few years ago.

It was a ________ story，and we all got ________.

—Is there good news from your friend?

—Yes，many valuables have been ________ in the working site.

He was so ________ thought that he didn't see the pole on the road.

The heat in the desert is ________; therefore there are few plants growing there.

—Why didn't Angus come to school today?

—He ________ his leg while playing football yesterday.

—Sorry, Daddy. I am not getting on well with my studies.

—Well.________ you hadn't wasted so much time playing online games.

单词拼写。

结合语境，根据汉语或首字母提示用单词的适当形式填空。

课文缩写。

根据课文大意，在每个空格处填上一个合适的单词。

    Several days before July 28, 1976, many things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for an . But people lived there didn't think much of that. At 3:42 am that day, the earth began to shake, which almost all the city in fifteen terrible seconds. Many people, including workers and doctors, came to those who were under the ruins. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake hit the city. More people were killed or and more buildings down. Very soon the army sent a lot of soldiers to help, and teams were to dig out the trapped and to the dead. By and by things improved and the city began to breathe again.

用所给词的适当形式填空。

选词填空。

根据语境，用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。（每个短语仅使用一次）

right away, at an end, dig out, suffer from, in ruins, thousands of, be trapped in. as if