Unit4EarthquakesPeriodOneWarmingUp，Pre-readingandReading1eq\x(Imagineyourhomebeginstoshakeandyoumustleaveitrightaway.(P25))拓展歸納shakehandswithsb.跟某人握手shake/nodone’shead搖頭/點頭shakesb.bythehand＝shakesb.’shand跟某人握手shakedown融入新環境；適應新工作shakeup使震驚，使不安shakeoneselftogethertodosth.振作起來做某事shakewithanger/fear/laughter氣得/怕得/笑得發抖shake，tremble，quake(1)shake是普通用詞，指人或物。指人時常用于因感情激動、寒冷、害怕等引起的身體顫動。Isawhimshakehishead.我看見他搖了搖頭。(2)tremble只用作不及物動詞，常與shake換用，但指握手、搖頭時只用shake。Hewastrembling/shakingwithfear.他害怕得發抖。(3)quake意思是“發抖；顫動”，正式用詞，多指整體的搖動，如地震。Thebuildingquakes/shakeswhenaplanefliespast.飛機飛過時，大樓搖動起來。完成句子(1)大地在他的腳下顫抖。Thegroundis_shakingbeneathhisfeet.(2)爆炸使五英里以外的窗戶都顫動了。Theblastshook_windowsfivemilesaway.(3)他們對此消息大為震驚。Theywere_badly_shakenbythenews.(4)雖然他受到嚴厲的批評，但他的信念卻沒有動搖。His_faith_wasn’t_shakenthoughhemetwithseverecriticism.2eq\x(Inthecity，thewaterpipesinsomebuildingscrackedandburst.(P26))拓展歸納burstintoflames立刻燃燒起來burstintotears突然大哭burstintobloom/blossom開花burstintolaughter突然笑起來beburstingtodosth.急于要做某事burstonsb./sth.突然而意外地出現在某人/某物面前burstintoaroom突然破門而入Ifyougetmuchfatter，you’llburstyourclothes.你要是再長胖就要把衣服撐破了。Thewaterwasunusuallyhighthisspringandtheriverburstitsbanks.今春河水上漲得特別厲害，把河堤都沖垮了。Hegavetherobberablowthatnearlybursthisskull.他給那個強盜一記重擊，幾乎把他的腦殼打得開花。完成句子(1)聽眾大笑起來。Theaudienceburst_intoloudlaughter.(2)當我把那則壞消息告訴海倫時，她頓時淚水奪眶而出。WhenItoldherthebadnews，Helenburst_into_tears.(3)當我后來向他提及這段小插曲時，他禁不住大笑起來。WhenImentionedtheincidentlatertohim，heburst_out_laughing.(4)提到他的兒子時，約翰馬上大發雷霆。Johnburst_with_anger_atthementionofhisson.3eq\x(Itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend！(P26))拓展歸納attheendof...在……盡頭；在……末intheend終于，最后bytheendof...到……末cometoanend結束putanendto...(使)……結束totheend到底；始終Hedidn’tknowhowtomakealivingbecausehismoneywasatanend.他不知如何謀生，因為他的錢都已花光了。Thelonghotsummerwasatlastatanend.漫長的酷暑終于過去了。完成句子(1)我必須警告你，我已忍無可忍了。Imustwarnyouthatmypatienceisalmostat_an_end.(2)我的同伴在街道盡頭等我。Mycompanionwaitedformeat_the_end_of_the_street.(3)這事很難，但最后我還是做成了。Itwasdifficult，butIdiditin_the_end.(4)一切好事遲早都會結束。(天下沒有不散的宴席。)Allgoodthingsmustcome_to_an_end.4eq\x(Infifteenterriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins.(P26))拓展歸納inruins嚴重受損；破敗不堪bring...toruin使……毀滅cometoruin毀滅；落空fallintoruin(變得)破敗不堪；衰落gotoruin損壞Wesawtheruinsofthechurch.我們看見了這座教堂的廢墟。Thebuildingisinruins.那座建筑物已成斷壁殘垣。Shepouredwaterallovermypaintingandruinedit.她把水全倒在了我的畫上，把畫毀了。Thestormruinsthecrops.暴風雨毀壞了莊稼。destroy，damage，ruin(1)destroy表示嚴重毀壞某物，使之不復存在或無法修復。(2)damage表“破壞”，程度弱于destroy，一般指損壞后價值或效益會降低，這種損壞是部分性的?？蓸嫵稍~組cause/dodamagetosth.。(3)ruin表“毀滅，毀壞；使破產”。作名詞，表“毀滅，滅亡，瓦解，衰敗(不可數)”“廢墟(可數)”。ruin的程度弱于destroy，指把某物損壞到了不能再使用的程度。完成句子(1)大火過后，許多建筑物都成為了廢墟。Alargenumberofbuildingsfell_into_ruinsafterthebigfire.(2)我們的計劃落空了。Ourplanisin_ruins.(3)惡劣的天氣破壞了我們的計劃。Thebadweatherruined_our_plan.(4)那個錯誤斷送了他得到那個工作的機會。Thatmistakeruined_his_chanceofgettingthejob.考題例證Igotcaughtintherainandmysuit________.(北京高考)A．hasruinedB．hadruinedC．hasbeenruinedD．hadbeenruined答案C解析ruin表示的動作發生在gotcaught之后，故排除B、D兩項。此處表示被動，所以C項正確。5eq\x(Two-thirdsofthemdiedorwereinjuredduringtheearthquake.(P26))injure，wound，hurt(1)injure一般指由于意外或事故而造成傷害，也可以表示損害名譽、傷害感情等。Hewasslightlyinjuredintheaccident.他在意外事故中受了輕傷。Ifyouworklikethis，youwillinjureyourownhealth.如果你這樣工作的話，你將會損害自己的健康。(2)wound多指外傷，如槍傷、刀傷、劍傷，尤指在戰爭或戰斗中受傷。(3)hurt是一般用語，指肉體或精神上的傷害，常伴有強烈的疼痛感，還可表示“疼；痛”。用wound，hurt，injure的適當形式填空(1)Aboutfiftypeoplewereseriouslywoundedintheattack.(2)Ididn’twanttohurthisfeelings.(3)Thiscouldseriouslyinjurethecompany’sreputation.考題例證Mikedidn’tplayfootballyesterdaybecausehehad______hisleg.(全國Ⅰ高考)A．damagedB．hurtC．hitD．struck答案B解析本題考查動詞詞義辨析。damage指“破壞，損壞”；hurt“傷害，使……受傷”；hit“擊中，打中”；strike指“擊打，敲打”。句意為：Mike不能踢球是因為他的腿受傷了。故hurt符合要求。6eq\x(Peoplewereshocked.(P26))拓展歸納beshockedat/by(doing)sth.對(做)某事感到震驚beshockedtodosth.懼怕做某事Itshockedsb.tosee/hear...看見/聽到……使某人震驚(be)ashocktosb.對某人來說是個打擊Itshockedmetoseehowmyneighbourstreatedtheirchildren.看到鄰居們如何對待孩子，我感到很震驚。IwasshockedwhenIheardaboutyouraccident.當我聽到你出事后我很震驚。Myfatherwasshocked.我的父親極為震驚。完成句子(1)Thechild’sbadlanguageshocks_everyone(使大家都感到震驚)．(2)Iwasafraidofshocking_her(驚動她)．(3)He_was_shocked_at_her_smoking(對她抽煙感到震驚)．(4)Thenewsgavemea_great_shock(一個很大的打擊)．7Buttheonemillionpeopleofthecity，whothoughtlittleoftheseevents，wereasleepasusualthatnight.(P26)拓展歸納thinkwellof對……評價好thinkhighlyof對……評價高thinkpoorlyof對……評價低thinkmuchof重視thinknothingof不重視完成句子(1)她認為一天走三十英里沒什么。Shethinks_nothing_ofwalkingthirtymilesaday.(2)我對我的新英語老師評價不高。Idon’t_think_highly_ofmynewEnglishteacher.(3)他的作品受到評論家的高度評價。Hisworksis_highly_thought_ofbythecritics.8eq\x(Sandnowfilledthewellsinsteadofwater.(P26))instead，insteadof(1)instead代替，然而。(2)insteadof代替，而不，而沒有，不能與inplaceof替換，但可以與ratherthan互換。Theywenttherebybusinsteadof(ratherthan)onfoot.他們乘車去那兒而不是步行。注意：insteadof＋doing/pron./prep.phrase/n.(3)instead為副詞，一般放在句末，否定上文提到的事物，而insteadof則為介詞短語，一般放在句首或句中，否定of后面的賓語。Ifyoucannotgo，he’llgoinstead(ofyou)．如果你不能去，他將代替你去。翻譯句子(1)我要去看的是她而不是你。I_will_go_to_see_her_instead_of_you.(2)我哥哥病了，我代他來。I_have_come_instead_of_my_brother.He_is_ill.(3)我必須完成工作，不能外出。I_have_to_finish_my_work_instead_of_going_out.StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheastHebei.河北省東北部的農村不斷有些怪事發生。1StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheastHebei.河北省東北部的農村不斷有些怪事發生。用法點撥(1)此句用過去進行時表示在過去某段時間內連續發生的動作。句中的謂語動詞happen作“發生”解。(2)sb.happentodosth.意為“某人碰巧/恰好做某事”。其中不定式可以是todo(一般式)/tohavedone(完成式)/tobedoing(進行式)。Ihappenedtoseeheryesterday.我昨天碰巧見到她。Shehappenedtohavejustfinishedreadingthebook.碰巧她剛剛讀完那本書。(3)It(so)happensthat...“(如此)碰巧，恰好”。Ithappenedthattherewasatelephoneboothnearby.碰巧在附近有個電話亭。(4)happentosb./sth.“某人/物出事或發生了……情況”。Itcanhappentoanyone.這事可能發生在任何人身上。單項填空(1)—Wehaven’theardfromJaneforalongtime.—Whatdoyousuppose________toher?A．washappeningB．tohappenC．hashappenedD．havinghappened答案C(2)Theyhappenedto________forTianjinwhenwegotthere.A．leaveB．haveleftC．leavingD．hadleft答案A(3)Ifanything________you，letmeknow.A．ishappenedtoB．ishappeningC．happensonD．happensto答案D(4)Ihappened________itinsomebook，soIknowtheanswer.A．toreadB．tohavereadC．thatIhavereadD．thatIhadread答案B2Inthefarmyards,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.在農家小院里，小雞還有豬都緊張得不吃東西。Inthefarmyards,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.在農家小院里，小雞還有豬都緊張得不吃東西。用法點撥too...to...結構的用法：(1)短語toonervoustoeat在句子中作表語，意思為“太緊張了而不吃食”，注意詞組too...to...意為“太……而不能……”。LiPing’sbrotheristooyoungtojointhearmy.李平的弟弟年紀太小而不能參軍。(2)too...to...可以由詞組benot...enoughto...替換，上面的例句可以轉換為：LiPing’sbrotherisnotoldenoughtojointhearmy.李平的弟弟年紀太小而不能參軍。(3)“too＋adj.＋todo”有時表肯定意義。Theyweretoogladtohearthenews.他們聽到這個消息非常高興。Theyseemedtobetoonervousandtooanxioustoleave.他們似乎非常緊張，急著想離開。翻譯句子(1)活到老，學到老。One_is_never_too_old_to_learn.(2)我將極高興地回家。I_shall_be_only_too_pleased_to_get_home.(3)聽到不幸的消息他太悲傷了。He_is_too_sad_to_hear_the_bad_news.3eq\x(Allhopewasnotlost.并非所有的希望都破滅了。)用法點撥這是一個部分否定句。(1)表示“全體”意義的代詞、形容詞或副詞，如all，both，every，everything，everybody等，和否定副詞not連用可構成部分否定。Allthestudentsinourclasshaven’tseenhim.并非全班同學都見過他。Bothoftheboysaren’tgoodatEnglish.并非兩個男孩的英語都好。(2)全部否定，通常要把這些具有總體意思的詞改為相應的否定詞，如none，neither，nothing，nobody，no等。完成句子(1)此事并非人人皆知。Everybody_doesn’tknowit.(2)全班同學沒人見過他。None_of_the_studentsinourclasshaveseenhim.(3)兩個男孩的英語都不好。Neither_of_the_boys_isgoodatEnglish.(4)沒人知道此事。Nobody/No_oneknowsit.考題例證Youmaydropinorjustgivemeacall.________willdo.(安徽高考)A．EitherB．EachC．NeitherD．All答案A解析從前句dropinorgivemeacall可知，選項表示兩者必居其一。4eq\x(Itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend！似乎世界末日來臨了！)用法點撥(1)asif是連詞詞組，意為“好像，好似”，相當于asthough，一般用于句型Itlooks/seemsasif...中，其意思是“看起來好像……”。其中it為形式主語，沒有實際意義。look/seem是連系動詞，asif引導的是表語從句。如果所引導的從句表示的情況接近事實，句子要用陳述語氣。除此之外，asif也可以引導方式狀語從句，修飾主句中的謂語，此時從句中的謂語動詞常用虛擬語氣。①從句動詞在時間上與主句動詞同時發生，從句動詞用過去式。②從句動詞在時間上比主句動詞早發生，從句動詞用haddone。③從句動詞在時間上比主句動詞晚發生，從句動詞用would/could/might＋do。Itlooksasiftheshirthadn’tbeenwashedfollowingtheinstructions.看來，這件襯衫好像沒有按照說明進行洗滌。Itseemedasifthebaghadbeenpressedbysomethingheavy.看來這個包被什么重東西壓過。Heacts(acted)asif(asthough)hewereanexpert.他表現得就像個專家。Theytalked(aretalking)asif(asthough)theyhadbeenfriendsforyears.他們談起話來就像多年的老朋友。Sheactsasifshewouldgotothemoon.她的表現就好像是要去月球似的。(2)Itseemsthat句型也可以轉換成“主語＋seem＋動詞不定式”，其意思不變。如果動詞不定式為“tobe＋形容詞”，tobe往往省略。Itseemsthatsheishappy.＝Sheseemstobehappy.她似乎很開心。Itseemsthathehasfoundanewjob.＝Heseemstohavefoundanewjob.他看起來已經找到了一份新工作。Itseemsthattheyarearguingaboutthetaxifare.＝Theyseemtobearguingaboutthetaxifare.他們似乎正在為出租車費而爭執。句型轉換(1)Thegirlseemsmuchbettertodaythanyesterday.Itseemsthatthegirlismuchbettertodaythanyesterday.(2)Itseemsthattheyhaveknownaboutit.Theyseemto_have_knownaboutit.(3)Itseemsthatheisnotrich.Heseemsnot_to_berich.Hedoesn’t_seemtoberich.地球的一個不眠之夜河北省東北部的農村不斷有些怪事發生。三天來，村子里的井水升升降降，起起伏伏。農夫注意到，水井的井壁上有深深的裂縫，裂縫里冒出臭氣。農家大院里的雞，甚至豬都緊張得不想吃食。老鼠從田地里跑出來找地方藏身。魚缸和池塘里的魚會往外跳。在1976年在凌晨3點42分，一切都開始搖晃起來。世界似乎到了末日！二十世紀最大的一次地震就在唐山市正下方11公里處發生了。100公里以外的北京市都感到了地震，全國1/3的地方都有震感。一條8公里長30米寬的巨大裂縫橫穿房舍、馬路和渠道。地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸氣。石頭山變成了泥沙河。在可怕的15秒鐘內，一座大城市就沉淪在一片廢墟之中。人們遭受的災難極為深重。幸存的人們又怎么能相信這是自然現象呢？人們無論朝哪里看，哪里的一切都幾乎被毀了。所有的市內醫院、75%的工廠和建筑物、90%的家園都消失了。殘磚就像秋天的紅葉覆蓋著大地，然而它們是不可能被風刮走的。兩座大壩垮了，多數橋梁不是塌了就是無法安全通行了。鐵軌如今成了一條條廢鋼。好幾萬頭牛再也擠不出奶來。50萬頭豬和幾百萬只雞全都死了。井里滿是沙子，而不是水。人們驚呆了。接著，在下午晚些時候，又一次和第一次一樣的強烈的地震震撼著唐山。有些醫生和救援人員被困在廢墟下面。更多的房屋倒塌了。水、電和食物都很難弄到。人們開始納悶，這場災難還會持續多久。不是所有的希望都破滅了。地震后不久，部隊派了15萬名戰士到唐山來協助救援人員。數十萬的人得到了救助。部隊人員組成小分隊，將受困的人們挖出來，將死者掩埋。在唐山市的北邊，有一個萬名礦工煤礦，其中多數人得救了。援救人員為那些家園被毀的幸存者蓋起了避難所。用火車、卡車和飛機向市內運來了水。慢慢地，這座城市又開始出現了生機。Ⅰ.單詞拼寫1．Hehasbeenburiedinthenovelfor3hours.2．Femalesfinditextremelydifficulttogetajobinsuchafield.3．Manypeoplewerekilledorinjuredduringtheearthquake.4．Youmaybursttheballoonifyouarenotcareful.5．Afterthewar，thecitylayinruins(廢墟)．6．WeknewBobhadcancer，butthenewsofhisdeathstillcameasashock(震驚的事)．7．Hundredsofpeoplearestillinthewater，waitingtoberescued(援救)．8．Thesebushesgrowwellintheshelter(掩蔽)ofbigoaktrees.Ⅱ.用所給單詞的適當形式填空burst,frighten,judge,organize,rescue,shake,ruin,destroy,injure,burst,frighten,judge,organize,rescue,shake,ruin,destroy,injure,shelter,honour,disaster,electricity,prepare1．Theflooddestroyedalotofhousesandmanypeoplebecamehomeless.2．Afterelectricitywascutoff，thelightswentout.3．Disastersalwayscomesuddenlyandcausealotofdamage.4．Thefrightenedgirlwasspeechlessaftershesawtheterriblescene.5．St.Petersburgwasalmostinruinsafteritwasunderattackfor900daysbytheGermans.6．Therescueworkersputupalotoftentssothatthehomelesssurvivorscouldbesheltered.7．Nextmonthanewmonumentwillbebuiltinhonourofthosewhodiedintheterribledisaster.8．Theriverburstitsbanksandfloodedthevillage.9．Theywerebadlyshakenbythenewsofherdeath.Ⅲ.用適當的介詞或副詞填空1．MongolialiesinthenorthofChina.2．Thehousesthatarebuiltonsandwillfalldowneasily.3．Ifyouofferedmethejob，Icouldstartrightaway.4．Putupyourhandifyouknowtheanswer.5．Herescuedafour-year-oldgirlfromthefire，sohewaswellthoughtof.6．Whathashappenedtoher?7．Wenchuanearthquakehappenedat14：28onMay12,2008.8．Thebottleisfilledwithwater.9．Duringthisperiod，peoplewerebeginningtousecoalasafuelinsteadofwood.Ⅳ.單句改錯1.XiaoMinghasn’tcomeyet.Whathashappenedofhim?of→to2.Heissuchagoodstudentthatallhisteachersthinklittleofhim.little→well/highly3.I’mproudinbeingaChinese.in→of4.I,whoisyourfriend,willsurelyhelpyouwithyourEnglish.is→am5.Asmellygascameoutfromthecracksofthewell.from→of6.Sheleftmestoodtherewithoutsayinggoodbyeandwentaway.stood→standing7.Tomisburyinginthoughtsofthepast.burying→buried8．TherehavehadmanygreatchangesinmyhometownsinceIleft.had→been9．Theproblemistoodifficultforustosolveit.it去掉10.Thebosstoldtheworkersthathewouldhavetheirwagesrisen.risen→raisedⅤ.完成句子1．Forthreedaysthe_water_in_the_village_wells_rose_and_fell,_rose_and_fell(村子里井里的水升升降降，起起伏伏)．2．ThesoundofplanescouldbeheardoutsideTangshaneven_when_there_were_no_planes_in_the_sky/even_when_no_planes_were_in_the_sky(甚至在天空中沒有飛機的時候)．3．Steamburst_from_the_holes_in_the_ground(從地下的洞里噴出來)．4．Morebuildingsfell_down(倒塌)．Water，foodandelectricitywere_hard_to_get(很難得到)．5．Thearmyorganized_teams_to_dig_out_those_who_were_trapped_and_to_bury_the_dead(組成了小分隊，將受困的人們挖出來，掩埋死者)．Ⅵ.單項填空1．Thewallhada________init,andthroughthishecouldseeeverything.A．pipeB．brickC．crackD．shake答案C解析本題考查詞義辨析。pipe管道；brick磚頭；crack裂縫；shake震動。2．Theyhappenedto________forTianjinwhenwegotthere.A．leaveB．haveleftC．leavingD．hadleft答案B解析happentodosth.“碰巧做某事”，他們去天津發生在我們到達之前，所以要用不定式的完成式。3．________peopleintheworldaresendinginformationbye-maileveryday.A．SeveralmillionB．ManymillionsC．SeveralmillionsD．Manymillion答案A解析million前有具體數字或several等詞時，要用單數形式。many一般不與million等數詞連用，表示“數百萬”英語為millionsof。4．________footballfanswatchedthewonderfulgamelastnight.A．ScoresofB．ThousandofC．HundredsofthousandsofD．Amillionof答案C解析根據句意，A項不合適，B項和D項形式不正確。5．Hiscamerawas________byhisson.Hehadtohaveitrepairedatonce.A．hurtB．woundC．destroyedD．damaged答案D解析hurt指在感情上、心靈上受到的傷害；wound指在戰爭中受到的刀傷或槍傷；destroy指嚴重毀壞某物，使之無法修復；照相機被弄壞，并非徹底地被毀壞，只是不能正常使用而已，故用damage。6．Mr.Smith，________ofthe________speech，startedtoreadanovel.A．tired；boringB．tiring；boredC．tired；boredD．tiring；boring答案A解析本句tiredof修飾Mr.Smith，作原因狀語，boring修飾speech。7．Judyisgoingtomarrythesailorshe________inRomelastyear.A．meetsB．metC．hasmetD．wouldmeet答案B解析考查定語從句。根據時間狀語lastyear可知，用一般過去時。8．Asprices________toomuchintown，hedecidedtogotothecountrysideandmakealivingby________sheep.A．raised；raisingB．rose；risingC．raised；risingD．rose；raising答案D解析rise為不及物動詞；raise為及物動詞，且raise有“飼養”的意思，所以答案為D項。9．JohnisleavingforLondontomorrowandIwill________him________attheairport.A．send；awayB．leave；offC．see；offD．show；around答案C解析seesb.off表示“為某人送行”；sendsb.away表示“把某人打發走”；showsb.around表示“帶領某人參觀”，根據句意，應選C項。10．Themanagerenteredtheofficeandwashappytolearnthatfour-fifthsofthetickets________.A．wasbookedB．hadbeenbookedC．werebookedD．havebeenbooked答案B解析分數、百分數作定語時，后邊要加of，再加名詞。謂語隨of后面的名詞的單復數變化。結合時態用法本題答案應為B項。11．Thenumberofpeopleinvitedtotheparty________over500，butanumberofthem________absent.A．was；wasB．were；wereC．was；wereD．were；was答案C解析thenumberof后面跟可數名詞復數，表示“……的數量”，該短語作主語時，謂語動詞用單數形式。anumberof表示“許多，大量”，后面跟可數名詞復數，該短語作主語時謂語動詞用復數。12．Qingdaolies________theeastofShandongProvinceandJapanlies________thenorthofChina.A．to；inB．on；toC．on；inD．in；to答案D解析在表示地點范圍時，in表示一個地點在另一個地點的范圍之內；to表示一個地點在另一個地點的范圍之外；on表示兩個地方相鄰并有共同邊界。13．Thehouse________atlastwithoutanyrepairworkaftersomanyyears.A．fallsdownB．felldownC．hadfallendownD．hasfallendown答案B解析根據時間狀語可知，本句應該用一般過去時態。14．Tomhadhisleg________whenhewasplayingbasketballyestarday.A．injuredB．toinjureC．injuringD．tobeinjured答案A解析句意為：昨天湯姆打籃球時把腿摔傷了。havesth.done表示“遭遇某種不幸”。15．Theydecidedto________alargemedicalconference.A．foundB．formC．setupD．organize答案D解析organize意為“組織”，organizeafootballteam/aconcert/aget-together意為“組織一支足球隊/一場音樂會/一次聚會”。Ⅶ.完形填空Earthquakesare__1__，thousandsofthemhappeneachday.Butmostaretooweaktofeel.Duringa__2__earthquake，thereisoftenagreatnoisefirst.Thentheearth__3__terriblyandmanyhouses__4__down.Railwaytracksbreakandtrainsgo__5__lines；agreatmanyfactoriesare__6__；thousandsofdeathsarecaused，andmanymorelosehomes...__7__thegreatdamageanddeathscausedbytheearthquake__8__，otherdisasterssuchasfiresoften__9__.Morebuildingsaredestroyedandmore__10__arecaused.Itiswellknownofthe__11__ofapossibleearthquake，andforcenturiesmanhasbeenmakingresearchesonearthquakes.Morethan2,000yearsago，__12__，aChinesescientistnamedZhangHeng__13__amachinewhichcouldfindoutfromwhich__14__theseismicwaveshadcome，andthismachineisstill__15__byscientiststoday.Nowweknowmuchmoreaboutearthquakesand__16__theyhappen，butwestillcannot__17__exactlywhenandwhereanearthquakewillhappen，andcannot__18__itfromhappening.Soearthquakesareamongthe__19__disastersintheworld.Noonecanstopnaturalearthquakes.__20__，scientistscanhelpstopearthquakesdestroyingthewholecitiesandcausingtoomanydeaths.1．A.commonB．unusualC．strangeD．familiar答案A解析common意為“普通的，平常的”；unusual意為“異乎尋常的，不平常的”。strange意為“奇怪的，陌生的”；familiar意為“熟悉的”。2．A.realB．weakC．bigD．small答案C解析由后面的內容“oftenagreatnoise”和“terribly”可知這里是說在“大地震中”。3．A.movesB．shakes