Unit 4 Earthquakes
Ⅰ.语境填词
1．The Olympic Games were one of the most important ________(事件) in our ________(国家)．
2．The ________(dirt) surroundings will bring ______(灾难)to the people nearby. 3．The ________(destroy) was ________(极度的) after the terrible earthquake. 4．The train left the ________(轨道) and hundreds of passengers were injured.
5．I believe you have the ability to distinguish what is ________(有用) and what is ________(无用)．
6．The soldiers were busy ________(营救) the people ________(陷入困境) under the ruins. 7．______(电) was cut off in the ______(灾难) area.
8．I had thought I would go and ____________(祝贺)her on her success，but words failed me.I could hardly ________(表达) my feelings.
Ⅱ.选词填空 think much of，right away，instead of，cut across，run out of 1．They have ________________ their money and have to go back. 2．________________ cooking at home，they went out to eat every day. 3．I usually ________________ the park on my way home. 4．He didn’t ________________ my advice.
5．This problem should be solved ________________. Ⅲ.完成句子
1．一听到那个好消息，我兴奋的不能入眠。
On hearing the good news，I was ________ excited ________ fall asleep. 2．这部电影和我预料的一样精彩。
The movie is ______________________ I expected. 3．广泛阅读的人将会大大提高英语水平。
________________ read widely will improve their English greatly.
4．作为一个中国人，我们为我们国家所取得的成就感到非常自豪。
As a Chinese，we are very ________________ the achievement our country has made. Ⅳ.单项填空
1．Some parents are just too protective.They want to ________ their kids from every kind of danger，real or imagined.
A．spot B．dismiss C．shelter D．distinguish
2．He sent his ________ to me ________ my winning the first prize in the competition. A．congratulations；on B．congratulations；for C．celebrations；on D．celebrations；for 3．His car ________ severe damage in the accident. A．suffered from B．suffered of C．suffered D．suffering from
4．He spoke in such a ________ manner that all of the children were very ________. A．frightened；frightening B．frightened；frightened C．frightening；frightened D．frightening；frightening
5．They ________ all the dead branches from the tree.
第 1 页 共 1 页
A．cut away B．cut across C．cut in D．cut into
6．The old man was well ________ because he was always ready to help others. A．thought about B．thought of C．thought over D．thought
7．The boys only brought a little food and was soon ________.So they had nothing to eat. A．run out B．run into C．run out of D．run off
8．________ want to take part in the game should sign your name here. A．Anyone who B．Those who C．One who D．No matter who
9．We are ________ that a pupil from our school has won a prize in the competition. A．proud B．proud of C．pride D．pride of
10．The larger flat is almost ________ the smaller one. A．as twice large as B．twice as large as C．twice as larger as D．as twice larger as
1．burst vi.炸破；爆发；突然发生；突然发作；vt.使破裂，使炸裂；n.(感情等的)爆发
【归纳拓展】
burst into＋n.突然爆发；闯入?? burst out doing sth.突然开始做??
burst into laughter＝burst out laughing突然大笑起来 burst into tears/cry＝burst out crying突然大哭起来
(1)My English teacher’s humor was such as to make every student burst into laughter. 我的英语老师的幽默就是如此(好笑)，以致于每一个同学都会哈哈大笑起来。 (2)Hearing the news，she burst out crying/burst into tears.听到那个消息，她突然哭了起来。 【活学活用】
(1)Last night the room ________________ but nothing was taken away. 昨晚有人闯入房间但没带走任何东西。
(2)I ________________ them，thinking that the room was empty. 我以为房间是空的，没想到打扰了他们。
(3)He________ on our conversation with the news________ we would have a listening test the next week.
A．burst out；which B．burst in；that C．burst forth；which D．burst up；that 2．destroy vt.破坏，毁灭 【归纳拓展】
destructive adj.引起破坏的，破坏性的 destroyer n．破坏者，毁灭者 destruction n．毁坏，毁灭
Now there are so many wolves that they are destroying their own food supply. 当今狼的数量如此众多以致于他们在日渐毁灭自己的食物供应。 【活学活用】
(1)An atom bomb ________________ a city.
一颗原子弹能摧毁一座城市。
第 2 页 共 2 页
(2)The earthquake ________________________. 地震毁了那所学校。
(3)Yesterday he had an accident and his car was ________.It needs repairing. A．damaged B．burnt C．destroyed D．ruined 3．bury v．埋葬；掩埋；隐藏 【归纳拓展】
bury oneself in sth.使陷入；埋头(工作、学习) bury one’s face in one’s hands双手掩面 be buried in (doing) sth.专心致志于某事 be buried in thought在沉思中
The UK，for example，is running out of areas for burying this unnecessary waste. 比如说英国，就在逐渐用光掩埋这些不必要垃圾的场所。 【活学活用】
(1)The true facts ______________________ a secret government report. 事实真相被掩藏于政府的一个秘密报告中。
(2)She was sitting with her head ________________________. 她坐着埋头看报纸。
(3)I________ myself in my studies.In return，I gained great success. A．placed B．hid C．laid D．buried 4.at an end结束，终结 【归纳拓展】
come to an end结束(作谓语)
at the end of在??尽头(末)(指时间或空间) by the end of到??末为止(与现在完成时连用) in the end最后，终于(作状语)
By the end of last year，we had learnt 3,000 English words.到去年年底，我们已学了3 000个英语单词。
【活学活用】
(1)It has rained four days ______________. 已连续下了四天雨了。
(2)________next year，you’ll have been an experienced teacher. A．At the end of B．By the end of C．At an end D．In the end 5．a number of许多，大量 【归纳拓展】
a (great/good/large) number of用来修饰可数名词复数。 表示“许多，大量”的其他表达方式： many?
??quite a fewquantities of?
?＋可数或不可数名词＋复数谓语
masses of?
There are masses of plants in the garden.花园里有很多植物。 【活学活用】
(1)Doctors studying the human brain have given ________________ examples of this amazing power of aphasics.
研究人类大脑的医生给了很多例子来证明失语症患者的这种令人惊讶的能力。 (2)Quantities of/Masses of food ____ on the table. 饭桌上有许多饭菜。
a great/good many?＋复数名词＋复数谓语
?
第 3 页 共 3 页
(3)________ sunshine and some rainfall promise a good harvest of fruits and vegetables this year.
A．A large quantity of B．Large quantities of C．A large number of D．A good many
6．In the farmyards，the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat. 译文 _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
句式提取：too...to...
关于too...to...结构的其他用法：
(1)too...to...与not或never连用时，不定式为肯定意义。not/never too...to...意为“并不太??所以能??”。
(2)too...to...前面有only，but，all时，only too，but too和all too相当于very，后面的不定式也表示肯定。
【活学活用】
(1)But I am ________________________ to get the best fruit. 但是我年龄太大不能爬到高处摘到最好的果子。
(2)__________________________，he stared at the floor. 他眼睛盯着地面，紧张得答不上来。
(3)It is never ________________________ our prejudice. 抛弃偏见永远也不会太晚。
(4)I cannot thank you________ much to express myself.I owe my success to you. A．so B．very C．too D．as
7.Then，later that afternoon，another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.
译文 __________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
句式提取：as...as结构
?adj./adv.?原级??
??adj.＋a/an＋单数名词(1)as＋??＋as... ??many/much＋名词??
as...as one can/could＝as...as possible尽可能??
(2)用表示倍数的词或其他程度副词作修饰语时，放在as的前面。其结构是：倍数＋as＋adj./adv.(原级)＋as
I think your suggestion is as valuable as theirs. 我认为你的建议和他们的一样宝贵。 【活学活用】
(1)This is ________________________ the other is.这个例子和另一个例子一样好。 (2)I can carry ________________________ you can.你能搬多少纸我就能搬多少。
(3)My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours，but it is ________________________. 我叔叔在乡下的房子比我们的小，但是比我们的贵两倍。
(4)After the new equipment was introduced，they produced________machines last year as the year before. A．as twice many B．as many twice C．twice as many D．twice many as
[写作句型公式]
1．Were/Should/Had＋主语＋其他＋主句 Were I you，I would have gone there yesterday. 如果我是你的话，我昨天就去那里了。
Had it not been for him，all the people on board would have been killed.
第 4 页 共 4 页
如果没有他的话，车上所有的乘客都会遇难。 2．only＋状语(从句)＋倒装句
Only when agriculture is fully developed can industry have sufficient materials and markets. 只有农业充分发展了，工业才有足够的原料和市场。 3．Never/Hardly/Seldom/Barely/Rarely/Scarcely/Little...＋助动词/情态动词/be动词＋主语＋其他
Never before has this city been in greater need of modern public transport than it is today. 这个城市从来没像现在这样急需现代化交通工具。 [日常交际用语]
7．it isn’t my cup of tea：not to be the sort of thing that you like 不对胃口的事物；不感兴趣的东西
Jazz just isn’t my cup of tea—I prefer classical music. 我不喜欢爵士乐——我喜欢古典音乐。
8．cut：said by the director of a film to tell everyone to stop acting，stop filming etc.停；停拍
“Good enough！Cut，”said the director. 导演说，“足够好了！停拍。”
答案
课前准备区
Ⅰ.1.events；nation 2.dirty；sufferings 3.destruction；extreme 4.track 5.useful；useless 6.rescuing；trapped 7.Electricity；disaster 8.congratulate；express Ⅱ.1.run out of 2.Instead of 3.cut across 4．think much of 5.right away
Ⅲ.1.too；to 2.as wonderful as 3.Those who 4．proud of
Ⅳ.1.C [shelter意为“保护，庇护”；spot认出，定位；dismiss开除；distinguish区别。] 2．A [congratulations后跟介词on；celebration庆祝。] 3．C [suffer此处用作及物动词，意为“经受，遭到”。] 4．C [frightening令人恐怖的；frightened害怕的。] 5．A [cut away砍掉，剪掉，其他不合句意。] 6．B [be well thought of对……评价好，看法好。] 7．C [run out of意为“用完”，此处用于被动语态。]
8．B [those是定语从句的先行词，指人，表复数，而A项后面谓语动词应为单数，C项也应是单数。]
9．A [proud是形容词，后面接的是that从句，因此不能带of。] 10．B [表示倍数的词与as...as连用时，倍数词放在前面。] 课堂活动区 1．活学活用
(1)was burst into (2)burst in on
(3)B [burst in on sth.(突然)打断……，为固定用法；we would...应为news的同位语，应用连词that。故选B项。]
2．活学活用 (1)would destroy
(2)destroyed the school
(3)A [damage一般指损坏后价值或效益会降低，这种损坏是部分性的，可以修复；destroy指毁灭性的破坏；ruin意为“毁灭”。根据“It needs repairing.”可知应选A。]
3．活学活用 (1)are buried in
(2)buried in a newspaper
(3)D [由后句可知，应是“我埋头学习”；bury oneself in sth.埋头于某事，符合句意。] 4．活学活用
第 5 页 共 5 页