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,. Pre-reading Look at the pictures, discuss them in pairs and answer the following questions.,1. What happened in the pictures? What do you think of them? Tens of thousands of frogs were crossing the road in Picture 1 and very bright cloud was flowing in the sky in Picture 2. I think these things belong to strange things. They suggested that an earthquake would happen .,2. Do you remember Yushu Earthquake? How many people died in the earthquake? Yes, I do. About over one thousand people died in the earthquake.,3. In which other countries did the earthquake happen in the world? America San Francisco(旧金山), Japan, India, China Tangshan, Haiti, Chile (智利)，China Wenchuan. . .,. Skim the passage and choose the main idea of the passage. A. An earthquake happened in Haiti(海地)on January 12, 2010. B. The disaster of Chile Earthquake ocurred on February 27, 2010. C. An earthquake hit Wenchuan on May 12, 2008. D. An earthquake happened in Tangshan on July 28, 1976. 答案：D,. Read the passage again and write down the main idea of each paragraph.,. Read the text and tell if these sentences are True(T) or False(F). 1. Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei before the earthquake. (T) 2. People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. (T) 3. At 3: 42 pm everything began to shake. (F),4. Two-thirds of the people in Tangshan died during the earthquake. (F) 5. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. (T) 6. All hope was not lost. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. (T),. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentences from the passage. 1. people were killed or injured reached more than 400, 000. A. The number of; who B. A great number of; who C. The number of; which D. Amount of; whom,【解析】选A。第一个空考查the number of 和 a great number of 的区别，the number of 的数量；a great number of 许多，大量；第二个空考查关系代词的选择，people 是人，故用who 或 that, 故选A。,2. The railway tracks were now pieces of steel. A. use B. useless C. useful D. used 【解析】选B。考查use有关词的词性变化。use v. /n. 运用，利用，用途；useful adj. 有用的；useless adj. 无用的，符合句意，故选B。,3. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan. A. in which B. which C. who D. what 【解析】选B。考查定语从句。从句中缺一个主语，故排除A项；先行词quake 是物，故排除C项；what 不引导定语从句，故排除D项；which 指物，又可以作主语，故选B。,4. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were under the ruins. A. trapped B. pushed C. bury D. shook 【解析】选A。考查词义辨析。句意：一些救援工人和医生被困在废墟下面。push 推，拉；bury 埋藏，此处形式不对；shake 晃动；trap 使陷入困境，符合句意，故选A。,. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1. It seemed as if the world was at an end！ 仿佛到了世界末日! 2. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. 人们无论朝哪里看，哪里的一切几乎都被摧毁了。 3. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400, 000. （在这次地震中）死伤人数达到四十多万。,4. One-third of the nation felt it. 全国三分之一的地方都有震感。 5. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. 解放军组成小分队，将那些受困的人挖出来，并掩埋死者。,. Find out the sentences similar in meaning to the ones below in the passage. 1. However, in the city the one million people paid no attention to these events, going to sleep that night like before. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night. 2. In a short time, a large city was completely destroyed. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.,3. The world seemed as if to disappear. It seemed as if the world was at an end ! 4. Now, the wells were full of sand rather than water. Sand now filled the wells instead of water. 5. Gradually, the city started to come to life again. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.,. Complete the passage using proper words or phrases according to the passage. Strange things happened in Tangshan. For three days the water in the wells 1. rose and fell. The wells had cracks and a smelly 2. gas came out of them. Mice, chickens, pigs and even fish became too 3. nervous to live as usual. At 3: 42 am, everything began to 4. shake. It seemed as if the world was 5. at an end. One-third of the nation felt it. A crack cut across the city. The city lay 6. in ruins.,Two-thirds of the people died or were 7. injured. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan, which 8. trapped（困住）many 9. rescue workers and doctors. People began to wonder how long the 10. disaster （灾难）would last. But all hope was not lost. Soldiers came to help those survivors（生存者）. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,
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