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Unit 8 Natural disasters

同步练习

一、单项选择。

(    ) 1. I was doing my homework_______ my mother was cooking some delicious food.

A. while      B. as      C. when      D. then

(    ) 2. The car_______ the tree, and the driver_______ his leg.

A. hit; hurt     B. hurt; hit     C. hurt; hurt     D. hit; hit

(    ) 3. I_______ my grandparents in Shenzhen at this time last year.

A. visited      B. visiting     C. were visiting   D. was visiting

(    ) 4. It may be dangerous_______ a car_______ a snowy day.

A. to drive; in     B. to drive; on     C. drive; in     D. drive; on

(    ) 5. The travellers_______ on the top of the mountain. They called 110 for help.

A. trapped     B. were trapped   C. trapping     D. are trapping

(    ) 6. They_______ for help and then people heard exciting_______.

A. shout; shout        B. shouted; shouts

C. shouted; shouted      D. shouts; shouts

(    ) 7. When I was working on a Maths problem, a good idea went    my head.

A. over      B. in       C. about      D. through

(    ) 8. _______ terrible earthquake! I don’t like it at all.

A. How      B. What      C. What a     D. How a

(    ) 9. Since you’ve spilt the milk, you’ll have to_______.

A. mop it up     B. mop up it     C. mop them up  D. mop up them

(    ) 10. They didn’t know_______.

A. where go to  B. where to go   C. go to where    D. to go where

二、根据首字母、汉语或英语提示写出单词，完成下列各句。

1. They went in the_______(方向) of the post office,

2. The film was_______ (结束) at ten o’clock last night.

3. The man lost his life in the traffic_______(事故).

4. _______ (自然地) he won the prize because of his hard work.

5. I’ve looked for my money_______ (到处) ,  but I still can’t find it.

6. I told myself to calm down s_______ I was still alive.

7. She heard a loud noise of t_______ at first.

8. When the child is in trouble, he often s_______ for his mother.

9. I began to say to m_______, “Can I go alone?”

三、写出下列句子的同义句。

1. It rained heavily last week,

_______ _______ a _______ rain last week.

2. We walked to the bus stop.

We_______ to the bus stop_______ _______.

3. The earthquake killed thousands of people.

Thousands of people_______ _______ _______ in the earthquake.

4. I was doing my homework when Mr. Wu told us to go home.

_______ I was doing my homework, Mr. Wu told us to go home.

5. We should get out as soon as possible when a house is on fire.

We should get out as soon as_______ _______ when a house_______ _______.

四、根据汉语提示完成下列各句。

1.我的汽车在我回家的路上坏了。

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2.掠过我头脑的惊恐片刻使我害怕，但是我告诉自己要冷静。

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3.三天前一场暴风雪袭击了北京，整座城市被白雪覆盖了。

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4.坏天气有时会导致自然灾害。

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5.我们在风中丢了伞，只好慢慢地在暴风雪中行走。

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五、书面表达。

请你根据下面的要点写一篇70词左右的报道。

1.8月14日(星期六)发生了一次山崩( landslide);

2.连续两天大雨后，早晨山崩发生;

3.那天有个女孩与她母亲在家，父亲在下午到家，并叫她们赶快离开;

4.雨大，父亲劝告她们带好雨伞;

5.这时房子开始摇晃，她们非常害怕，迅速跑开了;

6.第二天上午回家时，女孩发现房子没有了，到处是玻璃和砖块，女孩感到很悲伤。

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答案：

一、1-5 AADBB  6-10 BDCAB

二、1. direction        2. over       3. accident        4. Naturally       5. everywhere

6. since               7. thunder    8 screams         9.myself         10. surviving

三、1. There was; heavy             2.went; on foot     3. lost their lives 

4. While                      5. we can; catches fire

四、1. My car broke down on my way home.

2. A moment of fear went through my mind, but I told myself to calm down.

3. Three days ago a snowstorm hit Beijing and the whole city was covered with snow.

4. Bad weather sometimes causes natural disasters.

5. We lost our umbrellas in the wind, so we had to walk slowly in the snow.

五、范文：

There was a landslide on Saturday, 14th August. After two days of heavy rain, the landslide happened in the morning.

A girl was at home with her Mum that day. Her Dad came home in the afternoon and told them to leave the flat. Because of the heavy rain, he advised them to bring umbrellas. They got out quickly.

Suddenly the building started shaking. People were frightened and ran away quickly. The weather was really terrible. The following morning, they went back home. The girl found there was no house at all. There were only pieces of glass and bricks everywhere. The girl felt very sad.