2014年高考英语一轮复习之四（必修1）《Unit 4　Earthquakes》课时作业.docVIP

课时作业(四)　[必修1　Unit 4　Earthquakes] (限时：30分钟) 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.语法填空 Mr Jones woke early one morning. It was a beautiful morning, so 1.________ went to the window and looked out. He was surprised to see a neatly dressed, middle-aged professor, 2.________ worked in the university near his house. He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was carrying3.________ umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag. Mr Jones thought that he must 4.________ (arrive) by the night train and decided to walk to the university instead of 5.________ (take) a taxi. Mr Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had tied a long rope to one of its branches, so that they could swing on it. Mr Jones was surprised to see the professor stop and look 6.________ (care) up and down the road. 7.________ he saw that there was nobody in sight, he stepped into the garden (there was no fence), put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat neatly on the grass and took hold of the rope. He pulled it hard 8.________ (see) whether it was strong enough to take his weight, then 9.________ (run) as fast as he could and swung into the air on the end of the rope. At last the professor stopped and continued on his way 10.________ the university, looking as quiet and correct as one would expect a professor to be. Ⅱ.阅读理解 The City of Christchurch, New Zealand was struck by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on the early morning of Saturday, September 4, 2010. No tsunami alert was reported.The countrys army troops were on standby to assist victims and disaster recovery operation. New Zealands Prime Minister John Key, flew to the affected area to inspect and assess the situation of the damaged city. The Prime Minister said that the full assessment of the damages would possibly take months to know the severity of damages. Based from his assessment on what he saw in the area, it could cost at least 2 billion New Zealand dollars or US$1.4 billion for reconstruction. “An absolute miracle that no one died，” Prime Minister John