2013外研版必修三Module 3《The Violence of Nature》课件ppt.ppt

But scientists don’t know enough to make any forecasts, he said. “There is so much uncertainty, ” Calais said. “At this point we’re working really hard to understand last week’s earthquake, and from there we can perhaps understand what might happen next. ” 1. The earthquake originally estimated at magnitude 6.1 happened on_____. A. Jan. 12, Wednesday B. Jan. 12, Thursday C. Feb. 12, Wednesday D. Feb. 12, Thursday 【解析】选A。 根据第二段的表述可知，海地地震发生在一月十二号，星期三。 2. According to Calais’ words in Paragraph 4, we can infer_____. A. aftershocks could continue for several weeks B. a big earthquake would possibly happen C. there would be no big earthquake any more D. it would be surprising that another big earthquake was to happen 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据“. . . aftershocks could continue for several weeks and that another jolt as strong as Wednesday’s would not be surprising. ”可知，另一个大的地震有可能发生。 3. From the last paragraph, we know that_____. A. scientists are still studying the earthquake happening on Jan. 12 B. scientists can know what will happen next exactly C. scientists can make some forecasts with certainty D. studying the earthquake of last week can’t be useful for the forecast about the future one 【解析】选A。根据最后一段中科学家的话可知，科学家们正在努力研究发生在星期三的那次地震。由“At this point we’re working really hard to understand last week’s earthquake, . . . ”可知。 4. The passage tells us that_____. A. in coming weeks, aftershocks will happen B. it is certain that there will not be a big earthquake in the future in Haiti C. the aftershocks in this area will become more and more frequent D. though another big earthquake will possibly hit this area, nothing will happen to the buildings 【解析】选A。根据文中第一段的第一句话可知，A项正确。 Ⅴ. 任务型阅读 ［2010银川模拟］ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 1 Premier Wen Jiabao acted exactly that way when he kept his cool during the shoe-throwing incident at Cambridge University. It happened on the last day of his week-