【高中英语随堂检测】2015-2016学年高中英语 Unit5 The power of nature Period 1课时作业 新人教版选修6.docVIP

Unit 5　The power of nature Period One　Warming Up Reading .用适当的介、副词填空 1．I travel ________ unusual places and work alongside people ________ all over the world. 2．However，the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people ________ one of the most powerful forces ________ earth—the volcano. 3．I was appointed ________ a volcanologist working ________ the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago. 4．Unfortunately，we cannot move their homes ________ of the way，and many houses have been covered ________ lava or burned ________ the ground. 5．The lava that flows slowly like a wave down the mountain causes far more damage because it buries everything ________ its path ________ the molten rock. 6．I ran out ________ the house into the back garden where I could see Mount Kilauea ________ the distance. 7．Two other scientists and I were driven up the mountain and dropped ________ close as possible ________ the crater that had been formed during the eruption. 8．It was not easy to walk ________ these suits，but we slowly made our way ________ the edge of the crater and looked down into the red，boiling centre. 9．Today，I am just as enthusiastic ________ my job as the day I first started. 10．Having studied volcanoes now for many years，I am still amazed ________ their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage. Ⅱ.佳句翻译与仿写 1．Although my job is occasionally dangerous，I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. 翻译：________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 仿写： (1)我虽然有车，但因为交通堵塞很少使用。 ________________________，________________________ because of the traffic jams. (2)他们虽穷却很慷慨。 They are generous ________________________. 2．Having collected and evaluated the information，I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. 翻译：__________________________________________________________________