2013年高考英语一轮复习课时作业4：Unit 4 Earthquakes（新人教版必修1广东专用）.docVIP

PAGE  课时作业(四)　[必修1　Unit 4　Earthquakes] [限时：30分钟] 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.语法填空 There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the way home from work in the evenings. A man 1.________(fold) the newspaper, and seconds later, 2.________ appears as if he is trying to eat it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger 3.________ (sit) next to him. Another place where unplanned short sleep goes on is in the lecture hall 4.________ a student will start snoring(打鼾)so 5.________(loud) that the professor has to ask another student to keep the sleeper awake. 6.________ more embarrassing situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the weight of the head pushes the arm off the desk, and the 7.________ (move) carries the rest of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor 8.________ no memory of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when driving. Police reports are full of accidents that occur when people fall into sleep and go 9.________ the road. If the drivers are lucky, they are not seriously hurt. When people are really tired, 10.________ will stop them from falling asleep—wherever they are. 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 will possibly take months to know the severity of damages. Based from his assessment on what he sees 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 Key said. Two were seriously injured from this