2016-2017学年高中英语 Module 3 The Violence of Nature Section 4 Other Parts of the Module课时作业 外研版必修3.docVIP

　Module 3　The Violence of Nature Section Ⅳ　Other Parts of the Module Ⅰ.短语填空 end up，set fire to，catch fire，put out，return to，a total of，take place，in al 1．She was standing too close to the fireplace and her dress________________. 答案：　caught fire 2．The police are trying to find more clues，hoping to find out who__________________the storehouse. 答案：　set fire to 3．The 30th Olympic Games will________________in London in 2012. 答案：　take place 4．With the wind blowing so strongly，it became more difficult for the firemen to________________the fire. 答案：　put out 5．So far，ten people________________have witnessed the UFO flying over this town. 答案：　in all 6．After many years abroad he wanted to________________his home country. 答案：　return to 7．The ship carried________________94 people，including ten scientists from America. 答案：　a total of 8．At first，they wanted to have a discussion，but finally________________fighting and left sadly. 答案：　ended up Ⅱ.完成句子 1．数百间房屋被洪水冲走了。 ________________houses have been________________by the floods. 答案：　Hundreds of；washed away 2．人们相信用不了多久就会有更多的普通家庭拥有小汽车。 It is believed that________________________before more ordinary families own cars. 答案：　it won’t be long 3．应该教会学生当地震发生的时候该怎么办。 Students should be taught________________________when an earthquake happens. 答案：　what to do 4．我们有可能尽快找到准确预测地震的方法吗？ ________________________that we can find the exact way to predict earthquakes as soon as possible? 答案：　Is it possible Ⅲ.阅读理解 The summer of 2012 was full of reports of extreme weather：one of the warmest years on record in the US，the wettest summer in the UK，and the worst drought (旱灾) in East Africa.In short，extreme weather seems to be becoming the new normal.Weather extremes are not that extreme any more.Heatwaves，droughts and wildfires are the new reality of a warming world. And this should not come as a surprise.Scientists have been warning for years that as the planet heats up，we will have to deal with more dreadful weather.Although not every extreme weather event i