2014-2015学年高中英语选修8（人教版）《Unit 5　Meeting your ancestors》（广东卷，含答案分析）课时作业(十)　Using Language.docVIP

课时作业(十)　Using Language Ⅰ.单词拼写 1．The ________ (放射性的) waste should be buried deeply under the ground. 2．She is always accurate in ________ (标点符号) and spelling. 3．We all ________ (赞成) you for your decision. 4．The new method caught on and many peasants became very ________ (熟练的) at it. 5．Shes beginning to get ________ (皱纹) round her eyes. 6．The room was so hot that she felt ________ (晕眩的)． 7．He picked a ________(瓜) from the field. 8．The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners ________ (加速)． 9．The compilers agreed upon a ________ (分割) of the textbook into twelve units. 10．The excitement quickened my ________(脉搏)． Ⅱ.阅读理解 A Have you ever heard of the lost continent of Atlantis? Where was the lost continent of Atlantis？In 1956 a Greek seismologist (地震学家) suggested that the great continent lay in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.More specifically south of Greece on the island of Santorini，which was called Thera in 1650 BC. Plato，a great Greek poet and historian，was interested in an ancient Egyptian story of a civilization，which Plato called Atlantis.He described Atlantis as the greatest civilization of its time.The people were famous for their beauty and their culture.Plato wrote about this beautiful place one thousand years after it was destroyed.His translation of the language of those ancient Egyptian writings was questionable.He also put the time of the disaster to be about 9,000 years，about 10 times earlier than it could have really occurred according to most historians. What happened to wipe this great civilization off the face of the Earth？A great volcanic eruption was the cause.A volcano named Santorini exploded and it blew most of the island into the heavens.When the caldera(火山口) formed，the tsunamis (海啸) produced by the crashing of the top of the volcano wiped out many cities and towns in the eastern Mediterranean.This tsunami was reported to have reached the height of over 300 feet.The earthquakes produced knocked down walls 100 miles away！Historian