人教新课标英语必修1 课件 Unit4 Unit 4 Reading (优秀).pptVIP

Unit 4 Earthquake Reading;Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take?;personal washing things;;Bright light flash in the sky.;The well has deep cracks in it, and the water in it rises and falls.;Chickens are flying and dogs are barking, and pigs and cows are too nervous to eat.;Fish jump out of the pond, and mice run wildly out of the fields.;The water will rise and fall.;A smelly gas will come out.;A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP; ;; ;1. What is the passage mainly about?;3. What did people hear?;4. What did people notice in the wells? 5. Did people pay any attention to these abnormal phenomena?;6. When did the earthquake begin? 7. How many people were killed or injured in the earthquake? 8. Could the injured people go to hospital?;1. How do you understand the real meaning of the idiom “It is always calm before a storm”? A. It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm or hurricane hit. B. One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad things may happen. C. The weather is fine before a storm comes. D. You should stay calm before a storm.;2. What can be inferred from the passage? A. If the pigs were too nervous to eat, there must be an earthquake. B. If some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive. C. There wouldn’t have been such a great quake if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs. D. If some natural signs had not been ignored, people might have had a chance to survive.;3. Which of the following is the main reason for the heavy loss of life in the quake? A. The earthquake happened in the deep night when people were sleeping deeply. B. There weren’t enough rescue workers. C. The building were poorly constructed and most of them were destroyed in the quake. D. People were not careful enough to notice some natural signs before the earthquake.;1. ___ of the nation felt the earthq