英语：Unit4《Earthquakes》Warming Up Reading（新人教版必修1）湖北专用.pptVIP

5. He just said what he wanted to, which ______her deeply. A. hurt　　B. injured　　C. wounded　　D. harmed 【解析】选A。考查动词词义辨析。句意：他只是一味地想说什么就说什么，结果深深地伤害了她。此处指感情受到伤害，A项最佳。 6. ______deep down in the earth, the treasure was kept well. A. Buried　　　　　　B. Lost C. Dug　　　　　　　 D. Uncovered 【解析】选A。考查动词词义及用法辨析。句意：财宝被深埋地下，保存得很好。 bury sth. in. . . 把……埋在……里。treasure与bury之间为被动关系，故选A项。 7. The big flood has caused great ______to the local economies in Heilongjiang Province. A. injury　　　　　　 B. wound C. ruin　　　　　　　D. damage 【解析】选D。考查名词词义辨析。injury “伤害”；wound “负伤，创伤”；ruin “毁灭，灭亡”；damage “损害，损伤”，通常构成短语 cause damage to . . . 对……造成损害。故选D。 8. He devoted himself ______to his research, which made him famous in his field. ［2011长沙高一检测］ A. strongly　　　　　 B. extremely C. entirely　　　　　　D. freely 【解析】选C。考查副词辨析。句意：他全身心地致力于他的研究，这让他在他所在的领域里非常出名。entirely“完全地”，符合句意。 9. The firefighters have sent those people ______ in the burning building to the safe place. A. escaped　　B. helped　　C. rescued　　D. trapped 【解析】选D。句意：消防队员已将被困在燃烧的楼里的那些人送到了安全的地方。trapped被困的，符合题意。escape逃跑；help帮助；rescue营救。都不符合题意。 10. —Look! What are they ______in the field? —Maybe for treasure. Who knows. A. digging out　　　　　B. digging for C. digging up　　　　　 D. digging in 【解析】选B。句意：——看！他们在地里找什么？——可能找财宝吧，谁知道呢。根据Maybe for treasure. 可知，此处应考查短语dig for “寻找”。 (A) 　　An earthquake happens when two plates rub(摩擦)together. The earth plates travel in different directions and at different speeds. If one plate is slowly forced under the other, pressure builds up until the plates break apart. This process causes the ground to move. It is an earthquake. In other words, earthquakes are the shaking of the earth’s surface caused by the earth’s rocky outer layer(岩层)as a result of the energy stored within the earth. The strain within the rocks is suddenly released(释放)． 　　The damage an earthquake causes depends on where it is and when it is happening. If an unpopulated region is struck，there will be low loss of life or property. If