选修 8单词执行文案.ppt

共 97 页 * One day around 30 years ago，the nine million citizens of London heard sirens(a loud noise of warning made by a special machine) all over the town. Emergency services, the __1__， the police, doctors and nurses __2__ by, ready to go into action. In railway and underground stations, people read posters and __3__， telling them where to go and __4__ to do in the emergency. 共 97 页 * This was Exercise Floodcall. London wasn‘t flooded yet. But it is __5__ that it will be. In 1236 and 1663 London was __6__ flooded. In 1928, unluckily, quite a __7__ people living in Westminster, the heart of London, __8__ in floods. And in 1953, 100 people living on the eastern __9__， 共 97 页 * the London suburbs, were killed again in the floods. At last, the Great London Council(市政厅), is taking actions to __10__ this disaster happening again. But the flood __11__ were not built until the 1980s. And in the __12__， Londoners must be __13__. When it happens, 50 共 97 页 * underground stations will be underwater.Electricity，gas and phone services will be out of action. __14__ will be impassable.It will be impossible to __15__ any of the bridges between North and South London. __16__ －London will look like Venice.  共 97 页 * But Exercise Floodcall didnt cause __17__ among Londoners.Most people knew it was just a __18__ .One comment from a lady who was __19__ along the Embankment when the sirens sounded was, “Its a flood warning, isnt it? The water doesnt look __20__ to me.” 共 97 页 * 1．A.soldiers B．firemen C．engineers D．repairmen 2．A.hurried B．went C．watched D．stood 3．A.books B．magazines C．maps D．dictionaries 共 97 页 * 4．A what B．how C．why D．which 5．A.believable B．true C．natural D．possible 6．A.easily B．heavily C．strongly D．poorly 7．A.many B．few C．lots D．plenty 共 97 页 * 8．A.escaped