高中英语必修1－Unit4 Earthquakes Reading.pptVIP

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? More than 400, 000 people. At 3:42 in the morning of July 28. No, they couldn’t because all of the city’s hospitals were gone in the quake. 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. Choose the best answer. A 2. What can be inferred from the passage? 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. D 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. A 1. ___ of the nation felt the earthquake. 2. A huge crack that was __ kilometres long and ____ meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. 3. In ____ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. 1/3 8 30 15 Read the text again and fill in the blanks with words or numbers. 4. ____ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. 5. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _______. 6. All of the city’s hospitals