1. Unit 4
Earthquakes

2. 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. A

3. natural disasters
tsunami

4. drought
flood

5. mudslide mud-rock flow

6. hurricane

7. sandstorm

8. snowstorm

9. volcano

10. Tangshan

11. 1 2 4 3

12. Watch what happened to Tangshan?

13. What happens in an earthquake?
The land ______________.
Pipes and roads________.
Electricity ______________.
Buildings ______________.
Things in the building _____
People are _______________.
The quake causes a lot of deaths.

14. How do people feel in an earthquake?
panicky / scared/ frightened
helpless
desperate
shocked
confused
worried/ anxious

15. Why do earthquakes break out?

16. Plates movement
Push against
each other
moving
plate
moving
plate

17. Can we prevent the earthquake from breaking out?
Can we predict / forecast the outbreak of earthquakes?
seismic detector; seismograph; the earthquake radar; the satellites

18. What else can we do about earthquakes?
Pay attention to some natural events which are unusual. They can be signs of earthquakes.

19. Bright lights _________ in the sky.
flash

20. The water in the wells
____and____. And some
deep ________can be seen
in the well walls.
rises
falls
cracks

21. even pigs are______ nervous _____eat. too The dog ________
The chickens and
even pigs are______
nervous _____eat.
The dog ________
loudly again and again.
too to
barks

22. Fish jump out of the pond, and mice run wildly out of the fields.

23. For example: build houses on rock rather than on sand.
build houses which are earthquake safe so that the houses won’t fall down in the quakes
For example: build houses on rock rather than on sand.

24. It is necessary for people _________________________
to prepare carefully before an earthquake comes.
2) Never buy a house ___________________________.
3) Make sure that all the pipes are fixed to walls ___________________________
whose homes are in an earthquake area
which is not earthquake safe
which are thick and strong.

25. 4) It is important to have a house ______________________.
5) Televisions, computers and lamps __________________________
could cause an accident during an earthquake.
which has bolts underneath and no broken windows.
which are not tied or stuck to tables

26. 7) Those for ____________________________should read it carefully.
6) Anyone _____________________ will be hurt in an earthquake if the window glass breaks.
7) Those for ____________________________should read it carefully.
who stands close to windows.
whom this advice is written

27. bolt

29. ● What can we do if an earthquake hits/________/ __________ the area where we live?
● What can we do if an earthquake_________ in the area where we live?
strikes
shakes
happens

30. out off Hide under the hard furniture Put ______ the fireB A
out
Hide under the hard furniture
( 家具 ).
Put ______ the fire
and turn ______
the gas.
off

31. hard to protect your head.
Use something
hard to protect your head. D
Never try to use the lift.

32. Life is so beautiful.
We must love our lives.
In an earthquake
SPEED IS LIFE.

33. It is necessary for people _________________________
to prepare carefully before an earthquake comes.
2) Never buy a house ___________________________.
3) Make sure that all the pipes are fixed to walls ___________________________
whose homes are in an earthquake area
which is not earthquake safe
which are thick and strong.

34. 4) It is important to have a house ______________________.
5) Televisions, computers and lamps __________________________
could cause an accident during an earthquake.
which has bolts underneath and no broken windows.
which are not tied or stuck to tables

35. 7) Those for ____________________________should read it carefully.
6) Anyone _____________________ will be hurt in an earthquake if the window glass breaks.
7) Those for ____________________________should read it carefully.
who stands close to windows.
whom this advice is written

36. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave right away
Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?

37. Reading
A NIGHT
THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP

38. Read the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. 1 2 3 4
Strange things were happening in the
countryside of northeast Hebei.
Everything began to shake. It seemed
as if the world was at an end.
Everywhere they looked nearly
everything was destroyed.
All hope was not lost.

39. How many parts can this passage be divided into
How many parts can this passage be divided into? Use your own words to summarize the main idea of each part.

40. The main idea of each part
(Para.1)
Part 1.
Something strange happened in Tangshan
Before the earthquake
Part 2.
(Para.2&3)
The destruction of the earthquake in Tangshan
During the earthquake
(Para.4)
Part 3.
The rescue of Tangshan
After the earthquake

41. Read the text carefully and answer these questions.
What is the passage mainly about?
An earthquake that happened in Tangshan in 1976.

42. Explain in your own words what the writer means by the title “A night the earth didn’t sleep. In pairs, suggest another title for the text.

43. Read the passage carefully and do exercise 1 on page27 .
Join the correct parts of the sentences

44. Join the correct parts of the sentences.
1 The chickens didn’t eat because
C they were nervous.
2 The people didn’t
worry because
E they didn’t know what the
strange events meant.

45. 3 Such a great
number of people died because
4 Water was needed
because
5 The people did not lose hope because
B the quake happened while they were sleeping.
D dams and wells
were useless.
A the army
came to help
them.

46. C Listen to paragraph 1 and answer the following questions.
All the following unusual things happened before the quake except that ____.
  A. the water in the village wells rose and fell
  B. the chickens and even the pigs were too
nervous to eat
  C. tens of thousands of cows would never
give milk again
  D. fish jumped out of bowls and ponds

47. A 2. What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A. More people could have survived the earthquake if they had understood the usual natural events.
B. People thought it was easy to experience
an earthquake
C. They thought sleeping was the most
important thing whatever would happen
D. The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan all night long. A

48. ______________ （连续三天）the water in the village wells___________,____________.（升升降降，起起伏伏）
For three days
rose and fell
rose and fell
rise—rose—risen (go up/ get up/ stand up)
Sth rises/ sb rises
raise sth/ sth is raised

49. 2. A ________ gas came out of the cracks
2. A ________ gas came out of the cracks. The pigs were ____________________（紧张得不想吃食）. Mice ran out of the fields _______________________（寻找地方藏身）.
smelly
too nervous to eat
looking for places to hide on
3. ____ about 3:00 am ____ July 28,1976, some people saw bright lights _____________. At
in the sky

50. 4. The sound of planes _________________outside the city of Tangshan ____________no planes were in the sky.
could be heard
even when
5. Farmers watched/ noticed that the well walls had deep _______ in them. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings_________ and __________.
cracks
cracked
burst

51. 6. But one million people of the city, ______________________________
（他们几乎没把这些情况当回事）,
were asleep __________ that night.
who thought little of these events
as usual

52. 1.think little of=think nothing of sb/sth
2.think much/a lot/a great deal of sb/sth
3.think highly /well of
4. think badly of

53. Listen and fill in the blanks with numbers.

54. 2. A huge crack that was ____ kilometres long and ____ metres wide cut across houses.
3. In ____ terrible seconds a large city
lay in ruins.
4. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _______.
1. At _______am everything began to shake.
3:42 8 30 15
400,000

55. F
More than 400,000 people were killed in the quake.

56. What was the world like at that time?
It seemed as if the world was___________（结束、到头）!
at an end

57. which
1. It was felt in Beijing, ________ is more than two hundred kilometers far away.

58. 2. A huge crack _____ was eight kilometers long and thirty kilometers wide __________ houses, roads and __________.
that
cut across
canals

59. 3. Steam _________ from holes in the ground
3.Steam _________ from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of ______. ____ fifteen terrible seconds a large city ______ in ruins. The_____________ of the people was extreme.
burst In
dirt
lay
suffering
lie—lay—lain—lying
lie—lied—lied--lying

60. thirds
4) Two___________(三分之二) of them died or _____________(受伤) during the earthquake.
were injured

61. 5. ___________ （上千的）families were killed and many children were left without families. ____________________ （人数）who were killed or _______ injured ________ more than 400,000.
Thousands of
The number of people
seriously
reached

62. A large number of
1.__________________/ __________________students in our school are admitted to key universities this year. 2.____________ the students is _____________ the students who are admitted to key university is 720.
Large numbers of
The number of
The number of

63. Read P3 and choose the best answer.
1. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.” (in Paragraph 3) refer to?
A. Red autumn leaves.
B. Bricks on the ground.
C. Bodies of dead animals.
D. Sand in the wells. B

64. 1. __________ they looked nearly everything was destroyed
1. __________ they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of ______ factories and buildings and 90% of _________ homes _________.
Everywhere
its
its
were gone

65. 2. Bricks _______ the ground _____red autumn leaves
2. Bricks _______ the ground _____red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could _____ them ______.(what does
covered
like
blow
away

66. 3. The railway _______ were now ________ pieces of steel
3. The railway _______ were now ________ pieces of steel. ___________________ （成千上万）cows would never _____ milk 产奶again.
tracks
useless
Tens of thousands of
give
Half a
4. ________ million（五十万头） pigs and __________ （上百万只）chickens were dead.
millions of

67. filled
5. Sand now _________ the wells _______________ water. The wells were ____________ sand instead of water.
instead of
full of
filled with

68. When he heard the news, tears began to _________ his eyes.
flow B. fill
C. burst D. come B

69. 6.People were _________. Then, _________that afternoon, _______ big quake _____ was almost as strong as the first one _______ Tangshan.
shocked
later
which
another
shook
hit
/struck
rocked
earthquake-hit areas

70. the rescue workers were trapped fell down
7. Some of _________________ （救援人员）and doctors ____________
were trapped
fell down
8. More buildings_________（倒塌）. Water, food, and electricity were __________（难得到）. People began to ________ how long the disaster would _________.
hard to get
wonder
last

71. Read paragraph 4 carefully
People tried to get fresh water from under the ground. T or F F

72. all, both, everyone, everybody, everything, every + N
1. All hope____________.
was not lost
=Not all hope________.
was lost
表全部肯定的词与not连用表示部分否定
all, both, everyone, everybody, everything, every + N

73. 1. Not all of them smoke. =All of them don’t smoke. 2
1.Not all of them smoke.=All of them don’t smoke. 2.While I agree with most of what you said, I don’t agree with ____. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing C

74. 2. The army______ 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan _______the rescue workers._______________________ （数十万）people were helped.
sent
to help
Hundreds of thousands of

75. 3. The army organized teams ____________ （掘出）those _________were trapped and ________（埋葬）__________.
to dig out
who
the dead
to bury

76. After the earthquake, he tried to __________ the ruins in the hope of rescuing his son. A. dig out B. dig through C. dig D. dig into B

77. 4. To the north of the city, __________the miners were rescued ________ the local mines there.
most of
from

78. 5.Workers build _________ for survivors __________ homes _________________.
shelters
whose
had been destroyed
survive the earthquake

79. 5. ________, the city began to ______ again.
Slowly
breathe

80. What events or situations probably made the disaster worse?
1) One reason is probably that the buildings were not strong enough.

81. 2) A second reason is that the people of Tangshan City had not been prepared for what to do if and when such an earthquake occurred..

82. 3)A third reason is that the earthquake struck at night when most people were in bed.

83. 4)The last reason is that it was an extremely powerful earthquake.

84. What is the mood of this passage?
A. Exciting B. Serious C. Lighthearted D. Hopeless E. A little sad
How is this mood created?

85. How is this mood created?
The mood is serious and a bit sad, but not hopeless. The mood is created by giving details of how many people and animals were killed or injured and how many buildings were destroyed.

86. Tang shan’s new look

87. Tangshan’s new look