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Unit 2 Natural Disasters
2.1 Welcome to the unit &Reading
一、根据汉语意思填写单词
1.What is the usual ________ (程序) for setting up a new school?
2.Natural ________ (灾难) are reminders of the power of nature.
3.With his legs injured, he found it difficult to climb up the ________ (楼梯) .
4.You can't imagine the ________ (毁灭性的) power of modern weapons.
5.The________ (台风) caused great damage to the coastal areas, resulting in huge economic losses.
二、用单词的适当形式完成句子
6.You'd better call the airline ________ (confirm ) your flight reservation a week before you set off for Ottawa.
7.The policeman signalled him ________ (turn) left by waving his hand towards the left.
8.My elder brother fell off his motorbike yesterday and got badly ________ (injure).
9.He was surprised that his answer should have caused such a strong________ (react).
10.To his parents’ ________ (relieve), the boy finally realized the importance of study.
11.You should keep us ________(inform) whenever you are in trouble.
12.The wildfires, melting icebergs and rising sea level are all warnings about the ________ (destroy) impact of human activities on the fragile ecosystem.
13.He was desperately eager to be back after more than a week's ________ (absent) from school.
14.The idea ________ (occur) to him in a dream.
15.My son insisted that he ________ (have) more time to play with other kids instead of studying at home.
三、阅读理解
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TOKYO - A powerful typhoon is heading northeast to Japan’s main island of Honshu on Sunday after sweeping parts of the country’s southern islands with heavy rains and winds that caused flooding and some light injuries.
Typhoon Tapah was passing near Nagasaki in southern Japan on Sunday afternoon, after hitting other parts of southern Japan, including Okinawa, the two former days. Okinawa government had made an evacuation advisory(疏散警告) to nearly 334,000 people.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the storm was moving northeast at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, with the strongest wind