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Unit 2 Natural Disasters
2.3 Extended Reading & Project
一、根据汉语意思填写单词
1.Tennis requires a lot of short ________ (急剧的,剧烈的) movements.
2.The government plans to begin emergency ________ (救济) as soon as the country is cleared of troops.
3.The price of oil rises because there are not enough truck drivers to ________ (运输) oil.
4.That show invited some famous actors and actresses to ___________ (吸引) people's attention.
5.After reaching your______________(目的地),you will have a day to explore and be amazed by this ancient city.
二、用单词的适当形式完成句子
6.When she packed her suitcase before heading to Wuhan, her daughter was ________(scare) to tears.
7.The students were ________ (curiosity) about the people who lived upstairs.
8.I hurried to the station, only ______ (find) the train gone.
9.Out of _____(curious), the guard gave up his responsibility and opened the secret box.
10.I’m writing ________ (invite) you to take part in the long-distance relay race.
11.________(experience) the spirit of the Carnival for myself, I went to a street party.
12.The film turned_____________ to be a great success.
13.In Glasgow city centre, they were ________ (shock)to find two policemen standing next to it.
14.Today, the scars(创痕)of ________ (destructive) are still seen in Rockaway, but hope is in the air.
15.When the Spring Festival was drawing near, a terrible disease broke ________ all around the world.
三、阅读理解
Stages of Hurricane: Simple Storms Grow Into Giants
A storm progresses through four different stages before it is actually considered a hurricane. First is a tropical disturbance (热带扰动), which has thunderstorms and rotating winds. Next is a tropical depression (热带低压), which is similar to a tropical disturbance, but has winds between 23 and 39 miles per hour. A tropical storm is the next level, which has stronger wind speeds between 40 and 73 miles per hour. Once winds reach 74 miles per hour the storm is officially called a hurricane. The wind picks up energy from the warm surf