UNIT 5 Period I Topic Talk & Lesson 1--Comprehending（课时作业）-【状元桥·优质课堂】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语必修第二册 （北师大版2019）

课时作业（六）UNIT5 答案解析P1 Period One Topic Talk&Lesson1一Comprehending(限时：35分钟) I.阅读 2.According to the chart,how many tsunamis have 见 struck Japan? There are a lot of strong tsunamis because of A.Two. B.Five. the size of the ocean and large earthquakes there. C.Six. D.Four. In open seas tsunamis are only one or two metres 3.According to the chart,where did the second- high.But when they are near the land,they can be worst tsunami happen? as high as six or seven metres. A.In Northern Chile.B.In Nankaido,Japan. Houses and cars near the sea can be swept C.In Indian Ocean. D.In South China Sea. away by these big waves.Because tsunamis move B fast and can travel to the other side of the sea Having lived in California until 1970,my within one day,they may affect a lot of places. family has felt a number of earthquakes.We have Do you know the worst tsunamis in history in been fortunate,however,to have suffered no the world?Look through the following list. bodily harm or property damage. Worst tsunamis There is a website that lists all California earthquakes recorded from 1769 to the present. Location Year Deaths The site lists the dates and times as well as the Indian Ocean 2004 150,000 magnitude(震级)and the exact location of any South China Sea 1782 40,000 quake that measured more than 6.0.There are South Java Sea 1883 36,500 only a few quakes that stand out in my memory Tokaido-Nankaido,Japan 1707 30,000 and,luckily,none is shown in the website.So,my Sartriku,Japan 1896 26,360 personal experiences with earthquakes might be Northern Chile 1868 25,674 considered insignificant. Southwest Kyushu Island,Japan 1792 15,030 There are three earthquakes that are difficult Moro Gulf,Philippines 1976 8,000 to forget.The first one was in 1955 and our oldest Tokaido-Kashima,Japan 1703 5,233 daughter was walking with me in our backyard in Nankaido,Japan 1605 5,000 Redwood City in California.As the shaking became 1.What kind of people is the passage mainly stronger I held her to me with one a