必修第一册 Unit 4 Natural Disasters-【创新教程】2024高考英语总复习大一轮课时作业word（新教材，人教版）

UNIT 4　NATURAL　DISASTERS Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2023·石家庄模拟)Earthquakes have killed many people and have caused serious damage to people's life.Here are some of the worst earthquakes that happened around the world. Haiti Earthquake A great earthquake hit Haiti on 12 January 2010.Its center was located just southwest of Port­Au­Prince，the capital and largest city of Haiti.It is the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1770.It led to 100,000 to 316,000 deaths and left 2 million people homeless and 3 million people in need of immediate help.At least $195 million have been given by different countries，along with a large number of rescue workers to support (支援) rescue efforts. Kashmir Earthquake The Kashmir earthquake happened on the morning of 8 October 2005.It was centered near the city of Muzaffarabad.The official number of deaths was 75,000 and there were 106,000 people who were injured.As Saturday is a normal school day in the area，most students were at schools when the earthquake happened.Many young people were buried under destroyed school buildings.Many people were also trapped in their homes.Reports said that entire towns and villages were completely wiped out in northern Pakistan.The serious damage was mainly because of poor buildings. Indian Ocean Earthquake Known as the Sumatra­Andaman earthquake，Indian Ocean Earthquake happened on 26 December 2004.While the earthquake itself lasted for only 10 seconds，it caused a tsunami (海啸)．The tsunami killed about 200,000 to 310,000 people along the shores (海滨) of Indonesia，Sri Lanka，South India and Thailand.There was one death even happening at Port Elizabeth in South Africa,8,000 miles away from the center. [语篇解读]　本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了世界上三次较为严重的地震。 1．What can be learnt from Paragraph 2? A．Haiti is a poor country. B．Haiti suffered many disasters. C．Over 400,000 people died in the earthquake. D．Haiti received international help after the earthquake. 解析：D　[细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，海地发生地震后，得到了来自不同国家的资金和人员的援助。] 2．Why were many young people