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Section Ⅱ Reading and Thinking—Reading comprehension
Step One:Pre-reading
Do you know some earthquakes that happened in China?
Wenchuan,May 12th,2008;Yushu,April 14th,2010;Tangshan,July 28th,1976
Step Two:While-reading
Ⅰ.Read for the main idea
What's the main idea of the text?
A.A terrible earthquake of Tangshan.
B.Strange signs before the earthquake of Tangshan.
C.Rescue work after the earthquake of Tangshan.
D.Damages of the earthquake of Tangshan.
答案:A
Ⅱ.Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para.1 A.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan.
Para.2 B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan.
Para.3 C.Help came soon after the quakes.
Para.4 D.Strange things happened,but no one paid attention to them.
Para.5 E.Tangshan came back to life again.
答案:Paras.1-5:DBACE
Ⅲ.Read for the structure
Ⅳ.Read for details
1.Which of the followings did not happen before the quake?
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 the water.
2.Before the earthquake,why were people asleep as usual?
A.They didn't notice anything strange happening.
B.They knew well about earthquakes.
C.Something strange happened in many places.
D.They didn't realize the arrival of an earthquake.
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3.What does the sentence “Slowly,the city began to breathe again” mean?
A.The city returned to normal gradually.
B.The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help people.
C.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.
D.Most of the 10,000 miners were rescued.
4.What is the mood (语气) of this passage?
A.Sad. B.Serious.
C.Serious and sad. D.Calm.
答案:1-4:CDAC
Step Three:Post-reading
Ⅰ.品质升华
1.Compared with Tangshan Earthquake,why did fewer people die in Wenchuan Earthquake? (创造性思维)
Because it broke out in the afternoon and most people were working at that time.
2.What spirit can we learn from the two big earthquakes