Unit 4 Natural Disasters寒假轻松衔接 (1)练习 2023-2024学年高一英语人教版必修第一册

(5)Unit 4 Natural Disasters——2023-2024学年高一英语人教版(2019)寒假轻松衔接 一、单词填空 用适当的词填空。 1.The famous basketball star, _ tried to make a comeback, attracted a lot of attention. 2.I was in a state of shock when I _(rescue). They immediately sent me to the hospital. 3.Although he has suffered _ a serious disease, he is positive. 4.To build up his strength, he gradually increases the _(long) of the runs. 5.Many buildings _(sweep) away in the flood last year, which led to many deaths. 二、翻译句子 6.消防队员们正在尽一切努力营救被困在废墟中的人们。 (trap, ruin) _ 7.他震惊地站在那里,看着地板像波浪一样起伏。 (in shock, rise and fall) _ 8.大雨过后,这条小路就像一条河。 (It seemed as if ...) _ 9.我喜欢早晨锻炼,因为空气呼吸起来很新鲜。(sth. is + adj. to do) _ 10.许多学生选择学医或参军,希望帮助更多的人。(in a wish to do) _ 三、阅读理解 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 In December 2004, I had just become a professional photographer and was working on a project about communities who live on the sea, known as sea nomads(海上游牧民族). I was living with members of the Chao-Ley tribe(部落) on a small island in southern Thailand. We didn't share a language and depended on body language to communicate. I went to sea with them regularly. One morning, I was due to set out with a group of six fishermen in a small boat. The sea looked different, with the water totally still. About 20 minutes after we left and a few miles out in the open sea, one of the fishermen pointed to a small white spot far in the distance. It was getting bigger and bigger very quickly. This was a tsunami wave speeding through the ocean. We were in shock. Usually, the deeper the water, the weaker the wave. But we weren't out far enough to be safe, nor close enough to shore to make it back in time. We were stuck. I began to feel really scared. The captain told the six of us where to sit, so we would balance the boat. My camera was in my backpack. I wanted to capture the scene, but I couldn't. Any movement would make the boat out of balance. Suddenly there was a huge noise. The wave hit the boat, but in a flash the skilled captain managed to swe