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Section Ⅶ 聚焦单元主题活动·发展语言交际技能
1语言技能 Listening
主题活动 应对自然灾害
(一)听第1段材料,回答第1、2题。
1.What was the man's wife doing when the earthquake happened?
A.Sleeping.
B.Preparing for breakfast.
C.Cleaning the house.
2.When did the earthquake take place?
A.At 6:15. B.At 6:30. C.At 6:45.
答案:1~2 BC
(二)听第2段材料,判断正(T)误(F)。
1.Steven is very depressed because something bad happened to him.(F)
2.The town was completely ruined by an earthquake.(T)
3.Less than 1,000 people died in the earthquake.(F)
4.The speakers will search the Internet next.(T)
(三)听第3段材料,回答问题。
Martin Harris
Introduction
Martin Harris is a local man who ①owns a small boat.
Heroic deeds
With water levels ②rising above the tops of most houses in the area, people are in great ③danger.Harris has been using his ④boat to go around and help people ⑤in_need.
Evaluation
He is thought highly of because of his heroic deeds.
附:听力材料
(Text 1)
W: Good morning! Here is Juliet specially for the Morning News at 7 o'clock.This morning Northbridge, California was struck by an earthquake.The man beside me is Ben Parmer.Hello, Ben! Can you tell me something about what happened?
M: Well, I was outside to feed my pigs when I felt the ground moving left and right.I thought it was an earthquake, but not serious.
W: Were the pigs eating as normal?
M: No, they just walked up and down, seemed fed up with the food.They seemed to try to get out of the walls.
W: What about your wife? What was she doing then?
M: I shouted at her.She was in the kitchen preparing for breakfast.I watched my watch, it showed 6:45.
W: Did she feel the earthquake?
M: Yes, she was very terrified.She rushed out of the house.She told me she saw the objects falling from the cupboard and furniture shaking backward and forward.
W: Thank you, Ben.The earthquake was level 6, and no buildings have been reported fallen yet.
(Text 2)
W: Steven, why are you so depressed?
M: I'm feeling very sad.I just read the newspaper.
W: What's the news?
M: According to the newspaper, the