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Unit 6 Disaster and Hope
单元话题语法填空练习
(22-23高一上·江西南昌·阶段练习)阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Some countries have a large number of earthquakes. Japan is one of them, while others do not have so many. For example, there are few earthquakes in Britain. But they are 1 (frighten) when they break out.
There is often a great noise during 2 earthquake. The ground shakes; houses fall down; railways are destroyed, 3 causes trains to stop off. Sometimes thousands of people 4 (injure) in different ways. Some people say that earthquakes often happen near volcanoes (火山), 5 this is not true. The centers of some earthquakes are under the sea. The bottom of the sea suddenly moves. The 6 (power) forces inside the earth break the rocks. The coast is shaken and great waves appear. These waves travel a long 7 (distant) and rush over the land, 8 (break) down houses and other buildings. Sometimes they damage more buildings than the earthquake 9 (it). What kind of building stays up best in an earthquake? The Americans studied carefully the results of the earthquake at San Francisco and believed it is best for buildings to be made with concrete (水泥) walls held together by steel frames (钢筋框架). Such buildings won’t burn or fall 10 (easy).
(23-24高一下·湖南长沙·阶段练习)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In late August, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, one of the most 11 (destroy)hurricanes in American history, hit the south-eastern parts of the country. It began on August 23, 12 (cause)only slight damage in the beginning. But it soon grew to be a Category5hurricane over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and caused severe damage along 13 (it)paths.
New Orleans, a city 14 was built largely below sea level, was worst hit. In reaction to the coming hurricane, the city government gave 15 order to clear the city 16 all residents. However, some of them chose to stay because they believed that the city’s defense system would keep th