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八年级英语
下册 H N
Unit 5 Nature's Temper
Section A What happens during a natural disaster?
第1课时 Section A(1a2d)
temper
neighbourhood
interview
rouble
yphoon
drought
chores
natural
waves
possibly
about
about/of
of
when
to
was
writing
shook
suddenly
warned
us
about/of
were
having
was
rising
a
mess
after
affected
would
be
B
C
A
C
B
D
C
B
A
E
Unluckily
Earthquakes
taller
second
with
rings
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until
一、根据句意及汉语或首字母提示完成句子。
1.Our teacher is a kind woman and she seldom loses her ______(脾气).
2.It's quiet and clean in our _____________(街区).
3.I was a little nervous about the _________(采访).
4.People had t______ dealing with the tsunami. It's too terrible.
5.A t______ will reach the place in 12 hours which will blow very strongly.
二、用括号里所给单词的适当形式填空。
6.It didn't rain for nearly three months. The corn died because of _______(dry).
7.Sometimes Jim does ______(chore)at home and helps his parents a lot.
8.An earthquake is one of the terrible _______(nature)disasters.
9.I enjoy walking along the river and watching the _____(wave).
10.It will ________(possible)rain this afternoon. We'd better take umbrellas with us.
三、根据句意填写单词,完成句子。
11.I heard _____ the flood in your town. Is everything OK?
12.The radio program warned people ________ the earthquake in time.
13.I was doing my homework when the building shook all __ a sudden.
14.What were you doing ____ the snowstorm came.
15.Some people had __ stay at hotels for the night due to the heavy snowstorm.
四、根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
16.当楼房突然地震动的时候,我正在给朋友写信。
I ___ _______ to my friend when the building _____ ________.
17.我们的邻居及时地警示了我们洪水的事情。
Our neighbour ______ __ ________ the flood in time.
18.她打电话时,我们一家正在吃晚饭。我们没有注意到水在上涨!
My family ____ ______ dinner when she called. We didn't notice that the water ___ _______!
19.台风袭击过后,我们的街区一片狼藉。
Our neighbourhood was _ ____ _____ the typhoon hit.
20.台风严重地影响了我们的生活。我没有想到它是那么的强烈。
The typhoon ________ our life seriously. I didn't think it _____ __ that strong.
五、阅读理解。
A
A storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,destroying fourteen homes. Seven other houses were badly damaged and their owners had to leave them, and fifteen other houses had broken windows or broken roofs. The storm killed one person and made several persons get hurt. Altogether(总共)over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “I was eating with my wife and children when we heard a loud noise,” he said.“A few minutes later, our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I noticed that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very scared.”
Mrs Smith said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children. “There was no time to take anything,” she said. “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
It rained heavily. Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area. The welfare department brought them some food, dry clothes and shelter.
( )21.How does the writer introduce the storm in paragraph 1?
A.By giving examples.
B.By listing numbers.
C.By asking questions.
( )22.How long did the storm last?
A.About thirty minutes.
B.About forty minutes.
C.Over sixty minutes.
( )23.What does the underlined word “flooded” mean in Chinese?
A.被水淹没的
B.人迹罕至的
C.风景优美的
( )24.What can we know about the storm?
A.No one died in the storm.
B.The storm happened at night.
C.Mr Tan found his child in their house in the storm.
( )25.What's the text type(类型)of the reading material?
A.A diary.
B.A report.
C.A letter.
B
On 6 February 2023, a big earthquake happened in northwest Syria and Türkiye. 26._ The weather was freezing in this season. Many of the buildings were of low quality. As a result, lots of people died in this accident. The death number reached 44,000 in Türkiye. In Syria at least 5,900 people were killed in the earthquake. 27._
“We were shaken like a swing when the earthquake happened. There were nine of us at home. 28._ I'm waiting for them…”said a woman with a broken arm.
“We have a patient who was taken into the hospital but we don't know what happened,”said Tulin, a woman in her 30s, standing outside the hospital, crying silently.
“29._ It was like the end of the world. There were 12 families under there. But not a single one came out. No one…”said a thin young man, his eyes wide open in shock.
Türkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the next day, “Everyone is putting their heart into efforts, although it is in the winter season. 30._”
根据语篇内容,从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,使短文语意连贯。选项中有一项为多余项。
A.It was so scary when the earthquake happened.
B.Two sons of mine are still in the fallen building.
C.And the roads and buildings were destroyed badly.
D.The earthquake was the biggest one in Türkiye since 2021.
E.But we'll take action now to call for more helpers from other countries.
F.At that time, we were sleeping soundly.
六、语法填空。
根据内容填写所缺单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空,使语篇意思完整。
[缅甸发生大地震]An earthquake happened in Myanmar on 28 March 2025. 31._________(luck), many people were hurt or killed in it.
32.___________(earthquake)can happen at any time. The 33.______(tall)the buildings are, the more dangerous they will be. You had better take the following ways to keep yourself away from danger during an earthquake. When an earthquake happens, do not try to run out of the building if you are on the 34.______(two)floor—even if you only need a short time to go. Hide under a table or something similar quickly. Cover your eyes and head 35.____ your hands. But if a fire alarm(火警)36._____(ring), you will have to leave the building as fast as possible. Take the nearest stairs(楼梯)37.________(leave)the building. Don't take the lift(电梯). Remember not to come back to the building 38._____ it is safe.
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