Unit 6 Disaster and hope

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

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1.Some natural d such as flood and sandstorm are more frequent because of human activities.

2.The volcano e   in 1980， destroying a large area of Washington state.

3.A good idea just o to me at once.

4.Today’s a of a peace agreement came after weeks of discussion.

5.Few people s after that flood. It made their family sad.

6.I went out today and bought a （管子） of tennis balls.

7.Parents spend $220 （多） a year on toys for their children.

8.Firefighters took action （立即） to stop the fire spreading.

9.It is possible to see the path of a （飓风） in the video.

10.If you （比较） Doug’s work with Tom’s， you will find many differences.

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1.People speak highly of the boy’s bravery and calmness such an emergency.

2.It didn’t take me long to my friend at the airport the other day.

3.Peter starts the mail secretly as soon as the door of the office shuts.

4.We must take positive steps to the problem so as to avoid further troubles.

5.While most teachers would a child getting drunk quickly， they may ignore teenagers’ unimpressive action.

课文语法填空

Today， the temperature in London is expected 1 （reach） 30 plus degrees！ Sure enough， 2 （go） down the stairs and onto the platform is like jumping into a volcano that’s erupting. This， however， is nothing 3 （compare） to the train. I’m sure the passenger next to me and I are melting and becoming one！

Each summer in London definitely seems 4 （hot） than the last. I suddenly feel a bit scared. Perhaps now is the time to start planning for the future. My office is only on the 5 （three） floor of the building， so quite low. I’ll speak with my manager about moving to the top floor. Most 6 （important）， I will need to learn to swim！ Then I’ll be able to survive even when the tall buildings 7 （flood）.

Looking through my newspaper， I’m shocked by photos showing 8 a hurricane in Asia has destroyed a town. Experts say this bad weather has occurred due to climate change. Now that 9 is hard to avoid a disaster on Earth， perhaps I should start thinking about moving to space...

Stepping out of the station with a heavy heart， I suddenly feel a fresh wind on my face. Well， maybe I have been worrying too much. 10 all， it’s only 30 degrees outside！

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阅读理解

A storm hit Houston， Texas， on Tuesday. It brought heavy rains and rising floodwaters. By Tuesday night， some parts of the city had received 10 inches of rain. Police and firefighters helped people move to safe places. They also saved people from cars and buses that were stuck （困住的） on roads. Certain areas around Houston were hit really hard. In just four hours， more than seven inches of rain fell in Sugar Land in the southwest of Houston. Cars could not pass through any of the area’s main roadways. On Twitter， Sugar Land city officials asked people to get to high ground.

Tuesday’s rain hit parts of Texas that Hurricane Harvey had already damaged almost two years ago. Hurricane Harvey was the second most costly hurricane in US history. It caused $125 billion worth of damage in Texas. In the Houston area， 36 people died and about 150，000 homes were flooded.

A spokesman for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management said that this week’s rain “is not in any way a Harvey-level event”.

But the worst may not be over yet. People will have a break from the heavy rain on Wednesday.

According to the National Weather Service， the Texas Gulf Coast will continue to experience heavy rain later in the week. “Today should be our quietest over the next few days for rainfall，” said Don Oettinger， a National Weather Service meteorologist （气象学家）.

Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peia warned， “As there is too much water on the ground and flash floods are likely to happen， we hope people are careful of what they’re doing and encourage them to stay home. There’s no sense in putting yourself， firefighters or anybody in danger needlessly.”

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about？

A. Climate change in Houston. B. Flood prevention in Houston.

C. Heavy floods hitting Houston. D. People fighting floods in Houston.

2. What can we learn about Hurricane Harvey？

A. It caused no deaths or injuries. B. It did a lot of damage to Texas.

C. It was less serious than this week’s rain. D. It was the biggest hurricane on record.