Unit 7 Earthquakes

【重点、难点点拨】

  1.交际用语

  (1) Were you in … at the time of … ? (2) Sure I was. I'll never forget that.

  (3) What was it like ? (4) Very strange. It sounded like …

  2.语言现象

  (1) for a while; (2) cut off; (3) stay up; (4) fall off;

  (5) at the time of; (6) to feel sth do; (7) to begin …with;

  (8) in all one's life; (9) a great part of; (10) a large number of;

  (11) a great many;(12) a number of;

  (13) to move at … centimetres a year; (14) to make sure that;

  (15) in history; (16) to hold a meeting。

  3.语法和写作

  学习由that, which, who 引导的定语从句,理解并熟悉其结构。进一步练习间接引语的用法,掌握说明文的阅读方法。

【重点、难点例题解析】

  1.定语从句中关系代词在下列情况时不用 which, who 而用 that:

  先行词是all, everything, nothing, anything, little, much 等不定代词时;先行词被all, every, no, any, little, much, some修饰时;先行词被序数词,形容词最高级 ,the only, the very,

  (1) This is the most interesting book that I've ever read.

  (2) The only thing that I want to do is to swim.

  (3) Look at the girl and the dog that are crossing the street.

  (4) Who that knows him would trust him.

  (5) Which of these two trains is the one that goes to Paris?

  2. feel sth. do/doing sth. 是及物动词, "感到",后面跟复合宾语。例如:

  I felt his hand shake/shaking.

  此时不定式作宾语补足语时不带to,但不定式含有be动词时带to,例如:

  I felt them to be right.I felt something touch my foot.

  He felt himself getting younger and younger.

【重点、难点练习题】

  1. The smallest living things     can be seen under a microscope are bacteria.

  A. that  B. who  C. which  D. /

  2. You must do everything     I do.

  A. that B. who C. which  D.whom

  3. This is the last lesson     we have this term.

  A. which B. that  C. who  D. those

  4. I felt something     on my leg, when I saw a snake.

  A. tough  B. to tough  C. toughed D. toughing

  5. The cloth     soft.

  A. is felt B. feels C. is feeling  D. will be felt

【全方位单元综合练习题】

  Ⅰ 单项选择

  1. -They had a good journey this summer.

  -    .

  A. So did we B. So we did

  C. So do we  D. So do we

  2. Marx was born in Germany and German was his native language.

     .

  A. So it was with Engels B. So was Engels

  C. So was it with Engels D. So Engels was

  3. -Do you think he will come tonight?

  -    .

  A. I'm afraid so B. I think not

  C. I'm afraid not  D. I not think so

  4.     your bike has been lost. I can't find it anywhere.

  A. I wish  B. I hope  C. I wonder D. I'm afraid

  5. The glass fell     the table and broke into pieces.

  A. away B. away from C. off D. out of

  6. Bob got badly hit     nose while walking alone in the street one night.

  A. in his B. on his  C. in the  D. on the

  7. How do you find the film?   .

  A. Right  B. Pretty C. Well  D. Great

  8. This is the most difficult book    .

  A. that I've read it  B. which I have read it

  C. I have read D. I have read it

  9. They talked about the people and things     they saw on their way home.

  A. that  B. whom  C. who  D. which

  10. Did you tell your father all     you had seen on the way to school?

  A. what B. these  C. that  D. which

  11. This is Mr. Smith,    I think has something interesting to tell us.

  A. who  B. whom  C. that  D. /

  12. Everything is just     it should be.

  A. like  B. the same C. as  D. that

  13. The car runs     60 miles an hour.

  A. at  B. in  C. by  D. with

  14. Which of the following is wrong?

  A. This table is three as big as that one.

  B. This table is three times bigger than that one.

  C. This table is bigger three times than that one.

  D. This table is three times the size of that one.

  15. Last week Lily     her bike and hurt her legs.

  A. fell of  B. fell down  C. fell out of D. fell off

  16. Usually Jim gets up very early     the morning,     Sunday morning.

  A. in … and in B. on … but on

  C. on …but in  D. in … but on

  17. Please give me a ladder. I couldn't     the apples.

  A. reach B. get to C. arrive  D. arrive at

  18. Have never seen     people in the garden.

  A. so much B. so many  C. so lot of D. much more

  19. One of the branches of the tree is dead. Why not    ?

  A. cut them down B. cut it off

  C. cut off it  D. cut it off

  20. He was famous     a film and TV star.

  A. as  B. for C. like D. be

  21. -Have you moved into the new house?

  -Not yet.The rooms    .

  A. are painted B. are being painted

  C. are painting  D. are being painting

  22. "I would rather have some tea, if you don't mind".

  "    ."

  A. Yes, I don't  B. Thank you

  C. Of course not  D. You're welcome.

  23. What were you doing when the earthquake    ?

  A. had happened  B. happened 

  C. would happen  D. was happening

  24. Why he didn't come yet? What     to him?

  A. was happened  B. happened  

  C. would happen D. had happened

  25. Jack has finished his homework, so     my sister.

  A. is  B. does  C. has D. did

  26. It sounded     a train     under my house.

  A. in…go  B. as…to go C. like…going D. by…goes

  27. I'm sorry for keeping you     so long.

  A. wait B. waiting  C. have waited D. waited

  28. I really heard him     so.

  A. to say  B. say C. saying  D. had say

  29. She was seen     model ships in the room.

  A. to make  B. to put C. make D. put

  30. - Have you     the party?

  -Yes, and so has my sister.

  A. been invited  B. been invited by

  C. invited to  D. been invited to

  31. This story     in a small town.

  A. was taken place B. took place

  C. had been taken place D. has been take place

  Ⅱ 用方框里适当词的适当形式填空

    shake, move, fall,go

  1. I'm going to     to a new house.

  2. We know apples    down from apple trees.

  3. Let him    , we will do it ourselves.

  4. I'm watching the model plane    off into the river.

  5. They     hands tightly for a long time.

  soil, sand, rock, stone,land, earth

  6. New factory could not be built on the   .It's too dangerous.

  7. He picked up a     and threw it to the wolf.

  8. The     shook for quite a while.

  9. This kind of     is suit for planting cottage.

  10. That     mountain is so great.

  11. That large     is my grandfather's farm.

  Ⅲ 改错

  1. Is this the city where you visited last year?

  2. Is this the book your mother bought it for you?

  3. Who is the comrade you talked with him ?

  4. They are talking about the people and the things which they saw yesterday.

  5. Which is the clock which is made in China?

  6. Who is the man who is speaking to your mother?

  7. Those have seen the film think highly of it.

  8. A number of people was standing outside the office.

  9. The number of people there are at least over 300.

  10. In order that to meet his expense, he had to do extra work at night.

  Ⅳ 完形填空

  Some countries have large number of earthquake. Japan is one of them. Others don't have many; for example, there are 1earthquakes in Britain. There is often a reat noise 2. The ground vibrates ( 颤动 ). Houses fall down. Railway lines are broken. Trains run 3the lines. Sometimes thousand of people are killed in 4ways. About 60000 were 5in 1783 in South Italy. The volcano (火山 ) Krakatoa caused a terrible earthquake in 1883 and 35,000 people 6. Krakatoa is an island in Indonesia.

  Earthquakes often happen 7volcanoes, but this is not always true. The centres of some are 8the sea. The bottom of 9suddenly moves. The powerful 10inside the earth break the rocks. The coast is shaken and great 11appear. These waves travel long distance and 12the land when they reach it. They are 13to break down house and other 14 ; sometimes they reak 15buildings than the earthquake itself.

  1. A. many B. a lot of C. few D. no

  2. A.during the earthquake  B. in the countries

  C. during the flood  D. in the sea

  3. A. out  B. off  C. on  D. far away

  4. A. the same B. same C. all D. different

  5. A. found  B. lost  C. destroyed  D. killed

  6. A. are killed B. were killed  C. moved D. death

  7. A. near  B. on C. under D. by

  8. A. in B. under  C. on D. above

  9. A. earth  B. ground C. the sea D. the soil

  10. A. earthquakes B. movements  C. shake D. forces

  11. A. sea  B. water  C. waves D. earthquake

  12. A. rush over B. rush off  C. rush down D.rush away

  13. A. enough strong B. strong enough C. weak enough D. enough weak

  14. A. people B. sea  C. buildings D. cottages

  15. A. larger B. fewer C. more D. less

  Ⅴ 单词拼写

  1. In an earthquake, the earth s   .

  2. We talked the news for a w   ,and then went home.

  3. A great part of the city was d    during the flood.

  4. Earthquake happened in the evening as people were t    home.

  5. On Saturday evening I went to meet my father at the Capital a

     .

  6. "I'm t    sorry." Said the woman.

  7. They can sell their beef at a high p    in the capital.

  8. As a young man, Abraham Lincoln was active in political m   .

  9. The p    in and around san Francisco is now ten times more than it in 1906.

  10. What do you m    by saying this?

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