Unit 4 Earthquakes
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．They befriended the young girl, providing her with food and________(庇护；保护)．
2．We were all________(震惊)when we heard about the accident.
3．He was too excited to________(表达)himlf clearly.
4松节的功效与作用．It is an area where natural________(灾害)often happen.
5．Many men were________(埋葬)underground when the accident at the mine happened.
6．A great many hous were d________in the earthquake and many people became homeless.
7．The interruption of e________made us unable to do anything on the computer.
8．Many pipes b________before the earthquake happened.
9．He was i________when he was working in his workshop.
10．C________to you on your passing the driving test.
答案：1.shelter 2.shocked 3.express 4.disasters
5．buried 6.destroyed 7.electricity 8.burst 9.injured
10．Congratulations
Ⅱ.完成句子
1．You shouldn't have gone out to play________ ________ ________ ________(没完成作业)．(leave)
2．That scientist knew nothing about the matter, becau he________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ______(总是专心于研究)．(bury)
3．________ ________ ________ ________ ________(从她上一封信看), they are having a wonderful time.(judge)
4．If a pen is partly put into the water, it looks________ ________ ________ ________ ________(好像断了)．(as)
5．The boy________ ________ ________(突然大哭起来)on eing the big dog.(burst)
答案：1.leaving your homework unfinished 2.was always burying himlf in his study/was always buried in his study 3.Judging by/from her last letter 4.as if it were broken 5.burst into tears/burst out crying
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．After the fire, the once beautiful hou is________.
A．in ruin B．on the ruin
C．on ruins D．in ruins
答案：D in ruins是固定短语，意为“严重受损，破败不堪”。句意：大火过后，曾经漂亮的房子成了一片废墟。
2．________the number of cars, only________small number of people have attended the meeting.
A．Judging from; a B．Judged from; a
C．Judging from; the D．Judged from; the
答案：A 考查judge及a/the number of的用法。句意：从车的数量来看，只有少数人参加了会议。judging from为固定用法，可先排除B、D。a number of意为“一些”，the number of意为“……的数量”。
3．The audience waited until the curtain ro and then________laughter at the sight of the funny actor.
A．burst out B．burst into
C．broken into D．began with
答案：B 考查词语搭配。burst into laughter＝burst out laughing，意为“大笑起来”。句意：
观众们一直等到幕布拉起，然后一看到那个滑稽的演员，大家都突然大笑起来。break into“破门而入”；begin with“以……开始”。
4．________ems to me that you don't like that boy.
A．That B．It
C．He D．This
答案：B it ems(to sb.)为固定句型，意为“好像……”。
正确的搬家入宅仪式5．To my anger, the dog followed me________I went.
A．everywhere B．anywhere
C．any place D．where there
答案：A 考查everywhere作连词的用法。everywhere＝wherever/no matter where。
6．As is reported，________money is spent on tobacco every year.
A．a large amount of B．a large number of
C．a great many D．a great many of
答案：白桦林歌词A money是不可数名词，因此只能用a large amount of(快乐的同桌许多，大量的)修饰。句意：据报道，每年都有许多钱花在了烟草上。a number of和a great many也有此意，但只能修饰可数名词。
7．Thank you so much. You________me from an embarrassing situation.
A．remember B．recover
C．rescue D．rerve
答案：C rescue sb. 意思是“把某人从……中解救出来”，符合题意。
8．We received a________chain letter yesterday, which______all of us to death.
A．frightened；frightened B．frightened；frightening
C．frightening; frightened D．frightening; frightening
答案：C 考查frighten的用法。句意：昨天我们接到了连环恐吓信，这把我们大家吓得要死。frightening意为“令人害怕的”，通常用来指事或物，故第一空用frightening；从句缺少谓语动词，故第二空用过去式frightened。
9．Lucy didn't answer.________， she looked out of the window, as if thinking.
A．But B．However
C．Instead D．And
答案：C 考查词语辨析。句意：露西没有回答。相反，她向窗外看去，好像在思考问题。instead“相反”，符合句意。
10．He sighed again and the failure in physics emed to have completely________his confidence.
A．injured B．destroyed
C．shocked D．attacked
答案：B 考查动词。句意：他叹了口气，物理考试不及格好像彻底摧毁了他的自信心。injure指在事故中受伤或者损害名誉、自尊等；destroy“摧毁，毁灭”，符合句意；shock“使震惊”；attack“袭击”。
11．—________ was not careful enough in the test.
—I agree with you. Bob, for example, is always a careless boy.
A．Anyone B．None
C．All D．Everyone
答案：D 从答语知这一句话为部分否定句式，故应从C第十二英语怎么读、D中选择；而all若指人，应用复数谓语动词对应，故排除C。
12．It was raining more and more heavily, and we all stood there under the________， just outside the door.
A．window B．tent
C．roof D．shelter
硬汉奶爸答案：D 考查名词辨析。由语境可知，雨下得很大，我们正在避雨，地点就在“outside the door”，由此可以排除window, roof商标英文，更不可能是tent“帐篷”，所以应选shelter“躲避处绿色壁纸纯色”。
13．I'd like to offer my hearty______to you on your______.
A．congratulate; getting married
B．congratulations; getting married
C．congratulations; get married
D．congratulations; getting marry
答案：B 句意：我衷心祝贺你结婚了。句中应用“祝贺”的名词复数形式congratulations; on为介词，后应跟动词ing形式；get married为固定短语，表示“结婚”。
