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Module 3 The Violence of Nature

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．The room must be picked ________ before the guests arrive.

2．It suddenly occurred ________ him that he had left his keys in the office. 3．I can finish all my homework in 3 hours ________ average every day. 4．It’s wrong of you to leave the water ________ (run) day and night. 5. ________ (bury) in his study，he didn’t realize that all the others had left. 6．If they had respect for life，they wouldn’t do such ________ (terrify) things. 7．Equipped with rich knowledge，he is very ________ (experience) in looking after animals.

8．As far as I see，there is no possibility ________ he will win the tennis match this time.

9．We were going to go out，but ended up ________ (watch) TV at home.

10. ________ (strike) by the beauty of the country，the visitors forgot to return. 11．After the earthquake I went there，I saw the whole town ________ ruins，and now everything has changed.

12．The police were trying to find out who set fire __________ the shop. 答案 1.up 2.to 3.on 4.running 5.Buried 6．terrifying 7.experienced 8.that 9.watching 10．Struck 11.in 12.to Ⅱ.单句改错

1．The forest is easy to catch a fire in such dry weather.

2．Nowadays we often pick out a lot of information via the Internet. 3．The competition has offered us a valuable experience.

4．Because they were to move to a new house，they bought a lot of furnitures. 5．Is there any possibility whether you could pick me up at the airport? 6．The earthquake broke at midnight，caused great damage to the city. 7．They found the remains of buildings being buried under the sand. 8．They started out hurriedly，leaving the dishes not touching.

答案 1.去掉a 2.out→up 3.去掉a 4.furnitures→furniture 5.whether→that

6.caused→causing 7.去掉being 8.touching→touched Ⅲ.课文改写语法填空

A tornado，1.________ is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground usually occurs in the US，2.________ (affect) several US states greatly.

Hurricanes，which are strong 3.________ (type) storms，usually 4.________ (hit) the east coast of the US from Texas to Marine，the worst one of which caused 6，000 5.________ (die)，and destruction of 3，600 buildings.

Here is a story about the worst hurricane.Charles Coghlan，6.________famous Irish actor，moved to Canada，then New York，and finally Galvestone，7.________ he died in 1899，a year before the hurricane came.In the hurricane，his cemetery 8.________ (destroy) and his coffin ended 9.________in the sea，which was carried by the Gulf Stream to his home on Prince Edward Island in the east of Canada eight years 10.________ (late)．

答案 1.which 2.affecting 3.typical 4.hit 5．deaths 6.a 7.where 8.was destroyed 9.up 10．later Ⅳ.单元考点作文串记 一、根据提示翻译句子

1．平均起来，每年都会发生各种各样的自然灾害。(on average，take place) _____________________________________________________________________ 2．昨天，一场强烈的飓风突然袭击了该地区。(violent，strike/hit) _____________________________________________________________________

3．飓风导致很多房屋和车辆被毁，甚至有两人被埋在倒塌的房屋下。(cause，ruin，bury) _____________________________________________________________________ 4．事发后人们及时把他们救了出来。(occur)

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5．在将来，有可能有经验的专家能够准确地预报一些可怕的自然灾害。(possibility，experienced，terrifying)

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答案 1.On average，all kinds of natural disasters will take place every year. 2．A violent hurricane suddenly struck/hit the area yesterday.

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3．The hurricane caused the ruin of many houses and cars and even two persons were buried under the collapsed houses.

4．People came to save them from the ruins of the houses after it occurred. 5．There is a possibility that experienced experts will be able to forecast some terrifying natural disasters accurately in the future. 二、加上适当的过渡词，连句成篇

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On average，all kinds of natural disasters will take place every year.A violent hurricane suddenly struck/hit the area yesterday，causing the ruin of many houses and cars.What’s worse，even two persons were buried under the collapsed houses.Luckily/Fortunately，people came to save them from the ruins of the houses after it occurred.There is a possibility that experienced experts will be able to forecast some terrifying natural disasters accurately in the future. Ⅴ.阅读理解

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Though larger cities were mostly spared, Sunday’s tornadoes damaged some small towns in the middle of the U．S.One of the hardest hit was Van, Texas, a town of about 2，600 people located 70 miles southeast of Dallas.Winds there reached up to 140 miles per hour and damaged about 30 percent of the area.Weather experts say it was the strongest tornado to hit the town in more than 70 years.

Emergency workers in Van moved quickly to help those affected, but two people were killed and more than two dozen were injured by the tornado’s winds.A driver in the nearby town of Corsicana was killed by floodwaters that had risen after the storm.

In Lake City, Iowa, a tornado tore the roof off South Central Calhoun High School.One hundred and fifty people had gathered in the safety of the school’s basement, and all escaped without major harm.

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