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Earthquakes are quite common. In fact, thousands of earthquakes 1. (happen) almost at every moment. 2., most of them are too weak to feel. During a big earthquake, there is often a big noise first. Then the earth shakes 3. (terrible) and many houses fall down.
As one of the most deadly natural disasters in the world, the earthquake often results 4. many people being injured or killed. In 2008, a severe earthquake hit China’s Sichuan Province, 5. (kill) more than 80,000 people there.
Besides the great damage and 6. (die) caused by the earthquake, other accidents such 7. fires often follow. More buildings may be damaged and more 8. (injure) may be caused. For centuries, people have been making studies of earthquakes. About 2,000 years ago, for example, a Chinese scientist 9. (name) Zhang Heng invented a machine which could find out the direction 10. the earthquake waves came.
Homework
Do maths problems 15 through 25. State the different forms of the verbs on page 50 of your French workbook. Read pages 12 through 20 of the Shakespeare play, and don’t forget to fill in the missing chemical symbols on the worksheet.
Sound like a list of your homework for the next few nights — or maybe even just for tonight? 1.It’s your teachers’ way of evaluating how much you understand what’s going on in class. And it helps strengthen important concepts. Here are some tips on how to do your homework.
2.It’s inviting to start with the easy things to get them out of the way. However, you’ll have the most energy and focus when you begin, so it’s best to use this mental power on the subjects that are most challenging. Later, when you’re more tired, you can focus on the simpler things. If you get stuck on a problem, try to figure it out as well as you can — but don’t spend too much time on it because this can mess up your homework schedule for the rest of the night. 3.But don’t pick someone whom you’ll be up all night chatting with, or you’ll never get it done!
Most people’s attention spans aren’t very long, so take some breaks while doing your homework. Sitting for too long without relaxing will make you less productive than if you stop every so often. Taking a 15-minute break every hour is a good idea for most people.4.
Once your homework is done, you can check over it if you have extra time. Be sure to put it safely away in your backpack—there’s nothing worse than having a completed assignment that you can’t find the next morning or that gets ruined by a careless brother or sister. 5.Now you’re free to hang out.A. Luckily, you can do a few things to do less homework.
B. Homework is a major part of going to school.C. No one is expected to stay long, and people have very different learning styles.
D. If you need to, ask an adult for help or call or email a classmate for advice.
E. But if you’re really concentrating, wait until it's a good time to stop.F. And no teacher still believes that “chewed by the dog” line—even when it's true!
G. When you start your homework, deal with the hardest tasks first.
Earthquake rescue robots have experienced their final tests in Beijing.Their designers say with these robots,rescuers will be able to buy more time to save lives during an earthquake.
This robot looking like a helicopter,is called the detector-bot.It’s about 4 meters long,and it took about 4 years to develop the model.Its main functions are to collect information from the air,and send goods of up to 30 kilos to people trapped by an earthquake.
This robot has a high definition 360 degrees panoramic (全景) camera.It can work day and night and will also be able to send the latest pictures from the quake area.
Dr.Qi Juntong,Chinese Academy of Science,said,“The most important feature of this robot is that it doesn’t need a distant control.We just set the destination (目的地) information on it,and then it takes off,and lands by itself.It flies as high as 3,000 meters,and as fast as 100 kilometers per hour.”
This robot has a different function—it can change as the environment changes.Its main job is to search for any signs of life in places where human rescuers are unable to go.
As well as a detector (探测器) that finds victims and detects poisonous gas,a camera is placed in the 40 centimeters long robot, which can work in the dark.
Another use for the rescuers is the supply bot.With its 10-meter-long pipe,people who are trapped in the ruins,will be able to get supplies including oxygen and liquids.
Experts have said that the robots will enter production,and serve as part of the national earthquake rescue team as soon as next year.
1.According to the passage,this robot_______.
A.is carried by the helicopter
B.weighs about 30 kilos
C.hasn’t been put into production so far.
D.is a machine with a length of 10 meters
2.Dr.Qi Juntong thinks this robot is different from the others mainly because_______.
A.it has more functions
B.it has a unique shape
C.it has more advanced cameras
D.it can work by himself once given the information
3.The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 6 refers to_____.
A.a detector B.a camera
C.a rescuer D.a supply
4.The text is mainly about__________.
A.an introduction to the robot
B.what the robot looks like
C.how the robot is made
D.information about earthquakes
Mandara seemed to know something big was about to happen. So she let out a yell, caught hold of her 2-year-old daughter Kibibi and climbed up into a tree. She lives at the National Zoo in Washington D.C..
And on Tuesday, August 23rd, witnesses said she seemed to sense the big earthquake that shook much of the East Coast before any humans knew what was going on. And she’s not the only one. In the moments before the quake, an orangutan (猩猩) let out a loud call and then climbed to the top of her shelter.
“It’s very different from their normal call,” said Brandie Smith, the zookeeper. “The lemurs (monkey like animals of Madagascar) will sound an alarm if they see or hear something highly unusual.”
But you can’t see or hear an earthquake 15 minutes before it happens, can you? Maybe you can——if you’re an animal.
“Animals can hear above and below our range of hearing,” said Brandie Smith. “That’s part of their special abilities. They’re more sensitive to the environment, which is how they survive.”
Primates weren’t the only animals that seemed to sense the quake before it happened. One of the elephants made a warning sound and a huge lizard (蜥蜴) ran quickly for cover. The flamingoes (a kind of birds) gathered before the quake and stayed together until the shaking stopped.
So what kind of vibrations (震动) were the animals picking up in the moments before the quake? Scientist Susan Hough said earthquakes produce two types of waves——a weak “P” wave and then a much stronger “S” wave. The “P” stands for “primary”. And the “S” stands for “secondary”. She thinks the “P” wave might be what sets the animals off.
Not all the animals behaved unusually before the quake. For example, Smith said the zoo’s giant pandas didn’t jump up until the shaking actually began. But many of the other animals seemed to know something was coming before it happened. “I’m not surprised at all,” Smith said.
1.Why did Mandara act strangely one day?
A.Because it sensed something unusual would happen.
B.Because its daughter Kibibi was injured.
C.Because it heard an orangutan let out a loud call.
D.Because an earthquake had happened.
2.According to Brandie Smith,_____________.
A.many animals hearing is sharp
B.earthquakes produce two types of waves
C.primates usually gather together before a quake
D.humans can also develop the ability to sense a quake
3.Which animal seems unable to sense quake?
A.A giant panda. B.A flamingo.
C.A lemur. D.A lizard.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.How animals survive a quake
B.How animals differ from humans
C.How animals behave before a quake
D.How animals protect their young in a quake
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Strange things appeared before the Tangshan earthquake happened. For three days the water in the village wells 1.(rise) and fell. The well walls had deep cracks in them. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. Some animals including fish, 2.(mouse) behaved strangely. Other strange things also happened in the city, 3. people thought little of these events and they slept as usual.
4. (final) a terrible earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976, in which more than 240,000 people died and many 5.(injure). Many houses fell down and sand filled the wells instead of water. People were greatly shocked. All the electricity in the city was cut off and people began 6. (wonder) how long the disaster would last. The whole city was completely destroyed and the world seemed to be 7.an end. It was one of the most destructive earthquakes ever, 8. shocked the whole nation.
However, the people of Tangshan didn’t lose hope because 150,000 soldiers were sent to help the rescue workers. The soldiers tried their best to dig out those 9. were trapped. They also built shelters for the 10. (survive). Fresh water was taken to the city by every means. Slowly, the city began to come back to life.
单词拼写
1.I was ______ (震惊的) to hear the news that a great fire broke out in the factory.
2.Two children fell into the river and many people tried to ______ (营救) them.
3.Cancer is the leading cause of ______ (死亡) in women.
4.These dead ducks should be ______ (埋葬) immediately since they aren’t fit to be eaten.
5.The big fire lasted for four hours and all the buildings along the street got ______ (毁坏).
6.Two people got ______ (困住) in the lift this morning when the electricity was cut off.
