2 . 他们一回到镇上，就震惊地发现他们家附近成了废墟。
On returning to the town, they were shocked to ________________.

4 . 从目前的情况来看，这个城镇似乎完全成了一片废墟。
________________ the situation, it seemed as if the town was ________________ completely.

5 . After Nagasaki and Hiroshima(长崎和广岛) were bombed with nuclear weapons, everything lay in r_______. (根据首字母单词拼写)

6 . 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空

boil down to, stay in, apply oneself to, set...apart, in ruins

1. After the earthquake, the ancient building was ________.
2. He wrote a lot in his letter, which can ________ it that he felt very sorry for his absence.
3. Please ________ and let me know how you are doing.
4. He has ________ application chemistry in the past 20 years.
5. They believe that scientists have special abilities that ________ them ________.

9 . 阅读短文，从备选项中选择合适的词汇，并用其适当形式填空。

supply       shelter        disaster       destroy       trap        affect       in ruins          cause

It’s known that the earthquake is one of the most powerful natural     1     in the world. And it’s difficult to predict (预测) it in advance.

Several years ago, an earthquake which reached a magnitude of 7.8 suddenly hit New Zealand. It struck the South Island,     2     hundreds of aftershocks and a tsunami.

Some roads and buildings     3     by the earthquake and its aftershocks. In the coastal town of Kaikoura, a popular whale-watching destination, many people found their water and power     4     cut off. Some parts of the town lay     5    . From all directions, Kaikoura was completely cut off from the outside.

After the earthquake, helicopters and a navy ship were sent there to rescue about 1,000 people who     6     in the town. The people who lost their homes had to take     7     in the tents.

After touring the     8     area, John Key, the then New Zealand’s Prime Minister predicted that clearing away the debris (瓦砾) and the blocked roads could take months.