1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How much in total will be used in earthquake relief?

A．£60 million.

B．£100 million.

C．£160 million.

2. How can people express their willing to help the rescue team?

A．By contacting the radio program.

B．By calling a charity organization.

C．By leaving personal information at a website.

3. What is the main purpose of the talk?

A．To forecast the weather of this week.

B．To praise sponsors in the disaster relief.

C．To update information about the earthquake.

2 . 使用恰当的过渡衔接词连句成篇
1. 我是李华，谨代表我校写信对你们的努力和帮助表示真诚的感谢。否则我们的城市可能会遭受更大的破坏。
2. 令人震惊的是，重庆受高温和干旱袭击，导致烈火发生。
3. 你们来了，及时提供了援助。
4. 尽管许多志愿者极其疲惫，依然专心于运送物资。
5. 正是你们不懈的努力和决心结束了这次自然灾害。（强调句）
6. 我们被你们深深感动，我们决定竭尽全力使我们的城市更美好。
Dear volunteers,
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Yours,

Li Hua

3 . 根据提示，运用本单元的词汇、短语及句式或使用词汇的正确形式完成下面的语篇。
Dear Sir/Madam,

    1     (我写信感谢你的及时救援), without which my life couldn’t return to normal.

A few days ago,     2     (一场极其可怕的地震袭击了我的家乡), leaving many houses in ruins.     3     (shock) to find everything buried under the fallen houses, I burst into tears.     4     (世界似乎到了尽头). Thankfully, although you were strangers, you     5     (不遗余力) provide enough food and water for us to survive on. With strong support from the government and your generous aid, a new town was built upon the earthquake     6     (ruin).

I can’t express my gratitude too much.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

4 . 语法填空

The Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964 was one of the biggest     1     (disaster) in the earth science. As it was a holiday, many people were at home. Everything was going on as usual     2     people’s houses     3     (shake). Buildings     4     (crack) and water pipes burst. It lasted more than four minutes and many people were buried under the     5     (ruin), who waited for rescue workers to come     6     their rescue. The earthquake left people    7    shock and destroyed many towns and a great number of people suffered     8     the disaster. However, they all did everything in their power     9     (rebuild) the city.

5 . 根据汉语提示完成短文。

Nicholas, intrigued by adventure stories,     1     (出发去滑雪) with his father. They had a wonderful day. When they were to leave, Nicholas decided to go down unusual trails himself. Unfortunately, a fierce snowstorm swept the area and Nicholas was lost. He remembered the story he ever read, in which a man was abandoned in a wild area and had to help himself out. “I would not shrink from danger. It’s time to     2     (我学到的技巧付诸实践了),” he whispered. He determined to     3     (逃命). Although in a subdued mood, he would not retreat.     4     (再三考虑之后), he     5     (全身心地建一个雪洞) to keep himself warm. The next day, he was found by his father, safe and sound.

6 . 短文填空

Suddenly, the aftershock struck, which made the rescue work more difficult. “A nurse in the ward was covered with rubble,” a doctor screamed with horror then. We volunteers rushed to     1     (帮助医生抢救被掩埋在废墟里的护士). Although we were faced with falling rubble from time to time, we focused our efforts on removing the bricks and the rubble that trapped her.     2     (通过我们的共同努力), the nurse was rescued. It was a miracle that she survived the earthquake.     3     (我们的努力和付出是值得的).

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

    1     moment I stepped out of school, I saw a dark blue­gray cloud approaching. But I didn’t know what a huge tornado was. I heard my mother yell my name. She asked me to get in her car. I ran to the car and got in. She     2     (immediate) started the car and headed for our house.

When I looked back at the cloud, it had a small funnel­looking (漏斗状的) cloud inside. We finally got to our house and then we heard a loud siren (警笛). My dad looked scared in the     3     (emergent). He brought the radio and a flashlight, while my mom    4     (grab) some batteries. My mom attempted     5     (shelter) me from the disaster. We turned on the radio and heard that an EF­2 tornado had touched down just east of my school. Then I heard a long deep sound that began to shake the house. That was the most horrible moment of my life and I hoped nothing like that     6     (occur) again.

8 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone.     1     covered the ground like red autumn     2    .