Section Lesson 3Natural Disasters课后篇巩固探究一、写作词汇检测完成下列小对话或语篇。1.How is the weather in the city you are living?It is (多变的).答案:changeable2.What are the villagers talking about now?The (灌溉) this year.答案:irrigation3.Why have the parents sent their children to that country?They hoped to (武装) their children with more knowledge.答案:arm4.How was it that they got to that land?By (方法) of some ships.答案:means5.They lived in a (多山的) area.There were often some (巨大的灾难).Once,the (雷雨) destroyed their houses,(导致) many deaths.Some of them had to (逃走) to another village.Later they returned and spent much money (建造) some new houses using (黏土) and (砖块).答案:mountainous;catastrophe;thunderstorm;resulting in;fled;constructing;clay;bricks二、阅读词汇检测写出画线部分的汉语意思。When the typhoon 1.arrived,the villagers were busy constructing 2.some houses.Some of them earned their living 3.by means 4.of this work.Some rocks rolled 5. from the mountain.Many of them suffered the separation 6. from their family,for some of them were killed in the typhoon and others had to flee 7.答案:1.台风2.建造3.谋生4.方式5.滚动6.分离7.逃走三、完成句子1.哈里对这个问题的解决办法是列出所有的利弊得失。Harrys is to make a list of all the pros and cons.答案:approach to the problem2.新铁路尚在建设中。The new railway is still .答案:under construction/being constructed3.我努力提高我的英语,但老师对我的进步一点也不满意。Ive tried very hard to improve my English.But by no means with my progress.答案:is the teacher satisfied4.许多新的高科技已从美国引进,给这个公司的生产带来了巨大提升。Much new and high technology has been introduced from America, great increase in production of the company.答案:resulting in/bringing about5.他逃到了哥斯达黎加以逃避服兵役。He Costa Rica to avoid military service.答案:fled to6.在过去几年里,这里的旅游业获得了相当大的发展。Over the last few years tourism here .答案:has developed considerably/greatly7.随着这个问题的解决,青霉素现在已正式生产。 ,penicillin is now in regular production.答案:With this problem solved8.示威者攻击警察,推翻车辆并将其纵火焚烧。Demonstrators ,overturning vehicles and setting fire to them.答案:turned on police9.There are still many problems (有待于解决) before we are ready for a long stay on the Moon.答案:to be solved10.While waiting for the opportunity (被晋升),Henry did his best to perform his duty.答案:to get promoted四、阅读理解A导学号16924003(20162017安徽六安一中高二检测)It is named a kind of wooden Eiffel Tower,because of the fact that there was a large wooden platform far out in the lake on which stood an improbably high diving board.It was,Im sure,the countys tallest wooden structure and no one had ever been known to jump from it.So it was quite a shock when our teacher,Mr.David,announced that he would dive off the high board that very afternoon.Word of his questionable plan was already spreading through town as Mr.David swam out to the platform.He was just a tiny,stick figure when he got there but even from such a distance the high board seemed almost to touch the clouds.Once at the top,he paced the enormously long board,then took some deep breaths and finally stood at edge.He was going to do it.Several hundred people had gathered at the shore to watch.Mr.David stood for quite a long time,then he raised his arms,took one massive bounce and launched himself into a perfect dive.It was beautiful.He fell with perfect style for what seemed minutes.The crowd fell silent.The only sound to be heard was the faint whistle of his body tearing through the air toward the water far,far below.But about three quarters of the way down he seemed to have second thoughts and began suddenly to panic,waving his arms and legs like someone having a bad dream.When he was perhaps thirty feet above the water,he gave up on waving and spread his arms and legs wide,apparently hoping that it would somehow show his fall.It didnt.He hit the water at over six hundred miles an hour.The impact was so loud that it made birds fly out of their trees three miles away.I dont think he entered the water at all.He just bounced off it,about fifteen feet back into the air.After that,he lay still on the surface,spinning like an autumn leaf.He was brought to shore by two passing fishermen in a rowboat and placed on an old blanket where he spent the rest of the afternoon.Occasionally he accepted small sips of water,but otherwise was too shock to speak.From head to toe,he was covered with deep red bruises.It was the best day of my life.1.How did the author find Mr.Davids plan to jump from the diving board?A.Heroic.B.Disappointing.C.Crazy.D.Confused.答案:C解析:推理判断题。根据第一段中的“.Im sure,the countys tallest wooden structure and no one had ever been known to jump from it.”和第二段“So it was quite a shock when our teacher,Mr.David,announced that he would dive off the high b