阅读短文，完成下列任务。
Natural Disasters: Earth’s “Temper” and Our “Super Skills”
Earth can be a bit dramatic! Sometimes it shakes its body (earthquakes), sneezes(typhoons) or even cries too much (floods). We can’t stop Earth’s temper, but we can learn to protect ourselves.
· Where do disasters like to hang out?
Earthquakes love to “dance” at plate boundaries(板块边界)! The Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean—places like Japan, Indonesia and Chile—gets lots of shaking.
1. Countries like China, the Philippines, and Vietnam often get visited by their “twirling sleeves(旋转的袖子).”
Floods enjoy vacations in low-lying areas and near rivers, such as the Ganges Plain in South Asia and the Yangtze River in China. 2.
· How do disasters mess things up?
In 2008, the Wenchuan earthquake in China shook everything. Nearly 90,000 people were killed or went missing. The money lost could circle earth many times!
In 2022, Typhoon Nanmadol hit Japan, bringing record-breaking rain. 3. Floods and landslides forced hundreds of thousands to run away at night. Disasters also tore up roads, washed away crops and pressed the “pause(暂停) button” on our lives.
· Our super defense guide!
For you: Pack a “survival backpack”—water, cookies, a flashlight, band-aids. Know your escape routes(逃离路线). 4.
For the city: Governments can install(安装) “eagle eyes” (early warning systems), build strong houses and organize earthquake drills.
For the world: 5. Disasters don’t care about borders—and neither does kindness!
Remember: Nature is powerful, but science is our shield, and teamwork is our armor (盔甲)!
任务一:根据上下文,将下列句子还原到短文中。
A. Practice like it’s a fun game!
B. Rain poured like the sky had a hole.
C. When they’re happy, they flood everything!
D. Countries work together, send help and share ideas.
E. Typhoons are like spinning dancers in the northwest Pacific.
任务二:阅读短文,选择最佳答案。
()1. Where do earthquakes often happen?
A. On ice caps.
B. At plate boundaries.
C. In the middle of deserts.
()2. Which country was hit by Typhoon Nanmadol in 2022?
A. China.
B. Japan.
C. Brazil.
()3. What should you put in a survival backpack?
A. Candies.
B. Video games.
C. Band-aids.
()4. How many people were killed or missing in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake?
A. About 9 thousand.
B. About 90 thousand.
C. About 900 thousand.
()5. Which of the following is true?
A. We can’t stop the nature’s temper but we can learn to protect ourselves.
B. Floods enjoy visiting the Yangtze River in China more than the Ganges Plain.
C. Nanmadol tore up hundreds of roads, washed away crops, but didn’t influence our life.
任务三:阅读短文,回答下列问题。
1. Why is the area around the Pacific Ocean called the Ring of Fire?
2. Where do floods like to vacation?

3. What can we put in a survival backpack?

4. How can governments help reduce disaster damage?

5. What’s your understanding of the last sentence?

任务一:1. E 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D
任务二:1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A
任务三:
1. Because there is lots of shaking.
2. Floods enjoy vacations in low-lying areas and near rivers.
3. Water, cookies, a flashlight and band-aids.
4. Governments can install eagle eyes (early warning systems), build strong houses and organize earthquake drills.
5. Nature is powerful, but science can protect us, and working together can make us even stronger.（答案不唯一,合理即可）