一、词汇运用
1. (nature) disasters kill a lot of people every year.
2. The earthquake that happened last week made many people (home).
3. Most of the (coach) in Changzhou are made in China.
4. (thousand) of people lost their lives during the war.
5. The three (事故) were all caused by the bad weather.
6. I was late this morning because there was too much (交通) on my way.
7. Yesterday, Jimmy told me a (可怕的) story and I couldn't fall asleep.
8. I am not in a good (状态) to go to the meeting today.

1. Natural 2. homeless 3. coaches 4. Thousands 5. accidents
6. traffic 7. terrible 8. state

() 1.— Did you the traffic accident?
— Yes, my uncle told me about it on the phone.

A.hear about
B.talk about
C.hear from
D.lead to

1. A

() 2.The job is to stop the fires from burning.

A.teachers'
B.doctors'
C.firemen's
D.engineers'

2. C

() 3.By 2025, the company has seen much development. It has become one of companies in the country.

A.big
B.bigger
C.biggest
D.the biggest

3. D

() 4.When the flood was the old village, people screamed in fear and ran in all directions.

A.putting away
B.giving away
C.washing away
D.taking away

4. C

( ) 5.— It's so hot outside ______ I begin to sweat (流汗). — Me too.

A.because
B.until
C.that
D.but

5. C

() 6.— What do you know about the typhoon in the town?
— Over 10 people in the disaster. How sad!

A.dead
B.died
C.die
D.dying

6. B

() 7.— How was your stay in Hong Kong?
— ! And it was a pity that I couldn't stay there longer.

A.Nothing could be worse
B.It was just perfect
C.A terrible experience
D.What a hard time I had

7. B

三、完成句子
1. 我们必须尽快处理办公大楼里的这次紧急事件。
We must as soon as possible.
2. 大雾太浓了，以至于我们看不见面前一米以外的东西。
The fog was so in front of us.
3. 汽车突然冲出路面，最终停在了草地上。
The car and ended up on the grass.
4. 昨天有十人在这场交通事故中受伤了。
Ten people yesterday.

1. deal with the emergency in the office building
2. thick that we couldn’t see more than a metre
3. came off the road suddenly 4. were hurt in the traffic accident