Ⅰ. 根据汉语或首字母提示填写单词
1. The terrible (海啸) made thousands of people lose their homes.
2. The waste of time is like pouring (沙) through an open hand: once gone, it can never be brought back.
3. I was happy to hear that everyone was alive after the (洪水).
4. During the sandstorm, we were hit by a (一阵) of fine sand.
5. The normal body temperature of h is between 36 ℃ and 37 ℃.
6. (浙江杭州期中)It began to rain heavily and it was really like a crazy r.

1. tsunami 2. sand 3. flood 4. shower
5. humans 6. rainstorm

Ⅱ. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1. It is (danger) to walk on the thin ice. You may fall into the river.
2. (江苏南京期中)However, we (lose) everything in the fire and only had the clothes we were wearing.
3. I was to hear the news on the radio. (shock)
4. Blood is much (thick) than water.

1. dangerous 2. lost 3. shocked; shocking
4. thicker

Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成句子
1. 火焰和浓烟窜入空中几百英尺。
The flames and rise hundreds of feet into the air.
2. 一只漂亮的蝴蝶落在了我们花园的花朵上。
A beautiful butterfly the flower in our garden.
3. 地上有一些落叶。
There are some fallen leaves .
4. 如果我们处于危险中，我们应该互相帮助。(danger)

1. thick smoke 2. landed/lands on
3. on the ground
4. If we are in danger, we should help each other.

Ⅳ. 阅读还原
(改编自WY版八上U6课文)A lost city
My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. The earth shook those days. That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard.
1. We had to stay outside for the night. My mother was so scared. She didn’t shut her eyes for even one second. By six o’clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking. We decided to leave the town.
The road was crowded. We were at a place out of town. 2. Our coach couldn’t go straight ahead. It began to move from side to side. The sea moved back suddenly, and many sea animals were left on the sand.
We noticed a very dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius. 3. My mother asked me to continue without her, but I refused to leave her behind. We moved on while the cloud was spreading over the land like a flood.
4. The air was thick with smoke and ash began to fall in heavy showers. All around us, women were calling, children were crying and men were shouting. People were trying to find their families in the dark.
5. Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter. After a night of living between hope and fear, we had no thoughts of things to come.
—Pliny the Younger

【语篇导读】作者以第一人称视角,讲述了Vesuvius火山爆发时的逃生经历。
1. D 句意:我妈妈冲进我的房间把我叫醒。上文提到“地面剧烈摇晃的时候,我正在睡觉”,这是地面摇晃时的作者的状态,妈妈冲进房间叫醒“我”,与下文“我们不得不待在外面过夜”的情节衔接自然。
2. B 句意:就在那时,令人震惊的事情发生了。上文提到“道路拥挤”,下文则描述“马车摇晃、海水后退、海洋动物被留在沙滩上”的异常景象,空处应起到承上启下的过渡作用。
3. E 句意:很快,云向下移动,覆盖了海面。上文提到“我们注意到Vesuvius火山上空有一团乌云”,下文描述那片乌云像洪水一样扩散,空处应描述云层的变化过程,承上启下。
4. A 句意:它把白天变成了黑夜。上文提到“我们注意到Vesuvius火山上空有一团乌云”,下文描述那片乌云像洪水一样扩散。由此可知,空处应说明乌云遮蔽天空的严重程度。
5. C 句意:谢天谢地,过了一会儿,天亮了!上文描述了黑暗中人们的恐慌,下文提到“一切都被火山灰覆盖,就像冬天的雪一样”,说明黑暗的时刻已经过去,空处应引出下文的平静景象。