Ⅴ. 根据汉语意思完成句子

1. 我们领居的房子着火了，因为闪电击中了他的房子。

Our neighbour’s house _________ _________ because the lightning __________ his house.

2. 他的到来使我们很惊讶。

__________ ___________ made us ____________.

3. 坏天气有时会引起自然灾害。

Bad weather can sometimes _________ _________ __________.

4. 大火没有持续多久，消防员在五分钟之内赶到并扑灭了大火。

The big fire didn’t ________ _________. The firemen arrived _________ __________ _________ and _________ __________ the fire.

Ⅵ. 完形填空

We cannot stop earthquakes, but we can do things to make sure they do not destroy (破坏) whole cities. First, it is not a __1__ idea to build houses along the lines where__ 2__of the earth’s plates join together. Second, if you think there __3__ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rock, not on __4__. Third, you must make the houses as __5__ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may __6__.

Scientists are __7__ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around S an Francisco. They call it “The Big One”. But people today are still building more __8__. The population in and around San Francisco __9__ is ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that __10__ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

(  )1. A. bad     B. good      C. poor      D. new

(  )2. A. one     B. most      C. two       D. none

(  )3. A. may     B. should    C. can’t      D. won’t

(  )4. A. sea      B. land      C. space      D. sand

(  )5. A. high     B. big        C. strong     D. low

(  )6. A. keep up  B. set up     C. stay up    D. grow up

(  )7. A. sorry    B. pleased    C. afraid     D. wondering

(  )8. A. walls    B. stories     C. cities     D. houses

(  )9. A. now     B. still       C. always    D. never

(  )10. A. before  B. if         C. or        D. until