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Unit 4 Period 1 Listening and Speaking 分层练习
语言能力 掌握自然灾害相关词汇。
学习能力 形成语法发现意识。
思维品质 识别新闻报道的文体特征，通过思维导图掌握新闻报道的结构和阐述方法。
文化意识 了解常见的自然灾害，并对其危害形成初步认识。
一、单词拼写
1．The (长度)of a paragraph depends on the information it conveys.
【答案】length
【解析】【分析】句意：段落的长度取决于它所传达的信息。此处名词作主语，根据谓语动词depends，可知应用单数名词，故填length。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作主语。
2．Two people got (困住) in the lift this morning when the electricity was cut off.
【答案】trapped
【解析】【分析】句意：今天早上停电时，有两人被困在电梯里。get trapped in固定短语，“被困在......”，此处过去分词作表语，故填trapped。
【点评】考查非谓语动词，以及固定短语get trapped in。
3．The volcano could e at any time.
【答案】erupt
【解析】【分析】句意：火山随时可能喷发。此处是谓语动词，根据句意和首字母，应用 erupt ，could后接动词原形，故填 erupt 。
【点评】考查动词，掌握 erupt 的应用。
4．The air was so cold we could hardly b .
【答案】breathe
【解析】【分析】句意：空气太冷了，我们几乎无法呼吸。此处是谓语动词，根据句意和首字母，应用breathe，could后接动词原形，故填 breathe 。
【点评】考查动词，掌握 breathe 的应用。
5．Many people s from mental illness at some point in their lives.
【答案】suffered
【解析】【分析】句意：许多人在他们生命中的某个阶段患有精神疾病。根据句意和首字母，应用 suffer “遭受”，此处是谓语动词，结合语境应用一般过去时，故填 suffered 。
【点评】考查时态，本题涉及一般过去时。
6．They made a request for further a .
【答案】aid
【解析】【分析】句意：他们请求进一步援助。此处名词作介词宾语，根据句意和首字母，应用aid，“援助”，不可数，故填aid。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作介词宾语。
7．It suddenly s me how we could improve the situation.
【答案】struck
【解析】【分析】句意：我突然想到我们如何才能改善这种情况。根据句意和首字母，应用动词strike“突然出现在…..的头脑中”，It suddenly strikes sb....固定句式，“某人突然想起......”，结合 how we could improve the situation ，可知应用一般过去时，故填 struck 。
【点评】考查时态，本题涉及一般过去时。
8．She w to the dog to come back
【答案】whistled
【解析】【分析】句意：她吹口哨让狗回来。此处是谓语动词，根据句意和首字母，应用 whistle ，结合语境应用一般过去时，故填 whistled 。
【点评】考查时态，本题涉及一般过去时。
9．It is important to keep c in an emergency.
【答案】calm
【解析】【分析】句意：在紧急情况下保持冷静很重要。此处形容词作表语，根据句意和首字母，应用形容词 calm “镇静的，冷静的”，故填 calm 。
【点评】考查形容词，本题涉及形容词作表语。
10．We would like to be able to s away those harmful rumors.
【答案】sweep
【解析】【分析】句意：我们希望能够扫除那些有害的谣言。根据句意和首字母，应用动词 sweep “扫除”，be able to后接动词原形，故填 sweep 。
【点评】考查非谓语动词，掌握 sweep 的应用。
二、语法填空
11．Almost 50 percent of cancer (suffer) are treated successfully in that hospital.
【答案】sufferers
【解析】【分析】句意：几乎 50% 的癌症患者在该医院得到成功治疗。此处名词作介词宾语，指人， suffer “遭受”动词，其指人的名词是 sufferer“患者，患病者”，根据谓语动词are，应用复数形式，故填sufferers 。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作介词宾语。
12．This room is twice the (long) of the other, but much narrower.
【答案】length
【解析】【分析】句意：这个房间的长度是另一个房间的两倍，但要窄得多。此处名词作表语，long“长的”形容词，其名词是 length “长度”，不可数名词，此处是“倍数+the +名词+of”的表达，故填 length。
【点评】考查名词，掌握固定句式“倍数+the +名词+of”。
13．You can expect the (deliver) of food in a week to ten days.
【答案】delivery
【解析】【分析】句意：您可以期望在一周到十天内送达食物。此处名词作宾语， deliver 动词，“派送”，其名词是 delivery ，作宾语，故填 delivery 。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作宾语。
14．Illegal hunting is threatening the (survive) of the species.
【答案】survival
【解析】【分析】句意：非法狩猎威胁着该物种的生存。此处名词作宾语， survive 是动词，“生存”，其名词是 survival ，不可数名词，故填 survival 。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作宾语。
15．It took us a few minutes to get our (breathe) back after the race.
【答案】breath
【解析】【分析】句意：比赛结束后，我们花了几分钟才恢复呼吸。此处名词作宾语， breathe 是动词，“呼吸”，其名词是 breath，不可数，故填breath。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作宾语。
16．Six months after (suffer) our defeat on the spring practice field,we won our first game...
【答案】suffering
【解析】【分析】句意：在春季练习赛上遭遇失利六个月后，我们赢得了第一场比赛……。介词after后接动名词，作宾语，故填suffering。
【点评】考查非谓语动词，本题涉及动名词作宾语。
17．I still remember visiting a friend who'd lived here for five years and I (shock) when I learnt she hadn't cooked once in all that time.
【答案】was shocked
【解析】【分析】句意：我还记得拜访一位在这里住了五年的朋友，当我得知她一直没有做饭时，我感到很震惊。此处是谓语动词，I和shock之间是被动关系，应用被动语态，结合语境应用一般现在时，故填was shocked。
【点评】考查时态语态，本题涉及一般过去时的被动语态。
18．The number of students in this school has increased 20 percent this year.
【答案】by
【解析】【分析】句意：今年这所学校的学生人数增加了 20%。increase by固定短语，”增长了“，故填by。
【点评】考查介词，以及固定短语increase by。
19．The audience applauded when the Chairman got up on his (foot) to speak.
【答案】feet
【解析】【分析】句意：当主席站起来讲话时，全场掌声雷动。get up on one's feet固定短语，”站起来“，故填feet。
【点评】考查名词，以及固定短语get up on one's feet。
20．Nearly two (three) of the students in our class like playing football.
【答案】thirds
【解析】【分析】句意：我们班近三分之二的学生喜欢踢足球。two thirds”三分之二“，故填thirds。
【点评】考查数词，本题涉及分数的表达。
三、完形填空
21．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Earthquakes are common; thousands
of them happen each day. But most are too （1） to feel. During a （2） earthquake, there is often a great noise
first. Then the earth （3） terribly and many houses （4） down. Railway tracks break and trains go （5） lines; a great many factories are （6） ;
thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes… （7） the great damage and deaths caused by the
earthquake （8） , other disasters such as fires often （9） .
More buildings are destroyed and more （10） caused.
Man knows the （11） of a possible earthquake, and for centuries
man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2, 000 years ago, （12） ,
a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng （13） a machine which could find out from which （14） the seismic waves had come, and this machine
is still （15） by
scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and （16） they happen, but we still cannot （17） exactly when and where an earthquake will
happen, and cannot （18） it
from happening. So earthquakes are among the （19） disasters in the world.
No one can stop natural
earthquakes. （20） , scientists can help stop earthquakes
destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.
（1）A．extreme B．weak C．frightening D．frequent
（2）A．real B．exact C．big D．small
（3）A．moves B．shakes C．jumps D．breaks
（4）A．get B．put C．set D．fall
（5）A．off B．on C．into D．behind
（6）A．burst B．struck C．destroyed D．buried
（7）A．Except B．Besides C．Instead of D．Because of
（8）A．lonely B．later C．themselves D．itself
（9）A．follow B．copy C．come D．enter
（10）A．quakes B．deaths C．difficulties D．results
（11）A．information B．questions C．dangers D．frights
（12）A．as a result B．in
fact C．for example D．as well
（13）A．invented B．discovered C．found D．bought
（14）A．nation B．direction C．item D．pace
（15）A．improved B．repaired C．protected D．used
（16）A．where B．when C．what D．why
（17）A．persuade B．tell C．express D．point
（18）A．frighten B．prepare C．prevent D．rescue
（19）A．worst B．best C．most D．fastest
（20）A．However B．But C．And D．So
【答案】（1）B；（2）C；（3）B；（4）D；（5）A；（6）C；（7）B；（8）D；（9）A；（10）B；（11）C；（12）C；（13）A；（14）B；（15）D；（16）D；（17）B；（18）C；（19）A；（20）A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，地震是常见的，会给人们带来很大的灾难。现在我们已经了解许多关于地震发生的原因，但我们仍然不知道究竟在何时何地会发生地震，并不能阻止这一切的发生。
（1）考查形容词。A：extreme“非常的，极端的”；B：weak“虚弱的”；C：frightening“令人害怕的”；D：frequent “屡次的，不断的”。有些地震太弱了，以至于人们感觉不到。选B。
（2）考查形容词。A：real“真正的”；B：exact“精确的”；C：big“大的”；D：small “小的”。根据下文"there is often a great noise first"可知选C。
（3）考查动词。A：moves“移动”；B：shakes“摇动”；C：jumps“跳”；D：breaks “中断，破坏”。发生地震时，地面在晃动，故选B。
（4）考查动词。A：get“获得，得到”；B：put“放置”；C：set“设置”；D：fall“下落”。 地震导致房屋倒塌。fall down固定短语，“倒塌”。选D。
（5）考查介词。A：off“偏离，断开”；B：on“在......上，继续”；C：into“进入......里面”；D：behind “在.....后面”。根据"railway tracks break"可知，铁轨断了，火车出轨了。选A。
（6）考查动词。A：burst“爆发”；B：struck“袭击，攻击”；C：destroyed“破坏”；D：buried“埋”。 工厂被破坏，故选C。
（7）考查介词（短语）。A：Except“除了”；B：Besides“除了.....还......”；C：Instead of“代替”；D：Because of “因为”。根据下文的“other disasters”可知，除了地震造成的损失之外，还有别的灾难，故选B。
（8）考查代词。A：lonely“寂寞的”；B：later“后来”；C：themselves“他们自己”；D：itself “本身”。与下文的火灾相对应，强调地震本身造成的破坏。故选D。
（9）考查动词。A：follow“跟随，遵循”；B：copy“模仿，复制”；C：come“来”；D：enter“进入”。 此处表示伴随地震而来的灾害，选A。
（10）考查名词。A：quakes“晃动，震动”；B：deaths“死亡”；C：difficulties“困难”；D：results “结果”。地震引发的其他灾害造成更多的房屋倒塌和人员死亡。选B。
（11）考查名词。A：information“信息”；B：questions“问题”；C：dangers“危险”；D：frights “害怕”。地震是很危险的，故选C。
（12）考查固定短语。A：as a result“结果”；B：in fact“事实上”；C：for example“例如”；D：as well “也”。下文是作者的举例，说明人们为预测地震所做的研究，故选C。
（13）考查动词。A：invented“发明”；B：discovered“发现”；C：found“发现，找到”；D：bought “买”。invent指发明原来世上不存在的东西或事物，故选A。
（14）考查名词。A：nation“国家，民族”；B：direction“方向”；C：item“项目”；D：pace “步调”。张衡发明的地动仪能够根据地震波来的方向测定地震的方向。故选B。
（15）考查动词。A：improved“提高，改善”；B：repaired“修理”；C：protected“保护”；D：used “使用”。现代的科学家仍然在使用张衡发明的地动仪。故选D。
（16）考查宾语从句。根据下文的when and where判断，此空选why，选D。
（17）考查动词。句意：现在我们对地震和地震发生的原因有了更多的了解，但是，我们仍然不能确切地知道地震将在何时何地发生，却无法阻止它的发生。A：persuade“说服”；B：tell“说明白，讲清楚”；C：express“表达”；D：point “指”。故选B。
（18）考查动词。A：frighten“使害怕”；B：prepare“准备”；C：prevent“预防”；D：rescue“援救”。 我们已经研究出为什么会发生地震，但无法预测它什么时间，在哪里发生，也无法阻止它发生。prevent…from doing…固定短语，“阻止……做……”，选C。
（19）考查形容词。A：worst“最坏的”；B：best“最好的”；C：most“最多的”；D：fastest “最快的”。由于无法准确预测地震何时何地发生，故认为其是严重的灾难之一。选A。
（20）考查副词。前后句存在转折关系，but表示转折时不用逗号与其后内容隔开。故选A。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，介词，代词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇科普类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
四、阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
About 400 people were brought together in some 20 positions throughout Stanford to carry out an earthquake drill (演习).
The earthquake drill was a year in the planning. It included both Stanford University and Stanford Medicine emergency operation (行动) centers. The university frequently practices emergency plans, but this drill was different from the earlier ones.
This drill asked the university to consider how everyone in the school took on duty after an earthquake. How would Stanford continue to feed thousands of people and take action in the face of damage to the university How would it answer the thousands of people who called the university and who were worried about their loved ones
"We wanted to create an experience centering mainly on recovery (恢 复), rather than the immediate life safety you would experience right after an earthquake," said Keith Perry, university emergency manager and training and communications manager for Environmental Health and Safety.
The actions of all the people surprised Police Chief Laura Wilson, whose job was to manage the many people in the main EOC in the Faculty Club. "I really wanted to express my thanks to the teamwork of everyone," she said. "My job was made much easier by the fact that people practice and know what to do. This is a finely honed (打磨) machine."
Peter is an experienced worker of Stanford Medicine EOC. He believes that with each drill carried out, people get better at protecting public safety, repairing the damage to the university and quickly returning the university to normal teaching and researching activities. "I think everyone learned a lot today," he said.
22．What do we know about Stanford University
A．Big earthquakes hit it before.
B．It often holds earthquake drills.
C．It planned to work with Stanford Medicine EOC.
D．About 400 students there survived an earthquake.
23．Why was this drill different from the earlier ones
A．It put people's life safety first.
B．It included Stanford Medicine EOC.
C．It centered on the recovery after earthquakes.
D．It was carried out throughout the whole school.
24．What does Police Chief Laura Wilson mean by saying "This is a finely honed machine" in Paragraph 5
A．The drill went very smoothly.
B．The EOC worked as a machine.
C．The university's machines worked normally.
D．Students have full knowledge of earthquakes.
25．What's Peter's attitude to earthquake drills
A．Uninterested. B．Worried. C．Doubtful. D．Supportive.
【答案】22．C
23．C
24．A
25．D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新闻报道，介绍了 Stanford 大学计划进行地震演习，这次演习不同于以往，它注重地震后的恢复。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，句义猜测和观点态度三个题型的考查，是一篇新闻报道，通读全文，理解文章大意，阅读题目后返回原文阅读并找出与题目相对应的内容，仔细核对，选择符合原文原意的答案，完成后再次阅读并检查。
22．考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“The earthquake drill was a year in the planning. It included both Stanford University and Stanford Medicine emergency operation centers. ”地震演习计划进行了一年。包括斯坦福大学和斯坦福医学院的紧急手术中心。可知，斯坦福大学计划和斯坦福医学急救中心合作，故选C。
23．考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“We wanted to create an experience centering mainly on recovery，rather than the immediate life safety you would experience right after an earthquake.”我们想创造一种主要以恢复为主的体验，而不是地震后立即体验到的生命安全。可知，这次地震演习主要注重地震后的恢复。故选C。
24．考查句义猜测。根据第五段中的"My job was made much easier by the fact that people practice and know what to do. This is a finely honed （打磨） machine.”我的工作因为人们练习和知道做什么而变得容易多了。这是一台打磨好的机器。可知，“ This is a finely honed (打磨) machine. ”这句话的意思是"演习进展顺利"。故选A。
25．考查观点态度。根据最后一段中的“He believes that with each drill carried out，people get better at protecting public safety，repairing the damage to the university and quickly returning the university to normal teaching and researching activities. ‘I think everyone learned a lot today，'he said.”他认为，随着每一次演习的开展，人们在保护公共安全、修复对大学的破坏以及迅速使大学恢复正常的教学和研究活动方面都做得更好。"我想今天大家都学到了很多。"可知，Peter对地震演练的态度是积极的。故选D。
阅读理解
On the day the tornado hit, there was no indication severe weather was on its way—the sky was blue and the sun had been out. The first alert my husband, Jimmy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 pm, from some scrolling text on the TV Jimmy was watching. He ran upstairs to find me in our third floor bedroom, and we changed the channel from the presidential primary debate I had been watching to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.
No sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. Suddenly, the bones of the house shook, the power went out, and the wind began to roar through blown out windows. We had three flights of steps to navigate to the safety of the first floor, where a closet fixed underneath a brick staircase might be the firmest place to wait things out. Everything around rattling, we struggled forward, uncertain whether we would make it.
As we reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Shards of glass flew everywhere. A three foot long tree branch whipped, missing us by inches.
By the time I reached the closet, the tornado had been over us for about a minute. Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but the wind kept him outside. I grasped his arm as the tornado constantly sucked the door open and tried to bring him with it. My knees and scalp were full of glass, but I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay. Then everything stopped. In those first quiet moments, I couldn't believe it was over.
The storm lasted four minutes. Four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Of the houses left standing, ours suffered the most damage. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.
26．The author and her husband were caught unprepared by the tornado mainly because ________.
A．they were watching the presidential debate on the TV
B．they missed the first alert from the TV
C．no signs indicated the disaster
D．the government didn't warn them of the severe weather
27．The author didn't feel the pain in her keens and scalp because ________.
A．she lost her consciousness
B．she was concerned about her husband's safety
C．she got to the closet safe and sound
D．she was glad that the tornado was over
28．How did they feel after the tornado
A．Blessed. B．Depressed. C．Annoyed. D．Shocked.
【答案】26．C
27．B
28．A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者夫妇在龙卷风中互相扶持，最后幸存的经历。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。
26．考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“On the day the tornado hit, there was no indication severe weather was on its way—the sky was blue and the sun had been out.”，龙卷风来袭的那天，没有迹象表明会有恶劣的天气——天空是蓝色的，太阳已经出来了。故选C。
27．考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“My knees and scalp were full of glass, but I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay.”我的膝盖和头皮全是玻璃，但我没有感到疼痛。 如果我放手，吉米就会飞出房子的后面，飞到海湾里。可知，妻子不觉得痛是因为她在竭尽全力抓住丈夫。故选B。
28．考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.”虽然房屋损失严重，但令人惊讶的是，我们没有人受重伤。可推知，作者感到庆幸，故
选A。
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Unit 4 Period 1 Listening and Speaking 分层练习
语言能力 掌握自然灾害相关词汇。
学习能力 形成语法发现意识。
思维品质 识别新闻报道的文体特征，通过思维导图掌握新闻报道的结构和阐述方法。
文化意识 了解常见的自然灾害，并对其危害形成初步认识。
一、单词拼写
1．The (长度)of a paragraph depends on the information it conveys.
2．Two people got (困住) in the lift this morning when the electricity was cut off.
3．The volcano could e at any time.
4．The air was so cold we could hardly b .
5．Many people s from mental illness at some point in their lives.
6．They made a request for further a .
7．It suddenly s me how we could improve the situation.
8．She w to the dog to come back
9．It is important to keep c in an emergency.
10．We would like to be able to s away those harmful rumors.
二、语法填空
11．Almost 50 percent of cancer (suffer) are treated successfully in that hospital.
12．This room is twice the (long) of the other, but much narrower.
13．You can expect the (deliver) of food in a week to ten days.
14．Illegal hunting is threatening the (survive) of the species.
15．It took us a few minutes to get our (breathe) back after the race.
16．Six months after (suffer) our defeat on the spring practice field,we won our first game...
17．I still remember visiting a friend who'd lived here for five years and I (shock) when I learnt she hadn't cooked once in all that time.
18．The number of students in this school has increased 20 percent this year.
19．The audience applauded when the Chairman got up on his (foot) to speak.
20．Nearly two (three) of the students in our class like playing football.
三、完形填空
21．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Earthquakes are common; thousands
of them happen each day. But most are too （1） to feel. During a （2） earthquake, there is often a great noise
first. Then the earth （3） terribly and many houses （4） down. Railway tracks break and trains go （5） lines; a great many factories are （6） ;
thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes… （7） the great damage and deaths caused by the
earthquake （8） , other disasters such as fires often （9） .
More buildings are destroyed and more （10） caused.
Man knows the （11） of a possible earthquake, and for centuries
man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2, 000 years ago, （12） ,
a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng （13） a machine which could find out from which （14） the seismic waves had come, and this machine
is still （15） by
scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and （16） they happen, but we still cannot （17） exactly when and where an earthquake will
happen, and cannot （18） it
from happening. So earthquakes are among the （19） disasters in the world.
No one can stop natural
earthquakes. （20） , scientists can help stop earthquakes
destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.
（1）A．extreme B．weak C．frightening D．frequent
（2）A．real B．exact C．big D．small
（3）A．moves B．shakes C．jumps D．breaks
（4）A．get B．put C．set D．fall
（5）A．off B．on C．into D．behind
（6）A．burst B．struck C．destroyed D．buried
（7）A．Except B．Besides C．Instead of D．Because of
（8）A．lonely B．later C．themselves D．itself
（9）A．follow B．copy C．come D．enter
（10）A．quakes B．deaths C．difficulties D．results
（11）A．information B．questions C．dangers D．frights
（12）A．as a result B．in
fact C．for example D．as well
（13）A．invented B．discovered C．found D．bought
（14）A．nation B．direction C．item D．pace
（15）A．improved B．repaired C．protected D．used
（16）A．where B．when C．what D．why
（17）A．persuade B．tell C．express D．point
（18）A．frighten B．prepare C．prevent D．rescue
（19）A．worst B．best C．most D．fastest
（20）A．However B．But C．And D．So
四、阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
About 400 people were brought together in some 20 positions throughout Stanford to carry out an earthquake drill (演习).
The earthquake drill was a year in the planning. It included both Stanford University and Stanford Medicine emergency operation (行动) centers. The university frequently practices emergency plans, but this drill was different from the earlier ones.
This drill asked the university to consider how everyone in the school took on duty after an earthquake. How would Stanford continue to feed thousands of people and take action in the face of damage to the university How would it answer the thousands of people who called the university and who were worried about their loved ones
"We wanted to create an experience centering mainly on recovery (恢 复), rather than the immediate life safety you would experience right after an earthquake," said Keith Perry, university emergency manager and training and communications manager for Environmental Health and Safety.
The actions of all the people surprised Police Chief Laura Wilson, whose job was to manage the many people in the main EOC in the Faculty Club. "I really wanted to express my thanks to the teamwork of everyone," she said. "My job was made much easier by the fact that people practice and know what to do. This is a finely honed (打磨) machine."
Peter is an experienced worker of Stanford Medicine EOC. He believes that with each drill carried out, people get better at protecting public safety, repairing the damage to the university and quickly returning the university to normal teaching and researching activities. "I think everyone learned a lot today," he said.
22．What do we know about Stanford University
A．Big earthquakes hit it before.
B．It often holds earthquake drills.
C．It planned to work with Stanford Medicine EOC.
D．About 400 students there survived an earthquake.
23．Why was this drill different from the earlier ones
A．It put people's life safety first.
B．It included Stanford Medicine EOC.
C．It centered on the recovery after earthquakes.
D．It was carried out throughout the whole school.
24．What does Police Chief Laura Wilson mean by saying "This is a finely honed machine" in Paragraph 5
A．The drill went very smoothly.
B．The EOC worked as a machine.
C．The university's machines worked normally.
D．Students have full knowledge of earthquakes.
25．What's Peter's attitude to earthquake drills
A．Uninterested. B．Worried. C．Doubtful. D．Supportive.
阅读理解
On the day the tornado hit, there was no indication severe weather was on its way—the sky was blue and the sun had been out. The first alert my husband, Jimmy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 pm, from some scrolling text on the TV Jimmy was watching. He ran upstairs to find me in our third floor bedroom, and we changed the channel from the presidential primary debate I had been watching to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.
No sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. Suddenly, the bones of the house shook, the power went out, and the wind began to roar through blown out windows. We had three flights of steps to navigate to the safety of the first floor, where a closet fixed underneath a brick staircase might be the firmest place to wait things out. Everything around rattling, we struggled forward, uncertain whether we would make it.
As we reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Shards of glass flew everywhere. A three foot long tree branch whipped, missing us by inches.
By the time I reached the closet, the tornado had been over us for about a minute. Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but the wind kept him outside. I grasped his arm as the tornado constantly sucked the door open and tried to bring him with it. My knees and scalp were full of glass, but I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay. Then everything stopped. In those first quiet moments, I couldn't believe it was over.
The storm lasted four minutes. Four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Of the houses left standing, ours suffered the most damage. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.
26．The author and her husband were caught unprepared by the tornado mainly because ________.
A．they were watching the presidential debate on the TV
B．they missed the first alert from the TV
C．no signs indicated the disaster
D．the government didn't warn them of the severe weather
27．The author didn't feel the pain in her keens and scalp because ________.
A．she lost her consciousness
B．she was concerned about her husband's safety
C．she got to the closet safe and sound
D．she was glad that the tornado was over
28．How did they feel after the tornado
A．Blessed. B．Depressed. C．Annoyed. D．Shocked.
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