课件18张PPT。Lesson 42The HurricaneA hurricane is a powerful storm that measures several hundred miles in diameter (直径). Hurricanes have two main parts. The second part is the wall of clouds that surrounds the calm eye. This is where the hurricane's strongest winds and heaviest rain happens.
?The first is the eye(风眼) of the hurricane,which is a calm area in the center of the storm. Usually, the eye of a hurricane measures about 20 miles in diameter, and has very few clouds. Reading comprehension :1.The reason why nineteen people died in the hurricane perhaps was that_______.
A. it rained heavily and they were washed away
B. very tall trees were brown down
C. the big trees fell down where they were sleeping
D. they were missing in the dark
2.From the passage the greatest harm to the towns and villages was that______ in the hurricane.
A.there was no electricity
B.water supply was cut off without electricity
C.people could't get touch with others
D.a great many tall trees were brown down
CD3.At that night some people couldn't get to sleep, which made them____.
A.safe the whole night
B.nervous all the time
C.lucky all night long
D.protect themselves as possible as they could
4.With the help of the soldiers and the workers from other parts of Britain____.
A. everything would be better as soon as possible
B. things were got back as they were before
C.the towns and villages were much better than before
D.the people had nothing to worry about
Reading comprehension :DAA hurricane stuck the southeast of England. Between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. the hurricane crossed the southeast corner of England with winds of up to 160 kph. Nineteen people lost their lives. What happened on Friday October, 1987?What’s the weather like in England?England usually has plenty of rain every month of the year.What about the rain that night?That night was the worst one in the history. It had been raining heavily for two days.Could you describe the picture according to the third paragraph?Many trees had been blown down by the high winds, blocking roads. Electricity lines as well as telephone poles were brought down by falling trees or branches.PracticeFill in the blanks with suitable preposition.1.The winter of 1962in England was one of the coldest _____ history.
2.________January 1st ______March 20th the temperature below 0°C nearly every day.
3.The paths were difficult to walk on, especially ______night.
4.There were many snow storms,with winds of up ________80 kph.
5.Many branches of trees broke because ______ the weight _______the snow. inBetween and atto of of6.Trucks ran ______each other on the roads, which were covered _________ice.
7._________the day-time schoolchildren had great fun in the snow.
8.One day in March two children were skating ______ a lake.
9.The ice broke and one of them fell ______ the water.PracticeFill in the blanks with suitable preposition. intowith/byIn/During oninto
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