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THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The earthquake happened in _____.

a)

Wenchuan

b)

Tangshan

2.

What's the text type?

a)

An encyclopedia

b)

A travel brochure

c)

A news report

d)

A novel

3.

The passage is organized in ___order.

a)

time

b)

cause and effect(原因和结果)

c)

compare and contrast(对比和比较)

4.

匹配每段的main idea

a)

Warning signs

1.

Paragraph 1

b)

The happnening of earthquake

2.

Paragraph 2

c)

Great damage

3.

Paragraph 3

d)

Rescue work

4.

Paragraph 4

e)

Revival

5.

Paragraph 5

5.

​ (a)   ​ (b)   the world ​ (c)   ​ (d)   !仿佛世界末日将要来临!

Choose from the below words
It seemed
as if
were
coming to an end
was
6.

Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 ​ (a)   to Tangshan to dig out those ​ (b)   were ​ (c)   and to ​ (d)   the dead.

Choose from the below words
soldiers
who
trapped
bury
7.

Workers built ​ (a)   for survivors ​ (b)   homes had been ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
shelters
whose
destroyed
rebuilt
who
tracks
8.

With strong support from the government and the tireless ​ (a)   of the city’s people, a new Tangshan ​ (b)   upon the earthquake ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
efforts
was built
ruins
built
9.

In times of disaster, people must ​ (a)   and show the ​ (b)   to stay ​ (c)   and ​rebuild for a brighter future.

Choose from the below words
unify
wisdom
positive
positively
10.

Match the following

a)

simile明喻

1.

Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

b)

metaphor暗喻

2.

The railway tracks were now useless pieces of metal.

c)

personification拟人

3.

Tangshan started to get back on its feet.

11.

​ _____(三分之二) of the people who lived there _____ dead or injured.

a)

Two thirds; was

b)

Two thirds; were

c)

Two third; was

d)

Two third; were

12.

Match the following

a)

tens of thousands of

1.

上万

b)

hundreds of thousands of

2.

数十万

c)

millions of

3.

几百万

d)

thousands of

4.

1000-9999

e)

four hundred thousand

5.

400,000

13.

匹配bury在不同语境中的意思

a)

把(某物)掩藏在地下

1.

The dog buried his bones in the garden.

b)

埋葬,安葬

2.

All the dead soldiers are buried in this cemetry. People come here to honour them every year.

c)

遮盖,掩盖

3.

He buried his face in his hands and cried.

d)

遗忘不开心的经历,或避开负面的感情

4.

The man's wife passed away. He has been burying his pains over these years.

e)

专心致志于(做)某事

5.

After getting divorced, she buried herself into her work.

14.

朗读单词:ruin, percent, bricks, metal, shock, electricity, trapped, bury, breathe, effort, wisdom

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15.

请从以下句子中找出3句“环境描写”句,并朗读它们

1. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.

2. Bright lights were seen in the sky.

3. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

4. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

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