Unit 4 Earthquakes using language课时作业

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

　　1．Although (order) to stop，the driver kept on driving as fast as he could.

　　答案：　ordered

　　2. He succeeded in solving all the problems as (expect)．

　　答案：　expected

　　3．The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier，not (make) it more difficult.

　　答案：　to make

　　4．He had a wonderful childhood when (travel) with his mother to all corners of the world.

　　答案：　travelling

　　5．While (walk) along the river bank，she was singing a pop song.

　　答案：　walking

　　6．Though (tire)，they went on working in order to finish the task on time.

　　答案：　tired

　　7．Some diseases are not at all dangerous if (treat) in time.

　　答案：　treated

　　8．What I want to do is (have) a good rest.

　　答案：　have

　　9．You can't imagine what difficulty we had (walk) home in the snowstorm.

　　答案：　walking

　　10．Teachers suggest parents (not allow) their children under 12 to ride bicycles to school for safety.

　　答案：　not allow

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　I have no memory of December 27,2015，but I can tell you this much - it was the day my five­year­old son，Dane，saved my life.All the practising Dane and I had done came together that day.Teaching him to learn our home address，how to use the phone，how to call 911，and how to answer the questions a 911 operator might ask him if he did have to call-paid off.

　　At about 3：30 that afternoon，I wasn't feeling well and had been lying on the sofa.At some point，I went to the bathroom and it was there that I fell down and went unconscious.When I fell，my face hit the floor，causing two of my teeth to break off.And my body blocked the door.

Dane must have heard me fall，because he came to the bathroom and called out to me.When I