Section Ⅳ　Using Language

　　第一步　速读--了解文章主题和段落大意

　　速读P29教材课文，写出文章的主题

　　The text mainly tells about two earthquakes which happened around the Pacific．

　　第二步　细读--把控文章关键信息

　　细读P29教材课文，选择最佳答案

　　1．How many earthquakes happen in the world a year?

　　A．About two.　　　　　 B．More than 100，000.

　　C．About 400. D．More than 12，000.

　　2．What did the most damage in the California Earthquake in 1906?

　　A．Fires caused by the earthquake.

　　B．The Earthquake itself.

　　C．3，000 deaths in the earthquake.

　　D．The movement on the San Andreas Fault.

　　3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

　　A．More than a hundred earthquakes occur worldwide in a year.

　　B．The earthquake happening in Shaanxi Province in 1556 caused 830，000 people killed.

　　C．The California Earthquake only lasted to 5：15 a．m.

　　D．In the California Earthquake the fires caused about 3，000 deaths.

　　【答案】　1－3　BAB

　　第三步　研读--能力升华，接轨高考

　　根据P29教材课文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

　　About 400 earthquakes occur worldwide every day，more 1.than a hundred thousand in a year.

The California Earthquake of 2.the 18th of April 1906 is the 3.worst (bad) earthquake that has ever happened in the United States.Though it 4.lasted (last) for only