1. Usage of words

⑴The town was hit by a h_____________, in which 100 people drowned and more were missing.

⑵After the earthquake, hundreds of people were b___________ under the ruins.

⑶It took real c____________ to go back to rescue the child trapped in the burning building.

⑷When the hunter fired the gun the tiger turned and f_____________.

⑸Drivers are u____________ to take care on icy roads.

⑹-Remember to call me, will you?

-On my a___________, I’ll telephone you.

⑺She was injured in a serious car c_____________.

⑻I can tell you the secret plan, but will you s________ not to tell anyone else?

⑼In the 5-star hotel, all the rooms have a private b_________ or shower.

⑽The volcano e____________ in 1980, destroying a large area of Washington state.

7. What does the writer mean with the last sentence of the letter?

A.　　 It is no easy task to be a history writer.

B.　　　 He reminds Tacitus of his uncle’s bravery

C.　　　 He’s sorry that he can’t tell Tacitus more about the eruption

D.　　 He leaves it for Tacitus to decide which parts are important for his history book

6. ________________ led to the death of the writer’s uncle.

A.　　 The wrong decision he made

B.　　　 His interest to study the volcano

C.　　　 That he didn’t take the eruption seriously

D.　　 That he wanted to rescue Pompy after rescuing Rectina

5. Pompy didn’t get away because __________________.

A.　　 he had to wait for a good wind

B.　　　 there was no way out except by boat

C.　　　 he was too scared to take any action

D.　　 he wanted to join Pliny in observing the eruption

4. The writer didn’t think his uncle was afraid on the trip to Vesuvius because ___________.

A.　　 he had to rescue his friend’s wife Rectina

B.　　　 he hurried to a place from which others were fleeing

C.　　　 he had a good knowledge of how to survive a volcano eruption

D.　　 he was calm enough to write a report about what he observed

3. ‘The sight of it awoke the scientist in my uncle to go and see it from closer at hand (Para. 2)’. The underlined parts refer to _____________.

A.　　 Mount Vesuvius; the uncle of the writer

B.　　　 a mountain in the distance; Pliny the elder

C.　　　 a cloud of unusual size and shape; qualities of a scientist like curiosity

D.　　 dark spots of dirt and ash; qualities of a scientist like curiosity

2. What’s the passage mainly about?

A.　　 The death of Pliny the elder

B.　　　 The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

C.　　　 The possible causes of volcanoes erupting

D.　　 The ways of escaping from a volcano eruption

1. From the text, we can learn that Tacitus _______________.

A.　　 was a history writer

B.　　　 worked for the local police

C.　　　 was a close friend of Pliny

D.　　 did research into volcanoes and earthquakes

Task 1 The Day After Tomorrow

Directions: Have a look at the introduction to the movie “The Day After Tomorrow”, and try to answer the following questions:

⑴Have you seen the movie?

⑵If so, how do you like it?

⑶What would the world look like if it lost its battle against the greenhouse effect and global warming?

5.You may infer from this passage that in the past____.

A.　　 problems were more local

B.　　　 nations were more interested in the environment

C.　　　 the economy was more global

D.　　 individual nations did not have as many problems.

Unit 10 Frightening nature