1.______ the time the tornado end, more than 700 people had been killed.
2. coghlan traveled ______ to canada after he had been buried in texas.
3. the survivors of the earthquake were the ones who stayed in the village ______ the earthquake had finished.
4. ______ the earthquake, they discovered that several people had been killed.
5. his village had been flooded ______ the heavy rain, so he moved to his parents’ house.
6. when she woke ______, she found that her house had been destroyed by the thunderstorm.
7. montserrat is a beautiful small island ______ the caribbean, only 16 kilometres long and 10 kilometres wide.
8. there had been several problems ______ the volcano over the previous hundred years, but this was the first dangerous eruption.
9. people were told to leave the island as ash and steam began to come ______ of the volcano, and were warned that the lava from the volcano could bury several villages.
10.when the lava reached the sea, there was the possibility ______ a huge tidal wave which could flood half the island.
iv.重难句型
1. do you know anyone who has experienced one of the events?
2. the gulf stream is a warm ocean current which starts in the gulf of mexico and flows northeast across the atlantic.
3. they can destroyed houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was.
4. there are violent winds of 120 kilometres per hour or more, which cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods.
5. tornadoes can pick up cars, train and even houses and put them down in the next street---or even in the next town.
6. hurricanes are strong tropical storms, and they usually occur in the southern atlantic ocean.
7. on average there are 800 tornadoes in the us each year, causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.
8. by the time it ended, more than 700 people had been killed and 2,700 had been injured.
9. china is situated in one of the most active earthquake regions in the world and there have been many terrible earthquakes.
10.it took place at 5:15 a.m. , and lasted for only a minute.
i. 单项填空
1. in the past two years, many villages and towns in this small country______ by the storm.
a flood b were flooded c have flooded d have been flooded
2. if the bottle of gas______ fire, the whole building may______.
a will catch, be burned to the ground b catches, be burned down
c is on,burn down d will be on, be burned down