Section Ⅱ Reading and Thinking Pre-reading Look at the picture and the title， then answer the following question. What does “the Earth didn’t sleep” mean？ While-reading 第一步：析架构理清脉络 1.Match the main idea with each paragraph. Para. 1 A.The revival of the city. Para. 2 B.Warning signs before the earthquake. Para. 3 C.The immediate effects of the earthquake. Para. 4 D.The happening of the big earthquake. Para. 5 E.The rescue work. 2.What’s the main idea of the passage？ 第二步：知细节明察秋毫 1.What might be a sign of an earthquake？（ ） A.Pigs get ill. B.Dogs run after a rat. C.Fish jumps out of water. D.The rubbish smells terrible. 2.Why is Beijing mentioned in the text？（ ） A.To show Tangshan’s location. B.To show the care of Beijingers. C.To show its important position. D.To show the power of the earthquake. 3.What does the sentence “Slowly， the city began to breathe again.” mean？（ ） A.The animals began to breathe. B.The city returned to normal gradually. C.People who were trapped came to life. D.Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. 4.What is the type of this text？（ ） A.A brochure. B.A diary. C.A novel. D.A literary journalism. 5.How did the people’s feelings change？（ ） A.calm→shocked→hopeless→proud B.proud→surprised→angry→anxious C.surprised→annoyed→confident→curious D.frightened→anxious→excited→confident 第三步：辨难句拆分解读 1.Eleven kilometres directly below the city， one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun， a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing. 句式分析 自主翻译 2.Soon after the quakes， the army sent 150，000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. 句式分析 自主翻译 3.Tangshan city has p ... ...
