【正文】 第一篇：高中英語必修1unit4課文Unit 4 Earthquakes ReadingA NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN39。T SLEEPStrange things were happening in the countryside of northeast three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in smelly gas came out of the the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to ran out of the fields looking for places to jumped out of their bowls and about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst，but the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that 3:42 am everything began to seemed as if the world was at an end!Eleven kilometers directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century had was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers of the nation felt huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and burst from holes in the hills of rock became rivers of fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in suffering of the people was of them died or were left without number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400, how could the survivors believe it was natural?Everywhere they looked nearly everything was of the city39。s hospitals,75%of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were covered the ground like red autumn wind,however,could blow them dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for railway tracks were now useless pieces of of thousands of cows would never give milk a million oigs and millions of chickens were now filled the wells instead of were ,later that afternoon,another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the buildings fell ,food,and electricity were hard to begab to wonder how long the disaster would hope was not after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue of thousands of people were army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the the north of the city,most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines built shelters for survivors whose homes had been water was taken to the city bu train,truck and ,the city began to breathe of the City GovernmentTangshan,Hebei ChinaJuly5,2007Dear____，Congratulations!We are pleased to tell you that you have won the high school speaking petition about new speech was heard by a group of five judges, all of whom agreed that it was the best one this parents and your school should be very proud of you!Next month the city will open a new park to honour those who died in the terrible park will also honour those who helped the office would like to have you speak to the park vistors on July 28 at 11:00 you know,this is the day the quake happened thirty____years invite you to bring your family and friends on that special ，Zhang Sha第二篇：高中英語必修五課文必修5Unit 2 The United Kingdom ReadingPUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHYPeople may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern can clarify this question if you study British there was was linked to it in the thirteenth when people refer to England you find Wales included as England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”.Happily this was acplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful , the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to bee the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union their credit the four countries do work together in some areas(eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for petitions like the World Cup!England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the find most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of , nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have worldfamous football teams and some of them even have two!It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract historical architecture you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the you will find out more about British history and greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and is the centre of national government and its has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building begun by the AngloSaxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in has been four sets of invaders of first invaders, the Romans, left their towns and second, the AngloSaxons, left their language and their third, the Vikings, influenced the vocabulary and placenames of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words for you look around the British countryside you will find evidence of all these must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom enjoyable and LanguageSIGHTSEEING IN LONDON Worried about the time available, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the sites she wanted to see in first de