Section Ⅱ The Language Points of Reading课前重点检测Ⅰ.重点词汇1.diagram (n.) 图解；图表；示意图2.volcano (n.) 火山3.erupt (vi.) (指火山)爆发；突然发生→eruption (n.) 火山爆发；(战争等)爆发4.questionnaire (n.) 问卷；调查表5.alongside (adv.) 在旁边；沿着边 (prep.) 在……旁边；沿着……的边6.equipment (n.) 设备；装备→equip (vt.) 装备；配备→equipped (过去式/过去分词)7.appoint (vt.) 任命；委派→appointment (n.) 任命；委派8.database (n.) 数据库；资料库9.evaluate (vt.) 评估；评价；估计→evaluation (n.) 评估10.wave (n.) 波浪；波涛 (vi.) 挥手；波动；起伏11.fountain (n.) 喷泉；源泉 (vi.& vt.) 泉水般地涌出或喷出12.absolutely (adv.) 绝对地；完全地→absolute (adj.) 绝对的；完全的13.suit (n.) 一套外衣；套装 (vt.) 适合；使适宜→suitable (adj.) 适合的14.potential (n.) 潜能；可能性；潜在性 (adj.) 可能的；潜在的15.actual (adj.) 实际的→actually (adv.) 实际地16.in_the_distance 在远处17.put_on 穿上；上演18.get_close_to 接近19.make_one's_way 前往20.be_compared_with 与……相比21.burn_to_the_ground 全部焚毁22.out_of_the_way 不挡道，让路23.be_covered_with 被覆盖24.protect ... from 保护……免受25.be_appointed_as 被任命为Ⅱ.教材原句1.I was appointed ________ a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago.答案：as2.Having collected and ________ (evaluate) the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.答案：evaluated3.I was about to go back to sleep ________ suddenly my bedroom became as bright as day.答案：when4.It was an ________ (absolute) fantastic sight.答案：absolutely5.It was not easy to walk in these suits, but we slowly ________ (make) our way to the edge of the crater and looked down into the red, boiling centre.答案：made6.The other two climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study, bu...
