高三的同学们正处在高三复习的关键时刻，英语是高考中能够决定成败的一门，如何学好高考英语?以下是2017年高考英语一轮复习要点归纳：Earthquakes，一起来复习吧!

一、知识点

1.Now imagine there has been a big earthquake. 现在，假设有一次大地震。

“There +be +主语+其它成分”结构中there为引导词，本身无意义，谓语动词按照就近一致原则。其它相似句型还有：

There happen to be 碰巧有 There seems/appears to be 好像有

There is likely to be 可能有 There may/might be 也许有

There must be 一定有 There can’t be 不可能有

There is said/reported to be 据说/据报道有

There used to be 曾经有 There is sure/certain to be 一定有

2. happen to. It (so) happened that…

Did you hear what happened to David last night?

你听说大卫昨天晚上发生什么事了吗?

What will happen to the children if Peter and Alice break up?

如果彼得和爱丽丝离婚孩子们将怎么办?

I happened to see Peter on the way to the bookstore yesterday.

昨天我去书店的路上碰巧遇见了彼得。

It so happened that I saw Peter on the way to the bookstore yesterday.

昨天我去书店的路上碰巧遇见了彼得。

I happened to be out when he called. 他来访时，恰巧我出去了。

(= It happened that I was out when he called.)

I happened on just the thing I had been looking for. 我偶然发现了我所要找的东西。

3. right away毫不迟疑，立刻

He is ill; you should call in the doctor right away. 他病了, 你应该立即请大夫来。

4. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. 裂缝里冒出臭气。

5. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.

农家大院里，鸡甚至猪都紧张得不想吃食。

6. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.

但是，这个城市的一百万居民都没有把这些情况当一回事，当天晚上照常睡着了。

7. It seemed as if the world was at an end. 世界似乎到了末日。

从句表示“(在某人)看来好像;似乎”

① It seems/looks/appears as if/though…看起来好像…

② Sb./Sth. looks as if/though…(不用seem/appear)

③ There seems/appears(to be)…(不用 look)

There appears to have been a mistake. =It appears that there has been a mistake.

④ It seems so. =So it seems.看来似乎是这样。

8. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.

在可怕的15秒钟内，一座大城市就沦落为一片废墟之中。

9. Two-thirds of them died or injured during the earthquake.

三人之二的人在地震中死去或受伤。

10. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.死伤的人数达到40多万。

10. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.

有些医生和救援人员被困在废墟下面。

11. All hope was not lost.不是所有的希望都破灭了。该句为部分否定。All, both, everyone, everybody, everything 以及every+名词都表示全部肯定;但当not 在它们之前或之后都表示部分否定。no one, none nobody, nothing, not…any, 以及 no+名词都表示全部否定。如：

① Both of them haven’t read this story.并非他们二人都看过这个故事。

② All of the boys are clever, but none of them can work out this problem.

这些男孩都很聪明，但没有一个人能解出这道题。

③ All bamboo doesn’t grow tall.=Not all bamboo grows tall. 并非所有的竹子都长的高。

12. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.

救援人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所。

13. under the weight of在……重压下，迫于

14. in the open air 在户外，在野外，露天 in the air 在空中，悬而未决

15. take turns to do sth依次，轮流做某事 in turn 依次地，轮流地

It is your turn now.现在轮到你了。