课时作业4 Unit 4 Earthquakes
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．The party was ________ success. We sang and danced until it came to ________ end at midnight.
A．a; an B．a; the
C．the; an D．/; an
解析：句意：“这次聚会很成功。我们唱歌、跳舞直到半夜才结束。”success“成功的事或成功的人”时为可数名词，其前可加不定冠词；come to an end“结束”，为固定短语。
答案：A
2．(2013·山东微山一中质检)Ms. Barbara showed ________ patience, kindness and gentleness to us, though many of us were very naughty and troublesome.
A．extreme B．determined
C．generous D．frequent
解析：extreme 极其的。句意：尽管我们中很多人非常顽皮，爱惹麻烦，Barbara 女士对我们显示了极度的耐心，友好温柔。determined 有决心的；generous 慷慨的；frequent 经常的。
答案：A
3．Hearing the old man's ________ experiences in Africa, we all couldn't help ________ laughing.
A．amused; bursting out B．amusing; bursting into
