三、考点整理
1）What happens when a hurricane hits the coast? [hit “袭击”]
2）On the 24th of August, my mother drew my uncle’s attention to a cloud of unusual size and shape. [ attract/ capture/ command/catch/draw /get one’s attention]
3) The sight of it awoke the scientist in my uncle to go and see it from closer at hand. [ at hand 在近处, 在手边；即将到来=on the way, just around the corner]
4) What started out as a trip for knowledge now called for courage. [ call for 需要，需求，要求，去接某人，去接某物，召开会议。 call on sb. 拜访某人。call back 回电话。 call at somewhere 拜访某地. call forth 唤起，发挥能力。call off 取消。call up 打电话。call in 请医生，召集]
