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Unit2TheUnitedKingdom

　Unit2　TheUnitedKingdom

PeriodOne　WarmingUp&Reading

Ⅰ.用所给单词的适当形式填空

1．Thisisabigorganization________（consist）ofmorethanonehundredmembers.

2．—Thebosswillpunishusifwefailtomeetthedeadline.

—Don'tworry.We'vealready________（accomplish）over80%ofthetask.

3．Peoplelivingnearbydon'thavetogoalongwayforshopping—anewsupermarkethasjustbeenbuilttherefortheir________（convenient）.

4．Ihopewewillnot________（divide）becauseofthisdisagreement.

5．Ifyouwanttobehappy,youshouldhavea________（balance）stateofmind.

6．Thecitywithalonghistoryisnowanimportanttourist________（attract）.

7．Totheir________（credit），theyadjusttheplanintime.

8．If________（unit）,theyaresuretoaccomplishthetaskaheadoftime.

9．Hecleanedthewholeroom________（rough）andthenwentout.

10．—I'msorryIdidn'tquiteunderstandyou.

—Don'tworry.I'llgivesomeexamples________（clarify）whatImean.

Ⅱ.在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）

1．Thegirlcouldn'tkeepbackhertearsatthethoughtofhavingtobeseparated________herparentsagain.

2．Thewashingmachinewehadfixedlastmonthbroke________again,whichofcoursemademeratherupset.

3．Themanovertheremustbeveryrich.Ioftenseehimwearingawatch________handsaremadeofgold.

4．—Pauldeservesthetitle“ModelCitizen”.

—Definitely.It's________hiscredittogivebacksomuchmoneythathefound.

5．Oneoftheimportantdetailswasleft________onthelist.

Ⅲ.短语填空

consistof；divideinto；leaveout；breakdown；toone'scredit；breakawayfrom；referto；join…to…；forconvenience；muchtoone'sdelight

1．Ikeepmyreferencebooksnearmydesk______________.

2．Whatcanwedotohelpthem________________thedifficultposition?

3．Helosthisway.Tomakemattersworse，hiscar________________.

4．You've________________azerointhisphonenumber.Howcarelessyouare!

5．Thecountry________________nearly200islands.

6．Jackwascarefulnotto________________thewomanbynameinhisspeech.

7．Youhaveto________thesmallerpieceofwood________themainpart.

8．Theteacher________theclass________smallgroupsforadiscussion.

9.________________，thelittleboyhaslearnedthreelanguages.

10．________________，everythinggoeswell.

Ⅳ.根据汉语意思完成句子

1．____________________mymothershouldhaveagreedwithme.

真奇怪我妈妈竟然答应了我。

2．____________________heshouldfailtograspthechancewhenitarose.

机会出现时，他竟然没有抓住，真是遗憾。

3．Brenda____________________atthebottomofthestairsandcalled911.

布伦达发现丈夫躺在楼梯下面，于是她拨打了911。

4．Anymedicine____________________cancausetrouble.

未经医嘱服用的任何药物都可能带来危害。

5．HeaswellasI____________________it.

不光是我，他对这件事也有责任。

Ⅴ.阅读理解

Inthefutureyourautomobilewillrunonwaterinsteadofgas!

Youwillbeabletobuyasupercomputerthatfitsinyourpocket!

Youmightevendriveaflyingcar!

Notallpastpredictionshavebeenprovenwrong.Afewofthemhavebeensurprisinglyaccurate.Somegreatthinkerspredictedthearrivalofthecreditcard,thefaxmachineandeventheInternetyearsbeforetheyhappened.Butforeachpredictionthathascometrue,someothershavemissedbyamile.Manyofthesepredictionsdidn'tconsiderhowpeoplewouldwanttousethetechnology,orwhetherpeoplereallyneededitintheirlivesornot.Let'slookatsomepredictionsfromthenottoodistantpast.

Robothelpers

Where'stherobotinmykitchen?

Nowhere,ofcourse.Andhe'sprobablynotcominganytimesoon.Robotsdoexisttoday,butmostlyinfactoriesandotherworkingenvironments.Backinthe1950s,however,peoplesaidthatbynowpersonalrobotswouldbeinmostpeople'shomes.Sowhyhasn'tithappened?

Maybebecauserobotsarestilltooexpensiveandclumsy.Andprobablytheideaofrobotscookingourdinnersandwashingourclothesisjusttoostrange.Athomeweseemtobedoingfinewithoutthem.

Telephonesoftomorrow

In1964anAmericancompanyintroducedthevideotelephone.Theysaidbytheyear2000mostpeoplewouldhaveavideophoneintheirhomes.Butofcoursetheideahasn'tcaughtonyet.Why?

Thetechnologyworkedfine,butitoverlookedsomethingobvious:

peopledesireforprivacy.Wouldyouwanttohaveavideophoneconversationwithsomeoneafteryoujuststeppedoutoftheshower?

Probablynot—itcouldbeuncomfortable!

Justbecausetechnologydoesn'talwaysmeanpeoplewillwanttouseit.

Andfinally,howaboutthatcrazypredictionoftheflyingcar?

It'snotsocrazyanymore!

Butaflyingcarremainsoneofthemostwonderfultechnologyideastocatchourimagination.Keepwatchingthenewsorperhapstheskyoutsideyourwindowtoseewhatthefuturewillbring.

1．Thepassagemainlydealswith________.

A.predictionsthatcancatchourimagination

B.predictionsthathaven'tcometrue

C.newtechnologythatcanbenefitourlife

D.predictionsthathavecometrue

2．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Technologydoesn'talwaysmeanpeoplewillwanttouseit.

B.Predictionsdon'tneedtoconsiderpeople'spracticaluseofthetechnology.

C.Notallthehightechthingspeoplethoughtwe'dbeusingbynowarewidelyused.

D.Hightechthingsarenotalwaysconvenienttopeople'slife.

3．Robothelpershaven'tbeenusedinmostpeople'shomesbecause________.

A.usingthekindofrobotsathomeissimplyawasteoftimeandmoney

B.thekindofrobotshasn'tbeendevelopedyet

C.peoplefinditdifficulttocontrolthekindofrobots

D.thekindofrobotswon'tbringpeoplepracticaluse

4．Howdoesthewriterfindtheflyingcar?

A.Itistoodifficulttoimagine.

B.Itistoocrazyanideatorealize.

C.Itislikelytoappearinthefuture.

D.Ithasbeenthefocusofthenews.

Ⅵ.语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

BritishEnglishisthelanguagespokeninBritain.AmericanEnglish,alsoknownasUnitedStatesEnglishorUSEnglish,isasetofdialectsoftheEnglishlanguage1.________（use）mostlyintheUnitedStates.Vocabularyisamajor2.________（different）betweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishattimes.Becauseof3.________widespreadusageofAmericanEnglish,manyBritishpeoplearestartingtousesomeAmericanwordstotaketheplaceofsomeoftheirBritish4.________.Soalorryisbecomingatruck.Therearemanyotherwords5.________arebeingreplacedaswell.Therearealsotimes6.________thesamewordshavecompletelydifferentmeaningsinbothformsofEnglish.InBritishEnglishabiscuitissimilar7.________acookie,butinAmericanEnglishitismorelikeadinnerroll.SometimesBritishpeoplepronouncetheirnumbersdifferently.Theyenjoy8.________（add）theword“and”betweenthenumbers.Forexample,AmericanEnglishspeakersusuallysay107onehundredseven,whilemostBritishEnglishspeakerssayonehundredandseven.9.________isinterestingthatmanypeoplewhospeakBritishEnglishadmireAmericanaccents.Atthesametime,manypeoplewhospeakAmericanEnglish10.________（simple）loveBritishaccents.

PeriodTwo　LearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguage　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Ⅰ.用所给单词的适当形式填空

1．Judgingfromthewitnesses'________（describe）,thepoliceconcludedthattheyoungmanwasthemurderer.

2．Wiseteachersknowit's________（possible）forallthestudentstolearnallthesubjectswell.

3．Heoftenhelpshisparentscleanand________（arrangement）thebedroomsonSundays.

4．Theroomwassmallandcontainedfartoomuch________（furniture）.

5．Whenyoudonotusetheumbrella,donotkeepit________（fold）．

6．HangzhouislistedasoneoftheChina'ssevenancientcapitals.________（plus）itisworldfamousforitsbeautifulscenery.

7．Whatimpressedtheforeignjournalistsmostwashowtheentirenationwas________（unite）asonetohelpthoseearthquakevictims.

8．Manynightswecouldseetheboy________（bury）inabookwhileotherswerealreadyinsoundsleep.

9．Thisweekendourteamwonanother________（much）splendidvictorythanlastweek.

10．Wewereall________（thrill）atthespeechbytheprofessor.

Ⅱ.在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）

1．Ipreferto________sightseeingratherthanlieonthebeach.

2．Weareallworkingagainsttheclocktomeetthedeadlinewhenthemachinebreaks________atthisbusyhour.

3．Iwilltaketheplace________themanagerwhileheisaway.

4．Thetwinsareso________thatIoftenmistakeonefortheother.

5．Hewasalwaysquarrelling________histeammateswhilebeingtrained.

Ⅲ.短语填空

consistof；divide…into…；breakaway（from）；taketheplaceof；breakdown；leaveout；toone'scredit；makealist（of）；inmemoryof；arrangefor

1．AfterWorldWarⅡ，Germanywas________________twoseparatecountries.

2．They________________thenationalunionandsetuptheirownlocalorganization.

3．Thisyear'steam,coachedbyJeffJackson,________entirely________collegeplayers.

4．Ourcar________________andwehadtopushitofftheroad.

5．Naturalmethodsofpestcontrolarenow______________chemicals.

6．Shefeels________________becausetheotherchildrendon'tplaywithher.

7．I'dbetter________________，orI'llforgetwhoI'veinvited.

8．________________，Jacknevertoldanyoneexactlywhathadhappened.

9．Themuseumwasbuilt________________thegreatwriter—LuXun.

10．Theyhave________________somestudentstopickupmydaughterattheairport.

Ⅳ.根据汉语意思完成句子

1．ThenI____________________bysixboys.

然后我发现自己被六个男孩围住了。

2．____________________youcan'thelpus.

你不能帮助我们真是非常遗憾。

3.____________________gototheshops—there'splentyoffoodinthefridge.

不需要去商店，冰箱里有足够的食物。

4．Hehasmadethecompany____________________today.

他把公司办成了今天这个样子。

5．Itisstrangethat____________________upsolatethismorning.

真奇怪他今天早上起床那么晚。

Ⅴ.阅读理解

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