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2.1 课时作业

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．I will never speak to anyone like that ________ they say something unpleasant to me. 2．We believe scientists will come up ________ a way to solve the problem of air pollution. 3．The film based ________ the novel by Simpson has got the first prize in the Oscar Film Festival.

4．All the people present ________ the party were his supporters. 5．They had a pleasant chat ________ a cup of tea.

6．More than one official ________ (serve) the people heart and soul. 7．The dictionary cost me 8 dollars in all, postage ________ (include)． 8．Almost everybody present felt unhappy because ________ what he had said. 9．They keep horses and cattle, the former for riding, the ________ for food. 10．He ________ (study) German for five years and speaks fluent German. 答案：1.even if/though 2.with 3.on 4.at 5.over 6．has served 7.included 8.of 9.latter 10．has been studying Ⅱ.选词填空

1．She can speak Italian ________.

2．This play ________ a novel by D．H. Lawrence.

3．I decided to go with them, mainly ________ I had nothing better to do. 4．It is partly ________ her sick mother that she hasn't taken the job abroad. 5．I'm sorry he's out ________.

6．You can ________ your talents to become rich as well. 7．I know many of them, ________ John, Peter, and Tom.

8．He rang to say he would be late home—something ________ at the office. 9．________ a quarter of the students never finished their courses. 10．As you see, we look the same ________.

答案：1.fluently 2.is based on 3.because 4.because of

5．at present 6.make use of 7.such as 8.had come up 9.More than 10.in some ways

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Ⅲ.介、副词填空

1．English around the world differs from one another ________ some important ways. 2．List the countries that use English ________ an official language.

3．Natives can understand each other ________ they speak different kinds of English. 4．We all know that English has changed a lot ________ time. 5．English of that time became closer ________ the present English. 6．English has been used in HongKong ________ about 1842.

7．Actually, all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate ________ each other.

8．________ the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. 9．________ the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use ________ a wider vocabulary than ________________.

10．Tom is absent today because ________ his illness. 答案：1.in 2.as 3.even if/even though 4.over 5．to 6.since 7.with 8.At 9.By; of; ever before 10．of Ⅳ.完成句子

1．当她的儿子再次说谎时，她的悲伤甚于愤怒。

She was ________ sad ________ angry when her son lied again. 2．现在，世界上说汉语的人最多。

____________________， Chinese has ________________________________ speakers in the world.

3．现在他有空，你可以向他咨询。

He is free ________________________ and you can go to him for advice. 4．因为下雨，我只好待在家里。

I stayed at home ________________________ the rain. ＝I stayed at home because ____________________. 5．在会上，他提出了一个非常棘手的问题。

At the meeting, he ______________________________ a problem hard to settle. 答案：

1．more; than 2.At present; the largest number of 3．at present 4.because of; it rained 5．came up with Ⅴ.完形填空

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There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very __1__. English is one of them. Many people __2__ it, not only in England and the USA, but in other parts of the world. About 20 million speak it __3__ their native language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a __4__ language. Several million are __5__ to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different __6__. Have you ever __7__ such advertisements (广告) in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or your __8__ back...” Of course, it never __9__ quite like this. The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should __10__ that we all learned our own language well when we were __11__. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. __12__ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He __13__ what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, __14__ all the time, just imagine how much __15__ that he gets! So it is __16__ to say that learning English is easy __17__ a good command of English depends on (取决于) a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and __18__ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will __19__. But they can't do the student's __20__ for him. 1．A.difficult B．important C．easy D．interesting 2．A.learn B．try C．understand D．use 3．A.as B．for C．with D．like 4．A.good B．foreign C．useful D．own 5．A.learning B．enjoying C．trying D．liking 6．A.questions B．problems C．ideas D．answers 7．A.found B．watched C．noticed D．known 8．A.knowledge B．time C．money D．English 9．A.happened B．looked C．seemed D．felt

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