Unit 1 A land of diversity课时作业

Learning about language

Ⅰ.根据提示写出单词的正确形式

　　1．Anyone who is keen on classical music can't miss the opportunity (机会) to attend the concert.

　　2．Mr. Smith nodded (点头) and asked every client to sit around the table.

　　3．She keeps yawning (打呵欠), so she might not have slept well last night.

　　4．He sighed (叹息), not knowing how to deal with the naughty boy.

　　5．What he is lacking (lack) in is not knowledge but experience.

　　6．It was an informal (formal) party, so you needn't have dressed up as a princess.

　　7．I can confidently (confident) promise that this year I will make great progress in my study.

　　8．Perhaps he used a kind of advanced (advance) technology so that he got better results.

　　9．Such an important problem should be discussed seriously (serious)．

Ⅱ.选词填空

think of，in addition，find out，be nervous about，make friends，look away from，be serious about，in advance 　　1．In my opinion, travelling abroad is a great way to find_out what life is like in another place of the world.

　　2．-Did you catch what I said?

　　-Sorry, I was thinking_of the match held last night.

　　3．I wouldn't like to go to the party tonight, because I have a lot of homework to do. In_addition,_I'm not willing to see John.

　　4．If you look_away_from a person or yawn, he may think you are not interested in what he says.

　　5．Don't be_nervous_about your illness. There is nothing serious.

　　 6.Since you are always optimistic and self­confident, I can't wait to make_friends with you.

　　7．This meeting room is a non­smoking area. I would like to warn you in_advance that if you smoked here you would be fined.

　　 8.Are you serious_about giving up smoking this time? I don't want you to lie gain.

Ⅲ.完成句子

　　1．这个项目的失败不是因为缺乏资金而是缺乏技术工人。

　　The failure of the project is not for_lack_of fund but for skilled workers.

　　2．这个问题对我来说很难回答。

The question is difficult for_me_to_answer.