Unit 2 The United Kingdom课时作业

learning about language

Ⅰ. 单句填空

1. It is often recommended that children　　　(offer)chances to get close to nature.

2. It is reported that experts have found several new kinds of medicine to cure people 　　　lung diseases.

3. -Did he say anything about himself yesterday?

-Yes. He told me that he　　　(teach)English since he came here.

4. The government urged that every effort　　　(make)to bring down food prices.

5. It is the first time that smoking control　　　(put)into China's national economic and social development.

6. My teacher's guidance　　　(benefit)me in English learning. In other words, my English learning benefited　　　my teacher's guidance.

7. The film doesn't appeal　　　the audience because the plot of love and marriage is rather common nowadays.

8. 　　　I was in middle school, I persuaded my father to give up smoking and he did so.

9. They printed Legacy on their own and worked tirelessly to　　　(promotion)it online and in schools, libraries and bookstores.

10. The weather was　　　cold that I did not like to leave my room.

11. The man said that the big stone　　　(lie)on the road was　　　(lay)there by a stranger, but he was　　　(lie).

12. Everyone seemed to fall　　　his idea. That was actually just another one of his tricks.

13. -Can you give us a 10% discount?

-The issue is　　　an 8% discount is the best we can offer.

14. 65% of their products　　　(be)to be exported to European countries next month.

15. The practical experience　　　(gain)from taking part-time jobs at college is of great value.

Ⅱ. 阅读理解

It was Mother's Day morning last year and I was doing shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.