Unit 4 Pygmalion Reading课时作业

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1.Generally speaking (speak)，children under eight years old are still unable to take care of themselves.

解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：一般来说，八岁以下的孩子还不能照顾自己。generally speaking插入语，一般来说，固定表达。

2.People often look at me in amazement(amaze) when I say I teach yoga to kids as young as three, because they consider yoga to be for adults only.

解析：考查名词。句意：当我说孩子三岁时就教他瑜伽时，人们经常吃惊地看着我，因为他们认为只有成年人才能练瑜伽。in amazement惊讶地，符合题意。

3.He passed a neighbour off as his father when being asked to bring his parents by the teacher.

解析：考查副词。句意：老师要见他的父母时，他让一个邻居冒充他的父亲。pass ...off as 把......冒充是......。

4.Look, there are two old men sheltering themselves from the rain under the tree.Let's give them a hand.

解析：考查介词。句意：瞧，树下有两位老人在避雨。我们去帮助他们吧。shelter oneself from the rain 躲雨。

5.Don't hesitate about that.Do it at once!

解析：考查介词。句意：关于此事不要再犹豫了。马上去做吧！hesitate about 对......犹豫。

6.Davis, a prisoner in Georgia,was condemned(condemn) to death last week for the murder of a police officer.

解析：考查动词。句意：戴维斯，佐治亚州的一名囚犯， 因谋杀一名警官上周被判处死刑。be condemned to death被判处死刑。

7.I don't know much about him, for it was only one year ago that I made his acquaintance.

解析：考查动词短语。句意：我对他不是很了解，因为我只是一年前才认识他的。make one's acquaintance认识某人。

8.The little boy hasn't come back yet after leaving home, which makes his parents worried.

解析：考查定语从句。句意：男孩在离家后还未回来，使得他父母很担心。which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰前面整个句子。