Unit 4 Pygmalion grammar课时作业

Ⅰ.单项填空

　　1．-It is said that little Bill hit his classmate on the head.

　　-He is thought to be a(n) ________ boy, who is always ready to start a fight.

　　A．ashamed　　　　　　　　 B．awkward

　　C．desperate D．aggressive

　　解析：选D　句意："据说小比尔打了他同学的头。""大家认为他是一个好斗的孩子，总是爱打仗。"ashamed "惭愧的"；awkward "笨拙的"；desperate "令人绝望的，不顾一切的"；aggressive "好斗的，挑衅的"，符合句意。

　　2．He pretended to be French, but his German accent ________.

　　A．gave him up B．gave him off

　　C．gave him out D．gave him away

　　解析：选D　句意：他假装是法国人，但他的德国口音把他暴露了。give up "放弃"；give off "发出(光、热等)"；give out "用完，分发"；give away "泄露，捐赠"。

　　3．They put ________ on the government to lower taxes and give laid­off workers necessary health care.

　　A．load B．weight

　　C．force D．pressure

　　解析：选D　句意：他们给政府施加压力以降低税收，并给下岗工人必要的医疗保健。pressure "压力"，符合句意。

　　4．The building ________ a hospital for the town and the surrounding areas till the early 1960s.

　　A．regarded as B．set up

　　C．split up D．functioned as

　　解析：选D　句意：直到二十世纪六十年代初期，这座建筑物一直作为这个城镇和附近地区的医院。function as "起......作用"，符合题意。regard as "把......看作"；set up "建立"；split up "分组，分离，分解"。

5．The word "ungelivable" is based on Chinese, which has become a big hit online very quickly. It ________ a message that Chinese can also serve as an addition to English