Unit 2 the United Kingdom课时作业

learning about language

Ⅰ. 单句填空

1. The boss is very satisfied　　　the comments that the customer has made.

2. She drew a　　　(conclude)that the water had been polluted.

3. It's said that the power plant is now twice　　　large as what it was.

4. Who is to blame　　　this traffic accident?

5. The scenery was beautiful beyond　　　(describe).

6. Thousands of travellers in and outside Hefei　　　(attract)to the Peach Festival the first day it opened this year.

7. That man　　　(make)to work all the morning yesterday.

8. The doctor asked me to take two 　　　(tablet)of this medicine each day.

9. I will tell him the thing　　　(immediate)he arrives.

10. I have no　　　(hesitate)in recommending her for the job.

11. The price of wheat has decreased　　　15%.

12. The experience is very interesting. Never　　　I forget it.

13. His first speech as the president made a deep 　　　(impress)on his audience.

14. We are　　　(constant)telling him to work hard.

15. 　　　more learned a man is, 　　　more modest he usually becomes.

Ⅱ. 阅读理解

　　A

　　Salvador Dali(1904-1989)was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L'Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist's showman qualities.

　　The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.

The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities(无限). "From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus:amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras, "explains the Pompidou Centre.