Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors Using Language课时作业

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1.The proposals they put forward at the meeting were of little significance (significant).

解析：考查名词。句意：他们在会上提出的建议无足轻重。of little significance不太重要。

2.Fifteen persons were under arrest because of the serious violence.

解析：考查介词。句意：由于暴乱十五人被捕。under arrest被捕。

3. Fed (feed) up with doing all the housework, she has hired a cleaner.

解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：厌烦做家务，所以她雇佣了一名清洁工。过去分词作原因状语，相当于是she was fed up with...。

4.My family has a vase, which is said to date (date) back to the Ming Dynasty.

解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：我家有个花瓶，据说是从明代传下来的。be said to do据说......。

5.He drove slowly, having (have) a chat with his friend on the phone.

解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：他一边和朋友在电话里聊天，一边慢慢地开车。现在分词作伴随状语。

6.She had almost reached her destination when a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped.

解析：考查连词。句意：快到目的地的时候，一阵香气扑鼻，她停了下来，不往前走了。考查句型had almost done...when...快要做完......突然这时......。

7.We walked a long way to see him, only to find (find) that he had just left for the countryside.

解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：我们走了很长一段路去看他，没想到他刚下乡了。only to do不定式短语在句中作结果状语,表示意外的，不好的结果。

8.He dropped the glass onto the floor, breaking (break) it into pieces.

解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：他把玻璃杯子掉在了地上，摔碎了。动词-ing形式在句中作结果状语，强调必然的结果。

9.If only my mother were (be) here with me now!

解析：考查虚拟语气。句意：要是母亲现在和我在一起就好了！If only...用于虚拟语气时，若表示与现在事实相反的情况，句中谓语则用动词的过去式，be动词常用were。

10.Please hand the book over to Lucy, who is in need of it now.

解析：考查副词以及定语从句。第一空hand sth. over to sb.把......递给某人；第二空who