Unit 2 The United Kingdom grammar课时作业

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．Stress has an effect on both your physical and mental health.

2．The company faces tough(困难的) competition at present.

3．The officials were arrested for their abusing their power.

4．I attempted to persuade my father to quit smoking，but in vain.

5．There is to be a total ban(禁令) on smoking in the office.

6．Things can easily go wrong when people are under stress(压力)．

7．His behavior was completely beyond comprehension(理解)．

8．Chinese scientists recently had a chance to study a wild female panda with a new born baby.

9．The child is awkward with his chopsticks.

10．It is clear that the chairman is not satisfied with the foreigner's prejudice(偏见)．

Ⅱ.选词填空

be addicted to，due to，accustom oneself to，in effect，feel like，in spite of，take a risk，get into，decide on，that is 11．Most of them turned up on time；only Tom arrived late due to the traffic jam.

12．Having moved to the north east of China，I had to accustom myself to the dry weather here.

13．I feel like lyin g on the bed and listening to music.

14．He is addicted to drinking，but he dislikes smoking.

15．Many new laws have been passed while some ancient laws are still in effect.

16．My daughter has two hobbies，that is，music and drawing.

17．We enjoyed our holiday in spite of the bad weather.

18．Thomas seems always to get into trouble.

19．You take a risk by putting all the eggs in one basket.

20．Sometimes it is not easy to decide on an important thing.

Ⅲ.单句语法填空

21．The bad news made the people present at the meeting very disappointed (disappoint)．

22．To my excitement，my new job is much less stressful (stress)．

23．When he came to himself，he found himself surrounded (surround) by a group of boys.