2019学年度人教版选修八Unit 5Meeting your ancestorsPeriod5Using language基础知识综合作业

Ⅰ. 根据汉语提示写出正确的单词

1. The usual place to feel someone's pulse(脉搏) is on his wrist.

2. The editors agreed on a division(划分) of the textbook into ten units.

3. In fact, the more you practise, the more skilled(熟练的) you'll become.

4. The audience applauded(鼓掌) when the music paused.

5. I find that mother is beginning to get wrinkles(皱纹) round her eyes.

6. She looked up and the shining sun made her dizzy(眩晕的).

7. The man was thirsty and wanted to find a melon(瓜) in the field to eat.

8. It is very important to deal with the radioactive(放射性的) waste properly.

9. The company planned to accelerate(加速) its growth by carrying out new policies.

10. My cousin longed for a skateboard(滑板) as a birthday present.

Ⅱ. 完成句子

1. The factory set up the year before is of great significance(有重大意义)to this area's economy.

2. I'm fed up with this weather(对这种天气厌倦); it's time we had some sunshine.

3. Have you looked ahead(为将来打算) to what you'll be doing in five years' time?

4. It's believed that these plant fossils date back to(追溯至) the age of the dinosaurs.

5. He hurried home only to be told(结果被告知) the guests had left.

6. He has migrated to Australia, thus leaving his family(留下他的家人) in Hong Kong.

7. Only if you do as I told can you succeed(你才能成功).

8. I missed the early bus. If only I had got up earlier(要是我起床早些就好了).

9. Having finished his project(完成了他的项目), he was invited by the school to speak to the new students.

10. There is no greater pleasure than lying on my back in the middle of the grassland, staring at the night sky(凝视着夜空).

二阅读理解

The Zhoukoudian Beijing Man Site is one of the most important world heritage sites in China. Since the discovery, which changed China's knowledge of its history, was made in the 1920s, Zhoukoudian has become an important place for archaeologists from all over the world. At the site in the south-west suburb of Beijing, there is, for example, the earliest evidence of the use of fire by humans. It has also been proved that people lived there continuously between 500, 000 and 10, 000 years ago.

Today, however, Zhoukoudian is in serious danger. Parts of the caves have been badly affected by rain and exposure to the air. Some areas are almost completely covered in weeds, causing serious damage. Pollution from nearby cement factories has also contributed to the problem.

The site is extremely expensive to maintain and it will cost between three and five million yuan to repair it. At the moment, visitors are not allowed to visit the caves.

Zhoukoudian is on the World Cultural Heritage List, organized by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The list is constantly