Unit 2 English around the world课时作业Language points

　　Ⅰ.单句语法填空

　　1．Many visitors visit the church dating (date) back to the 13th century every year.

　　2. The old man had a narrow escape in the accident.That's to say，he narrowly(narrow) escaped in the accident.

　　3．He was removed(remove) from school for playing truant (逃学) too often.

　　4．When he left the telephone to find a pencil，he asked me to hold on．

　　5．The local government raised a large sum of money for highway construction(construct)．

　　6．He kept thinking of the question whether it was possible for his father to change(change) his lifelong habit in such a short time.

　　7．It took me three hours to get (get) home last night.

　　8．She wrote to one of her friends that she dreamed of one day owning(own) a house with an art collection like the one she had seen in Italy.

　　9．British towns and cities have rich experience in providing accommodations(accommodate) for students and there are many cheap，comfortable and safe places to live.

　　10．Mr.White gave all the historical (history) papers of his grandfather to the public library according to his grandfather's will.

　　Ⅱ.完成句子

　　1．我们修理洗衣机花了半个小时。

　　It took us half an hour to repair the washing machine．(take)

　　＝The washing machine took us half an hour to repair．(take)

　　＝We spent half an hour (in) repairing the washing machine．(spend)

　　2．很抱歉你的票已经过期了。

　　I'm sorry that your ticket is out of date．

　　3．无论走到哪里他都能适应新环境。

Wherever he goes，he can accommodate himself to new circumstances.