Unit 4 Astronomy- the science of the stars课时作业

Learning about language

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

　　1．But for the heavy snow, we would_have_gone(go) there on time.

　　2．Had he worked harder, the boy would_have_got(get) through the exam.

　　3．I was wet all over. If only I had_taken(take) an umbrella!

　　4．The man speaks as though he were(be) a foreigner.

　　5．I would_have_come(come) sooner but I didn't know that they were waiting for me.

　　6．It's high time that we got/should_get(get) down to our study.

　　7．If he had_worked(work) hard last year, he would get a great success now.

　　8．But for the rain, we would_have_finished(finish) the work already.

　　9．Their advice is that a new factory (should)_be_built(build) in their hometown.

　　10．What a pity that he gave orders that all those lovely trees should_be_cut(cut)．

Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　 Lucille Clifton was the first African­American poet laureate of Maryland. Critics call her one of the greatest writers of our time.

　　 Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York in 1936. She began writing poetry when she was about ten years old. She had developed an interest in poetry because of her mother, Thelma Sayles. Her mother was also a poet although her poems were never published. As a child Lucille would sit on her mother's lap and listen as she read poetry. She learned to love words and the power of words. That stayed with her as she grew.

While her mother taught her to love poetry，her father gave her the gift of storytelling. He would tell Lucille interesting stories about her ancestors, especially the one named Lucille who was his grandmother. Samuel Clifton said she was the first black woman to be legally hanged in the state of Virginia. Lucille Clifton wrote about