Unit 5 The power of nature grammar课时作业

　　Ⅰ.单词拼写

　　1．Teenage boys are always _(反抗) against their parents.

　　2．The two subjects are closely (连接)．

　　3．The cottage is tiny，but it's (迷人的)．

　　4. The scientists are (做实验；试验)ways and means of solving the problem.

　　5．The main purpose of industry is to (创造)wealth.

　　6．They planned to put up a (雕像)to Queen.

　　7．They've changed the (外观) of the whole building.

　　8．He was brought up by a cold and (专横的) father.

　　9．She was a lady of very (优雅的) tastes.

　　10．Interest rates are expected to rise by one (百分比) point.

　　【答案】　1.rebelling　2.connected　3.charming　4.experimenting　5.create　6.statue　7.appearance　8.domineering　9.refined　10.percentage

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　On one of her trips to New York several years ago，Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.

　　"Hey, aren't you from Mississippi？" the elegant，white­haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger."I'm from Mississippi too."

　　Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party.When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.

　　"They began telling me all the news of Mississippi，"Welty said."I didn't know what my New York friends were thinking."

　　Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine.By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside.Welty's new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab.Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big­city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion(团聚)．

"My friend said：'Now we believe your stories，'"Welty added."And I said