Unit 1 A land of diversity reading课时作业

Ⅰ.根据提示写出单词的正确形式

　　1．If you look at the outlook of the energy structure (结构)，there is nothing to stop us growing.

　　2．People differ (不同) from one another in their ability to handle stress.

　　3．He made a number of rude remarks (评论) about the food.

　　4．Compared (比较) with other athletes, Michael Phelps has the perfect body shape for a swimmer.

　　5．Maybe it would even make polite suggestions for you in a British accent (口音)．

　　6．Early settlers (settle) from Europe settled on the coast of the Pacific Ocean and built some houses.

　　7．Much to our joy, our father's health is getting steadily (steady) better with time going by.

　　8．Believe it or not, there are slight variations (vary) in the incomes farmers got from the agricultural reform.

　　9．I struggled to sum up the confusing (confuse) exchange.

　　10．The character was obviously (obvious) wrong but he didn't pick it out.

Ⅱ.选词填空

　　get around， make much of a difference， lead to， queue up， have difficulty in doing， have ...in common

　　1．His illness led_to his not being able to attend the meeting.

　　2．News soon got_around that he had resigned.

　　3．They had_difficulty_(in) walking home in the snowstorm.

　　4．Tony has much in_common with Tom in character. For example, both of them seldom express their own ideas in public places.

　　5．It doesn't make_much_of_a_difference whether you go to Beijing by plane or by train, because both are very convenient.

　　6．Lots of my friends queued_up last week for giving blood.

Ⅲ.完成句子

　　1．He likes pop music, while_I_am_fond_of_folk_music.

　　他喜欢流行音乐，而我喜欢民间音乐。

　　2．Compared_with other Western countries, France plays a very important part in China's economic development.

　　与其他西方国家相比，法国在中国的经济发展中起着重要的作用。

3．It_is_obvious_that the manager was quite satisfied with your spoken English.