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．The table shows the run time for each combination (组合)．

　　2．They issued a new edition (版) of Luxun's works.

　　3．Today's announcement (宣布) of a peace agreement came after weeks of discussion.

　　4．As science and technology is developing rapidly (迅速地), there will be more and more electric products.

　　5．He is planning to present (提出) his opinion at the meeting to be held tomorrow.

　　6．The news shocked the public, leading (lead) to great concern about students' safety at school.

　　7．This also helps us simplify (simple) our design.

　　8．The route is best seen by reference (refer) to the map.

　　9．The visiting Prime Minister expressed his satisfaction with his talks, adding (add) that he had enjoyed his stay here.

　　10．Unluckily, his several attempts (attempt) to swim across the Zhujiang River have failed.

Ⅱ.选词填空

　　in favour of， refer to ...as ...， thanks to， pick up， get used to， a couple of， wear off， present ...with ...

　　1．When did you pick_up French? You speak it so fluently and perfectly.

　　2．Thanks_to the English language, we can learn a lot from other countries.

　　3．I found the job tiring at first but I soon get_used_to it.

　　4．Some people are in_favour_of building a swimming pool for children, while others are against it.

　　5．We worked for a_couple_of_weeks and finally solved this problem.

　　6．The child's interest in a new toy is likely to wear_off_soon so don't buy him a lot of toys.

　　7．People who work in office are usually_referred_to_as"white collar workers"．

　　8．The mayor presented_him with a gold medal at an official city reception.

Ⅲ.完成句子

　　1．The bad weather only _added_to our difficulties.

　　恶劣的天气只是增加了我们的困难。

　　2．Even though none of other family members were in_favour_of_his plan to build a plane, he spent all his money on it and succeeded at last.

尽管其他的家庭成员没有一个人支持他造飞机的计划，他还是把所有的钱都投在上面