Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note课时作业

Learning about Language

I. 语法填空

1. (2017·天津改编) I came to ____________(unbelievable) that I could do nothing about my weight.

2. (2017·江苏改编) ____________(实际上) official figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993 and people in Russia live a shorter life now than those in 1961.

3. (2017·江苏改编) CHRONOLOGICA is an informative and entertaining tour into history, beautifully illustrated and full of ____________(难以置信的) facts.

4. (2017·江苏改编) _____________ (至于) the USA, it is almost unique among developed nations in having a population that is expected to grow by 20% from 2010-2030.

5. (2016·新课标全国卷III改编) These animals consumed large ___________(amount) of vegetation (植被), which reduced plant diversity in the park. In the absence of wolves, coyote populations also grew quickly.

6. (2016·新课标全国卷I改编) Even worse (bad), the amount ____________ fast food that people eat goes up.

7. (2016·新课标全国卷I改编) I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger ____________(scream) of owl chicks.

8. (2017·北京改编) That's why students do better in tests if they ______________(得到一个机会) to sleep after learning.

9. (2017·浙江改编) At the start of this year, foreigners living in Italy ______________(amount) to 4.56 million of a total population of 60.6 million, or 7.5 percent, with immigrants' children accounting for an ever larger percentage of births in Italy.

10. (2016·上海改编)After what seemed like a safe ____________of time, I read the poem again and was confused.

11. (2016·北京改编)A friend in need is a friend ____________.

12. (2016·天津改编)I learned later that motorheads are, ____________(确实), different.

13. (2016·新课标全国卷I) However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be ____________(rudeness) to that person by arguing with him or her.