Unit 2 English around the world课时作业

Using language

　　I单句语法填空

　　1．Although the number of competitors is (be) limited, a number of our classmates are (be) eager to take part in it.

　　2．Unfortunately, fifty percent of the men in this town are unemployed (employ)．

　　3．What surprised me most was the way that she spoke to her father.

　　4．I sent an application to the company but have_received (receive) no reply from it so far.

　　5．They have set up a student organization (organize) to help with the campus safety.

　　6．Would you like to give me your dictionary in exchange for my old camera?

　　7．I couldn't have_gone (go) through that hard period without your help.

　　8．We can't afford to_waste (waste)a single minute because we have lots of things to finish in two days.

　　9．In winter, a lot of rich people fly south to get away from cold weather in the north.

　　10．My educational background and professional (profession) experience make me qualified for the job.

　　II.阅读理解

　　A

　　Schoolgirl Lorna O'Brien was in her kitchen when she looked out of the window and was terrified at what she saw."Help！" she shouted."There's smoke and fire coming out of the kitchen window opposite."

Her father, John, ran across to the house while her 15­year­old brother Paul called the fire service.Lorna, 16, rushed across and caught up with her dad, who had just kicked open the front door.They looked upstairs where they saw smoke coming out of the top flat.Lorna followed her father into the flat, where they found a pan(平底锅) on fire in the kitchen and the young mother, Mane Linn, who had been asleep, passed out(失去意识)in the smoke­blackened sitting room.Lorna's dad threw a wet cloth over