Unit 2 The United Kingdom课时作业

learning about language

Ⅰ. 单句填空

1. It was already past midnight and only three young men　　　(remain)in the tea house.

2. After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane took　　　 her job as a doctor in the countryside.

3. We should respect food and think about the people who don􀆳t have　　　we have here and treat food nicely.

4. He got　　　(injure)in the right leg while playing football last week.

5. 　　　a person has not had enough sleep, his actions will give him away during the day.

6. Our new English teacher, who is said to have moved back to China, 　　　(live)in America for almost ten years.

7. An interesting suggestion for measuring the atmosphere around Mars has been put　　　.

8. Luckily, the tiger escaped　　　(kill) by the hunter.

9. Thomson was accused　　　having stolen a famous painting worth $100 million by Da Vinci.

10. -Flight CA223　　　(announce). I􀆳d better be on my way. Goodbye.

-Bye. Happy landing!

11. 　　　(surprise)and happy, Mr. Smith stood up and accepted the prize.

12. I􀆳m so　　　(gratefully)to all those volunteers because they helped my terrible day end happily.

13. The secretary arranged a　　　(convenience)time and place for the applicants to have an interview.

14. Despite the previous rounds of talks, no agreement　　　(reach)so far by the two sides.

15. They succeeded in　　　(escape)from the burning bus. It was a terrible experience.

Ⅱ. 阅读理解

　　Graphs can be a very useful tool for conveying information, especially numbers, percentages, and other data. A graph gives the reader a picture to interpret. That can be a lot more efficient than pages and pages explaining the data.

　　Graphs can seem frightening, but reading a graph is a lot like reading a story. The graph has a title, a main idea, and supporting details. You can use your active reading skills to analyze and understand graphs just like any other text.

Most graphs have a few basic parts:a caption or introduction paragraph, a title, a legend or key, and labeled axes. An active reader looks at each part of the graph before trying to interpret the data. Captions will usually tell you where the data came from(for example, a scientific study of 400 African elephants from 1980 to 2005). Captions usually summarize the author􀆳s main point as well. The title is very important. It tells you the main idea of the graph by stating what kind of information is being shown. A legend, also called a key, is a guide to the symbols and colors used in the graph. Many graphs, including bar graphs and line graphs, have two axes that form a corner.