Unit 4 Astronomy- the science of the stars课时作业

Learning about language

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

　　1．So much of interest does Beijing offer that most visitors simply run out of time before seeing it all.

　　2．They set up many branches (branch) throughout the country.

　　3．Their efforts have transformed the bald hill into one covered with green trees all over.

　　4．The song conveys (convey) how deeply he loves his country.

　　5．The medical team made (make) up of two doctors and five nurses has arrived.

　　6．Body language is particularly (particular) important when we attempt to communicate across cultures.

　　7．The reason that/which he explained to us is that he hadn't read it before.

　　8．A more flexible (flexibly) approach to childcare arrangements is needed.

　　9．Eventually(eventual), the sky cleared up and we went to the beach.

　　10．I was in deep sorrow (sorry) when I heard the news that he had broken up.

　　11．The translation(translate) of the novel is perfect, which quite agrees with its native version.

　　12．With so many people communicating(communicate) in English every day, we can see it will be more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.

Ⅱ.阅读理解

Beverly Cleary has sold 85 million copies of 41 books and - if those numbers weren't impressive enough - she turned 100 on April 12. Though the world was a very different place when Cleary was a child, she has always believed that kids pretty much stay the same - which explains the ongoing popularity of her beloved characters, like Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins and Ralph S. Mouse.