Unit 2 English around the world Reading课时作业

　　Ⅰ.单句语法填空

　　1．Some experts (expert) think that language learning is much easier for children.

　　2．What do you think we should do to improve our English?

　　3．We could see nothing in the thick fog at a distance (distant) of two meters, so we got lost.

　　4．The books written (write) by Mo Yan are popular with us.

　　5．Mother is strict with me.She won't allow me to stay(stay) out late at night.

　　6．I didn't understand what he was talking about until he told me again.

　　7．Children should be trained (train) from an early age in table manners.

　　8．An abandoned (abandon) baby was found in a box on the hospital steps.

　　9．What great fun it is to sit down and have a good chat with your close friends!

　　10．Scientific research results can now be quickly applied to factory production (produce)．

　　Ⅱ.选词填空

　　refer to, get on, get off, get into, take off, be short for

　　1．As is known to all, IT is short for Information Technology.

　　2．They wrote to tell us that they were getting on well with the autumn harvest.

　　3．We are sure that West China's economy will take off in the near future.

　　4．He spoke at the meeting for an hour without referring to his notes.

　　5．After getting off the train, we got into the car and headed for the airport.

　　III.阅读理解

　　In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270km away from Sydney, Australia.I was looking forward to having five days off from duty.Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left.So I thought I'd hitch a ride (搭便车)．

I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me.Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn't give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch.He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry.I was doubtful as