8．How many groups are the students in your class divided_into?

　　你们班的学生被分成几个小组？

　　Ⅲ.课文语法填空

　　Great Britain consists 1.of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the 13th century, Wales 2.was_linked (link) to England. In 1603, they were joined to Scotland. They were united 3.in peace instead of by war. However, just as they were going to get Ireland 4.connected (connect) to form United Kingdom, the southern part of Ireland broke away, 5.so only Northern Ireland joined with England.

　　England is 6.the_largest (large) of the four countries and for 7.convenience (convenient) it was divided into three zones: the South of England, the Midlands and the North. Most of the population 8.are_settled (settle) in the South, but most of the industrial cities are located in the Midlands and the North.

　　London is the capital city with the great 9.historical (history) treasures. It has the oldest port 10.built (build) by the Romans in the 1st century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo­Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.

　　Ⅳ.串点成篇微表达

　　上周我们去参观了大英博物馆，它吸引(attract)了世界各地的游客。为了方便起见(for convenience)，我们将想要见识的地方列了一张清单，以便于不会漏掉(leave out)任何重要的东西。我们发现博物馆由九个展厅构成(consist of)，每个展厅分成(divide into)若干个部分，展览不同的历史珍品(historical collections)。通过这次参观我们学到了很多。

　　Last_week_we_visited_the_British_Museum,_which_attracts_tourists_from_all_over_the_world._For_convenience,_we_made_a_list_of_the_things_we_wanted_to_see_so_that_we_couldn't_leave_out_anything_important._We_found_the_museum_consisting_of_nine_showrooms,_each_of_which_is_divided_into_several_parts_to_display_different_historical_collections._We_have_learned_a_lot_from_it.

　　二、勤练高考题型，多练自能生巧

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　Dad was always full of advice, but one of the biggest lessons he taught me was about having __1__ work morals. When growing up, my brother and I mowed (割草) yards during the summer to __2__ pocket change. Dad was our manager. __3__， he told our neighbors about our service, __4__ a price they could not refuse. My brother and I got $10 per yard. I later found out that our friends were charging $20 for the same __5__ of work.

　　Every time we headed out to mow grass, Dad was there to __6__. He stood supervising (监督) our work __7__ when he could have been inside relaxing __8__ air conditioning and an icy drink.

One day we were cutting our next­door neighbor's yard. She always waited __9__ the grass was knee­high to call us over. __10__， we had an old grass mower. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was __11__ and sweaty.