Unit 3 Travel journal课时作业

learning about language

　　Ⅰ.单句语法填空

　　1．It rained for two weeks on end，completely ruining (ruin) our holiday.

　　2．What had seemed impossible seems a distinct possibility (possible) now.

　　3．Although that big earthquake did great damage to this city，it was soon rebuilt from the ruins.

　　4．The government has issued a warning (warn) that the fish may not be fit to eat.

　　5．When they heard the bad news，they all looked sadly (sad) at the master.

　　6．-Don't throw the cigarette about for the grass catches fire easily.

　　-What should we do if it is on fire?

　　7．I can't understand the humor in the English joke.After all，I'm a foreigner and know little about British culture.

　　8．There is no possibility that we will finish the work in such a short time.

　　9．The scene was terrifying and the boys there were all terrified．(terrify)

　　10．He put out the cigarette immediately he heard his father coming back.

　　Ⅱ.单句改错

　　1．The forest is easy to catch a fire in such dry weather.去掉a

　　2．Professor Yang said that light traveled faster than sound.traveled→travels

　　3．Great changes have been taken place in China since the 1980s.去掉been

　　4．The whole city lay in ruin after the earthquake，which made us lie awake all night.ruin→ruins

　　5．As he approached the door，Mike looked into the room again to see if he left anything behind.left前加had

　　III.阅读理解

　　A

In the 1950s，a family who owned a farm near Beulah，Michigan kept a bull chained to an elm(榆树)．The bull paced around the tree，dragging the heavy iron chain，which led to a groove(槽)in the bark.The groove deepened over the years，though