Unit 4 Making the news课时作业

Language points

第一节 七选五 (共5小题;每小题2分, 满分10分)

　　根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. 1. 　　　 The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai. 2. 　　　 The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

　　Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition. 3. 　　　 We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In the spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. 4. 　　　 There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path. 5. 　　　 After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

A. The people of Australia are very hardworking.

B. Australia is big, but its population is not large.

C. Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos.

D. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world.

E. The government has made enough laws to fight pollution.

F. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before.

G. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could.

答案 1~2 BEFGC

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1. 5分, 满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Who won the World Cup 1994 football game?What happened at the United Nations?How did the critics like the new play?　1　 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 　2　 the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to 　3　 the news.

Newspapers have one basic 　4　, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 　5　 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 　6　 inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 　7　, this competition merely spurred(刺激)the newspapers on. They