2019学年度人教版选修八Unit 5Meeting your ancestorsPeriod3 Learning about Language基础知识综合作业

Ⅰ. 句型转换

1. It is seven hours since the girl baby fell asleep.

→The baby girl has been sleeping for seven hours.

2. The Greens lived in this small town five months ago, and now they still live here.

→The Greens have been living in this small town for five months.

3. Ten years has passed since I graduated from college.

→It is ten years since I graduated from college.

4. The old couple got married forty years ago.

→The old couple has been married for forty years.

5. They began contributing articles to our magazine several years ago, and they have kept doing so until now.

→All these years they have been contributing articles to our magazine.

6. She started to swim 2 hours ago, and now she is still swimming.

→She has been swimming for 2 hours.

7. It has been six hours since the baby fell asleep.

→The baby has been sleeping for six hours.

8. My sister graduated from college 6 months ago.

→It has been 6 months since my sister graduated from college.

9. The scientist came to study the Chinese ancient culture last year and he is still working in China.

→The scientist has been studying the Chinese ancient culture since last year.

10. They have lived in this city for ten years, and now they still live in this city.

→They have been living in this city for ten years.

Ⅱ. 完形填空

My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡). It's 　1　 for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people. In fact, they're hard to spot, 2　 they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.

This grouse came into our lives in 　3　. Tom was working out in the field when he 　4　 her walking around at the edge of the field. She was 　5　 unafraid and seemed to be 　6　 about what he was doing.

Tom saw the 　7　 bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew 　8　 of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.

One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom 　9　 he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.

Apparently, she didn't like to be 　10　. She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then 　11　 off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the 　12　 and left.

As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to 　13　 more and more often. 14　 Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a 　15　 of the two of them together. This friendly grouse