Unit 1　课下能力提升(四)　

　　Ⅰ.单句语法填空

　　1．The poor boy earned a living, ________ (sell) newspapers along the streets.

　　2．If________ (accept) for the job, you'll be informed soon.

　　3．________ (determine) to give up smoking, he threw away his ________ (remain) cigarettes.

　　4．The report urged that all children ________ (be) equal to get proper education.

　　5．Her voice died ________ as she saw the look on David's face.

　　6．________ (concern) about the student, the teacher called his parents to find out why he was so often absent from class.

　　Ⅱ.选词填空

　　1. The boy felt that he hadn't ____________ his meaning to his teacher.

　　2．The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to ____________ its reality.

　　3．-Did the speaker say anything that ____________ you especially?

　　-Not really. Actually I slept through his speech.

　　4．As the weather has turned cold, many skirts are ____________ now.

　　5．You must ____________ the long flight. Please take a good rest today.

　　6．Is this your necklace, Mary? I ____________ it when I was cleaning the bathroom this morning.

　　Ⅲ.完形填空

　　I have been working as a language assistant in Northern Spain for just over a month. Now I still enjoy introducing myself and talking about __1__ in the UK. However, I have __2__ that many Spanish students, teachers and friends of mine seem to think that the UK has only one place to __3__ - London!

　　Of course London is our capital city and a __4__ place to visit, but my personal __5__ is that it is a big grey city with too many people. I think that foreign visitors should really __6__ the UK a bit more! Living in Spain, I often have to __7__ that there are lots of other beautiful places to visit in my country. There are __8__ some impressive historical or architectural features.

　　For example, my __9__ where I was born in the UK is in the historical city of Chester. In Spain, few people have heard of this city and so I __10__ the location by saying it is near Manchester. Yet Chester is a beautiful and __11__ city in itself! As it is a Roman city, we have city walls __12__ the city centre, Roman ruins and even an amphitheatre (竞技场)! In addition, the __13__ of the buildings in the city centre were built in the 1300s. It means that most of the houses and shops are very __14__.

　　For these __15__， Chester is a very popular city among Asian and British tourists who want to __16__ the historical sites. The majority of Spaniards don't seem to __17__ it yet! It seems that most Spanish people who have visited the UK __18__ in London and didn't visit anywhere else. I hope that __19__ you get the chance to visit my beautiful country, you might be a bit more __20__ and travel outside of our capital city.

　　1．A.economy　　　　　　　　B．culture

　　C．history D．politics

　　2．A.doubted B．hoped

　　C．promised D．noticed

　　3．A.visit B．live

　　C．eat D．enter

　　4．A.crowded B．special

　　C．wonderful D．safe

　　5．A.knowledge B．information

　　C．opinion D．suggestion

　　6．A.explore B．praise

C．understand D．love