2019-2020学年北师大版高中英语必修4练习学案:Unit 12 课下能力提升(十)
2019-2020学年北师大版高中英语必修4练习学案:Unit 12 课下能力提升(十)第2页

  1.我宁愿你明天去北京。

  I'd rather (that) you ____________ Beijing tomorrow.

  2.我老是在新单词发音方面有困难。

  I always __________________ pronouncing new words.

  3.我正要去购物,这时我朋友来拜访。

  I ____________ go shopping ____________ my friend visited me.

  4.每次我看到她,她都显得很高兴。

  She looks happy ________________ I come across her.

  5.你一到伦敦就打电话告诉我。

  Telephone me ____________ you arrive in London.

  6.当他被问及这场事故时,他一言不发。

  ____________ about the accident, he said nothing.

  Ⅴ.阅读理解

  

  People of older generations often complain about the selfishness and lack of respect they find among the younger generations.It is undeniable that some young people do need to be educated on mutual respect and concern for others, especially senior members of society.But we older people should have some understanding about the young, too.

  Today's society is rather different from what it was when we were young.The social, financial and psychological pressure today's young people have to face is much higher than what we did back in the 1950s through the 1990s.

  They are in the early stage of their career.They have to find proper jobs to support themselves and work diligently to rise.They have to live in smaller houses, because they are unable to afford the soaring housing prices.Considering these facts, we may find it understandable why young people sometimes appear aloof and disrespectful.

  I don't mean that we should put up with it without reminding them of the need to mend_their_ways.What I mean is that we should be more patient, understanding and tolerant toward them.

  For instance, when we get up on a bus or a subway train, we should not complain about not being offered a seat.A young person does not offer a senior citizen his/her seat probably because he/she has to travel a long way to work or because the carriage is too crowded for one to move at all.

In fact, young people do offer their seats to the seniors.I seldom take a bus or a subway train, but more than a quarter of the times I have done so, I was offered a seat.That is fair enough, given