Period Six　Grammar & Writing

Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空

1．The room is very big and it can hold (hold) 50 people.

2．The girl resembles (resemble) her father in her look.

3．He was having (have) breakfast when I came in.

4．The manager is considering (consider) going abroad now.

5．Her experience doesn't apply (not，apply) to you and you had better think it over.

Ⅱ.用适当的关系词填空

1．As is reported in the newspaper，talks between the two countries are making progress.

2．Your claim ought to succeed，in which case the damages will be substantial.

3．The village has developed a lot where we learned farming two years ago.

4．Which is the Asian country whose economy is growing fastest?

5．The way (that/in which) he used to deal with that guy was beyond my imagination.

6．The book is very interesting as most readers say.

7．We are living in an age when many things are done on computer.

8．Last month，part of southeast Asia was struck by floods，from whose effects the people are still suffering.

Ⅲ.阅读理解

Today，we are told，children don't spend enough time in the fresh air.Many of them are addicted to a screen either on a computer or a TV-they seem to be living in a virtual world.They have lost touch with nature.

But now 400 organizations in the UK，from playgroups to the National Health Service，are encouraging children to have some "wild time"．They want kids to swap at least 30 minutes of watching TV or playing computer games for time playing outside.Activities such as building dens，climbing trees，rummaging for conkers and playing hide­and­seek are just some of the things kids can do.Even if they live in a city，they can go on adventures in the garden or the park.

Children often need a helping hand from mum and dad.They need to be shown what to do and