高二英语Learning about Language

a/an professional __________ photographer.
5) A Chris is not interested in starting his new job. B Chris is _____ eager to start his new job. 6) A “This room needs a light clean,” explained the housewife. B “ This room needs a ________ thorough clean,” explained the housewife.
7) A The law allows people to defend themselves against a charge. B The law does not allow people to ______ __a crime. accuse themselves of 8) A I don’t mind losing that skill if it is not useful. B I don’t mind _______ acquire that skill if it is useful.
to report on an important event cover a story clever ways known to experts trick of the trade
to present the ideas fairly get the facts straight not to understand an ideas get to the wrong end of the stick this is the story this is how the story goes to get the story first get a scoop
4. Certain expressions can introduce an inverted sentence. Now complete the following sentences that begin with these expressions. 1) Only after _________________ did my operation ____________________________ My neighbours come round to offer me support __________. 2) Not once did ___________________ you come to say you ______________________________ were sorry after breaking the vase .
3. You will be able to write a good report only after you have acquired the information you need. Only after you have acquired the information you need will you be able to write a good report. 4. He gave a lot of presents to his friends, but he has never given one to me. Never has he given a present to me though he gave a lot (of presents) to his friends.
高二 Module 5Unit 4
Learning about Language Discovering useful words
and expressions
1. In the reading passage several expressions are used in an idiomatic way. Find them and fill in the chart.
2. Complete Sentence B using a word or phrase from the reading passage which has the opposite meaning to the words underlined in Sentence A. 1) A By accident she broke that beautiful bowl. B She ___________ deliberately broke that beautiful bowl.
________________________________ admission notice to Beijing university,
_______________________________ but he also won a scholarship to
________________. study in America. 7. Only then did __________________ she remember what her aunt told her ______________.
3 complete this passage using the words below in the correct form.
Leaning about Language
Discovering useful structures
1. Find three examples of inversion in the reading passage. 1) Never will Zhou Yang forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper. 2) Not only am I interested in photography, but I took an amateur course at university to update my skills. 3) Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.
5. Only in a ____ people get hit and film can ________________ never seem to feel the pain _________________________.
6. Not once did Zhou __________________ Jie receive an
6. I have never read such an exciting report before. Never before have I read such an exciting report. 7. She took part in a horse riding competition, and did not miss a jump once. Not once did she miss a jump when she took part in the horse riding competition.
B She can _____________ concentrate on her studies
for a long time.
4) A The journalist went out with an
untrained photographer.
B The journalist went out with
2) Only then did I begin my work on designing a new bridge. I only began my work on designing a new bridge then. 3) Not only was there a Christmas tree, but also exciting presents under it. There was not only a Christmas tree but also exciting presents under it.
2. Rewrite these sentence using normal
word order.
1) I did not know how to use that
recorder. Neither did he.
Neither he or I knew how to use that recorder.
4) “Is everything ready yet?” asked Hu
Xin to the photographer. Hu Xin asked the photographer, “Is everything ready yet?”
1. You will see so many seats only at a stadium in Beijing. Only at a stadium in Beijing will you see so many seats. 2. I have seldom seen a situation which made me so angry. Seldom have I seen a situation which made me so angry.
5. She is not only good at languages, but also at history and geography. Not only is she good at language, but she is also good at history and geography.
2) A He did not steal the vase so he didn’t
do anything wrong.
B He did steal the vase so he is _____. guilty
3) A She does not get absorbed in her
studies for long.
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3. Seldom have I been ___________________ so happy as when my son graduated from university _____________________________. 4. Only by doing ___________________ her exercise every day could Jane ___________________________ hope to run professionally again . _____