高中英语 Unit1 A land of diversity CHECKING CORNER练习 新

CHECKING CORNER
Part 1 Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending
I. 根据如下各句句意与所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

1. Before we e________ Albert as President, we want to know what he stands for.
2. As the a________ was ready to take off, all the passengers fastened their seat belts.
3. Many experts found it hard to forecast the weather with the current technical ________ (手段).
4. Passengers want a better ________ (铁路) service.
5. In the United States, the railway ________ (繁荣) began in the 1850’s.
6. The ________ (天主教的) Church had made a bad mistake with Galileo when it tried to lay down the law on a question of science.
7. In Sweden, there is a hotel built of ice, which lies in the ________ (北极的) Circle.
8. The relationship between the two peoples of the ________ (海峡) has improved.
9. Every state court has its own set of rules, which are typically not as detailed or strict as the ________ (联邦政府的) rules.
10. We oppose ________ (种族的) discrimination, and demand that the term “black slave〞 should be abolished.
II. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. Julia wasn’t very convinced about the ________ (distinct) between a lie and an untruth.
2. As the market is very competitive, the ________ (major) of small companies have been taken over.
3. Today, nearly half of the junior high school students surveyed by the ________ (minister) of Education said they dislike or hate science class.
4. After much ________ (hard), the hero of the novel finally achieved the success that he so well deserved.
5. I’ll give Alfred a box of ________ (Italy) chocola tes I bought during my last trip.
6. The essay listed the top 100 cities with the largest ________ (percent) of males in this country.
7. The host asks a ________ (Pakistan) movie star called Raleigh: “Do you often go to see a doctor?〞
8. Statisticians say at least 70 per cent of the population increase over the next 20 years in this area will be caused directly by ________ (immigrate).
III. 同义句转换。

(每空一词)
1. People believe that Ken is very good atoperating a computer.
Ken ________ ________ to be very good at operating a computer.
2. There are a number of famous statues in the museum, including two bronze casts. There are a number of famous statues in the museum, two bronze casts ________.
3. It is not likely that Henry does it on purpose to tease me.
Henry _______ _______ _______ _______do it on purpose to tease me.
4. Despite the fact that Helen is short, she is an excellent basketball player. ________ ________ ________ the fact that Helen is short, she is an excellentbasketball player.
5. It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary.
It ________ ________ that we should hire another secretary.
IV. 用下面所给短语的适当形式填空。

before long, make a life, in addition, keep up
1. These kids used to live in a small village. It took them almost a year to ___________ in a large city.
2. Jerry could not ___________ and dropped out of the race.
3. ___________ the storm stopped and theexploration team continued on its way.
4. ___________, friendship can enrich our life and broaden our outlook.
V. 根据括号内的提示将如下句子翻译成英语。

1. 当Steven 14岁的时候，他就已经自学了数学。

(by the time)
2. 我们的政府正在采取措施使这个风俗得以延续下去。

(live on)
3. Bruce努力工作以弥补他经验的不足。

(by means of)
Part 2Learning about Language
I. 根据如下各句句意与所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

1. You will have to declare these goods when you go through c________.
2. The needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north p________.
3. This a________ for the job has the best track record and I recommend that we employ her.
4. They returned to the ________ (十字路口) of the roads where they had seen a public telephone.
5. My little ________ (侄子) was acting funny and everyone in the room started to laugh.
6. The manager agreed to discuss the question brought up by the ________ (副的) president.
7. ________ (社会主义) influenced many Chinese people in the early 1920s.
II. 用whether, if, whoever, that, why, what填空。

1. ________ Caroline will come or not is still uncertain.
2. Michelle doesn’t care ________ it rains.
3. ________ comes to the party will receive a present.
4. It doesn’t matter ________ or not Lydia will come.
5. The reason why Alan was late was ________ he missed the early bus.
6. We think it necessary ________ we should practise spoken English every day.
7. ________ we can’t get seems better than what we have.
8. ________ Simon has lost his job is not true.
9. The club will give ________ wins the competition a prize.
10. Clark is not sure ________ Sharon refused his invitation.
Part 3Using Language
I. 根据如下各句句意与所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

1. She fell heavily, s________ her headagainst the side of the boat.
2. During the war, our army often used letters attached to a chicken f________ to deliver important messages.
3. Our trip was interesting, but the rainy weather was a d________.
4. My ________ (最初的) reaction was to move to Belgium but after careful consideration I decided to stay here.
5. His clothes are too flowery, which make him look just like a big ________ (火鸡).
6. People ________ (崇拜) him for his generous character.
7. The eggs need to be put in a warm place to ________ (孵化).
8. For months the company has ________ (抵抗) changing its accounts system.
II. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. Your design sounds ________ (reason) but is not practical.
2. He’s ________ (able) to come to the meeting today due to health problems.
3. I didn’t say that I wanted to buy it but ________ (mere) asked fo r the price.
4. A new branch of the company is going to open. Meanwhile, the ________ (decorate) of its main store has been finished.
III. 同义句转换。

(每空一词)
1. From time to time, he looked at his watch while he was waiting for the bus. ________ ________ ________, he looked at his watch while he was waiting for the bus.
2. When the man was brought back to life again, he found himself lying in a hospital bed.
When the man ________ ________ ________ again, he found himself lying in a hospital bed.
3. The South China tiger will disappear if we don’t do more to preserve their habitat.
The South China tiger will ________ ________ if we don’t do more to preserve their habitat.
IV. 用下面所给短语的适当形式填空。

strike ... into your heart, be bound to,
bring ... back to life, in vain,
in good condition
1. He wanted to be a highly skilled doctor who would be able to _____________ the dying _____________.
2. Grandpa, who has always been _____________, was suddenly ill, worrying the whole family.
3. Jane, I think by doing so he is trying to _____________ terror _____________.
4. They tried to keep this experiment from failure, but ________________.
5. He ________________ get punished for his bad deeds.
Answers:
Part 1
I. 1. elect 2. aircraft 3. means
4. rail
5. boom
6. Catholic
7. Arctic 8. strait 9. federal
10. racial
II. 1. distinction 2. majority
3. Ministry
4. hardship
5. Italian
6. percentage
7. Pakistani 8. immigration
III. 1. is believed 2. included
3. is not likely to
4. In spite of
5. struck me
IV. 1. make a life 2. keep up
3. Before long
4. In addition
V.
1. By the time Steven was fourteen years old, he had learnt maths by himself.
2. Our government is taking measures to make this custom live on.
3. By means of hard work, Bruce made up for his lack of experience.
Part 2
I. 1. customs 2. pole 3. applicant
4. crossing
5. nephew
6. vice
7. Socialism
II. 1. Whether 2. if / whether
3. Whoever
4. whether
5. that
6. that
7. What 8. That
9. whoever 10. why
Part 3
I. 1. striking 2. feather 3. drawback 4. initial 5. turkey
6. adore
7. hatch
8. resisted
II. 1. reasonable 2. unable 3. merely 4. decoration
III. 1. Now and then
2. came to life
3. die out
IV. 1. bring; back to life
2. in good condition
3. strike; into your heart
4. in vain
5. is bound to。