英语必修一unit2基础练习

Unit 2 English around the world

基础知识·自主过关

一、词类转换

用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空。

1. As you know, a car is ________ (use) without petrol.

2. I think it’s extremely hard for us to give ________ (express) to our minds in English.

3. With some models, you can record the telephone numbers of people who you call ________ (frequent).

4. As time goes by, they will understand each other ________ (gradual).

5. That gentleman, with whom we ate dinner yesterday, can speak three languages ________ (fluent).

1. The child has a very large ____________(词汇量) for his age.

2. He looks honest, but ____________(实际上) he is a thief.

3. The police are trying to find out the ___________ (身份) of the man killed in the accident.

4. She spoke English with an _________(口音).

5. Things _ （逐渐地）improved.

6. This film is ____________ （根据）on facts.

7. I come from China, and Chinese is my ____________ （本土的，本族的）language.

8. We should ______ ______ ______ _____(利用好) our school library.

9. __________ _______ （由于）the heavy rain, we didn’t come to school on time this morning.

10. I'm afraid I can't help you ______ (目前) because I’m too busy.

11. All languages change when cultures （交流）one another.

12. _____ _ _ _ (信不信由你), there is no such thing as standard English.

13. Reading __________ ______ ____________ _______ (发挥重要作用)in learning English.

14. _______ _______(即使) it rains tomorrow, we won’t change our plan.

15. India has many _________(流利的) English speakers now.

二、语法填空(关联单元话题)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Geography also plays a part in making dialects. Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak ___1___ an older kind of English dialect.

___2___ Americans moved from one place to another, they took ___3___ dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA. The USA is ___4___ large country in ___5___ many different dialects___6___ (speak). Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects. When people use words and ___7___ (express) different from the “standard language”,___8___is called a dialect. American English has many dialects, especially

the midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighbouring towns speak a little ___9___ (difference). American English has so many dialects because people ___10___ (come) from all over the world.

学以致用

Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空

1. This tree looks tall and strong but ________(actual)its trunk is hollow.

2. Jane and Catherine are my friends. The former is a teacher; the ________(late)is a doctor.

3. We all admire her for her speaking English ________(fluent).

4. ________(gradual) the farmland turned into a desert.

5. She received several ________(office) letters this morning.

6. The night view of Shanghai, whose beauty is beyond ________(express), attracts tourists all over the world.

7. Even though he did wrong to them, they still ________(recognize)him as their friend.

8. The hospital is three ________(block)away from here.

9. He was a natural leader, and when he ________(command) everyone obeyed.

Ⅱ.完成句子

1. The old couple retired last year and at present they ________________.

这对老夫妻去年退休了，目前他们住在乡下。

2. Every minute ________________ to learn English.

应该利用每一分钟来学习英语。

3. ________________, he had to stay at home a whole day.

由于坏天气，他只好待在家里一整天。

4. Sweet foods ________________ chocolate can cause you to put on weight.

像巧克力之类的甜食能使你发胖。

5. The Chinese government ________________ international affairs.

中国政府在国际事务中起了重要作用。

6. We ________________ several choices, such as going boating, climbing a mountain, and going to an amusement park.

我们提出了几种不同的选择，像划船、爬山、去主题公园。

7. The film, Bailuyuan, ______________ the novel with the same name, has delayed being released.(base)

以同名小说改编的电影——《白鹿原》被延迟放映了。

8.He is ________________; he is also a professor.

他不仅仅是一位作家，还是一位教授。

9. Be open-minded to different opinions ________________.

要用开放的心胸接受不同的观点，即使你不喜欢。

10. I am writing to you ________________ find the case back.

我给您写信是想请求您帮我把箱子找回来。