unit5课文语法填空

高二年级随堂练习

Unit 5 Travelling abroad Chinese student fitting in well

语法填空练习

Six months 1.________, Xie lei said goodbye 2.________ her family and friends in China and boarded a plane for London. 3.________ was the first time she had ever left her motherland. After 4.________(get) her visa she was very excited because she 5.____________(dream) of this day for so long. 6.________ she was also very nervous as she didn't know what 7.________(expect). Xie lei told me when I saw her 8.________(wait) in a queue 9.________ the student canteen 10.________ lectures. Xie lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business qualification. She is halfway through the 1.________(prepare) year, 2.________ most foreign students complete before 3.________ (apply) for a degree course. Xie lei 4.________(high) recommends it. She said the preparation course is most 5.________(benefit) and studying here is quite different 6.________ studying in China, so you need some preparation first.

She explained that It was not just study that was difficult. You had to get used 7.________ a whole new way of life, which could take 8.________ all your concentration in the 9.________(begin). The girl, who 10.________ (live) all her life in the same city in China. She told me that she 11.________(have) to learn almost everything again. She added sometimes she felt like a child and had to learn 12.________ to use the phone, how to pay bus fare, and how to ask a shopkeeper 13.________ things she didn't know the English for. When she got 14.________(lose) and had to ask a passer-by for directions, she did not always understand because they did not talk like they do 15.________ our listening tapes.

She has lived 16.________ a host family who give her lots of good advice. 17.________ some foreign students live in student accommodation or apartments, some choose to board with English families.

18.________(live) with host families, 19.________there may be other college students, gives her the chance to learn more about the new culture. She explained when she heard an idiom that she didn't understand, she could ask her host family for help. When she missed her family, it was 20.________ great comfort to have a substitute family to be with.

Xie lei's preparation course is helping her to get used to the academic requirements of a Western university. She remember the first essay she did for her tutor. She found an article 1.________ the Internet that seemed to have exactly the information she needed. So she made a summary 2.________ the article, revised her draft and handed the essay 3.________. She thought she would get a really good mark 4.________ she got an E. She was numb 5.________ shock! So She went to her tutor to ask the reason for his revision. 6.________ of all, her tutor told Xie Lei that she couldn't write 7.________ other people had said without 8.________(acknowledge) them. Besides, as far as he 9.________(concern), what other people thought was not 10.________ most important thing. He wanted to know what his student thought, 11.________ confused her because she thought that the author of the article knew far more than she did. Her tutor explained that she should read lots of different opinions and analyze what she read. Then, 12.________ her essay she gave her own opinion and explain it by 13.________(refer) to other authors. Finally he even encouraged her to contradict the authors she had read. From then 14.________, she got the idea and her marks had improved. More 15.________(important), she become a more autonomous learner.

Xie Lei said she feels 16.________ more at home in England now, and what had seemed very strange before now appears quite normal. She has been 17.________ occupied with work that she hasn't had time for social activities. In her opinion, 18.________ is important to have a balance 19.________ study and a social life so she is going to join a few clubs. 20.________(hope) she will make some new friends. She deserves to succeed.