高中英语Unit2TheUnitedKingdomSectionWarmingup

Unit 2 The United Kingdom

Section Ⅱ Warming up & Reading—Language points

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．Because he knows some silly people spread false information about him，he thinks it is worth________(clarify)．

答案： clarifying

2．Many people，especially those who are too busy to go to the market，like shopping online because of the________(convient)．

答案： convenience

3．This kind of material can be divided________(rough) into two main classes. 答案： roughly

4．It was reported that a girl had her right leg________(break) in the traffic accident.

答案： broken

5．________(divide) into three groups，the students began to discuss the topic left over last time.

答案： Divided

6．Struggling his way in the dark for a whole night，he finally found himself________(lose) in the forest.

答案： lost

7．The plane is the main________(attract) at this weekend’s air show. 答案： attraction

8．This is a good chance to go abroad，so she is________(willing) to give it up.

答案： unwilling Ⅱ.短语替换

1．In order to hand out the books easily，we separate them into five parts. →The books________ ________ ________five parts in order to be handed out easily.

答案： are divided into

2．New Zealand is a country lying off the eastern coast of Australia made up of two big islands and many smaller ones.

→New Zealand is a country lying off the eastern coast of Australia，________

________two big islands and many smaller ones.

答案： consisting of Ⅲ.选词填空

at one’s convenience；as well as；refer to；to one’s credit；break away from；leave out

1．The man’s comment may________________some challenges the country is now facing，for example，environmental pollution.

答案： refer to

2．It is greatly ________________________ that you gave back the money you found；your honesty is appreciated.

答案： to your credit

3．—Could you help me look through the name list in case I________________someone?

—No problem. 答案： leave out

4．The Net School has______________the traditional methods of teaching. 答案： broken away from 5

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latest

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on

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Internet__________________.

答案： at their convenience

6．We______________________Tom went to Hainan to spend our holiday. 答案： as well as Ⅳ.课文缩写语法填空

Great Britain consists ①________four countries：England，Wales，Scotland and Northern Ireland.In the 13th century，Wales ②________________(link) to England.In 1603，they were joined to Scotland.They were united ③________peace instead of by war.However，just as they were going to get Ireland ④________(connect) to form United Kingdom，the southern part of Ireland broke away，⑤________only Northern Ireland joined with England.

England is ⑥________(large) of the four countries and for ⑦________(convenient) it was divided into three zones：the South of England，the Midlands and the North.Most of the population ⑧________________(settle) in the South，but most of the industrial cities are located in the Midlands and the North.

London is the capital city with the great ⑨________(history) treasures.It has