高中英语Unit4MakingthenewsUsingLanguage课后练习新人教版必修5

课时作业 Using Language

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．He removed his glasses and began________(擦亮)them with his handkerchief. 2．She made a(n)____________(约会)for her son to see the doctor. 3．She's____________(年长的)to me，so I have to do what she tells me. 4．It was said that Ellison was head of the________(部)of Education at that time. 5．She was able to give the police a(n)________(精确的)description of her attacker.

6．Tom is running ________(前面)of me.

7．One of the ________(主要的)causes of crime today is drugs. 8．The government has ________(批准)the plan.

9．The first________(版本)of this book now is worth 10,000 pounds. 10．It's a normal part of the learning________(过程)．

Ⅱ.单项填空

1．The food we eat is through the whole ________ of digestion，absorption and elimination.

A．procedure B．procession C．proceeding

D．process

2．But for her mother's sudden illness，she would never think of breaking this________with you.

A．arrangement C．appointment

B．schedule D．interview

3．(2011·陕西高考)The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be________the present one.

A．as three times big as C．as big as three times

B．three times as big as D．as big three times as

4．After walking for ten minutes，she suddenly realized that she________in the wrong direction.

A．is walking C．had been walking

B．has been walking D．walked

5．Whatever he said，his parents didn't ________ the golf club，which annoyed

him much.

A．approve him to join C．approve him joining

B．approve he join D．approve of his joining

6．I need an ________ figure on what we have lost in the battle. A．exact C．right

B．correct D．accurate

7．(2012·武汉高二检测)He ________a plate of fish and chips in no time at all. A．polished up C．polished off

B．polished D．eat up

8．Her husband，who is ________，is very considerate and always places her in the first place.

A．three years senior than her B．senior than her by three years C．three years senior to her D．senior three years to her

9．Be patient please.Your plan is being________. A．processed C．dealt

B．made D．seen

10．(2012·黄冈高二质检)Owing to our joint efforts，the task was finished ________ .

A．ahead of time C．ahead time

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A B．late D．lately

If there is one thing I'm sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers.It is not that newspapers are a necessity.Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio.Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday.But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.

The nature of what is news may change.What basically makes news is what affects