Unit 2 The universal language 课时分层作业(六) (建议用时：40分钟) [语言知识练习固基础] Ⅰ.单句语法填空 1．To show our respect，we usually have to take our gloves off whoever(who) we are to shake hands with. 2．We struggled so much to seek for help，but we never lost hope. 3．Sorry，I'm late，for my bike broke down on the half way. 4．It seems that he is afraid to tell his parents the failure in the exams. 5．Today there is a trend towards less formal clothing. 6．Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency (tend) that they prefer. 7．He declined to_go (go) to the cinema with me，saying that he was busy going over his lessons. 8．With the development of the central and western China，more and more cities have sprung up in what was a wasteland ten years ago. 9．The Town Hall completed(complete) in the 1800s was the most distinguished building at that time. 10．The number of robberies in the area is on the decline. Ⅱ.完成句子 1．随着年龄的增长，我们越来越聪明。 As_we_grow_older，we get wiser and wiser. 2．你会发现哪里工资高，一般哪里物价就高。 Where/Wherever_you_find_high_wages，you'll generally find high prices. 3．简人倒不错，就是往往太唠叨了。 Jean's nice but she has_a_tendency_to_talk too much. 4．据说中国人(总是)为别人而活，而美国人为他们自己而活。 It is said that Chinese people are living for others，while_the_Americans_are_for _themselves. 5．这种药很有效，但可能会引起头痛。 The drug is effective but has_a_tendency_to_cause_headaches. [高考题型练习提能力] 阅读理解 A When Johnny Cash sings，people listen.His big，deep voice rumbles out of radios and juke?boxes across North America.His records sell by the million.Country music fans everywhere know his big hits.They love songs like Hey Porter，Ring of Fire，and Folsom Prison Blue. Johnny Cash sings about a hundred concerts a year.People like what they hear—and what they see，too.Rugged and big?shouldered，the singer stands six?two without his black boots on.He's a two?hundred?pound package of muscle and talent.And that scar (疤痕) on his cheek? It's a bullet (子弹) hole，of course! In the minds of most people，Johnny Cash is “Mr.Tough (violent) Guy”．He's an ex?drug addict (上瘾者) who was once put into prison.His grandmother was an Indian.To keep from starving，he once had to live on wild rabbits killed from forty feet away with a knife.Some people say he even killed a man. In fact，most of the Johnny Cash story is just that—a story.True，years ago he had a “drug habit” for a short time.He “popped” pills.But he never used heroin or other “hard” drugs.Sometimes he'd go wild and get locked up for a few hours.But he never served a prison sentence.There's no Indian blood in his veins.He's been a killer only in song.As for the “bullet hole”，it's an old scar left by a doctor who opened a cyst (囊肿)． People who know Johnny Cash well say he's a “gentle guy”，a “generous guy”—anything but a “tough guy”．How did the stories get started? Some of them，lik ... ...
