Unit 1 Words and Their Stories 同步课时练（基础+提高）

Unit 1 Words and Their Stories A．基础练习 I. Spelling. a. Fill in the blanks with a word using the hints of its English definition . 1. a person who studies or writes about history h_____ 2. the movement of a new population into a place to live there s_____ 3. land that is owned or controlled by a particular country, ruler or military force t_____ 4. good at getting what one wants by planning and secretly deceiving people t_____ 5. existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or practical existence a_____ b. Fill in the blanks with the word from the text The first letter of the word has been given. 6. An e _____beaver is a person who is w _____to do and is excited about doing what is e _____of him. 7. Beavers are s_____ creatures. They spend a lot of time in the water, building dams to c _____little lakes or ponds. 8. Beavers use their tails to p _____mud on the b _____to make the dams s_____. 9. There were hundreds of millions of beavers when European s _____first arrived. The settlers put great v on the fur of beavers. 10. Young men looking for a _____headed west across the country to s _____for beavers. plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. 1. Historians say the beaver had an important part in the_____(settle) of North America. 2. Contrary to her_____(expect) , she failed in her driving test. 3. He made some_____ (reveal) remarks when I had a private chat with him. 4. The road-works caused much_____(complain) among local residents. 5. She needs to improve her_____(present) of the arguments. plete each of the following sentences with a phrase in its proper form. refer to first thing first make a point provide for keep in mind settle down out of fashion consist of put value on fall into The UN is an international organization _____ sovereign states only. Please _____ that vocabulary is the basis of any language. The Chinese government _____ increased _____ on scientific innovation. It’s _____ in the Constitution(宪法) that no citizen shall turn traitor to the motherland. Being an experienced teacher, he seldom _____ his notes while in class. We wish that fossil fuels may gradually _____ disuse so that the environment could be better protected. He _____ going on the exploration regardless of any possible danger. Almost everything in the world may go _____, but not friendship. Having studied in Australia for ten years, he feels he _____ well _____ there. _____, let’s see how we can better do the sentence translation. plete the sentences according to the Chinese given. 1. Parents tend to_____, which is a great pressure on them. (对孩子期望过高) 2. The Internet is _____in social life. (起着重要的作用) 3. Students _____inside the classroom. (不应该踢足球) 4.1 had meant to attend their wedding, but_____. (来了一个不速之客) 5. Many people _____ that China will have developed into a powerful economy in twenty years. (持这种观点) 6. We_____ somewhere before. (好像以前见过面) 7. My neighbors said he would _____i ... ...