Unit1ThewrittenwordWordpowerGrammarandusage每课一练（译林牛津版选修8）1.doc

第  PAGE 7 页 共  NUMPAGES 7 页 Unit 1 The written word Word power Grammar and usage 每课一练（译林牛津版选修8）1 Ⅰ. 完成句子 1. 我们应该尽力改造罪犯，而不是惩罚他们。 We should try to _____________ rather than punish them. 2. 我听到这个笑话的时候忍不住笑了出来。 I _____________ when I heard the joke. 3. 他计划要回到这里和他的老朋友重新聚一聚。 He is planning to come back here to _____________ his old friends. 4. 这个地区仅存的植物受到干旱的威胁。 The existing vegetation in this area is _____________ of drought. 5. 家庭暴力越来越引起关注。 _____________ is drawing increasing attention. 6. 多么可惜啊！你损失了一次好机会。 _____________ ! You lost a good chance. 7. 有些年轻人是在压力下才继续留在学校里上学的。 Some young people ____________ staying on at school. 8. 就这个问题，他们意见一致。 They are _____________ about this question. Ⅱ. 单项填空 1. The civil war in Libya that _______ on March 12 ________ for a few weeks. A. broke out; has lasted B. breaking out; was lasted C. was broken out; has lasted D. broke out; lasted 2. Was _______ Bill，who played basketball very well，_______ helped the blind man across the street? A. that; who B. that; that C. it; that D. it; which 3. In order to make people ________ money to the sick baby, he suggested the mother tell the public about him. A. distribute B. provide C. afford D. donate 4. We hope that all people will be able to live in a world without war and ________ . A. generosity B. shock C. help D. violence 5．A serious forest fire broke out in Shandong, _________ the authority had to take immediate steps to protect the forest in Tai’an. A. why B. which C. as D. for which 6．—Nowadays children have to take art, music and sports classes in their free time ________ busy schoolwork. —No wonder they have more and more pressure. A. rather than B. owing to C. apart from D. except for 7. —What is Rudi up to? —She seems bent _________ finding a new job. A. on B. to C. down D. over 8. Nowadays students are under great __________ to enter a good university. A. pres