英语与综合教程2 U5 ExerciseB.pptVIP

Ex. 5 Fill in the blanks with the words given. Change the form where necessary. 1. Any nation, if it wishes to ____________ its identity, is bound to vigorously cultivate all components of culture, including science. 2. With the spread of globalization and the rapid __________ of information technologies has come an explosion in the demand for English worldwide. 3. By the end of the decade, China is expected to _________ the US as the world’s biggest producer of beer. 4. After she installed the program, she found it easier to ________ between the different languages. Ex. 5 Fill in the blanks with the words given. Change the form where necessary. 5. Businesses that rely heavily on the Web can no longer ________ the fact that 46% of all Internet users come from non-English-speaking countries. 6. When you form a club, look for ___________ in experience, occupation and education. 7. Linguists have predicted that more than half, as many as 90 percent of the 6 000 languages being used today will be _________ by 2050. Languages are becoming ________ at far greater ratios than are mammals and birds. 8. They argue that Spanish is easier to read and write and could challenge the ____________ of English. Ex. 5 Fill in the blanks with the words given. Change the form where necessary. 9. Nationally, existing-home sales ________ in July 2005, with 7.13 million sales, but fell 11.2 percent to 6.33 million in July 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors. 10. Special education programs are having a tremendous ________ on the way schools, educators, and library media programs do their work. 11. Her friends and neighbors watched her _______________ from a shy local girl to a famous movie actress. 12. Forecasters ________ that in the near future Chinese will be the number one language used on the World Wide Web Ex. 6 Fill in the blanks with the expressions given. Change the form where necessary. 1. Geographically, the most _____________ la