Unit 19 Language Period Two Varieties of English 课时精练.doc

Unit 19 Language Period Two　Lesson 2　Varieties of English 课时精练 .语法填空 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 It was a cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children，aged four and two，heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home __1__ the bus stop. Home was only two blocks away __2__ it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy fast asleep in the pram(手推婴儿车)，the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road and，a few minutes later，I saw it__3__ (pull) back and the driver looking directly at us. A young man put the window down. “Hey，heres an umbrella for you—please take it.” he called out. I stood there __4__(astonish)，barely believing that the man，__5__ existence was unknown to me only moments ago，could be so __6__(thought)．“Come on，give this to your mummy，” he said to my older son. I gratefully accepted the offer，__7__(thank) him and watched the truck disappear down the road. This man might have needed the umbrella for __8__ later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me __9__ its possible to give without expecting anything __10__ return. 【解题导语】 本文讲述了作者带着两个小孩在回家路上正下着雨，碰见好心人把伞让给她，然后不图任何回报地离开了。 1．解析　此处意为“从……处”。 答案　from 2．解析　前后句是转折关系。 答案　but 3．解析　在see sb./sth. doing sth.短语中作宾语补足语。 答案　pulling 4．解析　过去分词作伴随状语说明主语的状态。 答案　astonished 5．解析　在定语从句中作定语，与existence构成所属关系。 答案　whose 6．解析　在be动词之后用形容词作表语。 答案　thoughtful 7．解析　根据句意可知用一般过去时。 答案　thanked 8．解析　此处用反身代词，意为他本人可能也需要这把伞。 答案　himself 9．解析　强调结构：Its＋强调部分＋that...。 答案　that 10．解析　此处“in return”意为回报。 答案　in Ⅱ.阅读理解 A Schools are almost all connected to the Internet. But some have more technology，and use it more than others. For example，some schools use computers for activities like video conferencing to bring the world into the classroom. And some classrooms are equipped with things like a Smart Board，a kind of interactive whiteboard. Interactive whiteboards are large displays for presentations. They co