Welcome Unit Reading and thinking 词汇巩固练
单句语法填空
We waited with ______________(anxious) for the news of her safe arrival.
He was _____________(annoy) with you for your persistence.
The boy has impressed his doctors __________ his courage and determination.
I still have a few sweet memories of my childhood; in particular, I remember times when I __________(explore) caves in the mountains with my friends.
I can ______________(confident) promise that this year is going to be different.
To be a fashion ____________(design), art education is a must.
选词填空
explore leave...alone be annoyed at/about make a good/deep impression concentrate on
awkward fright feel confident (in) what if be anxious about be impressed with/by
The drought(干旱) has lasted several months and farmers ___________________ the harvest.
Academician Zhong Nanshan __________________________ on the Chinese people in the battle against COVID-19.
If you ______________ all your energy _______ studying English, you’ll have a good command of the language sooner or later.
I wish everyone would stop bothering me and just ____________ me ____________.
On seeing the____________ scene, the little girl was so ____________ that she burst out crying.
三、根据提示完成句子
1. 在探索完大海之后,这位探险者稍作休息,然后决定作进一步探索。
_________________ the sea, the ______________ took a short rest and then decided to make _____________________.
我们已经订了桌位,倘若他们不来怎么办?
We’ve already ordered a table. ____________________________________?
当他到达的时候,他发现所有的工作都已做完了。
When he arrived, he ____________________________________________.
他总是犯相同的错误,这令他老师很生气。
He is always _______________________, __________________________________________.
尽管我们取得了些许进步,在实现我们目标的路上,我们依然有难对付的问题要处理。
Though we have made some progress, we still have _________________________________ on the way to _______________________________.
作为一名交换生,在开学第一天我感到既兴奋又焦虑。
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四、课文语法填空
Today was my first school day in Senor high school. I was a little anxious 1___________ I wanted to make a good first 2____________(impress) on others. In the morning, I had my first maths class. I found it was difficult, which worried me a lot. 3____________(lucky), the teacher and most classmates were kind 4________ friendly. The teacher even told a funny story, making everyone laugh. In the afternoon, we had 5_______ interesting chemistry class in the newly built lab. However, the guy beside me always tried to talk to me. What he did stopped me from 6_____________(concentrate) on the interesting experiment, and all that 7___________(annoy) me greatly.
By the end of the day, my worry 8____________(disappear). I no longer felt awkward or 9_____________(frighten). Instead, I began to feel a lot more confident. I believe I can make many new friends and live a wonderful life 10_________ campus.
五、完形填空
It's one thing to learn a language, but it's quite another when you finally get to use it.
On the __1__ from Venice to Paris, a group of girls of my own age sat around me. I had caught enough of the conversation to __2__ that they were speaking Chinese, but at first I didn’t feel __3__ starting a conversation with the stranger next to me. If it didn’t feel __4__ well, I’d be stuck next to them for the rest f the flight.
As the food cart began to __5__ towards us, I finally found my chance. I __6__ to the girl to my left and asked in Chinese, “Will you be having lunch?” She nodded her head, then realizing the language I had __7__, and asked me in English, “You speak Chinese?”
I was a bit surprised. I __8__ again in Chinese. “A little bit but not very well.” She __9__ again and then returned to her magazine, __10__ my effort to communicate with her. Perhaps I should have lied and said that I spoke better...
Another time, at a dinner I sat next to a man __11__ spoke Chinese. I told him that I was learning Chinese, but __12__ only speak a little and not very well. When __13__ that I was learning the language, he suddenly began to speak __14__ in Chinese, but all I caught was that he told me that for Chinese people, speaking a little bit actually means speaking a lot. His behavior was the complete opposite of my earlier __15__. I was somewhat __16__. I never quite __17__ the chance to continue or make any further efforts because the conversation returned to __18__ as other English-speaking people __19__ the table.
All in all, my experiences have __20__ me that I still have a lot of work to do.
A. subway B. train C. plane D. boat
2. A. know B. design C. see D. study
3. A. awkward B. lucky C. anxious D. comfortable
4. A. go B. fit C. feel D. do
5. A. make its way B. take over C. deliver a lecture D. leave out
6. A. promised B. turned C. led D. referred
7. A. owned B. used C. written D. advised
8. A. agreed B. concentrated C. tried D. explored
9. A. shook B. nodded C. stood D. sat
10. A. ending B. making C. focusing D. increasing
11. A. who B. whom C. which D. that
12. A. should B. must C. need D. could
13. A. realising B. seeing C. hearing D. guessing
14. A. rapidly B. slowly C. calmly D. seriously
15. A. class B. experience C. lecture D. attitude