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Unit 2 Exploring English
Part 1 Starting out &Understanding ideas
能力提升练
Ⅰ.课文语法填空
As an English learner, I once asked 1 (I)why English learners often have trouble 2 (learn) English? The following examples may help you understand why English often makes people 3 (confuse).
4 our free time we paint a painting, but we take a photo. We can get seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in a car, 5 we don’t get homesick when we get back home. And speaking of home, why aren’t homework and housework the same thing? We can say “it’s raining” or “it’s snowing” when we look out of the window and see rain or snow. But when we see sunshine, we can’t say “it’s sunshining”. 6 (actual), even the smallest words can be confusing. In the English language, you fill in a form by filling it out, and 7 alarm is only heard once it 8 (go) off!
English 9 (invent) by people, not computers, and it reflects the 10 (create) of the human race. That is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, but wh