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课时达标训练(四)
Section Ⅳ Reading for Writing, Assessing Your Progress & Video Time
Ⅰ. 单句语法填空
1. Mr Smith never gives up, and I respect him for that.
2. Here I would like to introduce myself briefly (brief).
3. I, representing (represent) our university, went to the airport to meet this year's international students.
4. Fancy sitting (sit) in the sun and doing nothing all day!
5. When he was saying that, he broke a branch from the tree.
6. Nichols set off/out for his farmhouse in the countryside yesterday.
7. —Must I turn off the gas after cooking?
—Of course. You can never be too careful with that.
8. The boy worked so hard that he passed the exam for the first time.
9. As far as I know, it is absolutely (absolute) impossible to finish it in five days.
10. There was a horrible (horror) summer thunderstorm this evening and the power went out.
Ⅱ. 完成句子
1. If you do as I say, your dream will come true soon.
如果你按照我说的去做,你的梦想将很快实现。
2. When a pencil is partly put into water, it looks as if (it were) broken.
当把铅笔的一部分放进水里时,它看上去好像断了。
3. Listening to music at home is one thing, going to hear it being performed live is quite another.
在家听音乐是一回事,去听现场演奏的音乐完全是另一回事。
4. I was so excited that I couldn't wait to try my hand at riding the bicycle.
我非常兴奋,迫不及待地想尝试骑自行车。
5. Being kind to others should be everyone's principle of life. If so, our world will be more peaceful and beautiful.
对人友善应该是每个人的生活准则。如果这样的话,我们的世界将会更加和平和美丽。
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
If you think that running marathons will help you live a long and healthy life, new research may come as a shock. According to a recent scientific study, people who do a very strenuous workout are as likely to die as people who do no exercise at all.
Scientists in Denmark have been studying over 1,000 joggers and nonjoggers for 12 years. The death rates from the sample group indicate that people who jog at a moderate pace two or three times a week for less than two and a half hours in total are least likely to die. The best speed to jog at was found to be abo