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Module 2 My home town and my country
Unit 1 第1课时
★学以致用★
1.population的用法
作名词,意为“(某一地区的)人口,全体居民”,其单独作主语时,谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。
【拓展】(1)分数或百分数修饰population作主语时,谓语动词一般用复数形式。
(2)表达“人口多”常用large,表达“人口少”常用small。
(3)对人口的数量提问用what。
(4)表示某地有多少人口时用“have a population of+数字”。
①The population of the city __is__(be)300,000.
②Thirty percent of the population __live__(live)in the cities.
③China __has__(have)a population of about 1.41 billion.
2.wide的用法
作形容词,意为“宽的;宽阔的”,其反义词narrow意为“狭窄的;窄小的”,其副词形式widely意为“普遍地;广泛地;范围广地”。
①我家附近有一条宽阔的河流。
There is __a__ __wide__ __river__ near my home.
②English is __widely__ used in the world.
3.pretty的用法
(1)作副词,意为“相当地;非常;很”,常用来修饰形容词。
(2)作形容词,意为“秀丽的;标致的”,此时同义词为beautiful。
①玛丽是一个漂亮的小姑娘。
Mary is __a__ __little__ __pretty__ __girl__.
②这家新餐厅的食物相当好。
The food in the new restaurant is __pretty__ __good__.
Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示完成单词
1.The road is __wide__(宽的)enough for two cars to pass.
2.Lily's bag is newer __than__(比)her friend's.
3.There are many __hills__(小山)around the small village.
4.Winter is coming and days are __getting__(变成)shorter and shorter.
5.—What is the __population__(人口)of your home town,Lingling?
—It's about 2 __million__(百万).
6.Our city will become as __busy__(繁忙的)as Shenzhen.
7.My mum was __pretty__(相当地;非常)beautiful when she was young.
8.Some famous __buildings__(建筑物)are on the west coast of San Francisco.
9.Please __remember__(记住)to take the medicine three times a day.
Ⅱ.用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空
1.Bruce comes from a __village__ in a Western country.
2.Mr Green is much __older__ than my father,but they are good friends.
3.This coat is too small.I'd like to try a much __bigger__ one.
4.—Judy, what do you think of the short story?
—Just so-so,and there are __more__than__ four mistakes in it.
5.Keep studying something new every day,and you will find yourself improving a lot __one__day__.
Ⅲ.阅读理解
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Hi,my name is Millie.I'm from New York, but I'm living in a small town in England now.There is one wide road in this town and there is no train.You can see a shop,a restaurant