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Unit 2 第1课时
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1.They had a small house,close to fields and hills.他们(乔的祖父母)有个小房子,靠近田野和小山。
close to 意为“(在时间、空间上)接近;(距离上)近的;接近的”。其反义词组far from,意为“离……远”。
①The post office is __closes__ __to__(离……近的)my home.
②My home town is __far__ __from__(离……远)the city.
2.【辨析】job与work
(1)job作名词,意为“工作;职业”,指具体的职业或零工,为可数名词,复数形式为jobs。
(2)work作名词,意为“工作;职业”,指人们日常生活中从事的体力或脑力劳动,为不可数名词。“一份工作”应用“a piece of work”来表示。
【注意】work作名词,意为“著作;作品”时,为可数名词,复数形式为works;work还可以作动词,意为“工作;学习”。
用job或work填空
①I have a lot of __work__ to do today.
②Sally has a __job__ at a children's hospital.
3.The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago,…帕克维尔当地的小学校在五年前关闭了,……
(1)local作形容词,意为“当地的;本地的”。常用搭配:local customs意为“习俗”;local government意为“地方政府”;local newspaper意为“地方报纸”。
(2)close down意为“(永久)关闭,关停”。
①Joy began to work in a __local__(当地的)hospital with some men doctors.
②The factory had to __close__ __down__(关闭)after the fire.
Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示完成单词
1.More and more people in cities begin to live in the __flats__(公寓).
2.I studied in a __local__(本地的)primary school twenty years ago.
3.At weekends,many people go to the __public__(公共的)libraries.
4.Everyone is happy with this hotel because it offers good __service__(服务).
5.Look!Some students are collecting __rubbish/litter__(垃圾)over there.
6.In fact,you can ask for help from Mr Green to __solve__(解决问题)your problem.
Ⅱ.用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空
1.We were cold and hungry,not __to mention__ quite tired.
2.Our team are __making an effort__ to finish this job.
3.Allen tried __to move__ the sofa by himself,but he couldn't make it.
4.Nothing is more important than safety for the __pupils__.
5.My grandparents like the __quiet__ countryside better than the noisy cities.
Ⅲ.从括号中选择合适的单词填空
1.Hangzhou is a huge city __with__(with/in)a large population.
2.Who live the closer __to__(to/on)school,Lingling or Betty?
3.Mobile phones meet the needs __of__(of/from)people's daily lives.
4.Monica studies in the same primary school __as__(about/as)her brother.
Ⅳ.阅读理解
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An ageing population is a world-w