高中英语必修一课文缩写语法填空

高中英语必修一课文所学语法填空

Unit 1

Thursday 15th June, 1944 Dear Kitty,

I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long 1.____________ I’ve grown so crazy

2.____________ everything

3.____________(do) with nature.

I can well remember that there was 4.____________ time when

5.____________ deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and fl owers could never

6.____________(keep) me spellbound. That’s changed since I was here.

…For example, one warm evening 7.____________ it was so warm, I stayed awake 8.____________ purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. But as the moon gave 9.____________ too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Another time fi ve months ago, I happened 10.____________(be) upstairs at dusk 11.____________ the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs 12.____________ the window had to be shut. The dark, 13.____________(rain) evening, the wind, the 14.____________(thunder) clouds held me entirely in their power; 15.____________ was the fi rst time in a year and a half 16.____________ I’d seen the night face to face…

…Sadly…I am only able to look at nature 17.____________ dirty curtains 18.____________(hang) before very dusty windows. It’s no pleasure 19.____________(look) through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must 20.____________(experience).

Yours,

Anne

Unit 2

The Road to Modern English

At the end of the 16th century, about fi ve to seven million people spoke English. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages 1.___________(conquer) other parts of the world, and because of that, English began 2.___________ (speak) in many other countries.

At fi rst 3.___________ English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more 4.___________ German than the English we speak at present. Then 5.___________(grade) between about AD 500 and 1150, English became less like German because those 6.___________ ruled England spoke fi rst Danish and later French. These new settlers 7.___________(rich) the English language and especially its vocabulary. Finally by the 19th century the language 8.___________(settle).

Today the number of people learning English in China 9.___________(increase) rapidly. In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time 10.___________(tell).

Standard English and Dialects

Believe it or not, there is no such thing 1.___________ standard English. Many people believe the English 2.___________(speak) on TV and the radio is standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news 3.___________(expect) to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the radio you will hear 4.___________ (diff er) in the way people speak.

When people use words and expressions different form “standard language”, it is called a dialect. The USA is a large country 5.___________ many different dialects are spoken. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from 6.___________ (neighbour) towns speak a little differently. American English has so many dialects 7.___________ people have come from all over the world. Geography also plays a part 8.___________ making dialects.

When Americans moved form one place to another, they took their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak 9.___________ almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA. That’s 10.___________ although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects.

Unit 3

Journey Down the Mekong

Part 1

Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. It was my sister 1.__________ fi rst had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to 2.__________ it ends. Now she 3.__________(plan) our schedule for the trip.

Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she 4.__________(organize) the trip properly. My sister doesn’t care about details. So I told her that 5.__________ source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a 6.__________(determine) look. I know my sister well. 7.__________ she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.

We found 8.__________ large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography. From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins 9.__________ a glacier on a mountain in Qinghai Province. After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains