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　　高中高二英语必修5
　　Unit 2   The United Kingdom
　　Period6
　　班级_______  组名 _______ 姓名______
　　课前预习
　　I.单词拼写（根据句意及所给首字母写出正确的单词）
　　1. What first a__________ me to her was her sense of humor.
　　2. You can easily c______ the problems if you study British history.
　　3. Much to our d_____________, Mary won the first prize in the competition.
　　4. Expensive as it is to live in cities, it brings much c___________to our lives.
　　5. Plan more, but a___________less.
　　6. U________we stand, divided we fall.
　　7. You’ll need some cash in local c___________ but you can also use your credit card.
　　8. I’ve a_________ with the neighbors about feeding the cat while we’re away。
　　9. Audiences still t__________ to the sound of The Rolling Stones.
　　基础达标
　　II.用所给词组的正确形式填空。
　　1.The computer system ________________suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.
　　2. I’ve been told that the medical team, _________________ five doctors and ten nurses, is to be sent to the flood-stricken area.
　　3.Lincoln said that it was not right for the Southern States ______________ the Union.
　　4. Electric trains __________________ steam trains in England.tens of years ago.
　　5.I keep my reference books near my desk ____________________ .
　　6.Students in the class ______________ four groups before they started the game.
　　7. It’s a difficult job; we must ______________________ .
　　8. He founded the charity __________________ his late wife.
　　能力提升
　　III.完形填空
　　On 27 February 2008, something unusual happened in Britain; there was a rather large earthquake.
　　It was the __1__ UK earthquake in 25 years. There have been very minor ones in the past but they were not __2__ compared to this one. It was felt across the country, from Edinburgh, Scotland in the north down to the far south coast of England. The center of the earthquake was　in a small town about 150 kilometers north of London.
　　There were many news reports from people who __3__ the earth move but no one was seriously hurt and there was little damage. A collapsed chimney was the __4__ of what was the worst injury from the earthquake; a man broke his hip when he __5__ tripped on the chimney's scattered bricks and fell to the ground.
　　One man who was walking to work at the time __6__ the moment the earthquarred, "Everything was shaking. As soon as it happened I saw many people __7__ outside and I realized it was an earthquake."
　　You may be surprised to learn that there are two to three hundred earthquakes in Britain every year -- but are so small that they go __8__. The impact of this earthquake was not severe in comparison to some other natural __9__ that have made international news, but for the people __10__, it certainly came as quite a surprise.
　　1. A. biggest      B. loudest     C. deadliest D. scariest
　　2. A. dangerous    B. interesting C. significant     D. famous
　　3. A. saw B. discovered C. thought D. felt
　　4. A. result      B. reason     C. making D. cause
　　5. A. eagerly      B. intentionally     C. accidentally D. desperately
　　6. A. feared      B. explained     C. described     D. caught
　　7. A. rushing      B. shaking     C. talking D. working
　　8. A. unwanted     B. unnoticed C. unchanged     D. undisturbed
　　9. A. disasters B. accidents     C. earthquakes D. events
　　10. A. watching    B. affected     C. infected D. lost