Unit 24　课下能力提升(九)

　　Ⅰ.选词填空

　　not ... but ..., in the hope that, above all, be well off, apart from, aim at, adjust ... to ..., so that

　　1．He goes to school ________ by bus, ________ on foot.

　　2．____________ the injuries to his face and hands, he broke both legs.

　　3．Children should learn ____________ how to observe good manners at table.

　　4．You should always ____________ doing your job well.

　　5．He went to the city ____________ he could find a better job.

　　6．If he had worked harder when young, he would ____________ now.

　　7．After three weeks, most of the students have ________ themselves ________ the new environment.

　　8．I'd like to arrive 20 minutes early ____________ I can have time for a cup of tea.

　　Ⅱ.完成句子

　　1．-I'd rather that you ________________ (别抽烟) in our home.

　　-I won't.

　　2．It's about time _________________________________ (你开始认真读书)．

　　3．You ________________ (你应该感到羞愧)．You've created this problem.

　　4．It's cold today. ______________________ (你最好穿得暖和些)．

　　5．My teacher demanded that all of us ________________ (应练习讲) English every day.

　　6．______________ (如果我是你), I would pay more attention to English idioms and phrases.

　　 Ⅲ.课文缩写语法填空

　　Some of us in developed societies 1.________ (trap) in a spending circle. We work hard in order to earn more money. Sometimes we deposit a little 2.________ the hope of making even more money. 3.________ the more money we earn, the less we see it. Because we are taxpayers, the more we earn, the more tax we should pay to those 4.________ govern us. In this spending circle, we accumulate 5.________ (possess) but never feel we have enough. We work hard for bigger and better houses and cars and have no time to enjoy them. They feel like 6.________ big burden. There is a growing resistance to the consumer society which is affecting the youth of today. The government should make some laws. If such laws 7.________ (come) into being, a huge 8.________ (adjust) would be required and there would be diverse 9.________ (react). As a society, we should take these issues more 10.________ (serious)．

　　Ⅳ.完形填空

The trip to that city was eye­opening for everyone, and near its end, all the young people in our group began to reflect on what it had meant. We __1__ the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city __2__ the young people could experience its energy. But what