�、�.用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空

　　1.In some poor African areas, many children died of __________(hungry) every year.

　　2.For decades, they __________ (struggle) to search for ways to increase rice harvests, but without success.

　　3.We were told to keep all our sports __________ (equip) in the lockers downstairs.

　　4.The people there enjoy complete __________ (free) of speech.

　　5.He returned from Paris and found his office was under someone else's __________ (occupy).

　　6.__________ (confuse) by the question, the boy turned to his teacher for further explanation.

　　7.He tried __________ (reduce) the family's expenses by 10%.

　　8.I regretted __________ (comment) on his article like that. He must be angry with my words.

　　答案：1.hunger　2.have been struggling　3.equipment　4.freedom　5.occupation　6.Confused　7.to reduce　8.commenting

　　.句型轉(zhuǎn)換

　　1.We got three times as many people as we had expected.

　　=The people we got were ____________________ we had expected.

　　2.As a result of the bad weather, the match had been cancelled.

　　=____________________ the bad weather, the match had been cancelled.

　　3.You've done well at school, which satisfies me.

　　=You've done well at school. I ____________________ you.

　　4.The children would walk there rather than take a bus.

　　=The children ____________________ there ________ a bus.

　　5.Her father's death was caused by heart failure.

　　=Heart failure ____________________ her father's death.

　　答案：1.twice more than　2. Because of/Owing to　3. am satisfied with　4.would rather walk;than take　5. led to

　　.話題寫作

　　根據(jù)提示，利用本單元所學(xué)知識，完成下面的小作文。

　　1.中國的農(nóng)民曾經(jīng)過著很艱苦的生活，并一直受著饑餓的困擾。

　　2.幾十年來，他們努力尋找能夠提高糧食產(chǎn)量的方法，但收效甚微。

　　3.多虧了袁隆平的雜交水稻研究，農(nóng)民們的收成比以前多了一倍。這意味著世界22%的人口擺脫了饑餓。

　　4.大多數(shù)農(nóng)民都很滿意現(xiàn)在的生活，寧愿待在農(nóng)村當(dāng)農(nóng)民。

　　答案：Farmers in China used to lead a hard life and were always disturbed by hunger.

　　For decades, they struggled to search for ways to increase the grain output, but without success.

　　Thanks to Yuan Longping's research on the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before, which means 22% of the world's population have got rid of hunger. Most of the farmers say they are now quite satisfied with their lives and would rather be farmers in the countryside.