1. Unit 2
The United Kingdom

2. Learning about Language

3. Choose the correct words below to complete the passage, making necessary changes.
enjoyable kingdom conveniences unwilling countryside accomplish clarify administration construct
“Why are you ________ to accept this wonderful opportunity?” asked the boss on the phone.
unwilling

4. enjoyable kingdom conveniences countryside accomplish clarify administration construct
“Have you read the description carefully? You will live in a town close to the __________ in England in a furnished
house with all modern ____________. Our office in Beijing will be able to ______ any problems using fax or the Internet.
countryside
conveniences
clarify

5. enjoyable kingdom accomplish
administration construct
Your task will be to examine the possibility of ___________ a new factory in the United _________. We need you to become familiar with the _____________ and rules for such a project. We hope you will be able to __________ this easily within six months and that it will be an _________ experience for you.”
constructing
Kingdom
administration
accomplish
enjoyable

6. Complete these questions or answers using vocabulary from the text
Complete these questions or answers using vocabulary from the text. Then read them aloud with a partner.
1. Q: What is the ________ of Great Britain?
A: Pounds and pence.
currency

7. 2. Q: What is the flag of the United
Kingdom called?
A: _______________.
The Union Jack

8. Northern Ireland
Scotland
3. Q: What countries does
the ______ Kingdom
________?
A: England, Scotland,
Wales plus Northern
Ireland.
United
consist of
England
Wales

9. 4. Q: Which part of the British Isles
___________ from the
United Kingdom?
A: Southern Ireland.
broke away
Southern Ireland

10. 5. Q: Which __________ are different in
each country of the United Kingdom?
A: Education and law.
institutions

11. 6. Q: Do these differences cause ________ or
quarrels?
A: No. The countries are alike in wanting
their own systems to continue.
conflicts
7. Q: What are the _________ called in
England?
A: Counties.
provinces

12. All of the words below can take the place of said, but they are used under different conditions and in different situations.
whisper smile ask advise answer beg suggest decide shout agree scream complain

13. Choose the correct word from the list to fit each of these sentences.
whisper smile ask advise answer beg suggest decide shout agree scream complain
“Why don’t you want to accept this
wonderful opportunity?” _____ the boss on the phone.
2. “Shall we leave now?” he _________ to us and we left the room very quietly.
asked
whispered

14. smile, advise, answer, beg, suggest, decide, shout, agree, scream, complain
3. “Help! Help! I can’t swim,” ________ the
frightened boy.
4. “Please don’t hurt my cat,” _______ Sarah
as her brother picked it up by one leg.
screamed
begged

15. smile, advise, answer, suggest
decide, shout, agree, complain
5. “I’d like to live in a castle of my own too,”
_______ the young prince.
6. “Yes. I bought a car and a new flat this
winter,” _________ my father.
agreed
answered

16. smile, advise, suggest
decide, shout, complain
7. “Are you coming with us?” ________ Li
Ming to her friend on the other side of
the room.
8. “I didn’t like that meal at all,”
___________ the customer.
shouted
complained

17. smile, advise, suggest, decide
9. “Perhaps you would like to go this
way?” _________ the man shyly.
suggested

18. Can you think of other examples using these words?

19. 根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子（每空一
词，含缩略词）。
1. Yesterday, I ________ ________ ________ (吵了一架) with my sister about who should do the housework.
2. Can you ____ ____ ____ _________ (给我描述一下) of the thief ?
3. _____ _______ ______ __________ (有没有可能) that we’ll see you this weekend?
had a quarrel
give me a description
Is there any possibility

20. 4. The twins ________ ________ ________ ______ ______ (看起来一点儿都不像).
5. Nothing could ________ ________ ________ ________ (代替) the family he had lost.
6. Their holiday was nearly ruined after their car ________ ________ (坏掉) on the highway.
don’t look alike
at all
take the
place of
broke down

21. 7. His room is ________ ________ (陈设简单).
8. Tom is busy in _________ ______ ________ (筹备他的婚礼).
9. They came for James in his room but only found his clothes ________ ________ (叠得整整齐齐) on his bed.
simply furnished
arranging his
wedding
neatly folded

22. Finish the exercise 3 on page 50.