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2018高中英语选修八人教版课后作业:unit 3 inventors and inventions3.3 含答案

2018高中英语选修八人教版课后作业:unit 3 inventors and inventions3.3 含答案
2018高中英语选修八人教版课后作业:unit 3 inventors and inventions3.3 含答案

Section Ⅲ— Grammar

课后篇巩固探究

一、变式训练

1.The murderer was brought in,and his hands were tied behind his back.

The murderer was brought in his hands behind his back.

答案:with;tied

2.Because fallen leaves are buried in the earth every year,the soil becomes richer and richer.

in the earth every year,the soil becomes richer and richer.

答案:With fallen leaves buried

3.I have read plenty of books and they are written by Mo Yan.

I have read plenty of books Mo Yan.

答案:written by

4.When he was holding up the Olympic torch in his hand,he felt excited.

the Olympic torch in his hand,he felt excited.

答案:Holding up

5.She asked if there is anything that had been planned for the weekend.

She asked if there is anything for the weekend.

答案:planned

二、完成句子

1.After so much failure he (变得泄气了).[来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.K]

答案:became discouraged

2. (形势令人振奋),and everyone feels proud.

答案:The situation is encouraging

3.He didn’t notice (他的钱包被偷了). 答案:his wallet stolen

4.It was found that her blood (含有毒素).

答案:contained poison

5.She usually works in her study

(锁着门).

答案:with the door locked

三、单句改错

1.Yesterday he had his watch fix at the watch-maker’s.

答案:fix→fixed

2.The hall was found thoroughly cleaned and everything being arranged in good order.

答案:去掉being

3.The bridge build there will be one of the longest in China.

答案:build→built

4.H is response to the question was quite disappointing.I felt disappointing at

his response.

答案:第二个disappointing→disappointed

5.My elder brother had his wallet stole on a train last week.

答案:stole→stolen

6.We must get the work fulfill by the end of this week.

答案:fulfill→fulfilled

7.He had his leg broke in the match last month.

答案:broke→broken

8.The girl being invited to the party was my classmate.

答案:去掉being

9.The package mark with name and date is your sister’s.

答案:mark→marked

10.English widely being used all over the world is my favorite subject.

答案:去掉being

四、阅读理解

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