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Unit 3 The million pound bank note
在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式
1. While __________ (wander) around on the street, the beggar caught sight of a purse lying on the ground.
2. Students living in the buildings that have kitchens only are permitted __________ (cook) in the kitchens.
3. __________ (base) on the results and data in the questionnaire, the new book took Professor Gu two years to complete.
4. I hadn’t seen him for ten years. but I __________ (spot) him at first sight.
5. It is said that body language accounts __________ 55% of a first impression while what you say just 7%.
6. You didn’t bother me. __________ the contrary, I like your company.
7. I found that Jane __________ (seat) at the desk, doing her homework carefully.
8. We had just covered half the journey __________ the engine failed and we could do nothing but wait for help.
9. Faced with challenges, you should believe your courage is __________ makes a difference.
10. The fact is __________ they went to Shanghai by plane, which accounts for their early arrival.
11. It was amazing and __________ (believe) that he had achieved so much.
12. What struck me about the firm is how __________ (genuine) friendly and informal it is.
13. Taking tests can be stressful for students. Like any other skills, learning to manage test anxiety needs practice and__________ (patient).
14. I would give you what you want, but__________ for marrying you, it would be out of the question.
15. It Is __________rude you to shout at your teacher like that.
16. __________ I have to give a speech, I get extremely nervous before I start.
17. You are taking __________ chance it you go out in weather like this without an umbrella.
18. __________ (ignore) the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.
19. __________ is well known that Americans like eating meat.
20. When you are reading, make note of __________ you think is of great importance.
单句改错
1. Success in life doesn’t happen in accident. It’s the result of devoting your time and energy to what you’ve set out to do.
2. It was in the lake where they found the long lost sword of the Ming Dynasty.
3. Pointing to a small village at the foot of the mountain, he told us that was where he brought up.
4. She was sitting under the tree, staring the photo, deep in thought.
5. Excuse me. Do you mind me ask a few questions?
6. Henry explained to the brothers why he came here and his eyes stared at that was left of their dinner on the table
7. He is best known for his novels setting in his childhood world on the Mississippi River
8. Losing in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.
9. It is a truly delightful place, where looks the same as it must have done 100 years ago.
10. You are saying everyone should be equal, and this is what I disagree.
11. A beggar was sleeping in the doorway of a fruit shop, whose owner felt angry and ordered him to go away by a rude manner.
12. On reaching the station, we found someone in rag sitting on the ground.
13. The reason why I was late is because I was caught in a heavy rain.
14. Since there are many excellent athletes competing against each other in the game, which is uncertain whether he will succeed in winning the medal.
15. He has made clear that the meeting will be held tomorrow morning.
16. Now he has a large number of money, so he can do anything he wants with it.
17. Exactly that the potato was introduced into Europe is uncertain, but it was probably around 1565
18. It was the culture, rather than the language, which made it hard for him to adapt to the new environment abroad.
19. It’s amazing that how much pleasure you get out of the simple things in life.
20. Just have you sit here is a great honour.
语法填空
A
The Million Pound Bank Note is a short story by the American author Mark Twain, 1__________ (publish) in 1893. The story begins with Henry Adams. Henry is an American 2__________ is swept out to sea on 3__________ Saturday sail near San Francisco, and is picked up by a London-bound boat. He arrives in London penniless and without food 4__________ shelter. Brother A and Brother B (as they are referred to in the story) are two very 5__________ (wealth) and strange brothers who wonder what would happen if they gave the hungry, poor stranger a million pound bank note.
So Henry is given an envelope with the bank note and a letter 6__________ (explain) the terms of the bet. He realises how much money is in it when he tries to pay for a meal, and the restaurant can’t give him change obviously. 7__________ (immediate), Henry attempts 8__________ (return) the bank note to the two brothers, guessing that they probably made a mistake, but he 9__________ (tell) that the brothers have just left and that, in fact, there is no mistake. After finally reading the letter, Henry decides to keep the bank note 10__________ thirty days and help Brother B win the bet. If he does this Henry has been promised a job and a salary at the end of the month.
B
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical al film. It’s 1__________ warm and wonderful movie that has “timeless” effect. The film2__________ (base) on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The film is about a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent (女修道院) 3__________ (become) a teacher of the seven children of a captain. Maria is a sweet young woman 4__________ love of freedom makes it obvious to her superiors(上司) 5__________ she is not suited for religious life. Thus, she is sent off to be the teacher to Captain Georg Von Trapp’s seven troublesome children. 6__________ (arrive) at his home, Maria discovers that Captain Georg Von Trapp keeps it 7__________ strict order, uses a whistle to arrange his children, issues orders, and dresses his children in sailor-suit uniforms. Although at first the seven children are not 8__________ (friend) to her, Maria becomes friends with the children due to their love of music. She 9__________ (teach) them how to sing and allows them to play.
Soon, even the strict Captain begins to admire Maria. At last, the Captain and Maria fall in love and get married. 10__________ (fortune) when the Nazis invade their homeland, Austria, the whole family is forced to flee over the Alps(阿尔卑斯) to escape.
短文改错
A
One day King Arthur saw a happy beggar and wondered why the beggar was so happy, because that the king didn’t feel happy though she could have whatever he wanted. From this we can see that one’s happiness doesn’t depend on if he is rich or poor. Happy is just a state of mind. As long as one thinks he’s satisfying, he is happy.
There are many different opinion about happiness. To some, happiness is being surround by their family members and friends. To others, happiness meant achieving success in something, such as meet a goal. To those who have been injured, happiness can simply mean a day without suffering, or just alive.
B
One evening two young man were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal everything. The clock struck twelve. Most of the people were in bed. Quickly they came to a house and it seemed everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front gate, one man whispered in English to the other at a low voice, "You wait here and I’ll go around to the back door and then get into the house.” Suddenly out of the house ran a dog, barked at them. The two men was very frightened and ran away as fast as possibly. They didn’t stop until they get to a lonely place. The man said to the other in a surprise, “It’s too bad. but I hadn’t thought what the dog could understand English.”
Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars
在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
1. Some local governments still __________ (violence) destroy houses because of interest in land development.
2. Canada, as a country of immigrants, has a diverse range of __________ (religious)and cultures.
3. You’d better quit smoking, for your smoking is not only __________ (harm) to yourself but also a threat to your family.
4. The universities have expanded, thus__________ (allow) many more people the chance of higher education.
5. As is known to all. there__________ (exist) dinosaurs on the earth a long time ago.
6. If there is anything else we can do for you, make contact with us __________time.
7. In that case, eat before the flight, or an empty stomach will prevent you from __________ (sleep).
8. At college, Barack Obama didn’t know that he was __________ (become) the first black president of the United States of America.
9. __________ struck me most in the movie is __________ the boy risked his life to jump into the river to save a little girl.
10. China Today attracts a worldwide readership, __________ shows that more and more people all over the world want to learn about China
11. The only thing __________ (physics) feel certain is that this mystery matter makes up 95% of the universe.
12.I pulled __________ (gentle) at his arm, but it seemed as if he had forgotten my existence.
13. With the weather becoming hotter and hotter, we need curtains to block __________ the sunshine.
14. The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be three times __________ big as the present one.
15. Seeing we were all in low spirits, the teacher told a funny but moving story to cheer everyone __________ at the beginning of the class.
16. __________ (float) like a ball in the salty water of the Dead Sea is an unforgettable experience.
17. __________ (amaze) at his final score, he decided to treat himself to a big dinner.
18. Now __________ you get a chance, you might as well make full use of it.
19. I was lucky enough __________ (invite) to such an important party.
20. When we get closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity __________ (pull) us, but it will not be as strong a pull as the earth’s.
单句改错
1. It doesn’t matter that food is eaten raw or cooked, cool or hot.
2. I lost sight of my mother when we reached where looked like a big market because of too many people.
3. She is dislike her mother; she is tall and her mother is very short.
4. The universe began with a Big Bang that threw matter to all directions.
5. Why Mona Lisa is smiling remains puzzle to us, but it may even be possible someday to solve the mystery.
6. I will, by my turn, clean the blackboard next week.
7. After shooting a rabbit, he lay his gun under the tree and then lay down on the grass.
8. The famous musician, as well as his students, were invited to perform at the party.
9. What is important is as the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its surface.
10. This produced a chain reaction, which made that possible for life to develop.
1. Over time my memory has developed too much that, like an elephant, I never forgot anything I have been told.
2. The officer ordered the policeman to watch out on that tall man in a black suit. He thought the man might be the murderer wanted.
3. I was still sleeping while a fire broke out and then it spread quickly.
4. There is no doubt that exercise is as useful way as any others to lose weight.
5. I’m Liu Qian’s fan. His magic performance is too amazing for people not to forget.
6. Li told me the force of gravity would change three times and the first change would be the most powerful.
7. Walking does need a bit patience now that gravity has changed.
8. After a while I got the hang of it and we began to enjoy us.
9. Apple fans look forward to getting an Apple Watch, but that remains to be seen whether other customers can accept it.
10. Time permitting, they promise who raises a question a chance to take a photo with the mascot.
语法填空
A
Global warming could make humans shorter. Scientists claim to have found evidence that it caused the world’s first horses 1__________ (become) smaller nearly 50 million years ago. In fact, a team from the universities of Florida and Nebraska says 2__________ has found a link between the earth heating up and the size of horses, during the last time the world heated up. The scientists used fossils to follow the evolution of horses from their earliest 3__________ (appear) 56 million years ago. As temperatures went up, their size went 4__________. The scientists say that the current warming could have the same effect 5__________ mammals and could even make humans 6__________ (small). "Horses started out small, about the size of a small dog. What’s 7__________ (surprise) is that after they first appeared, they then became even smaller and then dramatically increased in size, and that 8__________ (exact) corresponds to the global warming event, followed by cooling. It had been known that mammals 9__________ (be) small during the last warm time, 10__________ we hadn’t realised that temperature specifically was driving the evolution of body size,” Dr Bloch said in the Science journal.
B
We often think of future. We often wonder 1__________ the world will be like in a hundred years’ time.
Think 2__________ space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon will have 3__________ (set) up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as 4__________ (visit). Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, 5__________ (permit) long journeys through the solar system. When that time 6__________ (come) people will be taking holidays in space and visiting 7__________ planets. Great progress will have been made in medicine, too. 8__________ (pollute)will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.
All the world will have been developed--even the Antarctic. We will have used up most of the earth’s land to build our cities, so 9__________ (float) cities will have been built. The Japanese have already had plans of this kind. What is more 10__________ (believe) is that there will be cities under the sea.
短文改错
A
In early January this year, the rate of UFO reports were steady, around three per weeks. When however, on Monday, January 16, a science fiction film about visitors to outer space was shown on television, there was the immediate increase in reports of sightings from all parts of the States. The commanding officer, Wayne Tyler, who directly responsible for the study of all such reports, decided to making his findings known. They wrote an article, which said that all UFO reports could be explained for quite naturally by aircraft movements. Follow this explanation, there was a rapid drop in the number of reported sightings, because the rate remained above the previous level.
B
I love talking about the future-so I am not the only one. Over the centuries, the people have always wondered about the future. Some like to read fantasy stories and imagine what the world will like in 10, 50 or even 1, 000 years’ time. Others write of the future themselves. In the 18th and 19th centuries, especially the later, the most common theme in scienc
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