1、 Lesson 1 A private conversation Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good _________. The play was very ____________. I did not ___________ it. A young man and a young woman were sitting ___________ me. They were talking _____________. I got very angry. I could not hear the ______
2、 I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not ___________ it. I turned round _____. 'I can't hear a ____________!' I said angrily. “It's none of your business,”the young man said ____________. “This is a private conversati
3、on!” Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? It was Sunday. I never _____________________ on Sunday. I sometimes ___________________________ until lunchtime. Last Sunday I _______________________________________. I looked out of the window. It was ______________________. “What a day!” I ______________.
4、It’s raining again.” ____________________, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. “_______________________________by train,” she said. “I’m coming to see you.” “But I’m having breakfast,” I said. “What are you doing?” she asked. “I’m having breakfast,” I ___________. “Dear me,” she said. “Do yo
5、u always get up so late? It’s ______________! Lesson 3 Please send me a card Postcards _________ spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to ________. I visited museums and _____________ public gardens. A _____________ waiter taught me a few words of ____________. 'Then he lent me a book. I read
6、a few lines, but I did not ___________________________. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays ___________ quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I ___________________________. I got up early and bought ________________________. I spent the ______________ in my ro
7、om, but I did not write a single card! Lesson 4 An exciting trip 激动人心的旅行 I have just received a letter _____ my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been _____ for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big ____ and he has already visited a great number of different ______ i
8、n Australia. He has _____ bought an Australian car and has ____ to Alice Springs, a small town in the _____ of Australia. He will ____ visit Darwin. From there, he will ____ to Perth. My brother has____been abroad before, ___he is finding this trip ____exciting. Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 无错
9、号之虞 Mr James Scott has a ______ in Silbury and now he has just bought _____ garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is _____five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a _______for his new garage, so he has ____bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon _______ the first ______ from Pinhurst to Silb
10、ury. The bird ______ the distance in three_______. Up to _____, Mr Scott has sent a great many ______ for ____ parts and other ______ messages from one garage to the other. ___ this way, he has_____his own private telephone _____. Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 珀西·巴顿斯 I have just ______ to a house in Br
11、idge Street. Yesterday a beggar ______at my door. He asked me for a ____and a glass of beer. In ____ for this, the beggar stood ___ his head and sang songs. I gave him a______. He ate the food and _____ the beer. _____ he put a piece of cheese in his _____ and went ______. Later a neighbour _____ me
12、 about him. Everybody _____ him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls____every house in the street ______ a month and always _____for a meal and a glass of ____. Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚 The plane was late and _______ were waiting at the ______all morning. They were _______ a valuable ____ of diam
13、ond from South Africa. A few hours ______, someone had told the police that ______ would try to ____the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting _____ the main building while others were waiting on the _____. Two men took the parcel ____ the plane and carried it ____ the
14、 Customs House. While two detectives were keeping _____at the door, two others _____ the parcel. To ____ surprise, the_____ parcel was full of stones and _____! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the most beautiful ______ in our ____. _____ everybody enters for 'The Nicest
15、Garden __________' each year, but Joe _____ every time. Bill Frith's garden is _____ than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and ______ more flowers and ________, but Joe's garden is more ________. He has made neat_____and has built a ______ bridge over a _____. I like gardens too, but I do not _____
16、 hard work. Every year I _____________ the garden competition too, and I always _____ a little prize for the______garden in the town! Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇 ____ Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the ____day of the year and a large ______ of people had _______ under the To
17、wn Hall clock. It would ______ twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes _______ and then, at five _____ twelve, the clock ______. The big minute _____ did not move. We ____ and waited, but nothing _______. Suddenly someone _______, 'It's two minutes _____ twelve! The clock has stopped!' I loo
18、ked at my _____. It was true. The big clock _______ to ______ the New Year. At that moment everybody began to ______and sing. Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不适于演奏爵士乐 We have an old _______ instrument. It is _____ a clavichord(翼琴). It was made in _________ in 1681. Our clavichord is ______in the living-r
19、oom. It has _____ to our family for a _____ time. The __________ was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was ________ by a visitor. She tried to play _____on it! She _____ the keys too hard and two of the _______ were ______. My father was _______. Now we are not ________ to touch i
20、t. It is being ______ by a friend of my father's. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 礼尚往来 I was _______ dinner at a restaurant ______ Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a ______office years ago, but he is now _______ at a bank. He gets a ______ salary, but he always ________ money from
21、his friends and never pays it ______. Harry saw me and came and _____ at the same table. He has never borrowed money ________me. While he was_______, I asked him to lend me &2. To my _______, he gave me the money __________. 'I have never borrowed______ money from you,' Harry said, 'so now you can p
22、ay _____ my dinner!' Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再见,一路顺风 Our ncighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will _____ from Portsmouth tomorrow. We shall _________ him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small ______, Topsail.Tapsail is a famous _______ boat. It has sailed _______ the
23、 Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will ________at eight o'clock so we shall have plenty of time. We _____ see his boat and then we shall say _________ to him. He will be away for two months. We are very ______of him. He will take part in an important _____ ________ the Atlantic. Lesson 13 The
24、Greenwood Boys 绿林少年 The Greenwood Boys are a group of _______ singers. At _______, they are visiting all ______ of the country. They will_____ arriving here tomorrow. They will be _______ by train and most of the young people in the town will be _______ them at the station. Tomorrow evening they wi
25、ll be singing at the Workers' ______. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will give five performances. As ______, the police will have a ________ time. They will be______ to keep ______. It is always the same on these ________. Lesson 14 Do you speak English?
26、你会讲英语吗? I had an _________ experience last year. After I had _____a small village in the south of France, I drove ____to the next town. On the way, a young man ______ to me. I stopped and he _____ me for a _____. As soon as he had got _____ the car, I said good _______ to him in French and he ____
27、 in the same language. Apart _______ a few words, I do not know _______ French at all. _____ of us spoke during the journey. I had ______ reached the town, when the young man _______ said, very ______, 'Do you speak _________?' As I soon ______, he was English _______! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音
28、 The ________ told me that Mr. Harmsworth ________ see me. I felt very _______ when. I went into his office. He did not look _____from his desk when I ________. After I had sat down, he said that ______ was very bad. He told me that the _______ could not________ to pay such large salaries. Twenty p
29、eople had already _______. I knew that my _______ had come. 'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a _______ voice. 'Don't interrupt,' he Said. Then he _______ and told me I would receive an ________ &100 a year! Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有礼的要求 If you______ your car in the _______ place, a traffic polic
30、eman will _______ find it. You will be very_______ if he lets you go ________ a ticket. However, this does not always________. Traffic police are _________ very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this ______ on my car:' Sir, we________ you to our city. This is a "No Parking" _______. You wi
31、ll enjoy your _______ here if you pay _________ to our street ________. This note is only a ________.' If you receive a _______ like this, you cannot ______ to ______ it! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常驻 My aunt Jennifer is an ______. She must ____ at least thirty-five years old. In _____ of this, sh
32、e often______ on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to _____ part in a new play _____. This time, she will be a _____ of seventeen. In the play, she must _____ in a bright _____dress and long black _______. Last year in ________ play, she had to ______ short socks and a bright, __________
33、dress. If anyone _____ asked her how old she is, she ________ answers, 'My dear, it must be terrible to be grown _____!' Lesson18 He often does this! 他经常干这种事! After I had _____ lunch at a village ____, I looked for my ____. I had left it on a chair _____ the door and ______ it wasn't there ! As
34、 I was looking ____ it, the inn-keeper came in. 'Did you have a ______ meal ?' he asked. 'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay the bill. I haven't got my bag.' The inn-keeper ________ and __________ went out. In a few minutes he ________ with my bag and gave it _____ to me. 'I'm very ______
35、' he said ' My dog had taken _______ into the garden. He ______ does this.' Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 'The play may begin at any ________,' I said. 'It may have _________ already,' Susan answered. 'I _______ to the ______-office. 'May I ______ two tickets please ?' I asked.'I'm sorry, we've sold
36、 ______,' the girl said.'What a ______!' Susan _______.Just ______, a man _______ to the ticket-office.'Can I _______ these two tickets?' he asked.'_________,' the girl said.'Could I _____ those two tickets please ?' I asked.'Certainly, 'the girl said, 'but they are for next Wednesday's ___________.
37、'I might ______ well have _______,' I said _______. Lesson20 One man in a boat 独坐孤舟 Fishing is my ________ sport. I often fish for hours without _________ anything. But this does not _________ me. Some fishermen are _________. Instead of ________ fish, they catch _______boots and rubbish. I am _
38、 less lucky. I never _________ anything-not ________ old boots. After having spent _________ mornings on the river, I always go home with an ________ bag. 'You must give up ________!' my friends say.' It's a _________ of time.' But they don't ________ one important thing. I'm not _________ int
39、erested in fishing. I am _______ interested in _________ in a boat and doing __________ at all ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是疯了? Aeroplanes are ________ driving me _______. I live near an airport and passing planes can be _______ night and day. The airport was built during the_______, but for some__
40、 it could not be _________ then. Last year, ________, it came into _______. Over a hundred people must have been ________ away from their homes by the ________. I am one of the few people _______. Sometimes I think this house will be _________ down by a ________ plane. I have been _________ a
41、 large sum of money to go ________, but I am _________ to stay here. Everybody says I must be______ and they are ________ right. Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, ________ dreamed of _________ a letter from a girl of her ______ age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling ______
42、 the Channel and Jane ________ a piece of paper with her name and _________ on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle _______ the sea. She never _________ of it again, but ten ________ later, she received a ________ from a girl in Holland. Both girls write _______ each other ________ now. However,
43、 they have _________ to use the post-office. Letters will ________ a litt1e _________, but they will _________ travel faster. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a ________ from my sister yesterday. She ______ in Nigeria. In her _______, she said that she ________ come to ________ next year. If she _
44、 she will get a ________. We are now living in a ________ new house in the country. Work on it had ________ before my sister left. The house was __________ five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she _______ stay with us. The house has many large _______ and there is a _______ garden.
45、 It is a very _______house, so it looks _______ to some people. It must be the _______ modern house in the ________. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸 I ________ the hotel manager's office and ______ down. I had just _______ &50 and I felt very _________.' I ________ the money in my room,' I sai
46、d, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was __________, but he could do_________. 'Everyone's _________ money these days,' he said. He ________ to complain ________ this __________ world but was _________ by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an _________ on his desk. It _________ &5o. 'I
47、found this outside this __________ room' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is ________ some _______ in this world !' Lesson25 Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗? I _______ in London at last. The railway station was big, black and ________ I did not know the way to my hotel, so
48、 I asked a ________. I not only spoke English very ________, but very _________ as well. The porter, ________, could not understand me; I _________ my question several times and at last he understood. He_________ me, but he spoke ________ slowly nor _______. 'I am a ________,' I said. Then he spoke
49、 but I could not _________ him. My teacher never spoke English ________ that! The porter and ________ looked at each other and ________. Then he said _________ and I understood it. 'You'll soon ________ English!' he said. I ________. In England, each man speaks a ________ language. The Engl
50、ish ________ each other, but I don't understand ________ ! Do they speak ________ ? Lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美术评论家 I am an _______ student and I paint a lot of ________. Many people ________ that they understand ________ art. They always _________ you what a picture is '________'. Of cour






