1、【语法填空1】Have you ever asked 1. _ (you) why people often have trouble 2. _ (study) English? I hadnt, until one day my five-year-old son asked me 3. _ there was ham in a hamburger. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language 4. _ (learn). Even the smallest of words can be 5. _ (confuse). Y
2、ou also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in 6. _ a house can burn up as it burns down, and in which an alarm 7. _(hear)once it goes off! English 8. _ (invent) by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race. That is why when the stars are out, they are vi
3、sible. but when the 9. _ (light) are out, they are invisible. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, 10. _when I wind up this passage, it ends.【参考答案】1. yourself 2. studying 3. whether 4. to learn 5. confusing6. which 7. is heard 8. was invented 9. lights 10. but 【随堂练习1】写出下列句子中画线部分的汉语释义1
4、. This passage is to tell people to reflect more on life. _2. He wanted the glass surfaces to reflect the sky and the city. _3. The play to be produced next month aims mainly to reflect the local culture. _ 4. Mirrors reflect light. _ 【参考答案】 1. 反思 2. 映出 3. 反映 4. 反射【随堂练习2】根据所给汉语,用适当的词块完成下列句子1. The In
5、ternet helps me _ (与保持联系) my friends.2. The children _ (与失去联系) their families.3. I finally _ (与取得联系) her in Paris. 4. Hes very shy and never makes _ (眼神接触). 5. This passage _ (最可能出自) a popular sales book.6. Brian is gifted in writing music; he _ (很有可能成为) a Beethoven. 7. Students who take a well-plan
6、ned year out _ (更有可能对满意), and complete, their chosen course. 8. Although the police thought he was _ (最有可能的一个), since they had no exact proof about it, they could not arrest him.【参考答案】 1. get/keep/stay in contact with 2. lost contact with 3. made contact with 4. eye contact 5. most likely comes from
7、 6. is very likely to be7. are more likely to be satisfied with 8. the most likely one【语法填空2】 Misadventures in EnglishLast week, our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stories about 1._ (use) English. We didnt expect 2._ (get) so many posts. Here are some of our favourites to remind us that
8、 some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different 3._ from the English in the outside world! The first post tells us that an English teacher 4._ (call) Maggie couldnt teach one day 5._ she had a frog in her throat. The second post tells us that a lady said the 6._(shoe)were on the f
9、irst floor while they were 7._(actual) on the ground floor. How 8._(confuse)!The third post tells us that a man used 9._negative word about his nice grandfather.The fourth post tells us that a student spent days preparing and writing his first English paper. But when he got the paper back, he found
10、his teacher 10._(write)the comment “Not bad!”【参考答案】1. using 2. to get 3. from 4. called 5. because6. shoes 7. actually 8. confusing 9. a 10. had written 【随堂练习3】写出下列句子中画线部分的汉语释义1. Peel and section the oranges. _2. Hes the director of the education section. _3. For some buildings a vertical (垂直的) sect
11、ion is more informative than a plan. _【参考答案】1. 切开 2. 部门/处 3. 剖面图【随堂练习4】英汉互译1. This section of the road is closed. _2. The poem was just three short sections. (2016 上海阅读理解) _3. It is a matter that will affect(影响)large sections of the population._4. The “Foreign Cultures” section in our newspaper is very popular among students. It carries articles written by foreign friends._【参考答案】1. 这段路已经封闭。2. 这首诗仅有短短的三小节。3. 这件事会影响很多阶层的人。4. 我们报纸上的“外国文化”栏目很受学生们的欢迎。该栏目刊登外国友人写的文章。