广东省乳源高级中学高中英语 第三册小测试3.doc

1、广东省乳源高级中学新概念第三册小测试3Customs Officers are quite _(tolerance)these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing_(declare). Even really honest people often _(make) to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled

2、by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches _(hide) in his suitcase. When I returned _ abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me_a smuggler.Have you anything_(declare)? he asked, _(look) me in the eye.No, I answered confidently.Would you mind

3、_(lock) this suitcase please? Not at all, I answered. The Officer went through the case_great care. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon_a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. _(sudden), I saw the Officers face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle

4、at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it_ delight.Perfume, eh? he asked sarcastically. You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.But it isnt perfume, I said. Its hair gel. Then I added_ a smile, Its a strange mixture I make myself._I expected, he did not believe me.T

5、ry it! I said_(encourage).The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the _(true). A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away_ precious chalk marks_my baggage.professional_duty_gel_Unscrew_ nostril_

6、baggage_ Lesson 12 Life on a desert island 荒岛生活Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise _ the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. T

7、he other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death _ live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat _ never comes. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity _(find) out.Two men who

8、recently spent five days on a coral island wished they_(stay) there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands_Miami to have_repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy_ food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a f

9、ew miles across the Caribbean until they arrived_a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun_them, they had plenty to eat. They _(catch

10、) lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put _“ate like kings” When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.unrealistic_paradise_wretched_ element_genuinely_ Lesson 13 Its only me “是我，别害怕”After her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Ric

11、hards sent her children_ school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was_excited to do any housework that morning,_in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress part _her husband. She intended to dress up_a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try_on. Th

12、ough the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After _(put) it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable _(wear).Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock_the front door. She knew that it must be the bak

13、er. She had told him_come straight in if ever she failed_(open) the door and_(leave) the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly_( hide) in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly th

14、e door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre. She tried to explain the situation, _(say) Its only me, but it was too late. The man let _ a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Ri

15、chards walked towards him, he fled, _(slam) the door behind him.Costume_ _由组成effective_ pace_ flee_ slam_ Lesson 14 A noble gangster 贵族歹徒There was a tine_the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return _protection. If the money was not paid prompt

16、ly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by_ (destroy) his shop. Obtaining protection money is not a modern crime. As long ago_the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money_have their life wor

17、k _(destroy) by gangsters.Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived in Italy_a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians_Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war _ each other, Hawkwood used to hire his

18、 soldiers to princes_ were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money _(pay) to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money_this wa

19、y. In spite_ this, the Italians regarded him_a sort of hero. When he died_the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted_was dedicated to the memory of the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.Promptly_ remarkable_ hire_Funeral

20、_dedicate_valiant_ Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble 五十便士的麻烦Children always appreciate small gifts of money. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and ants are always a source_extra income. _some children, small sums go a long way. If fifty pence pieces are

21、 not exchanged_sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes. Only very thrifty children manage_fill up a money box. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay_a nice big bar of chocolate.My nephew, George, has a money box _it is always empty. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and po

22、und coins I have given him have found_way there. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him_(save) it. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. On his way_the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and_bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. George took off

23、 his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and _(push) his right arm through the drain cover. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could no get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm _ soap and butter, but George was _(firm) stuck. The f

24、ire brigade_(call) and two fire fighter freed George _(use)a special type of grease. George was not too upset by his experience _ the lady who owns the sweet shop heard _ his troubles and rewarded him _large box of chocolates.Appreciate_ _零用钱 thrifty_nephew_ pavement_ stick_brigade_grease_1、 此乃人之常情，有些人情愿放弃幸福生活以换取更多的钱。2、 一开始他们没有重视这个决定，后来，他们感到有必要认真考虑一下了。3、最使我们感兴趣的一件事情就是一种说法-我们将有很长的暑假。