The Strange Echo

l.根据課文内容,从[A], [B], [C]中迭擇最佳答案:

1.- According to the frst paragraph, Mark Twain was very good at______

[ A] writing humor stories

[B} speaking in public

[C] making friends in restaurants

2. Mark Twain is a___person.

[ A] humorous

[ B] strange

[C] curious

3. In what way was the second echo strange?

[A] It was in Colorado.

[B] It came back five times stronger.

[C] It came back after several hours.

4. Where was Mark Twain bom?

[A] Vemont.

[ B] Missouri.

[C] Colorado.

5. Why was the echo in that church so strange?

[A] It was Mark Twain's reply.

[B] It was an unusual greeting in the church.

[C] It was a usual greeting in reply.

2.根据课文内容，在以下空格内填入課文主要信息。毎个空格最多只能填入5个単司。

Mark Twain was a famous American writer who

__1__.He was also___2__.He travelled to many places and  __3__.during which he always

told several funny stories. He enjoyed ___4__,

too. So many humorous stories are__5___

this famous writer.

3.从課文中迭擇合遁的同或同組填入空内:

1. The electric wire is____my computer

2. Yunnan province in China is _____for its beautiful natural scenery (景观).

3. Never tell secrets_______Others may hear you.

4. The plot of the flm is quite different from the____

story.

5. My father has just_______work.

IV.把下列括号内的句子改为过去分词短语并填入空内:

例:They sent the.

Arab to the nearest hospial. ( He was badly hurt. )

= They sent the badly hurt Arab to the nearest hospial.

1. The trrist organization (恐怖组织) killed a man

______( He is loved and respected by everyone. )

2. She came home with a_____look on her face. ( Her look was surprised. )

3. He is reading a novel______.

( The novel was written by Mark Twain. )

4. As Mr. Smith did not know Chinese, he had to read_____Chinese novels. ( The novels

were translated. )

5. Though the fooball match was over, the_______ fans were still wondering in the streets.( They were disappointed. )

6. She went to work wearing a dress____

( The dress is usually worn at parties. )

7. The police arrived to help the travellers___.

( They had been badly beaten by robbers. )

8. They started to walk towards the house__$,

( The house is situated on thet op of the hill. )

9. The town had to destroy a hotel____

( It was built by careless and unskilled workers. )

10. The young man left home because he did not want to lead a life_____.(His life was supported by his mother. )

V.完形填空

认真阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A], [B], [C]三个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项:

When we say that Cambridge is a university town, we do not mean just that it is a town.a university in it. A university townis_ 2 where there is no clear separation_ 3 the u-niversity buildings and the rest of the city. The university is not just one part of the town, it is

4 the town. The heart of Cambridge has its shops , market places and soon, but_ 5 of it is universities, clleges, libraries, clubs and 6 places for university staff and students.Students fil the shops, banks and churches, making these as well parts of the university.Students are not alowed to_ 7 cars in Cambridge, so nearly all of them use bicycles. Don't try to drive_ 8 Cambridge during the five minutes_ 9 letures. If you are in Cambridge at five minutes _ 10 the hour any moming of" full termn”，you know that you are in a university town.

1. [A] there 2. [A] one 3. [A] from

[B] where [B] a

[B] to

[C] with [C] a town [C] between