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Lesson 29 Funny or not?
V
ocabulary
Complete the following sentences using
the words or phrases learned in this lesson. The
first letter or the definitions in the
brackets might help you.
1.
Mark's problems ______ all ______ _____
_____ his mother's death when he was ten.
(be closely connected with)
2.
It had been a
tiring day, ______ because of all the
tedious(
冗长的
) waiting.
(mainly or
mostly)
3.
A child who is
well b______ ______has been taught to be polite
and to behave well.
4.
Car prices can
vary a lot., ______ ______in Belgium the VW Golf
costs $$1000 less than
in Britain.
(For example)
5.
The programme
has a very wide ______.
(a quality of
being attractive)
6.
The idea of
working abroad really ______ ______me.
(attract)
7.
If we put out,
______, twenty chairs, would that be
enough?
(suggest or suppose
sth.)
8.
His headaches ______ ______ vision
problems.
(to develop as a result of
sth. else)
9.
I
can't even walk down the street without being
continually ______ for money.
(annoy)
10.
They
avoided
talking
about
Miss
Poole
or
Heather
and
______
going
to
the
weekly
dinner
parties.
(worry about; be afraid of)
11. I guess everyone said it is 95
percent curable; the treatment is good; you are
making a
good______.
(getting better)
12.
We mustn’t
______ ______
when people complain.
(lose confidence)
13. No amount of money can ______
______
my father’s death.
(make up for; replace)
14.
Brenda ______ on the icy sidewalk.
(lose one
’
s
balance and fall)
15. An old man sat on
the curb, ______ and laughing to himself.
(to say sth. quietly)
Part of Speech
1.
大的
large (adj)
在很大程度上
(adv.)
____________________
2.
喜剧的
,
可笑的
comic (adj.)
喜剧
(n.)
____________________
喜剧家
(n.)
____________________
3.
品味
taste (n./v. )
有品味的
(adj.)
____________________
没有品味的或
没味的
(adj.)
____________________
讨厌的
(adj.)
____________________
4.
暴力
(n.) violence
暴力
(adj)
____________________
5.
悲剧
(n.) tragedy
悲剧的
(adj.)
____________________
1
Name ________________
Class
________________
Score ________________
Part 1
Complete the
following summary of the text. There can be more
than 1 word for each blank.
A man broke
his right leg just before Christmas and was taken
to hospital. He d__1__ having
to spend
Christmas in hospital, so he kept on p__2__ his
doctor to tell him when he could go
home. Fortunately, he was told that the
chances of leaving hospital for the New Year were
__3__.
Eventually,
he
was
able
to
hopple
along
to
a
party.
To
c__4__
his
unpleasant
expegriences in
hospital, he drank a little more than he should.
As a result, he s__5__ a piece
of ice
and broke his left leg. This is what we call
“
sick
humor
”
.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
Part 2
Complete the
following sentences using proper words or phrases
in the box. Don
’
t forget to
change the form of the word when
necessary.
be bound up with
largely
for instance
appeal to
say
console
stem from
recovery
lose heart
mumble
plaster
universal
1. The audience consisted _______ of
teenagers.
2. Many
countries, ________ Mexico and Japan, have a lot
of earthquakes.
3. He's in hospital,
________ from a heart attack.
4. The
programme ________ young children. My little
daughter watches it every day.
5. These
stories have ________appeal.
6. It also tries to say that women's
problems ________ either their sexuality or the
family.
7. The sense of humour _______
mysteriously _________ national characteristics.
8. On Christmas day, the man still had
his right leg in ________.
9. If we put
out, ______, twenty chairs, would that be enough?
10. An old man sat on the curb, ______
and laughing to himself.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
6. ___________________________
7.
___________________________
8. ___________________________
9.
___________________________
10. ___________________________
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Lesson 30 The
death of a ghost
V
ocabulary
Complete the following sentences using
the words or phrases learned in this lesson. The
first letter or the definitions in the
brackets might help you.
1.
The
pub
is
said
to
____________ by
the
ghost
of
a
former
landlord.
(to
visit
a
place
often, usually refers
to a soul or ghost)
2.
He wants to
see changes in the company and I am sure he will
____________.
(after a
certain period of time)
3.
She was a very
____________ student and attended all her
lectures.
(careful)
4.
Although they
were in the area on the day of the robbery, no one
____________ them.
(to think that
something is probably true, especially something
bad)
5.
I'm ____________ that you should even
think such a thing!
(surprise)
6.
The mystery
guest turned out to be n____________ Cher herself.
7.
The minister ____________ report at
least once every six months.
(have
to)
8.
Helen was ____________ by her husband.
(abandon)
Prefix: over-
Complete the
following sentences using the words or phrases
learned in this lesson.
Don
’
t
forget to
change the word form when necessary.
overcrowded
over-optimistic
overbook
overcome
overload
overnight
overgrown
1.
The buses are filthy and ____________ .
2.
The garden
will be
with weeds by the
time we get back.
3.
The word
“
_______
_____
”
means to sell more
tickets for a theatre, plane etc than there
are seats available.
4.
Reports that
the hostages will be released soon are
____________.
5.
He became a millionaire ____________.
6.
He struggled
to ____________ his shyness.
7.
The bus was
____________ with tourists and their luggage.
3
Name ________________
Class ________________
Score
________________
Part 1
Complete the following summary of the
text. There can be more than 1 word for each
blank.
Villagers believed the farm
owned by Joe and Bob Cox was h__1__ by a ghost,
for labourers
there all said they woke
up to find that work had been done o__2__. As a
matter of fact, the
ghost
was
Eric,
the
eldest
son
of
the
Eric
family.
He
joined
the
army
during
the
Second
World War but hated
army life, so he d__3__ his regiment and returned
to the farm, where
his father hid him
until the end of the war. After the war, Eric
remained living as a r__4__.
The family
never r__5__ this secret until the death of Eric.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
Part 2
Complete
the following sentences using proper words or
phrases in the box. Don
’
t
forget to
change the form of the word
when necessary.
obliged to
unaware of
in
time
stay up
none other than
overloaded
suspect
over-optimistic
astonish
overcome
action
conscientious
labourer
1.
Although they were in the area on the
day of the robbery, no one ____________ them.
(to think that something is probably
true, especially something bad)
2.
The mystery
guest turned out to be ____________ Cher herself.
3.
I'm ____________ that you should even
think such a thing!
(surprise)
4.
Reports that
the hostages will be released soon are
____________.
5.
He struggled to ____________ his
shyness.
6.
The
bus was ____________ with tourists and their
luggage.
7.
A
farm worker, who ______________ all night, claimed
to have seen a figure cutting
corn in
the moonlight.
(not sleep)
8.
Eric had been
_____________ join the army during the Second
World War.
(have to)
9.
He used to
sleep during the day and work at night, quite
____________the fact that he
had become
the ghost of Endley.
(not knowing)
10.
He wants to
see changes in the company and I am sure he will
____________.
(after a
certain period of time)
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
6. ___________________________
7.
___________________________
8. ___________________________
9.
___________________________
10. ___________________________
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Lesson 31 A Lovable Eccentric
V
ocabulary
Complete the following sentences using
the words or phrases learned in this lesson. The
first letter, the context or the
definitions in the brackets might help you.
1. An _________________ is someone who
behaves in a way that is different from what is
usual or socially accepted.
2. Mark totally _________________ my
advice.
(Mark
didn
’
t pay attention to
advice at all.)
3. Playing
together teaches children social
c______________such as sharing.
4.
Chris's behaviour that morning was quite__________
______.
(unusual)
5.
For
most
people
Mr.
Chew
is
a
harmless
eccentric,
and
everyone
likes
talking
to
him.
After all, he is someone who _____
______ ____ ___ _____ ______of their daily lives.
6. Are you a _____________ businessman,
quick to see an opportunity or a bargain?
7. Kate's mother had a reputation for
__________________.
(unusual
behavior)
8. Her
performances were _____________, and I am at a
loss to describe them now.
(very
famous and admired)
9.
Warren is from an upper middle class Connecticut
family; he's a bit of a s_________.
10.
He disliked Kate _________________.
(strongly)
11.
They __________ tons of salt ______ icy road
surfaces to make driving safer.
12. The
manager _______________ the assistant severely for
not treating Dickie properly.
13. It
cost thousands of pounds to s________ the concert,
including performers' fees and the
hire
of equipment.
14. Nick examined the
e_______________ carvings on the tomb.
15. The children walked along the path,
looking miserable and _______________
after the
storm.
(wet and dirty)
16. Dickie
refused to carry an umbrella; as a result, he was
______ _____ the heavy shower.
17. I
became ________ ____someone watching me.
(I realized someone was watching
me.)
18. Dickie invited a
number of critics to see his private _________
_____ modern paintings.
Part of Speech
1.
古怪人
,
古怪的
eccentric (adj./n.)
怪癖
(n.)
____________________
2.
传奇般的
legendary
(adj.)
传奇
(n.) ____________________
3.
道歉
apology (n. )
道歉
(v.)
__________________
道歉的
(adj.) ________________
4.
收藏
(n.) collection
收集
(v.) ____________________
5
Name ________________
Class
________________
Score ________________
Part 1
Complete the
following summary of the text. There can be more
than 1 word for each blank.
Dickie had
been c__1__ a heavy shower when he walked into an
expensive shop. He wanted
a
￡
300 w__2__ for his wife,
but he was so b__3__ that the assistant refused to
s__4__ him.
He left the shop and
returned with a heavy cloth bag which he d__5__
the counter. Dickie
asked for the manager. When he was
given the watch, he gave the assistant the bag
which
contained
￡
300 in pennies, which the
assistant had to count.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
Part 2
Complete the following sentences using
proper words or phrases in the box.
disregard
figure
count
add color to the dull routine
apologetic
intensely
hold an exhibition stage
conscious of
reprimand
deliberately
bedraggled
1. Mark totally
_________ my advice. (Mark
didn
’
t pay attention to
advice at all.)
2.
For
most
people
Mr.
Chew
is
a
harmless
eccentric,
and
everyone
likes
talking
to
him.
After all, he is
someone who _________ of their daily lives.
3. He disliked Kate _________
(strongly).
4.
The
children
walked
along
the
path,
looking
miserable
and
_________
(wet
and
dirty)
after the storm.
5. I became
_________ someone watching me. (I realized someone
was watching me.)
6. True eccentrics
never ______________ set out to draw attention to
themselves.
7. Richard Colson was one
of the most notable ____________ in our town.
8. The manager was most
________________ and _______________ the assistant
severely.
9. It took him four years to
____________ this elaborate joke simply to prove
that critics do
not always know what
they are talking about.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
6. ___________________________
7.
___________________________
8. ___________________________
9.
___________________________
10. ___________________________
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Lesson 33 A day to remember
V
ocabulary
Complete the following sentences using
the words or phrases learned in this lesson. The
first letter or the definitions in the
brackets might help you.
9.
He grabbed the bottle and drank g_____.
(always wanting more food, money,
power, etc)
10.
The trains here are ____________
punctual.
(always)
11.
He arrived at
_____________ 4 o'clock.
(exactly)
12.
After
the
tennis
match
the
boys
_________
the
sandwiches
in
seconds.
(to
eat
sth
quickly because sb. is
hungry)
13.
Most
people
now
accept
that
global
warming
could
result
in
an
environmental
__________.
(disaster)
14.
Firemen had
to __________ the lock to get in.
(to
break sth into pieces violently)
15.
There is
still ______________ over who is responsible for
the accident.
(mess)
16.
We had to
cancel our visit to Egypt because of ___________
problems.
(unexpected)
17.
Four or five
cars had ____________ in the fog. (to hit sth)
18.
A ________
animal, such as a dog or cat, is lost or has no
home.
Complete
the following sentences using the phrases learned
in this lesson. Don
’
t forget
to
change the word form when necessary.
get into a panic
all of a sudden
be loaded with
in the meantime
benefit from
during the rush hour
brake hard/sharply
a chain of
…
slide off
pull up
keep an
eye on
get out of control
on a big scale
reduce sb. to tears
attend to
1. My
car suddenly __________________.
(to stop happening in the way you want)
2. A single unimportant event may set
up _______________ reactions.
(a number
of)
3. I may be late - I have got one
or two things to ____________.
(look
after, deal with)
4. ______________ I
realized that the car in front of me wasn't
moving.
(suddenly)
5. Many
thousands have ______________ the new
treatment.
(get help
from
…
)
6. A blue van ______________ behind us.
(stop)
7. She
would come home in tears and________ my wife
______ _______.
(to make sb. cry)
8. He ________________ to avoid the
dog.
(brake suddenly)
9. The
doctor will be here soon. ___________________, try
and relax.
(meanwhile)
10.
She _______________ when she couldn't find the
tickets.
(to become anxious)
7
Name ________________
Class ________________
Score
________________
Part 1:
Complete the following
summary of the text. There can be more than 1 word
for each blank.
Sometimes a number of
things choose to go wrong at p__1__ the same
moment. Here are
two examples. While
the mother is on the phone, her baby may pull the
tablecloth off the
table,
s__2__
half
the
best
crockery
and
cutting
himself.
A
driver
b__3__
suddenly;
as
a
result,
the
wife
sitting
next
to
him
was
thrown
forward;
the
large
cake
on
her
lap
flew
through
the
windscreen
and
landed
on
the
road.
The
lorry
behind
had
to
p__4__
and
hundreds of empty beer bottles s__5__
off onto the road. The traffic piled up so that it
took
the police an hour to get it on
the move again.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
Part 2 :
Complete the following sentences using
proper words or phrases in the box.
alongside
stray
collide
all of a sudden
catastrophe
devour
keep an eye on
in the
meantime
get into a panic
invariably
get out of control
unforeseen
a
chain of
1. People now accept that
global warming could result in an environmental
____.
(disaster)
2. ____ I
realized that the car in front of me wasn't
moving.
(suddenly)
3. Four
or five cars had ____ in the fog. (to hit sth)
4. She ____ when she couldn't find the
tickets.
(to become anxious)
5. Only two ____ dogs benefited from
all this confusion.
(losing
one
’
s way or homeless)
6. What ____ happens is that many
things choose to go wrong at the same moment.
(always)
7. A
single unimportant event may set up
_______________ reactions.
(a number
of)
8. Mary will ____ on the kids this
afternoon.
(to look after sb/sth to
make sure they are safe)
9. Other _____
events also occurred in my family.
(unexpected)
10. Suddenly,
everything seems to _____.
(to stop
happening in the way you want)
1. ___________________________
2.
___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
6. ___________________________
7.
___________________________
8. ___________________________
9.
___________________________
10. ___________________________
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Lesson 34 A happy discovery
V
ocabulary
Complete the following sentences using
the words or phrases learned in this lesson. The
first letter or the definitions in the
brackets might help you.
19.
The house is full of valuable ________.
(
something that was made a very long
time ago
and is therefore
valuable)
20.
We want as many readers as possible,
and each and every one of you is _______.
(value)
21.
Many
people
regard
this
painting
as
Raphael's
________.
(a
work
of
art,
a
piece
of
writing or music etc that
is of very high quality or that is the best that a
particular artist,
writer etc has
produced)
22.
________, he agreed.
(unwillingly)
23.
He looked
like a ___________ version
of his
father.
(much smaller than
normal)
24.
Some of these plants are national
________.
(something that is valuable
or interesting
because it is
rare)
25.
Recent US history has ________
demonstrated the risks of foreign
intervention(
干涉
).
(more than enough)
26.
Dirty plates
________ the kitchen.
(if things litter
an area, there are a lot of them in that
place, scattered in an untidy
way)
27.
How can you expect him to understand?
He's a ________ child.
(used to
emphasize how
small or unimportant
something or someone is)
28.
His face was
________, even hostile.
(having a
frightening or unfriendly appearance)
Complete the following sentences using
the phrases learned in this lesson.
Don
’
t forget to
change the word form when necessary.
exert
…
on
…
be displayed in glass cases
free from
…
a pretentious shop
by chance
a dedicated bargain hunter
above all
be bent on doing
…
apart from
a carved dagger
lift
…
out of the
box
glance at
conceal one
’
s
excitement
remind
…
of
1. What do you like doing ________
swimming?
(besides)
2.
Environmental groups are
________
pressure ______ the government to tighten
pollution
laws.
(to use your
power, influence etc in order to make something
happen)
3. She
couldn
’
t _________________
at the fist sight of the car.
(hide
one
’
s excitement)
4. Rudi ____________ finding a new job.
(be determined to)
5. I
bumped into her quite ___________ in Oxford
Street
(by accident)
6.
That
song
always
________
me
________
our
first
date.
(to
make
someone
remember
someone that they
know or something that happened in the
past)
7.
Max
is
hardworking,
cheerful,
and
_________
honest.
(=used
to
say
that
something
is
more important than anything else)
8. The man ________ nervously _____ his
watch.
(to quickly look at someone or
something)
9. The latest fashions
_______________.
(be shown in boxes
made of glass)
10. Newspapers today are
entirely ____________ government control.
9
Name ________________
Class
________________
Score ________________
Part 1:
While visiting an a__1__ shop one
Saturday, Frank was about to leave when he saw a
large
packing c__2__. He asked the
dealer to open it but the contents were
disappointing until he
l__3__ some
crockery and noticed a m__4__ painting at the
bottom. He had already decided
to buy
it when the dealer told him it was
￡
50. Frank was excited
because this was a real
discovery. The
painting was an unknown m__5__ worth hundreds of
thousands of pounds.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
Part 2 :
Complete the following sentences using
proper words or phrases in the box.
remind
…
of
(a) carved dagger
apart from
free from
…
a pretentious shop
glance at
exert
…
on
…
by chance
above all be bent on
doing
…
conceal
be displayed in glass case
1. What do you like doing ________
swimming?
(besides)
2.
Environmental groups are
________
pressure ______ the government to tighten
pollution
laws.
(to use your
power, influence etc in order to make something
happen)
3. I yawned, not bothering to
_______ my boredom.
(hide)
4. They __________________ destroying
his career.
(be determined to)
5. I met an old friend ______________
on the train.
(by accident)
6.
She
awoke
with
her
body
lazily
relaxed,
only
slight
soreness
to
_______
her
_______
what
had
happened
the
previous
night.
(to
make
someone
remember
someone
that
they
know or
something that happened in the past)
7.
Max
is
hardworking,
cheerful,
and
_________
honest.
(=used
to
say
that
something
is
more
important than anything else)
8. The
man ________ nervously _____ his watch.
(to quickly look at someone or something)
9.
Rare
objects
_______beautifully
________
to
keep
them
free
from
dust.
(be
shown
in
boxes made of glass)
10. An
interesting-looking ___________ was discovered in
the large packing case.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
6. ___________________________
7.
___________________________
8. ___________________________
9.
___________________________
10. ___________________________
10
Lesson 35
Justice was done
V
ocabulary
Complete the following sentences using
the words or phrases learned in this lesson. The
first letter or the definitions in the
brackets might help you.
29.
He grabbed the bottle and drank.
(always wanting more food, money,
power, etc)
30.
The trains here are ____________
punctual.
(always)
31.
He arrived at
_____________ 4 o'clock.
(exactly)
32.
After
the
tennis
match
the
boys
_________
the
sandwiches
in
seconds.
(to
eat
sth
quickly because sb. is
hungry)
33.
Most
people
now
accept
that
global
warming
could
result
in
an
environmental
__________.
(disaster)
34.
Firemen had
to __________ the lock to get in.
(to
break sth into pieces violently)
35.
There is
still ______________ over who is responsible for
the accident.
(mess)
36.
We had to
cancel our visit to Egypt because of ___________
problems.
(unexpected)
37.
Four or five
cars had ____________ in the fog. (to hit sth)
38.
A ________
animal, such as a dog or cat, is lost or has no
home.
Complete
the following sentences using the phrases learned
in this lesson. Don
’
t forget
to
change the word form when necessary.
get into a panic
all of a sudden
be loaded with
in the meantime
benefit from
during the rush hour
brake hard/sharply
a chain of
…
slide off
pull up
keep an
eye on
get out of control
on a big scale
reduce sb. to tears
attend to
1. My
car suddenly __________________.
(to stop happening in the way you want)
2. A single unimportant event may set
up _______________ reactions.
(a number
of)
3. I may be late - I have got one
or two things to ____________.
(look
after, deal with)
4. ______________ I
realized that the car in front of me wasn't
moving.
(suddenly)
5. Many
thousands have ______________ the new
treatment.
(get help
from
…
)
6. A blue van ______________ behind us.
(stop)
7. She
would come home in tears and________ my wife
______ _______.
(to make sb. cry)
8. He ________________ to avoid the
dog.
(brake suddenly)
9. The
doctor will be here soon. ___________________, try
and relax.
(meanwhile)
10.
She _______________ when she couldn't find the
tickets.
(to become anxious)
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Part 1:
Complete the following summary of the
text. There can be more than 1 word for each
blank.
Sometimes a number of things
choose to go wrong at p__1__ the same moment. Here
are
two examples. While the mother is
on the phone, her baby may pull the tablecloth off
the
table,
s__2__
half
the
best
crockery
and
cutting
himself.
A
driver
b__3__
suddenly;
as
a
result,
the
wife
sitting
next
to
him
was
thrown
forward;
the
large
cake
on
her
lap
flew
through
the
windscreen
and
landed
on
the
road.
The
lorry
behind
had
to
p__4__
and
hundreds of empty beer bottles s__5__
off onto the road. The traffic piled up so that it
took
the police an hour to get it on
the move again.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
Part 2 :
Complete the following sentences using
proper words or phrases in the box.
alongside
stray
collide
all of a sudden
catastrophe
devour
keep an eye on
in the
meantime
get into a panic
invariably
all of a sudden
unforeseen
a
chain of
1. People now accept that
global warming could result in an environmental
____.
(disaster)
2. ____ I
realized that the car in front of me wasn't
moving.
(suddenly)
3. Four
or five cars had ____ in the fog. (to hit sth)
4. She ____ when she couldn't find the
tickets.
(to become anxious)
5. Only two ____ dogs benefited from
all this confusion.
(losing
one
’
s way or homeless)
6. What ____ happens is that many
things choose to go wrong at the same moment.
(always)
7. A
single unimportant event may set up
_______________ reactions.
(a number
of)
8. Mary will ____ on the kids this
afternoon.
(to look after sb/sth to
make sure they are safe)
9. Other _____
events also occurred in my family.
(unexpected)
10. Suddenly,
everything seems to _____.
(to stop
happening in the way you want)
1. ___________________________
2.
___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
6. ___________________________
7.
___________________________
8. ___________________________
9.
___________________________
10. ___________________________
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Lesson 36 A Chance in a
million
We are less credulous than we
used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist
would
bring his story to a conclusion
by presenting his readers with a series of
coincidences -- most
of them wildly
improbable. Readers happily accepted the fact that
an obscure maidservant
was really the
hero's mother. A long-lost brother, who was
presumed dead, was really alive
all the
time and wickedly plotting to bring about the
hero's downfall. And so on. Modern
readers would find such naive solutions
totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life,
circumstances
do sometimes conspire to
bring about coincidences which anyone but a
nineteenth century
novelist would find
incredible.
When I was a boy, my
grandfather told me how a German taxi driver,
Franz Bussman,
found
a
brother
who
was
thought
to
have
been
killed
twenty
years
before.
While
on
a
walking tour with his
wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they
had gone on, Mrs
Bussman
commented
on
the
workman's
close
resemblance
to
her
husband
and
even
suggested that he might
be his brother. Franz poured scorn on the idea,
pointing out that his
brother had been
killed in action during the war. Though Mrs
Bussman was fully acquainted
with this
story, she thought that there was a chance in a
million that she might be right. A
few
days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask
him if his name was Hans Bussman,
Needless
to
say,
the
man's
name
was
Hans
Bussman
and
he
really
was
Franz's
long-
lost
brother. When the brothers were
reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was
still alive.
After having been wounded
towards the end of the war, he had been sent to
hospital and was
separated from his
unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had
made his way back
into Western Germany
on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all
records of him had been
destroyed. Hans
returned to his family home, but the house had
been bombed and no one in the
neighbourhood
knew
what
had
become
of
the
inhabitants.
Assuming
that
his
family
had
been killed during an
air raid, Hans settled down in a village fifty
miles away where he had
remained ever
since.
【
New words and
expressions
】
●credulous adj.
轻信的
●improbable
adj.
不大可能的
●obscure adj.
不起眼的
●maidservant n.
女仆，女佣
●presume v.
假定
●wickedly adv.
心眼坏地，居心叵测地
●plot
v.
密谋
●downfall n.
倒台，垮台
●na?ve adj.
天真的
●unacceptable adj.
不能接受的
●c
onspire v.
（事件）巧合促成
●incredible
adj.
难以置信的
●resemblance n.
相似
●scorn n.
嘲弄，挖苦
●acquaint v.
使了解
●reunite v.
使团聚
●assume v.
假定，认为
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Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary
Study
1) Answer the foll0wing questions
based on your reading.
1. How did many
nineteenth century novels end?
___________________________
_______________________________________________
2. How did Mrs. Bussman comment on the
workman
’
s appearance?
___________________________
_______________________________________________
3. Why did Mr. Bussman pour scorn on
his wife
’
s idea?
_______________________________________
___________________________________
2) How did Hans Bussman
manage to keep alive?
Having been
__________ towards the end of the war, Hans was
sent to hospital, which,
unexpectedly,
was
__________.
Later,
he
_____________________
Western
Germany
on
foot. Meanwhile, his unit
was lost and all his records were ___________. To
make things
worse, when he returned
home, he found his house __________________ too
and nobody
knew _________________ his
family. __________ they were all killed, he
settled down in a
village and remained
there ____________.
3)
Learn the following words and phrases.
1. novelist
2. coincidences
3. improbable
4. presume
5. plot to do sth.
6. bring about
7.
unacceptable
8. resemblance
9. pour a scorn
on
…
10. be
acquainted with
11. needless to say
12. be reunited
13. make
one
’
s way
…
14. What become
of
…
15. assume
4) Analyze the following
sentences.
1. Yet, in real life,
circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about
coincidences which
14
anyone but a nineteen
century novelist would find incredible.
2. My grandfather told me
how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a
brother who
was thought to
have been killed twenty years before.
3. Assuming that his family had been
killed during an air raid, Hans settled down in a
village
fifty miles away
where he had remained ever since.
5) Vocabulary practice
1. He
grew up to __________ his father.
(to
look like or be similar to someone or something)
2. With the help of the police, these
poor children _____ finally _______ with their
families.
(come together
again)
3. I __________ we'll
be there by six o'clock.
(to think that
something is true, although you
are not
certain [= assume])
4.
He
was
an
actor,
director,
artist,
singer,
composer
and
novelist.
(
someone
who
writes
novels)
5. Carter
claims he paid $$4000 for the papers, which seems
highly improbable.
(not likely to
happen or to be true [= unlikely])
6. I found her attitude totally
unacceptable.
(being so wrong or bad
that you think it should
not be
allowed)
7. I just assumed that the
woman standing next to Jack was his wife.
(presume)
8.
It was a coincidence that three
earthquakes happened across the world in one week.
(when
two things happen at
the same time, in the same place, or to the same
people in a way that
seems surprising
or unusual)
9.
What
became
of
those
Chinese
vases
that
Mum
used
to
have?
(used
to
ask
what
has
happened
to someone or something, especially when you have
not seen them for a long
time, or what
will happen to someone that you are worried about)
10. They had plotted to blow up the
White House.
(to make a secret plan to
harm a person
or organization)
11. The team slowly made their way back
to base.
(to go towards something,
especially when
this is difficult or
takes a long time)
12.
Were
you
acquainted
with
a
friend
of
mine,
Daniel
Green?
(to
know
about
something/someone, because you have
seen it, read it, used it etc)
13. It was this last bit that caused
the problem, and critics have poured scorn on the
advice
ever since.
(to say
that something or someone is stupid and not worth
considering)
14. How can we bring about
a change in attitudes?
(cause)
15.
Musical value, needless to say, usually ends up
being the last thing these folks consider.
(used when you are telling someone
something that they probably know or expect)
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Name ________________
Class
________________
Score ________________
Part 1:
In real
life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to cause
coincidences which anyone
but a
nineteen century n__1__ would find incredible. The
story about Hans is just one of the
examples.
He
was
wounded
towards
the
end
of
the
war,
and
then
was
sent
to
hospital.
However, the hospitable was b__2__. So
he m__3__ back into Western Germany on foot.
Meanwhile,
his
unit
was
lost
and
all
his
records
were
destroyed.
To
make
things
worse,
when he returned
home, he found his house had been bombed too and
nobody knew w__4__
his family. A__5__
they were all killed, he settled down in a village
and remained there ever
since.
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
Part 2 :
1.
_____ will _____ Sam when his wife dies?
(What will happen
to
…
)
2. Finally
she turned round and, slowly and very reluctantly,
began to _____ back towards
the house.
(to go towards something, especially
when this is difficult or takes a long time)
3. She _____ well _____ classical
literature.
(to know
about
…
)
4. A huge
amount of environmental damage _______ by the
destruction of the rainforests.
(cause)
5. _____,
any contributions of money will be gratefully
received.
(
不用说
)
6. It's amazing how closely Brian and
Steve _____ each other.
(look like)
7. It seems reasonable to _____ that
the book was written around 70 AD.
(presume)
8. With
the help of the police, these poor children _____
finally _____ with their families.
(come together again)
9.
They
_____
blow
up
the
White
House.
(to
make
a
secret
plan
to
harm
a
person
or
organization)
10. 4. He was
an actor, director, artist, singer, composer and
_____.
(someone who writes
novels)
1.
___________________________
2. ___________________________
3.
___________________________
4. ___________________________
5.
___________________________
6. ___________________________
7.
___________________________
8. ___________________________
9.
___________________________
10. ___________________________
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