1、0Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good _. The play was very _. But I did not _ it. A young man and a young woman were sitting _ me. They were talking _. I got very angry. Because I could not hear the _. I turned _. I looked at the man and the woman _.
2、 They did not pay any _. In the end, I could not _ it. I turned round _. I cant hear a _! I said a_. Its none of your business, the young man said _. This is a _ conversation!.Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐还是午餐？It was Sunday. I _ get up early on _. I sometimes _ in bed _ lunch time.Last Sunday I go
3、t up very_. I looked _of the window. It was _ outside. What a day! I _. Its raining again. Just _, the telephone_. It was my aunt Lucy. Ive _arrived by train, she said. Im coming to _you. But Im _ having breakfast, I said.What are you doing ? she asked. Im having breakfast, I _.Dear me, she said. Do
4、 you _ get up so late ? Its _ oclock!Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片 Postcards _ spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to _. I visited museums and _ in public gardens. A _ waiter taught me a few words of _. Then he _ me a book. I read a few _, but I did not understand a word. Every day I t
5、hought about _. My holidays _ quickly, but I did not send _ cards to my friends. On the _ day I made a _ decision. I got up _ and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the _ day in my room, but I did not write a _ card !Lesson 4 An exciting trip 激动人心的旅行I have just received a letter _ my brother, Tim. H
6、e 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 _ in 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,
7、he will _ to Perth. My brother has_been abroad before, _he is finding this trip _exciting.1Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞 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
8、 _bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon _ the first _ from Pinhurst to Silbury. 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
9、斯I have just _ to a house in Bridge 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 about h
10、im. 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 diamond from South Africa. A few hours _, someone had tol
11、d 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 Customs House. While two detectives were keeping _at the door, two others _ the
12、 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 Garden _ each year, but Joe _ every time. Bill Friths garden is _ than Joes. Bill works harder than Joe and _ more flow
13、ers and _, but Joes garden is more _. He has made neat_and has built a _ bridge over a _. I like gardens too, but I do not _ hard work. Every year I _ the garden competition too, and I always _ a little prize 2for the_garden in the town!Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇_ Wednesday evening, we went to the T
14、own Hall. It was the _day of the year and a large _ of people had _ under the Town 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 _, Its two minutes _ twe
15、lve! The clock has stopped! I looked 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-room. It has _ to
16、 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 it. It is being _ by a friend of my fathers.Lesson 11 One good turn deser
17、ves 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 his friends and never pays it _. Harry saw me and came and _ at the same table. He has never borrowed money _me. While
18、 he was_, I asked him to lend 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 _, 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
19、 it. Youll soon _ English! he said. I _. In England, each man speaks a _ language. The English _ each other, but I dont 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 pi
20、cture is _. Of course, many pictures arc not _ anything. They are just _ patterns. We like them in the _ way that we like pretty _ material. I think that young children _ appreciate modern pictures _ than anyone _. They notice _. My sister is only _, but she always tells me _ my pictures are _ or no
21、t. She came _ my room yesterday. What are you doing ? she asked. Im _ this picture on the wall, I answered. Its a _ one. Do you like it ? She looked _ it critically for a moment. Its all _, she said, but isnt it upside-down ? I looked at it again. She was right! It was!7Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜_ in t
22、he afternoon, the boys put _ their tent in the middle of a _. As soon as this was _, they _ a meal over an _ fire. They were all _ and the food _ good. After a _ meal, they _ stories and sang _ by the _ fire. But some time later it _ to rain. The boys felt _ so they _ out the fire and _ into their t
23、ent. Their _-bags were warm and _, so they all slept _. In the _ of the night, two boys woke _ and began _. The tent was _ of water! They all _ out of their sleeping-bags and _ _. It was raining _ and they _ that a stream had _ in the field. The stream _ its way across the _ and then _ right under t
24、heir_!Lesson28 No parking 禁止停车Jasper White is one of those _ people who believes _ ancient myths. He has _ bought a new house in the _, but ever _ he moved in, he has had _ with motorists. when he returns home at _, he always _ that someone has _ a car outside his _. Because of _, he has not been _
25、to get his _ car into his garage _ once. Jasper has put _ No Parking _ outside his gate, but _ have not had any _. Now he has put an _ stone _ over the _. It is one of the _ faces I have _ seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper _ that she will _ motorists
26、 to _. But none of _ has been _ to stone yet!Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽车！Captain Ben Fawcett has _ an unusual _ and has _ a new service. The taxi is a _ Swiss aeroplane _ a Pilatus Porter. This _ plane can carry _ passengers. The _ surprising thing about it, however, is that it can _ anywhere: on snow, wate
27、r, or _ on a _ field. Captain Fawcetts first _ was a doctor who _ from Birmingham to a _ village in the Welsh mountains. Since _, Captain Fawcett has _ passengers to many _ places. Once he _ on the roof of a _ of flats and on another _, he landed in a 8_ car park. Captain Fawcett has _ refused a str
28、ange _ from a businessman. The man _ to fly to Rockall, a _ island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not _ him because the trip was too _.Lesson30 Football or polo? 足球还是水球？The Wayle is a small _ that cuts _ the park _ my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on _ afternoons. It was _ last S
29、unday, so I _ and sat on the river _ as _. Some children were _ games on the bank and there were some people _ on the river. Suddenly, one of the children _ a ball very hard and it went _ a _ boat. Some people on the bank called _ to the man in the boat, but he did not _ them. The ball _ him so _ that he _ fell into the water. I turned _ look at the children, but there werent any in _: they had all run _! The man _ when he realized what _ happened. He _ out to the children and _ the ball _ to the bank.
