广东省乳源高级中学高中英语 第三册小测试1.doc

1、广东省乳源高级中学新概念第三册小测试1Lesson 1 A puma at large Pumas are large, cat-like animals _are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo_ a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they _(没有受到重视). However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo_(感到不得不做。)investiga

2、te, for the _(describe) given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. The hunt for the puma began in a small village _ a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a p

3、uma will not attack a human being _ it is cornered. The search proved difficult, _ the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at _place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind_a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a n

4、umber of places and puma fur was found_(cling) to bushes. Several people complained of cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from? As no pumas had been reported_ (mis

5、s) from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession_a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma _(not catch)._is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside._看出，发现 _ 证据accumu

6、late _ _使走投无路，使陷入困境 trail _ print_ convince _ disturb _ Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one 十三等于一 Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or _, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock_(repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night _(damage) many

7、years ago and has been silent ever since. One night, however, our vicar work up _a start: the clock was striking the hours! _(look) at his watch, he saw that it was one oclock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. _(Arm) with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see wh

8、at was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. Whatever are you doing up here Bill? asked the vicar_surprise. Im trying to repair the bell, answered Bill. Ive been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You s

9、ee, I was hoping to give you a surprise. You certainly did give me a surprise! said the vicar. Youve probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, Im glad the bell is working again. Thats the trouble, vicar, answered Bill. Its working all right, but Im afraid that at one oclock it will s

10、trike thirteen times and theres nothing I can do about it. Well get used to that, Bill, said the vicar. Thirteen is not as good as one, but its better than nothing. Now lets go downstairs and have a cup of tea. equal _ vicar _ raise _ torchlight _ Lesson 3 An unknown goddess 无名女神 Some time ago, and

11、interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple _stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it_(享有) a high level of civilization. Houses - often three storeys high - w

12、ere built of stone. They had large rooms _beautifully decorated walls. The city _(equip)with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman t

13、imes. In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains_(date) from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fi

14、fth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were_( amaze) to find that the goddess _(原来却是)a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her h

15、ands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity. goddess _ archaeologist _explore _ prosperous _ civilization _ storey _drainage_ Worshi

16、p_ sacred_ Fragment_remains_ reconstruct_hip_ graceful_identity_ Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money _ people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently_( refer) to as white-collar workers for

17、 the simple reason_they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work._(此乃人之常情), that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay _the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise_curious situations, as it did in the case_ Alfred Bloggs who worked_a dustman for the

18、Ellesmere Corporation.When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed_say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home _(dress) in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Bef

19、ore_(return) home at night. He took a shower and _(change) back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret Alfs wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office

20、. He will be earning only half as much_he used to, but he feels that his rise_ status is well worth the _(lose) of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him Mr. Bloggs, not Alf. Manual_ collar_ Sacrifice_ privilege_Dustman_ corporation_Overalls_shower _ Status_ Lesson

21、5 The facts 确切数字 Editors of newspapers and magazines often _(走向极端) to provide their reader_unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the presidents palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the edito

22、r read the first sentence and then refuse to publish_. The article began: Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the presidents palace. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax_( instruct) him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. The journalist immediat

23、ely set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send_. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received_ reply. He sent yet_fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he w

24、ould be fired. When the journalist again failed_(reply), the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested,_ he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while _(count) the 1,084 steps _(lead) to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the presidents palace. Editor_ statistics _Journalist_ president _palace _ _ 出版 fax_ _不耐烦的 _解雇 originally _