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Lesson 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。。investigate, 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 puma 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 number 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__________________(miss 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
accumulate ______________________ ____________________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 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 o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. ___________________(Arm with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure 1 / 4
word whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. 'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar____________surprise. 'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.' 'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.' That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it." We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's 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 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 -- were built of stone. They had large rooms _______________beautifully decorated walls. The city _________________________(equipwith 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 times. 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 fifth 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 hands 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____________________________ Worship___________________________ sacred_____________________________ Fragment__________________________ 2 / 4
word 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 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 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. Before_______________(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 Alf's 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. 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 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 president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refuse to publish________________. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's 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 immediately 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 3 / 4
word sent yet_________________fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When