Summary writing摘要写作
In not more than 85 words write an account of the television programme. Write two different paragraphs using the points and connections given below. www.xiao84.com
用不超过85个单词的篇幅叙述一下电视节目。用以下要点和连词写出两段不同的文字。
Composition作文
Write an imaginary account of a macaroni-eating competition.Write two paragraphs in about 150 words using the ideas given below:
按以下思路写出一个想像中的吃通心粉大赛的场面，写两段，150个单词左右：
1 The appearance of the six competitors----all very fat----their past achievements----huge quantity of macaroni prepared, weighed and served.
2 Quantity, not speed was the important thing----competitors eating for three hours----only one man left----he asked for more!
Letter writing书信写作
Write a suitable Purpose of about 50 words to follow this introductory paragraph:
按照以下引言的思路，用50个左右的单词写出一段“目的”。
I have just heard that Tom Blake will be staying with you for a week.I would love to meet him again as I haven't seen him for years.
Key structures关键句型
What has happened? What has been happening?(KS4,28,52)现在完成时与现在完成进行时
（复习第4，28，52课关键句型）
Exercises练习
A Underline all the verbs in the passage which tell us what has happened and what has been happening.
选出课文中现在完成时和现在完成进行时的所有动词。
B Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise:
用正确的动词填空，完成练习后再对照课文核对你的答案：
Macaroni____(grow) in this area for over six hundred years. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that they____(expect) a splendid crop this year and harvesting ____(begin)earlier than usual. Here you can see two workers who, between them, just____(finish)cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole village____(work)day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains. On the right, you can see Mrs. Brabante herself. She____(help) her husband for thirty years now. This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest: the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition! Signor Fratelli, the present champion,____(win)it every year since 1991.
Special difficulties难点
Words often confused经常容易混淆的词
Study these examples:
细读以下例子：
a Usual and Usually.
Harvesting has begun earlier than usual.(1.6)
He usually gets up at six o'clock.他通常在6点起床。
b Between（在[两者]之间）and Among（在[三者或三者以上]之中）.
Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of macaroni.(11.6-8)
Tom sat between Jill and Jennifer.
汤姆坐在吉尔和詹妮弗之间。
The Prime Minister was among those present.
首相在出席者之中。
You'll find it somewhere among those newspapers.
你会在那些报纸中找到它。
c Manager（经理），Director（主任），Headmaster（校长）.
Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory.(11.10-11)
布拉本特太太正在和当地一个工厂经理谈话。
Mr. Jones is the director of several companies.
琼斯先生是几个公司的主管。
Who is the headmaster of this school?
这所学校的校长是谁？
Exercise练习
Supply any of the above words in the following sentences:
用以上词填空：
1 I found your pipe. It was ____those things on the table.
2 As ____, he asked the same silly questions.
3 The lady in the shop asked to see the ____.
4 He has been ____of this school for seventeen years.
5 It seems to be warmer than____ this month.
6 Everybody dreams of living like a company____ with a large expense account.
7 She stuck the flower____ the pages of a book.
8 He____ returns from work about this time, but he is late today.
Multiple choice questions多项选择题
Comprehension理解
1 Macaroni ____.
(a) grows in Calabria
(b) grows in fields
(c) must be harvested before the September rains
(d)is man-made
2 What was the intention behind the television broadcast?
(a) To show viewers how macaroni is grown.
(b) To play a trick on viewers.
(c) To provide useful information about macaroni.
(d) To introduce viewers to conditions in Calabria.
Structure句型
3 Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante____ they have been expecting a splendid crop.
(a) tell
(b) tell that
(c)say to me
(d)say
4 Harvesting has begun earlier than usual. It____ yet.
(a) hasn't finished
(b) didn't finish
(c)hadn't finished
(d)isn't finishing
5 They must gather the crop before it rains____ September.
(a) in
(b) on
(c)the
(d)at
6 How long has she been helping her husband? ____she was a young woman.
(a) From then
(b) Since
(c)For
(d)By then
7 Where ____?
(a) the crop is processed
(b)is the crop processed
(c) is processed the crop
(d)processed the crop
Vocabulary 词汇
8 To end our bulletin…To____ our bulletin…
(a) conclude
(b) stop
(c) prevent
(d) halt
9 It has been grown for over six hundred years. That's more than six ____.
(a) sentries
(b) ages
(c) centuries
(d) eras
10 They've been expecting a splendid crop. That's what they've been ____.
(a) waiting
(b) waiting for
(c) waiting to
(d) waiting on
11 They have been gathering this year's crop. They have been ____.
(a) assembling it
(b) picking it up
(c) collecting it
(d)bringing it in
12 He is the manager of the factory. He's____ it.
(a) charged with
(b) in the charge of
(c) charged
(d) in charge of
