Comprehension理解
Give short answers to these questions in your own words as far as possible. Use one complete sentence for each answer.巴士英语www.xiao84.com
1 Why are visits to really remote villages seldom enjoyable?
2 Why did the author and his wife decide to spend their last day exploring the countryside?
3 How did the author and his wife get across the stream?
Vocabulary词汇
Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage: inaccessible (1. 2);hospitable (1. 3); hostile (1. 5); vicinity (1. 8); end abruptly (1. 13); traced (1. 13); eventually (1. 17).
Summary writing摘要写作
Describe in not more than 80 words the experiences of the author and his wife when they visited a remote village in the Balkans. Use your own words as far as possible. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.
Composition作文
Write a Composition in about 300 words on one of the following:
a Describe any village you know well.
b Continue the above passage. Imagine the boatman was not waiting for the author and his wife. Describe what happened.
Letter writing书信写作
Write a letter in not more than 100 words to a very old man congratulating him on the occasion of his eighty fifth birthday.
Key structures and Special difficulties关键句型和难点
Rewrite the following sentence without changing the meaning. Then refer to 11. 26-27.
Though the village had seemed deserted, it immediately came to life.
The village w…
Multiple choice questions多项选择题
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 On the last day of their visit to a Balkan town, the writer and his wife ______ .
a．followed a path which they found to their surprise led them into a wood
b．went exploring for churches further afield, having seen those nearby
c．decided to visit a small village some distance away from the town
d．discovered their own countrymen to be hostile when they are cut off
2 The village looked forbidding in that ______ .
a．the road leading up to it was so steep and rough
b．it had a deserted and gloomy appearance
c．the mountain threw its shadow over the small brick houses
d．there was nobody in the village
3 What made the writer and his wife feel they were unwelcome visitors?
a．Apart from the children, no one had come out to greet them.
b．When they had first gone through the village, the people had hidden.
c．Nobody said a single word as they watched them walk down the street.
d．The men were too shy to speak to them and the women too shy to come out.
Structure结构
4 ______ that the path continued on the other side, we wondered how we could get across the stream. (11. 14-15)
a．Being able to see
b．It could be seen
c．At the sight of
d．Seeing
5 Though he was reluctant to ______ at first, we…(1. 17)
a．ferry us across
b．ferry
c．take to the other side
d．do that
6 ----unmade road ______ small houses lining it on either side. (11. 18-19)
a．with
b．which
c．by
d．and
7 ______ of all was that not a sound could be heard. (1. 29)
a．It frightened us most
b．The thing that most frightened us
c．What frightened us most
d．We were most frightened by
8 ----where we hoped the boatman was waiting and ______ us back. (11. 30-31)
a．was ferryiny
b．ferryiny
c．ferried
d．would ferry
Vocabulary 词汇
9 In it there was a boatman ______ asleep. (1. 16)
a．dead
b．sound
c．quickly
d．hard
10 The fence the writer and his wife sat down on was ______ … (1. 22)
a．no longer in use
b．sheltered by trees
c．in a state of disrepair
d．made of very hard timber
11 All at once, I noticed that my wife ______ to be filled with alarm. (1. 23)
a．came
b．appeared
c．turned
d．looked
12 Men stood outside their houses and ______ angrily at us. (11. 27-28)
a．stared
b．frowned
c．grimaced
d．winked
