Summary writing 摘要写作
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Answer these questions in not more than 85 words.
回答下列问题，将答案组成一个段落，不要超过85个单词。
1 Have firemen put out a big forest fire in California or not? Have they been trying to discover its cause?(Now that …)
2 Was there any evidence that it was started by broken glass or by a cigarette end or not?
3 Who has just solved the mystery?(However)
4 What did he notice? Had it been dropped by a bird on to the electric wires or not?(which)
5 Where did the snake wind itself? What had it sent to the ground? Did this cause the fire or not?(In winding… and)
Composition 作文
Write two or three sentences using the ideas given below:
用以下词组写出2至3个句子来：
I was smoking in bed----went to sleep----suddenly woke up----the sheet was burning----I jumped up----put the fire out ----a big hole in the sheet.
Letter writing书信写作
Write your home address, the date and the beginning of a letter to a married woman you do not know well.
你给一位不很熟悉的已婚女士写信，写出你家的地址、日期和信的开头。
Key structures 关键句型
What happened? What has happened? (KS29)What has been happening?(KS52)
一般过去时，现在完成时和现在完成进行时(参见第29，52课关键句型)
Study these examples:
仔细阅读以下例子：
I stayed at this hotel five years ago. 5年前我在这家酒店住过。
Have you ever stayed at this hotel? 你曾在这家酒店住过吗？
I have been staying at this hotel for three weeks. 我已在这家酒店住了3个星期了。
Exercises 练习
A Underline the verbs in the passage which tell us what happened, what has happened, and what has been happening.
划出课文中表示一般过去时，现在完成时和现在完成进行时的动词来。
B Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise:
用正确的时态填空，完成练习后再对照课文核对你的答案：
At last firemen______(put) out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they______(try)to find out how the fire______(begin).Yesterday the firemen______(examine)the ground carefully, but______
(not be)able to find any broken glass. They______(be)also quite sure that a cigarette end______(not start) the fire.
C What happened? What has happened? What has been happening? Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Supply speech marks and commas where necessary and arrange the passage into paragraphs.(KS26)
用括号中动词的正确形式填空，必要时加上引号和逗号，并分段。(参见第26课难点)
Jack______(look)at his watch for the twentieth time. Suddenly Jill______(arrive).I______(wait)for over an hour he said angrily. You never come on time. Oh, is that so? Jill______(answer).______(Be) you here at 2.30?Jack______(go) red. Well he______(say) I______(get)here five minutes late myself, but you______(not be)here. I______(come)here at exactly 2.30 Jill______(say)and I ______(wait)for five minutes, but you______(not come). What you______(do)since then? Jack ______(ask).I just______(be)to the hairdresser's Jill______(answer)brightly.
Special difficulties 难点
Words often confused经常容易混淆的词
Study these examples:
仔细阅读以下例子：
a Throw to, Throw at, and Throw away.
Forest fires are often caused by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.(11.2-4)
He threw the ball to me and I caught it. 他把球扔给我，我接住了。
The boy threw a stone at the window and broke it. 男孩向窗户扔了一块石头把玻璃打碎了。
b Quite and Quiet.
They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.(11.5-6)
The class kept very quiet during the lesson. 上课时全班都很安静。
c Cause and Reason.
A fireman discovered the cause of the fire.(1.7)
What caused the fire?什么原因引起了这场大火？
That is the reason why he left.那是他离开的缘由。
I reasoned with him for hours, but I couldn't persuade him to change his mind. 我劝了他几个小时，但我没能说服他改变主意。
d Drop and Fall.
A bird had dropped the snake on to the wires.(11.10-11)
He fell down the stairs and broke his leg. 他从楼梯上摔下来，断了一条腿。
Exercise 练习
Use each of the words given above in sentences of your own.
用以上词和词组造句。
Multiple choice questions 多项选择题
Comprehension理解
1 Firemen examined the ground carefully because they ______.
a．were looking for cigarette ends
b． were looking for broken glass
c．wanted to find out what had caused the fire
d． were looking for a snake
2 The fire had been caused by ______.
a． a bird which flew on to the wires
b．a snake which climbed on to the wires
c．a bird which was eating a snake
d．a snake which had been dropped on to the wires by a bird
Structure句型
3 The firemen have been examining the ground ______yesterday.
a．since b．for
c．ago d．by
4 Broken glass often ______fires.
a．is causing b． has caused
c．causes d．is caused by
5 They were quite sure it wasn't a cigarette end. They were ______.
a．almost certain b．fairly certain
c．completely certain d． nearly certain
6 He was able to solve the mystery. He ______.
a．could if he wanted to
b．could but he didn't want to
c．succeeded in solving it
d． didn't succeed in solving it
7 The bird had snatched the snake from the ground. The snake been ______the ground.
a．at b．from
c．over d． on
Vocabulary词汇
8 Firemen have put out the fire. They have ______.
a．controlled it b． checked it
c． extinguished it d． turned it off
9 Firemen discovered the cause ______.
a．today morning
b．today in the morning
c． in the morning today
d．this morning
10 They discovered the cause of the fire accidentally. They discovered it ______.
a．by chance b．chancily
c．fortunately d．luckily
11 In this way he was able to solve the mystery. ______he did it.
a．That's so b．Like this
c．That's how d． So
12 The bird had snatched up the snake from the ground. It had ______it.
a．taken b．pulled
c．seized d．carried
Sentence structure 句子结构
Rewrite this sentence, then check your answer against the text. 改写以下句子，然后对照课文第11行，核对你的答案。
In doing so，it sent spaks down to the ground.
When _____________.
