Unit
8 A person of great determination
【重点、难点点拨】
1. the response to apologies and regrets
2. to one's delight, burst into tears, on board, on the point of, take
charge, upon
one's word , to
be honest.
3. the differences between the past continuous and the past indefinite
tense and the difference between past indefinite and the
past perfect tense.
【重点、难点例题解析】
1. —I took the TOEFL . It
was really hard.
—Had you studied a lot before
you took it?
“took”这一动作发生在过去，
那么had studied 这一动作发生在过去的过去。
2. By the time the new pupil had gathered enough courage
to raise his hand,
the bell for the end of the lesson was already
ringing.
By the time 引导的状语从句中,
谓语动词要用完成时态, 主句中的ring发生在从句动
词之后, 表示正在发生的一种情况。
3. —Did you go to Hawaii?
—I had been planning to go, but I got sick at the last minute.
had been planning
为过去完成进行时态, 表示过去某一时段内一直发生着的动作。
【重点、难点练习题】
Fill in the blanks
with the proper words given
1
It
________(rain)for many weeks.
The river________(rise) higher and higher, ________(break)the
banks and ________(fill) all low places,
________(rush) through weeds and willows with a sound of danger.
Soon the whole place ________(fill) with water.
2 I________(write) a letter. Jane ________(read) a detective story . Amy ________(deep think) near the fire.
Suddenly the door ________(burst) open and in ________(come)
a stranger.
3. I understand what you ________(tell)me.
4. He is reading the book that he ________(buy) recently.
5. They ________(work) all day.
6. He ________(live) in Beijing since last year.
7. He ________(visit) the museum twice since I came here.
8. I ________(not see) him so far.
9. The pupils ________(learn) five hundred words up to now.
10. He ________(be) in England for twelve years.
11. I ________(work) hard these few days.
12. I ________(listen) to the broadcast for an hour.
【全方位单元综合练习题】
Ⅰ. Give the responses
1. —See you next Friday. (How do you refuse?)
—________
2. —Would you come out to dinner with me next Friday?
—No,
________
3. —How can you change your mind at last minute?
—________
4. —You just don't consider anyone but yourself.
—________
5. —I'm sorry to have done that . I didn't mean to be so rude,
—________
6. —I feel rather ashamed.
—________
Ⅱ. Finish the passage
Jane and Kate
1 the swimming
pool. They
2 about the plan
for next Friday.
Jane was angry
3 Kate, for he
4 his promise
that he was going out to dinner with Jane.
But Kate told her that they never
5 anything.
6 later, Jane
made an
7 to Kate for
being so
8
to Kate. And Kate
9
her. And
they fixed
10 time to dinner
together.
Ⅲ. Text comprehension
1. Altogether the boy went into ________bookstores.
A . seven B. pleasant C. five D.
six
2. The boy was eager to have a geography book because________.
A. he did not want to fall behind the other boys
B. he wanted to
show off before the other boys
C. he was interested
in the places his father once arrived at
D. both A and
C
3. We can infer that the boy showed ________towards his
father.
A. admiration B.
thankfulness
C. gratitude D. hatred
4. That the boy questioned about the secondhand' book showed
that he was________.
A. careful B. unsatisfied
C. narrowminded D.
rare to please
5. The verb phrase “look into” means ________.
A. search and find B. read
quickly about
C. give a quick look D.
examine carefully
6. The text is mainly about ________.
A. the boy's determination of getting a geography book.
B. the boy's love for books
C. the author's curiosity about the boy
D. the bookseller's kindness to the boy
7. The fact that the boy at last got his book showed his
________.
A. strong will B.
calmness
C. cleverness D.
bravery
8. Which one tells us the main idea of the text?
A. The last sentence of paragraph 1
B. The last sentence of the text.
C. The first sentence of paragraph 1
D. Both A and B
9. The captain struggled to ________.
A. save the ship and the passengers' life
B. land in Liverpool
C. fight against the storm
D. overcome difficulties
10. The ship was in danger because ________.
A. there was a heavy storm
B. there were too many passengers
C. the sailors had given up their hope of surviving
D. It was letting in water badly
11. Which sentence expresses the main idea of paragraph 3
A. sentence 1 B.
sentence 2
C. sentence 3 D.
sentence 4
12. It seemed that ________took part in pumping water out
of the ship.
A. all passengers and sailors
B. everybody on the ship
C. the sailors and the captain
D. the passengers and the captain
13. What is the author's attitude towards
the captain?
A. Admiration and love.
B. Thankfulness and love
C. Thankfulness and admiration
D. Admiration and respect
14. Who did not lose the hope during the whole day?
A. I B. The captain
C. Passengers D.
Sailors
15. The captain was about the age of________
A. 40 B. 35 C. 30
D. 50
16. The verb phrase “take charge” in paragraph 3 means ________.
A. take control B.
take part in
C. take place D.
take notice
17. Which happened last?
A. I expressed my thanks to the captain.
B. We landed in Liverpool safely.
C. The captain recognized me.
D. The ship sank after carrying out its responsibility.
Ⅳ. Multiple choice
1. We ________with the Liberian and found that the book
was lost.
A. check B. test C. checked D. examined
2. I doubt whether the young engineer can ________the situation.
A. manage B. try C. do D. make
3. Getting fat, ________.
A. he is B.
are you C. you are D.
is he
4. I have told this to no one but you. This sentence means.
A. I have only told you about it
B. It is only you who have known about it
C. No one has known about it
D. Both A and B
5. He tries for nothing ________make money.
A. but to B.
but C. besides D. beside
6. You can find that sort of thing nowhere ________England.
A. but B.
but in C. in D. but at
7. I'm sorry ________my words have hurt you, but I didn't mean to do any harm to you.
A. that B.
whether C. if D.
for
8. First aid means ________medical care to a person before
a doctor can be found.
A. to give B. give C. taking D. giving
9. ________down so many trees means losing valuable soil.
A. Cutting B. To cut C. Cut D. Be cut
10. There is very ________need for another discussion .
A. a little B.
a few C. few D.
little
11. All the pictures in this exhibition are ________.
A. on sale B. to see C. for sale D. sold
12. Copies of the book are ________at all the bookstores.
A. for sale B.
sale
C. being sold D.
Both B and C
13. The rest of the
book ________not
very interesting.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
14. The rest of the group ________in the room.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
15. He won't go ________invited properly.
A. if B. when C. unless D. once
16. My parents walked off and left me ________there and .
A. sit… regret B.
to sit… to regret
C. seat… sorry
D. sitting… regretting
17. Each time I am ________, I feel safe and happy.
That's why I like travelling by sea.
A. on board B.
go abroad
C. in board D.
on the board
18. I could not have done it ________your help.
A. without B. but to
C. but for D. Both A and C
19. He was ________turning
back when he suddenly saw a ta
ilor's shop at the
corner.
A. / B.
on the point of
C. at the point of D.
in the point of
20. —Who is taking charge of your class?
—Our class is
________Mr. Zhang.
A. in the charge of B.
taking charge of
C. in charge of D. charged of
21. In order to catch up with his classmates, Tom worked hard
________.
A. as crazy B.
like crazy
C. with crazy D.
like a mad
22. Is there any hope ________there in time?
A. to get B. of getting
C. to get to D.
of getting to
23. If you can't eat anything, you will ________hungry.
A. keep B. stay C. remain D. leave
24. Please turn ________.
A. to the left B.
left
C. the left D.
Both A and B
25. The boy never has any difficulty ________to foreigners
in English.
A. to talk B.
talk
C. in talking D.
in telling
26. They woke up ________everything around ________.
A. found. changed
B. finding, changing
C. to find, changing
D. to find, charged
Ⅴ. Word spelling
1. A d ________answer is a one which is clear or not doubtful.
2. F________ is spring of water, esp a man－made one with water forced through
holes in a pipe or pipes.
3. C________ is a piece of cloth or lace hung up at a window
or door round a bed.
4. O________, it
is he who had let out the secret. Everyone could see it easily.
5. I was d________ at the news that you were successfully
accepted as a college student.
6. C________ is a small bag filled with feathers or other
soft material to make a seat more comfortable.
7. They fought against each other f________. It's hard to stop them.
8. I'm sorry to have m________ him. In fact he is not such a man as I thought.
9. The little child can not stand s________ without his
mother's help. He
will easily fall onto the ground.
Ⅵ. Reading comprehension
Flags
of the United States
The basic flag
of the United States is one of the world's oldest national
flags. Only the basic flags of Austria, Denmark, Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland are
older.
During the discovery
and settlement of what is now the United States, the flags
of various European nations were flown over the land,
as symbols of possession. Later, in the colonial and Revolutionary
War periods, flags representing famous persons, places,
and events were flown in the American Colonies.
The first official
flag of the United States was created by Congress on June
14,1777. It consisted of 13 alternate red and white stripes
and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representing the
13 colonies that had declared their independence in 1776.
Congress adopted a new flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes
in 1795, to give representation to the two new states
admitted into the Union, Vermont and Kentucky.
By 1817, there
were 20 states in the Union, and it became apparent that
adding one stripe for each new state would destroy the
shape of the flag. As a result, congress in 1818 restored
the original design of 13 stripes and provided that each
state was to be represented by one star. In 1912 President
William H. Taft made the first official provision for
the arrangement of the stars. He ordered that there be
six even rows of eight stars each. Previously the arrangement
of the stars had been left to the flagmaker's fancy.
The evolution of
the Stars and Stripes reflects the growth of the United
States. After the admission of Hawaii into the Union in
1959, the flag was officially changed for the 26th time
since its creation.
There are many
government flags flown in the United States in addition
to the national flag. Among them are the president's and
vicepresident's flags and those of the federal departments
and some federal agencies. Each state in the Union has
an official flag. The United States Navy uses special
flags for signaling.
１. The basic flag of the United states
is .
A. the oldest national
flag in the world
B. one of the world's oldest flags
C. the most beautiful
flag in the West
D. as old as the basic flags of some European nations
2. Before the War of Independence the
flags of various European nations flown over the land
were symbols of ________.
A. selfrule
B. occupation
C. peace and friendship
D. independence
3. The first official flag of the United
States was adopted ________.
A. before the Independence
War
B. right after
the Independence War
C. when independence
was declared in 1776
D. during the War
of Independence which ended in 1783
4. The 13 red and white stripes and
13 white stars represent ________.
A. 13 independent states
B. the colonies that declared independence in 1776
C. the U.S. Congress
D. 13 famous figures in the American colonies
5. Why was the original design of 13
stripes restored in 1818?________.
A. Too many stripes would destroy the shape of the flag.
B. Congress insisted 13 is the best number.
C. That was a decision President Taft had made.
D. The American people suggested it.
6. Which of the following is true?
A. All federal departments and agencies have flags of their own.
B. The newlyadmitted state of Hawaii does not have an official
flag.
C. No other flags than the national flag and the president's flag
are flown in the United States.
D. The United States has a number of government
flags.