Unit 15 A famous detective

【重点、难点点拨】

1. 交际用语介绍了代向别人问候的表达方式。

2. 课文见英国著名侦探小说作家柯南道尔笔下的主人公福尔摩斯侦探破案故事“夜晚的响声”第一、第二部分。

3. 语法为过去分词作定语和状语。过去分词作状语时,它逻辑上的主语必须与句子的主语保持一致。

4. have a seat, long before , pay… a visit, in silence, again and again, connect to seat, be on a visit, dare, business/matter, see to, delay, mean to do/doing sth. well known for/as, long before/before long, It's time sb. did sth.

【重点、难点例题解析】

1. He is seated on a chair. or: He seated himself on a chair.

seat 常以被动形式表示主动含义。如用一反身代词为宾语,则用主动语态。

2. She joined in the team last month and she was made team leader before long.

before long 中的before是介词译为“好久以前”。

3. It was not long before he went to Shanghai.

long before可单独作状语, 亦可接一名词或从句,译为“很久以前”。

【重点、难点练习题】

1. The old man_________(A. is sitting B. seated) on the chair. 

2. She _________(A. seated B. sat) her baby on her knees. 

3. He asked her to_________(A. seat B. be seated) 

4. He _________(A. seated B. sat)watching TV. 

5. “Please be _________(A. sit

 B. seated) ”he said with a smile. 

6. They were _________(A. sat B. seated)round a table. 

7. I hope to see you _________(A. before long B. long before) 

8. He arrived_________(A. long before B. before long) the time. 

9. I knew him _________(A. long before B. before long). 

10. We'll see that film _________(A. before long B. long before) 

11. The professor arrived_________(A. long before B. before long) the other teachers. 

12. They are so happy. They'll be able to see their motherland_________ (A. before long B. long before)

【全方位单元综合练习题】

Ⅰ. Translate the followings

1. call on

2. he is here on a visit

3. have a nice time

4. see to

5. visit relations

6. It's very kind of you to call

7. It's time I went

8. pick up my little girl from school

Ⅱ. Complete with the right answers

1. A: Are you having a nice time in Beijing?

B:

2. A: I hope you have a good journey back to Beijing.

B:

3. A: Please remember me to your wife.

B:

Ⅲ. Find an expression in the text, which has the same meaning given

 

1. I have no reason to believe that _________

2. No matter

 

3. It is certain

Ⅳ. Cloze

 Sherlock Holmes, a famous 1 , often helped people with their personal 2 .

 Once a girl came to visit him 3 a personal problem. Her parents died and 4 her a lot of money. She was living with her unclenow. Her 5  was: a long whistle often 6 her during her 7 . Her uncle 8 she lived seemed to be acting 9  towards her.

 After hearing what the girl 10 , Sherlock Holmes decided to examine her and her uncle's bedroom. Then he found a hole 11  the two rooms and the red bell rope 12  upon the pillow of her bed. Holmes told the girl that her 13 was in danger, and he decided to spend the 14 in the girl's room to see what would 15 .

1. A. Italian novelist B. German doctor

C. American writer D. British detective 

2. A. trouble B. event C. affairs D. problem 

3. A. with B. on C. of D. by    

4. A. left B. gave C. passed D. offered 

5. A. business B. matter C. problem D. present 

6. A. interrupted B. attacked C. stopped D. hurt 

7. A. sleeping B. sleep C. sleepy D. asleep 

8. A. with whom B. with who C. whom D. in whom 

9. A. stranger B. strangely C. strangeness D. strange 

10. A. said B. explained C. told D. spoke 

11. A. in B. on C. above D. between 

12. A. lay B. lied C. laid D. lying 

13. A. uncle B. room C. life D. money 

14. A. days B. night C. weeks D. years 

15. A. bring about B. come into

   C. come down D. come about 

Ⅴ. Multiple Choice 

1. I've got some personal affairs that I have to _________.

A. see B. see to C. do to D. deal to 

2. It's time I _________my little girl from school.

A. went and picked up B. go and pick up

C. I'll go and pick up D. went and pick up 

3. The bus driver stopped to _________the passengers.

A. pick B. pick out

C. pick up D. pick from 

4. _________into a poor family, he had only two years of schooling.

A. Being born   B. born

C. Bore     D. Born 

5. _________from the hill, the town looks very beautiful.

A. Seeing B. Seen

C. Having seen D. See 

6. _________with developed countries, we still have a

long way to go.

A. Comparing B. Compare

C. Compared D. Being compared 

7. Her uncle seemed to be acting rather _________towards her.

A. strangely B. strange C. serious D. seriously 

8. The boy was acting _________in school.

A. bad B. good C. kind D. badly 

9. I saw the child badly _________by his father

A. treat      B. treating

C. to be treated  D. treated 

10. It's _________matter that he didn't come.

A. not B. a C. no D. / 

11. He'll fail. there's no doubt _________it.

A. about B. from C. on D. of 

12. There is no doubt that you'll be warmly _________.

A. welcame B. welcoming C. welcomed D.welcomes 

13. The old man stood up, _________by his son.

A. supporting B. supported

C. support D. being supported 

14. He lay in bed, _________in silence.

A. think B. thought

C. thinking D. and thought 

15. I gave him a heavy blow on _________head.

A. his B. / C. the D. her 

Ⅵ. Fill in the blanks with the words in the correct form.

fasten, discover, spend, tie,lock, do, make, return, put, go

1. Holmes _________out a box of matches on the table and laid the thin stick which he often carried next to it. 

2. After tea, Mr Holmes and Dr Watson _________up to the bedroom and waited. 

3. I can see it _________to a nail next to the hole in the wall.

4. A few building repairs were _________a month ago. 

5. The hole was _________at the same time. 

6. It's _________and I haven't got a key. 

7. There was also a gun and a thin piece of rope with the end _________in a circle. 

8. I will _________the night locked in your room. 

9. We will see what we can _________. 

10. You said that your uncle _________home late this evening.. 

Ⅶ. Error Correction

After tea, Mr Holmes and Dr Watson

waited for the lady's room until her uncle 1. _________

returned to home. 2. _________

After long wait in the dark, the girl 3. _________

finally came upstairs, but she didn't enter

her room.

Holmes and Watson sat in the room

for a quite while. Then they heard a long 4. _________

whistle. Suddenly Holmes jump up from 5. _________

the bed, with his stick he hit the bell rope

by heavy blows. A moment later they 6. _________

heard a scream coming the room next 7. _________

door, and found her uncle died. 8. _________

The young lady came immediately and told 9. _________

she was supposed to die like that.

Holmes said it was he who drove the snake 10. _________

back into her uncle's room.

Ⅷ. Spelling

1. Luxun was s_________to be a doctor. But he became a famous writer. 

2. She heard a scream I_________she got home. 

3. The firemen broke into the room and r_________the old woman. 

4. Father likes to listen to music s_________. 

5. There is no doubt that you'll be warmly w_________. 

Ⅸ. Writing

1. Wuhan is _________(而著称) its Yellow Crane Tower. 

2. He _________(过去常常)play cards a lot. 

3. Einstein was _________(作为而闻名于世)a great scientist. 

4. They talked _________(直到)they heard the uncle returned home. 

5. they broke into the uncle's bedroom and _________(发现这个人躺在地上,死了). 

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