新概念第三册自学导读 Lessons5

Exercise练习

Write these sentences again beginning each one with the words in italics:

1  He has not only made this mistake before but he will make it again.

2  I realized what was happening only then.

3  I will never trust him again.

4  You seldom find traffic wardens who are kind and helpful.

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension理解

1  The editor acted as he did because ______ .

a．he wanted an excuse to fire the journalist

b．he had not read the article beyond the first sentence

c．he was dissatisfied with the factual content of the article

d．he wanted to please the president of the new African republic

2  The journalist took a long time to send the details required because ______ .

a．it took him a long time to count all the steps

b．he had not been allowed to fax the information he had obtained

c．he did not realize how soon the magazine would go to press

d．he had been arrested before he had had time to obtain the facts

3  Why had the journalist been arrested?

a．Because his activities must have appeared suspicious.

b．For having gone to extremes to provide unimportant facts.

c．For climbing the palace wall in order to measure its height.

d．Because the article was published in its original form.

Structure结构

4  ______ the first sentence, the editor refused to publish the article. (11. 5-6)

a．Reading

b．Having read

c．He read

d．Being read

5  The magazine ______ to press. (1. 10)

a．was

b．had gone

c．was about to go

d．was due

6  He sent the journalist two faxes, but did not receive ______ . (11. 10-11)

a．the replies

b．the reply

c．no reply

d．a reply

7  He informed the journalist he would be fired unless he ______ . (11. 11-12)

a．was replied

b．replied

c．would reply

d．did not reply

8  He informed ______ while carrying out his instructions. (11. 15-16)

a．his arrest to the editor

b．the editor his arrest

c．the editor of his arrest

d．the editor that his arrest had beenVocabulary词汇

9  Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their ______ with unimportant facts and statistics. (11. 1-2)

a．audience

b．lectures

c．public

d．common

10  The magazine would soon go to press. It would soon be ______ . (1. 10)

a．pressing

b．printed

c．typed

d．impressed

11  The poor man had been arrested.  He was very ______ . (1. 14)

a．poor

b．stupid

c．innocent

d．unfortunate

12  He had at last been ______ to send a fax. (11. 14-15)

a．admitted

b．let

c．left

d．given permission