新概念第三册自学导读 Lessons12

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehensjon理解

1  In what way are the pictures we form of life on a desert island unreal?

a．They fail to present the wretchedness of such a situation.

b．We forget that we would be too weak to work and only imagine the pleasure of idleness.

c．They are either unduly optimistic or unduly pessimistic.

d．They lack any truth at all as most of us have never visited one.

2  What was the equipment the men had brought that proved essential to their survival?

a．Tools with which they had been going to repair their boat.

b．Food, matches and tins of beer.

c．Rainwater, lobster and fish.

d．A spear gun and a rubber dinghy.

3  What made the men wish to stay on the desert island?

a．Discovering how pleasant life can be fending for oneself.

b．Having seen very few trees and no rainwater on the coral island.

c．The fact that they were able to eat the same food as kings eat.

d．Knowing they no longer needed to take their boat to Miami for repair.

Structure结构

4  We sometimes think of a desert island ______ a sort of paradise. （1．2）

a．to be

b．as being

c．is

d．be

5  But ______ have had the opportunity to find out. （11．7-8）

a．we few

b．hardly anybody

c．little people

d．not many

6  After ______ a few miles across the Caribbean, they arrived at a small coral island. （11．11-12）

a．they rowed

b．rowed

c．rowing

d．to row

7  ______ were scarce there and there was no water. （11．12-13）

a．The trees

b．Trees

c．Any trees

d．Trees on the island

8  Both men genuinely regretted ______ . （1．16）

a．their leave

b．to have to leave

c．having to leave

d．they must have leftVocabulary词汇

9  A desert island is ______ place. （11．1-2）

a．an unpopular

b．an uninhabited

c．a deserted

d．a barren

10  The other side of the picture is ______ different. （11．4-5）

a．naturally

b．rather

c．really

d．entirely

11  But this was not ______ to be a problem. （1．13）

a．demonstrated

b．thought

c．shown

d．found

12  And, as one of them ______ it, they‘ate like kings’. （1．15）

a．expressed

b．placed

c．told

d．said