新概念第三册自学导读 Lessons16

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension理解

1  Every evening, Mary used to go and ______ .

a．cut the lamb from the rope it had been tied on

b．untie the lamb so it could wander in the field at night

c．bring her lamb back home for the night

d．make sure that her lamb was not missing

2  It would not be difficult to find the thief because ______ .

a．the lamb had been one of Mary's prize possessions

b．news travels fast in a small community

c．Dimitri had a lot of friends in the village

d．the rain would soon wash the black dye off the lamb

3  When Aleko first showed Dimitri the lamb in his backyard ______ .

a．he was truthful about how he had acquired the lamb but not about its colour

b．Dimitri admitted that the lamb could not be his wife's

c．it was clear that the lamb had been dyed black

d．it started to rain before Dimitri had time to identify the lamb as his

Structure结构

4  Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in Perachora, ______ tiny village in southern Greece. （11．1-2）

a．in a

b．the

c．in the

d．a

5  ---- was a little white lamb which had been ______ from her husband. （11．2-3）

a．present

b．presented

c．presenting

d．a present

6  On her husband's return, ______ what had happened, （11．7-8）

a．his wife told him

b．she told Dimitri

c．Mary told him

d．Dimitri was told

7  ----it would not prove difficult in a village of ______ size. （11．8-9）

a．a such small

b．so small

c．the smallest

d．so small a

8  He told him if he ______ it, he would call the police. （1．11）

a．was not returning

b．did not return

c．has not returned

d．had not returned

Vocabulary词汇

9  One of Mary's most ______ possessions …（1．2）

a．valued

b．worthwhile

c．worthy

d．expensive

10  After ______ the theft to several of his friends …（1．9）

a．telling

b．reporting

c．expressing

d．counting

11  During their ______ , it began to rain. （11．13-14）

a．chat

b．argument

c．conversation

d．speech

12  When he went ______ half an hour later…（11．14-15）

a．out of doors

b．into the open

c．in the open air

d．inside out