新概念第三册自学导读 Lessons18

Key structures关键句型

介词(IKS 94) （参见第2册第 94课关键句型）Exercise  练习

Supply the missing words in the following sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise.

1  Even people who take no interest ______ art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture ______ display in public places.

2  We have got quite used ______ them.

3  Oddly shaped forms that are suspended ______ the ceiling and move ______ response ______ a gust of wind are quite familiar ______ everybody.

4  There were long thin wires attached ______ metal spheres.

Special difficulties
难点

Spelling 拼写

Note the spelling of the words in italics:

I'll pay the bill. He never pays his bills.

He owns a donkey. I own two donkeys.

You'll wake up the baby. Babies often cry.

Will he try again? He never tries very hard.

Exercise 练习

Add－s or－ies to the following words. Make any other necessary changes:

lady, supply, valley, qualify, story, day, say, reply, marry, way, chimney, hurry, stay, enjoy, buy, body, bury, fry.

Multiple choice questions
多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1  Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more because ______ .

a．even if not in museums, we see it in and around other public places

b．despite people's lack of interest in art, it is put on display

c．people not only display it in their houses but in their gardens also

d．museums have been exhibiting it for nearly eighty years

2  What surprised the writer when he visited a recent exhibition of modern sculpture?

a．The tact that people were forbidden to touch the exhibits.

b．The oddly shaped forms that were suspended from the ceiling.

c．The way in which electrical energy was used to produce mobile effects.

d．The prehistoric electronic equipment used to activate the exhibits.

3  The pieces of sculpture on display at the exhibition were ______ .

a．noticed because they were dangerous

b．either hung on wires or built into the middle of the hall

c．flickering continuously with different coloured lights

d．such that one could not pass them unnoticed though it seemed wiser to pass them untouched

Structure 结构

4  ----‘modern’pieces ______ on display nearly eighty years ago. (11. 6－7)

a．have been

b．are first

c．were first

d．had been

5  The first thing I saw ______ to the art gallery…(1. 9)

a．on my arrival

b．on entering

c．at the entrance

d．having arrived

6  The notice prohibited people ______ the exhibits. (11. 9－10)

a．to touch

b．from touching

c．touching

d．not to touch

7  The spheres had been magnetized ______ attracted or repelled each other…(1. 13)

a．so that they

b．so they were

c．so as they had

d．in order that they

8  These peculiar forms ______ to shock people emotionally and to…(11. 17－18)

a．both seemed designed

b．seemed both designed

c．seemed both designed and

d．seemed designed both

Vocabulay 词汇

9  ----forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move ______ are…(11. 10－11)a．at one blow

b．all of a sudden

c．with a light touch

d．at the slightest breath

10  Small black boxes ______ sparks…(1. 15)

a．gave off

b．sent by

c．gave over

d．throw off

11  There were a number of tall structures ______ in different colours. (1. 14)

a．enlightened

b．illuminated

c．alighted

d．burning

12  These peculiar forms not only seemed ______ to shock people…(11. 17－18)

a．drawn

b．planned

c．intended

d．created