新概念第三册自学导读 Lessons23

1  In a country where snails are eaten, you would expect ______ .

a．to find a great many snails in people's gardens

b．to find that people cooked them in wine

c．snails to be so popular that they are a luxury only the rich can afford

d．people to be amazed by anyone who refused to eat them

2  The idea of collecting snails never appealed to the writer very much until ______ .

a．the sight of the snails made him think of Robert

b．a heavy shower of rain led him to look for them in his garden

c．a sudden impulse made him decide to visit the country where Robert lived

d．he felt obliged to remove them from his prize plants

3  When the writer arrived at Robert's flat ______ .

a．Robert welcomed him warmly because of the snails he had brought

b．Robert immediately invited him to dinner in order to eat the snails

c．he forgot about giving Robert the snails until two hours later

d．he gave Robert the snails, little thinking Robert would propose a dinner with snails as the main dish

Structure 结构

4  People are quite illogical when ______ deciding what … (11. 1-2)

a．it comes to

b．they come to

c．they come

d．coming to

5  Most of us have been brought up to eat certain kinds ______ . (1. 7)

a．food

b．of food

c．of the foods

d．foods

6  No creature ______ abused more often than … (1. 9)

a．is being praised and

b．is praised nor

c．has been praised or

d．has been praised and

7  Having left the bag in the hall, ______ into the living room. (11. 16-17)

a．I accompanied Robert

b．Robert took me

c．we went

d．I and Robert went

8  We saw the snails ______ from the paper bag … (11. 19-20)

a．escaping

b．escape

c．had escaped

d．to escape

Vocabulary词汇

9  On the other hand, you would ______ at the idea … (11. 5-6)

a．be sick

b．sick

c．sicken

d．feel sick

10  Snails would, of course, be the main ______ . (11. 18-19)

a．meal

b．food

c．plate

d．course

11  ----I went into the living room where we talked for ______ . (1. 17)

a．round the clock

b．two hours or so

c．a second hour

d．some hours

12  There are ______ people, who … (11. 10-11)

a．numerable

b．numerous

c．numerical

d．numbered