新概念第三册自学导读 Lessons24

Multiple choice questions
多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1  In what respect does fact differ from fiction concerning the secrets that people keep to themselves?

a．They are rarely so terrible as to ruin our reputations if revealed.

b．People's closest friends do not even suspect them of having them.

c．People who have ‘skeletons in the cupboard’ are rarely found out.

d．People who have skeletons in their cupboards are very proud of the fact.

2  Before opening the cupboard door, the writer had ______ .

a．unpacked and gone down for dinner

b．changed into some new clothes

c．put his shirts and his underwear in a couple of drawers

d．hung one of the two suits he had brought with him

3  What was the most frightening thing about the writer's experience?

a．The sight of a skeleton hanging in the cupboard.

b．The sudden movement of the door when he opened the cupboard.

c．To discover that it was the skeleton of an old friend of George's.

d．To have found a real skeleton rather than finding out a terrible secret.

Structure 结构

4  We often read in novels of a seemingly respectable person or family ______ some terrible secret … (11. 1-2)

a．having

b．has

c．whom has

d．that they have

5  The only person I have ever known ______ a skeleton in the cupboard … (11. 11-12)

a．he had

b．of having

c．that he has

d．to have

6  ---- George Carlton, and it is ______ he is very proud of. (1. 12)

a．the fact

b．something

c．that which

d．what

7  No sooner had I opened the cupboard door ______ I stood … (11. . 17-18)

a．and

b．then

c．than

d．that

8  ‘ ______ that I was a medical student once upon a time? ’ (1. 22)

a．Why don't you remember

b．Have you forgotten

c．Do you forget

d．Have you not remembered

Vocabulary
词汇

9  The English language ______ a vivid saying to … (11. 3-4)

a．owes

b．contains

C．holds

d．has

10  ---- the guestroom , which, he said, was ______ used. (1. 15)

a．little

b．a little

c．uncommonly

d．preciously

11  He told me to unpack my ______ and then … (11. 15-16)

a．items

b．objects

c．trunks

d．belongings

12  ---- gave me the impression that it ______ leaping out at me. (1. 19)

a．was on the point of

b．was concerned with

c．was thinking of

d．was almost