概念英语第二册课本学习知识原文(完形填空).doc

-!Lesson 1 A private conversation Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good _.The play was very _. I did not _ it.A young man and a young woman were sitting _ me. They were talking _. I got very angry. I could not hear the _. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not _ it. I turned round _. I cant hear a _! I said angrily.“Its none of your business,”the young man said _. “This is a private conversation!”Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?It was Sunday. I never _ on Sunday. I sometimes _ until lunchtime.Last Sunday I _. I looked out of the window. It was _. “What a day!” I _. “Its raining again.” _, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. “_by train,” she said. “Im coming to see you.” “But Im having breakfast,” I said.“What are you doing?” she asked. “Im having breakfast,” I _.“Dear me,” she said. “Do you always get up so late? Its _!Lesson 3 Please send me a cardPostcards _ spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to _. I visited museums and _ public gardens. A _ waiter taught me a few words of_. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not _. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays _ quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I _. I got up early and bought _. I spent the _ in my room, but I did not write a single card!Lesson 4 An exciting trip 激动人心的旅行 I have just received a letter _ my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been _ for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big _ and he has already visited a great number of different _ in Australia. He has _ bought an Australian car and has _ to Alice Springs, a small town in the _ of Australia. He will _ visit Darwin. From there, he will _ to Perth. My brother has_been abroad before, _he is finding this trip _exciting.Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞 Mr James Scott has a _ in Silbury and now he has just bought _ garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is _five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a _for his new garage, so he has _bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon _ the first _ from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird _ the distance in three_. Up to _, Mr Scott has sent a great many _ for _ parts and other _ messages from one garage to the other. _ this way, he has_his own private telephone _.Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 珀西巴顿斯I have just _ to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar _at my door. He asked me for a _and a glass of beer. In _ for this, the beggar stood _ his head and sang songs. I gave him a_. He ate the food and _ the beer. _ he put a piece of cheese in his _ and went _. Later a neighbour _ me about him. Everybody _ him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls_every house in the street _ a month and always _for a meal and a glass of _.Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚 The plane was late and _ were waiting at the _all morning. They were _ a valuable _ of diamond from South Africa. A few hours _, someone had told the police that _ would try to _the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting _ the main building while others were waiting on the _. Two men took the parcel _ the plane and carried it _ the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping _at the door, two others _the parcel. To _ surprise, the_ parcel was full of stones and _!Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的Joe Sanders has the most beautiful _ in our _. _ everybody enters for The Nicest Garden _ each year, but Joe _ every time. Bill Friths garden is _ than Joes. Bill works harder than Joe and _ more flowers and _, but Joes garden is more _. He has made neat_and has built a _ bridge over a _. I like gardens too, but I do not _ hard work. Every year I _ the garden competition too, and I always _ a little prize for the_garden in the town!Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇_ Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the _day of the year and a large _ of people had _ under the Town Hall clock. It would _ twelve in twenty minutes time. Fifteen minutes _ and then, at five _ twelve, the clock _. The big minute _ did not move. We _ and waited, but nothing _. Suddenly someone _, Its two minutes _ twelve! The clock has stopped! I looked at my _. It was true. The big clock _ to _ the New Year. At that moment everybody began to _and sing.Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不适于演奏爵士乐We have an old _ instrument. It is _ a clavichord(翼琴). It was made in _ in 1681. Our clavichord is _in the living-room. It has _ to our family for a _ time. The _ was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was _ by a visitor. She tried to play _on it! She _ the keys too hard and two of the _ were _. My father was _. Now we are not _ to touch it. It is being _ by a friend of my fathers.Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 礼尚往来I was _ dinner at a restaurant _ Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a _office years ago, but he is now _ at a bank. He gets a _ salary, but he always _ money from his friends and never pays it _. Harry saw me and came and _ at the same table. He has never borrowed money _me. While he was_, I asked him to lend me &2. To my _, he gave me the money _. I have never borrowed_ money from you, Harry said, so now you can pay _ my dinner!Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再见，一路顺风Our ncighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will _ from Portsmouth tomorrow. We shall _ him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small _, Topsail.Tapsail is a famous _ boat. It has sailed _ the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will _at eight oclock so we shall have plenty of time. We _ see his boat and then we shall say _ to him. He will be away for two months. We are very _of him. He will take part in an important _ _ the Atlantic.Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 绿林少年The Greenwood Boys are a group of _ singers. At _, they are visiting all _ of the country. They will_ arriving here tomorrow. They will be _ by train and most of the young people in the town will be _ them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers _. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will give five performances. As _, the police will have a _ time. They will be_ to keep _. It is always the same on these _.Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你会讲英语吗？I had an _ experience last year.After I had _a small village in the south of France, I drove _to the next town. On the way, a young man _ to me. I stopped and he _ me for a _. As soon as he had got _ the car, I said good _ to him in French and he _ in the same language. Apart _ a few words, I do not know _ French at all. _ of us spoke during the journey. I had _ reached the town, when the young man _ said, very _, Do you speak _? As I soon _, he was English _!Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The _ told me that Mr. Harmsworth _ see me. I felt very _ when. I went into his office. He did not look _from his desk when I _. After I had sat down, he said that _ was very bad. He told me that the _ could not_ to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already _. I knew that my _ had come. Mr. Harmsworth, I said in a _ voice. Dont interrupt, he Said. Then he _ and told me I would receive an _ &100 a year!Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有礼的要求If you_ your car in the _ place, a traffic policeman will _ find it. You will be very_ if he lets you go _ a ticket. However, this does not always_. Traffic police are _ very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this _ on my car: Sir, we_ you to our city. This is a "No Parking" _. You will enjoy your _ here if you pay _ to our street _. This note is only a _. If you receive a _ like this, you cannot _ to _ it!Lesson 17 Always young 青年常驻My aunt Jennifer is an _. She must _ at least thirty-five years old. In _ of this, she often_ on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to _ part in a new play _. This time, she will be a _ of seventeen. In the play, she must _ in a bright _dress and long black _. Last year in _ play, she had to _ short socks and a bright, _dress. If anyone _ asked her how old she is, she _ answers, My dear, it must be terrible to be grown _!Lesson18 He often does this! 他经常干这种事！After I had _ lunch at a village _, I looked for my _. I had left it on a chair _ the door and _ it wasnt there ! As I was looking _ it, the inn-keeper came in. Did you have a _ meal ? he asked. Yes, thank you, I answered, but I cant pay the bill. I havent got my bag. The inn-keeper _ and _ went out. In a few minutes he _ with my bag and gave it _ to me. Im very _, he said My dog had taken _ into the garden. He _ does this.Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完The play may begin at any _, I said.It may have _ already, Susan answered.I _ to the _-office. May I _ two tickets please ? I asked.Im sorry, weve sold _, the girl said.What a _! Susan _.Just _, a man _ to the ticket-office.Can I _ these two tickets? he asked._, the girl said.Could I _ those two tickets please ? I asked.Certainly, the girl said, but they are for next Wednesdays _.I might _ well have _, I said _.Lesson20 One man in a boat 独坐孤舟Fishing is my _ sport. I often fish for hours without _ anything. But this does not _ me. Some fishermen are _. Instead of _ fish, they catch _boots and rubbish. I am _ less lucky. I never _ anything-not _ old boots. After having spent _ mornings on the river, I always go home with an _ bag. You must give up _! my friends say. Its a _ of time. But they dont _ one important thing. Im not _ interested in fishing. I am _ interested in _ in a boat and doing _ at all !Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是疯了？Aeroplanes are _ driving me _. I live near an airport and passing planes can be _ night and day. The airport was built during the_, but for some_ it could not be _ then. Last year, _, it came into _. Over a hundred people must have been _ away from their homes by the _. I am one of the few people _. Sometimes I think this house will be _ down by a _ plane. I have been _ a large sum of money to go _, but I am _ to stay here. Everybody says I must be_ and they are _ right.Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封My daughter, Jane, _ dreamed of _ a letter from a girl of her _ age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling _ the Channel and Jane _ a piece of paper with her name and _ on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle _ the sea. She never _ of it again, but ten _ later, she received a _ from a girl in Holland. Both girls write _ each other _ now. However, they have _ to use the post-office. Letters will _ a litt1e _, but they will _ travel faster. Lesson23 A new house 新居I had a _ from my sister yesterday. She _ in Nigeria. In her _, she said that she _ come to _ next year. If she _, she will get a _. We are nowliving in a _ new house in the country. Work on it had _ before my sister left. The house was _ five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she _ stay with us. The house has many large _ and there is a _ garden. It is a very _house, so it looks _ to some people. It must be the _ modern house in the _.Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸I _ the hotel managers office and _ down. I had just _ &50 and I felt very _. I _ the money in my room, I said, and its not there now. The manager was _, but he could do_. Everyones _ money these days, he said. He _ to complain _ this _ world but was _ by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an _ on his desk. It _ &5o. I found this outside this _ room she said. Well, I said to the manager, there is _ some _ in this world !Lesson25 Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗？I _ in London at last. The railway station was big, black and _ I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a _. I not only spoke English very _, but very _ as well. The porter, _, could not understand me; I _ my question several times and at last he understood. He_ me, but he spoke _ slowly nor _. I am a _, I said. Then he spoke _, but I could not _ him. My teacher never spoke English _ that! The porter and _ looked at each other and _. Then he said _ and I understood it. Youll soon _ English! he said. I _. In England, each man speaks a _ language. The English _ each other, but I dont understand _ ! Do they speak _ ?Lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美术评论家I am an _ student and I paint a lot of _. Many people _ that they understand _ art. They always _ you what a picture is _. Of cour