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1、新概念三课文语法填空练习Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard “家丑”一、【Text】课文We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret _ has been concealed from strangers for years. The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible s

2、ecret _(call) a skeleton in the cupboard . At some dramatic moment in the story the terrible secret becomes _(know) and a reputation is ruined. The readers hair stands on end _ he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady _ had always been so kind to everybody, had, in

3、her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets _ we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupbo

4、ard is George Carlton, and he is very proud _ the fact. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a _(success) writer of detective stories. I once spent an uncomfortable weekend _ I shall never forget at his house. George showed me to the guestroom which,

5、 he said, was rarely used. He told me to unpack my things and then come down to dinner. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the two suits I had brought with me in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrifie

6、d. A skeleton was dangling before my eyes. The sudden _(move) of the door made it sway slightly and it gave me the impression _ it was about to leap out at me. Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George. This was worse than a terrible secret; this was a real skeleton ! But George was unsym

7、pathetic. Oh, that, he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend. Thats Sebastian. You forget that I was a medical student once upon _time.Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark“卡蒂萨克”号帆船一、【Text】课文One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at

8、 Greenwich. She stands on dry land and _(visit) by thousands of people each year. She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past. Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used _(carry) tea from China and wool from Australia. The Cutty Sar

9、k was one of the fastest sailing ships _ has ever been built. The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae. Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England. This race, _ went on for exactly four months, was the last of its kind. It marked the end of t

10、he great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead. It seemed certain _ she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot

11、of bad luck. In August, she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away. The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her. A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks and it was fitted with great difficulty. This greatly reduced the

12、speed of the ship, for there was danger that if she travelled too quickly, this rudder would be torn away as well. Because of this, the Cutty Sark lost her lead. After crossing the equator, the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder _(fit), but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred

13、miles ahead. Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win. She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae. Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays. There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she _(win)

14、 the race easily.Lesson 26 Wanted: a large biscuit tin征购大饼干筒一、【Text】课文No one can avoid _(influence) by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free _(choose) the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us. In their efforts to persuade u

15、s_(buy) this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little_(weak). Advertisers _(discover) years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing. An advertisement_ begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong. These days, advertis

16、ers not only offer free samples but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well. They devise hundreds of competitions _ will enable us to win huge sums of money. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.D

17、uring a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory. They offered to pay $10 a pound _ the biggest biscuit baked by a listener. The response _ this competition was tremendous. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes b

18、egan arriving at the factory. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow. It weighed nearly 500 pounds. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car. All the biscuits that were sent were _(careful) weighed. The largest was 713 pounds. It seemed certain

19、 that this would win the prize. But just before the_(compete) closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit_ weighed 2,400 pounds. It had been baked by a college student who had used over 1,000 pounds of flour, 800 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of fat, and 400 pounds of various

20、other ingredients. It was so heavy _a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy 不卖也不买一、【Text】课文It has been said that everyo

21、ne lives by _(sell) something. In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. _ it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true va

22、lue of the services _ people perform for us. There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee _ offering us precisely this service. The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way

23、that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something _(sell).Tramps seem to be the only_(except) to this general rule. Beggars almost sell themselves as human beings to arouse the pity of passers-by. But real tramps are not beggars. They have nothing to sell and require nothing from others. In

24、seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their human dignity. A tramp may ask you for money, but he will never ask you to feel sorry for him. He has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the consequences. He may never be sure _ the next meal is coming from, but he is

25、 free from the thousands of anxieties which afflict other people. His few material possession make it possible for him _(move) from place to place with ease. By having to sleep in the open, he gets far closer to the world of nature than most of us ever do. He may hunt, beg, or steal occasionally to

26、keep himself alive; he may even in times of real need, do a little work; but he will never sacrifice his _(free). We often speak of tramps with contempt and put them in the same class _ beggars, but how many of us can _(honest) say that we have not felt a little envious of their simple way of life and their freedom from care?学科网（北京）股份有限公司