Language structures
Samples:
1.A: What was Tony doing at 4:00 last Saturday?
B: He was painting the fence.
A: Was Tim painting the fence then too?
B: No, by 4:00 he’d already painted the fence. He was watering the flowers then.
2.A: What was Tim doing at 4:00 last Saturday?
B: He was watering the flowers.
A: Was Betty watering the flowers then too?
B: No, by 4:00 she’d already watered the flowers. She was mowing the lawn then.
3.A: What was Betty doing at 4:00 last Saturday?
B: She was mowing the lawn.
A: Was Don mowing the lawn then too?
B: No, by 4:00 he’d already mown the lawn. He was trimming the hedge then.
Dialogue I
Sample dialogue:
Paul: Thanks for a most enjoyable game.
Tang: The pleasure is mine. Thank you, paul.
Paul: I hope we can play tennis again next Saturday.
Tang: So do I. By the way, is this the first time you’ve been in China?
Paul: No, this is already my second visit.
Tang: When did you come here last?
Paul: In 1997. I came here on a package tour with my parents.
Tang: On a package tour with your parents? That was nice. Did you enjoy yourselves?
Paul: oh, yes, we had a wonderful time. My parents were deeply impressed by the beautiful places and friendly people here.
Tang: Had you learned some Chinese before you came to China?
Paul: No, I was an absolute beginner of Chinese when I came to this university.
Tang: How long have you been here?
Paul: About ten months. By the way, are you a native of this city?
Tang: No, I’m from Nanjing. This is my first visit to this city.
Paul: So you’re a newcomer.
Dialogue II
Sample dialogue:
1.A: Excuse me, are you ( Mr. Smith)?
B: Yes, that’s right, and you must be (Miss Brown).
2.A: Oh, how do you do, (Mr. Coe)? I’m Wang.
B: How do you do?
A: Welcome to Shanghai.
3.A: (Jane), this is my classmate, Zhang Ping.
B: Hello!
C: Hello!
4.A: May I introduce Mr Chen, the director of our school?
B: How do you do?
C: How do you do?
5.A: Did you have a good flight?
B: Mmm…yes. It was exciting.
6.A: Did you have a good trip?
B: Well, the train was delayed unfortunately, and, at night, of course, it was rather boring.
Reading I
1.F ( He had not expected that)
2.F (He had to walk home because the last bus had gone before midnight)
3.T
4.F ( He did not seem to be afraid. He answered the policemen’s questions calmly and tried to explain that he lived there.)
5.T
6.F (He phoned the police because he saw a light and he knew that Herbert’s family had all gone away to the seaside.)
7.F (They were disappointed)
8.T
Reading II
Sample passage:
Andrew was going to be away from home for three days. Before he left, he locked all the windows. He told his wife to bolt the front door when he drove away and he told one of his neighbours to keep an eye on the house. On his way, he had a flat tyre. As he could do nothing about it, he thumbed a ride home. When he reached home, he remembered that the windows had been locked and that the front door had been bolted. He tried to wake up his wife by pounding on the front door but his wife was a sound sleeper. Then he began to break one of the windows with his briefcase. Just then the police came. His neighbour had telephoned the police because he couldn’t recognize Andrew in the dark. As the police didn’t believe that Andrew lived in the house, Andrew told the police to wake up his wife and check his story. But no one answered when they knocked at the door. So they concluded that there was no one in the house.
Guided writing
A. 1. in fact 2. well 3. just 4. besides 5. and
6. as 7. furthermore
B.
Dear Mr. Keller,
This is to introduce Ms. Ruby Hermann. Ms. Hermann is a well-trained, experienced and conscientious secretary. Her former employers have all found her competent. She left her former post because it took her too long to get to the office. You told me last Saturday that your secretary had left you. You may interview Ms. Hermann and see if she can fill the vacancy. I can vouch for her honesty.
Henry Monroe
Comprehensive exercise
spelling
1. marvelous 2. search 3. disappear 4. hike 5. aircraft 6. sergeant
7. neighbour 8. programme 9. project 10. shirt 11. scenic site 12. natural scientist
II. Dictation
A.Edward and Ann sat down at a table outside one of the cafes. After they had been there enjoying the sunshine for a few minutes, a young waiter, not much more than a boy, came to take their order. He spoke no English, but after a lot of laughter and pointing at the menu, they thought they had managed to make him understand that all they wanted was ice-cream. There were several flavours, lemon, chocolate, coffee, orange and vanilla and they both chose coffee. “ I love coffee ice-cream,” said Ann.
After a little while the waiter returned. He was carrying a big tray which he set down very carefully on the table in front of Edward and Ann. There were two cups of coffee and two plain ice-creams on the tray.
“We didn’t order coffee, “ said Edward crossly, “we ordered coffee ice-cream. He ought to be able to understand simple English.”
The waiter smiled and looked pleased.
“No,” said Ann laughing, “it’s his country. We ought to be able to speak his language.”
B.One day when I went back home from the outside, I couldn’t get in. I had left my key at home. My wife was out of town staying with her parents, so it was no use knocking. I had to break a window, and I found a big stone. There was a tremendous crash when I broke the glass, and I had to be careful when I reached through to turn the handle. I was just climbing in when a deep voice said, “What do you think you’re doing?” It was a policeman. My neighbour heard the glass breaking and phoned the police. It took quite a long time to explain that I wasn’t a burglar. In future I think I’ll leave a spare key under the door-mat.
III. Listening Comprehension
A.1. D 2. C
B. (omitted)
IV. Translation
A.1. By the time I got to the meeting room on the top floor, they had already left.
1.This programme caters for many different types of interest and taste among the public.
2.The old song has brought back memories of those good old days.
3.They finished the project one week earlier than they had expected to.
4.At last the jury was convinced that the middle-aged man had nothing to do with the murder.
5.This is the third time I have been in shanghai, and I’ve noticed that shanghai has taken on a new look.
B.
1. one day when Ma Ming came home from school, he found that everything had been turned upside down in the living room. His mother was searching the drawers, his father was searching the bookcase, his younger brother was crying. He wondered what had happened.
As soon as his mother saw him, she asked, “Have you seen Xiaoqing’s maths textbook?” Ma Ming went to the bedside and took out a textbook from under the pillow. He explained, “Last night when I came into the room, Xiaoqing had gone to bed and his textbook way lying on the floor. I picked it up and put it under there.”
2.
Last Friday, I met a former classmate of mine in shanghai Museum. We had not seen each other for about four years. After leaving school, he went to college and I joined the PLA. He said he had graduated from the English Department at Pujiang University, and was now working as an interpreter for the international Travel Agency. We were both overjoyed at the unexpected meeting.
V. Blank filling
A. 1. was 2.lived 3. had…been 4. made/took 5. could 6. saw 7. saw 8. had…seen 9. did 10. had…done 11. took 12. went 13. had…ridden 14. found 15. got 16. had 17. was 18. saw 19. was 20. dared 21. had…seen 22. had 23.were
B. 1. The 2. the 3./ 4. / 5.the 6. a 7. the 8./ 9. a 10. the 11.the 12. the 13. the 14. the 15. the 16. the 17. the 18.an 19. The 20. the 21. the 22. the 23. The 24. a 25. the 26. the 27. the 28. a 29. the 30. the
VI. Vocabulary
A.1. a boy who has red hair 2. a man who has a bad temper
3. a pair of shoes that are of a medium size
4. a cake that is baked at home 5. a chair that is covered with leather
6. a pullover that is knitted by hand 7. a street that is lined with trees
8. a footballer who is trained well
B. 1. taking in 2. has taken up 3. take after 4. take over 5. take down 6. took to 7. taken off 8. take …for
C. 1.B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. D