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Lesson 30
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Lesson 30
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises
A．Phonetics: Sound Recognition
Drill 1
1．a．seem b．team c．theme
2．a．soul b．coal c．goal
3．a．save b．safe c．shave
4．a．march b．match c．much
5．a．Johns b．Jones c．James
6．a．bathe b．bath c．birth
7．a．parade b．prayed c．played
8．a．broke b．book c．brook
9．a． fail b．fuel c．feel
10．a．fund b．fond c．found
Drill 2
1．"We will soon come to the top and we can (lower---- roll)it down,"said the captain.
2．On Saturday there was a big(clown----crowd) at the circus.
3．Somebody has stolen our(tires----ties).
4．He hadn't gone far when he bumped into a massive ( car----cow)and fell down.
5．This time he became(curious----furious).
6．It dropped onto the ground and rolled under the (couch----coach).
7．I've(brought----bought) some books here that may help you.
8．He painted and painted, and his wife(washed----watched).
Score:____
B． Difficult Sentences
1．But a week had not passed when the mayor of the town, whom the mandarin had invited to his house, noticed this quite remarkable cat.
2．And from then on he called the animal of which he was so justly proud by the most beautiful name that anyone had been able to bestow upon it----the name of Cat.
Part Ⅱ Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Exercises:
Picasso, the famous ____,was born_________ His father was an ____________.Picasso began to paint very early. He ___________the Royal Academy of Art at the age of ____.After 1900,he spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947,when he moved to the south of France.
Throughout his career, Picasso moved___________ with ease. He practised ____, ____and also showed great interest in___________ and other fields of art.
Picasso produced___________________ during his lifetime. No later artist of the School of Paris has replaced him _____________.
Picasso is generally considered to be__________ in 20th century ____________.His paintings are now exhibited in leading European and American galleries.
Part Ⅲ A Short Story----Cat
Exercises:
Ⅰ．Column A Column B
the mayor of the town __________
the gardener's son __________
the mandarin __________
a scholar __________
a friend of the mandarin __________
another mandarin __________
Ⅱ．1． The creature was named Sky because it was consider a ____creature. 2．The creature was named Cloud be cause the clouds can ____the sky. 3． The creature was named Wind because the wind can____ the clouds. 4． The creature was named Wall because the wind can't ____through the wall. 5． The creature was named Mouse because the mouse can____ a hole through the wall. 6．The creature was named Cat because it can ____the mouse and____ him up.
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