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Lesson 74
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Lesson 74
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises
Sentence Structure
1. a. He lives in a warm climate.
b. He does not live in a warm climate.
c. He lived in a warm climate.
2. a. It is raining.
b. It was not raining.
c. It is not raining.
3. a. We came to this place before.
b. We have never been to this place before.
c. We drove out this way earlier.
4. a. She was caught in the rain.
b. She was not caught in the rain.
c. She came back late.
5. a. We went for a picnic.
b. We didn't go for a picnic.
c. The weather was fine.
6. a. He didn't bring it to the school.
b. He brought it to the school.
c. He did not own a raincoat.
7. a. The boys didn't make a snow man.
b. The boys made a snow man.
c. The snow was heavy.
8. a. I bought an umbrella.
b. I didn't have enough money with me.
c. I need an umbrella.
Score: ____
Part Ⅱ Short Dialogues
(for practice in drawing inferences)
Exercises:
Ⅰ. (Monologue)
Carol: Oh, I____ ____like that dress?But then I saw that____ Rosalie Parks, you know, the one with all the____ ____. She thinks all the girls will ____everything____ ____. Well, I saw her ____ that dress at school, and I realized it's ____ an ____ dress. I wouldn't be ____ ____in it now.
Ⅱ. (Monologue)
1. Carol's tone of voice shows that she ?the dress.
a. doesn't like. b. really likes.
2. Carol's attitude toward Rosalie is one of ?br />
a. admiration. b. jealousy. c. friendship
3. Carol claims to dislike the dress because ?br />
a. She dislikes Rosalie and doesn't want to dress like her.
b. it's an ugly dress.
Ⅲ. (Dialogue)
1. The woman's tone is?br />
a. sincere. b. dishonest. c. sarcastic.
2. The woman feels?br />
a. thankful. b. a bit annoyed. c. sorry.
Part Ⅲ British Weather
Exercises:
Ⅰ.Column A ---- Column B
__________ temperate
British climate ---- extraordinary
__________---- terrible
British weather ---- wonderful
___________---- unreliable
Ⅱ.1.Is Nick an Englishman or a foreigner ? Give reasons for your answer.
2.What can you infer from the passage about Nick's attitude towards the British weather ? Why do you think so ?
3.What advice does Nick give to every student coming to Britain ?
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