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UnitOneLEISUREACTIVITIES

NewCollegeEnglishBookFourTeachingProcedure

Warming-upAssignmentExercises

Background

In-ClassReadingAfter-ClassReadingWarming-up:Whatdoyoudoinyourleisuretime?Preparation:Ourleisureactivities

Groupdiscussionandblankfilling

Step1:Workingroupstomakealistthethingsyoudoforfuninyourleisuretimeandthethingsyourparentsandyourgrandparentsdoforfunintheirleisuretime,thenmakeacomparison.Step2:Fromtheactivitieslistedabove,choosethemostactive,andthemostpassiveactivities.ThendecideonthethreemostpopularleisureactivitiesinChinairrespectiveofage.

BackgroundInformationMostpeopleseekwaystosocialize,torelaxortohavefunduringtheirleisurehours.Homeentertainmentindustry,TV,Computer,VCR,andDVDetc.,aredevelopingfastnow.Attendingsportseventsorotherphysicalactivitiessuchasdancingandyoga.Concerts,playsandotherperformancesconstituteanothersourceofentertainmentoutsidethehome.

IN-CLASSREADING

ENTERTAININGHUMOR-WHAT’SFUNNY?

Organization

TextExplanation

Summary

Exercises

AssignmentTextualOrganizationPartone(para.1-3):

Humorisuniversal,butpeople’ssenseofhumorvaries.Parttwo(para.4):

Evenanimalshaveasenseofhumor.Theauthor’sdogisagoodexample.Partthree(para.5):

Thetypicalthreepartsofajoke:1)setup,2)body,3)punchline.Partfour(para.6-12):

Differentformsofhumor:1)slap-stick,2)Chinesecross-talk,3)aplayonwords,4)punsanddouble-entendres.Partfive(para.13):

Humorwillpersisteventhoughsomeprofessionalhumoriststhinktoday’shumorisnotveryintelligentorsophisticated.TextExplanation

LanguagePoints

Para.2AsonewhohadenjoyedhumorsinceIfirstrecognizedit,I’vemadeanattempttoexplainanddiscusshumorwithstudentsinsuchdiverseculturesasLatinAmericaandChina.

Paraphrase:IfellinlovewithhumorwhenIfirstknewit,andIhavebeentryingtoexplainanddiscusswithstudentsofdifferentculturalbackground.

Translation：作为一个第一次观赏到幽默便喜欢上了它人，我曾试图向学生讲解和讨论过幽默，这些学生文化差异很大，有来自拉丁美洲，也有来自中国。

Explanation:“whohadenjoyedhumor…recognizedit”hereisanattributiveclausetomodify“one”.“insuchdiverse…andChina”isaprepositionalphraseusedasanattributiveelement.Para.2

I’vedonesomeseriousthinkingaboutfunnystories.Ithasbeenalaboroflove.

alaboroflove:

(taskdonefornoreward,justone’sownsatisfaction)不计酬劳工作，自己愿意干事Idon’tmindarrangingtheflowersforthechurcheverySunday,it’salaboroflove.Iliketohelpyoungpeopleandpaintingtheirclubhousewasalaboroflove.Para.3WhyisitthatseveralstudentsinaclasswillfalloutoftheirchairslaughingafterItellajokewhiletherestofthestudentslookasifI’vejustreadtheweatherreport?

Paraphrase:Whatcausedthecompletelydifferentresponsestothesamejoke?

Translation：为何听我讲完一个笑话后，班上会有一些学生笑得前仰后合，而另外一些学生看上去就象刚听我播了天气预报一样呢？

Explanation:Thissentenceisaspecialinterrogativequestioninwhich“it”istheformalsubject.“laughingafterItellajoke”isusedhereasaccompanyingadverbial.

Para.4Even用于让步从句Evenwhenyoung,BlitzenwouldteaseGrandmabyveryselectivelycarryingoneofherbedroomslippersintothelivingroomwhereGrandmasatinherfavorite,comfortablechair.EveryoneIknowlikesthesmellofbacon-evenMikedoesandhe'savegetarian.It'saverydifficultjob-itmighteventake(=takeasmuchas)ayeartofinishit.Everyonewasontimeforthemeeting-even

Chris,who'susuallyaquarterofanhourlateforeverything.Evenwith

(=Whetherornotyouhave)aloadofelectronicgadgetry,youstillneedsomemusicalabilitytowriteasong.Itriedtoreasonwithhim,butevenas

(=atexactlythesametimeas)Istartedtoexplainhowthemistakehappenedhestooduptoleave.Evennow

(=AlthoughitistrueandIhavehadalotoftimetothinkaboutit)Ican'tbelievehowluckyIwastosurvivetheaccident.Evenif

(=Whetherornot)youtakeataxi,you'llstillmissyourtrain.Ihadaterribleheadache,butevenso

(=despitethat)Iwenttotheconcert.IgaveJimveryclearinstructions,buteventhen

(=despitetheinstructions)hemanagedtomakeamessofit.Eventhough

(=Despitethefactthat)heleftschoolat16,hestillmanagedtobecomeprimeminister.Para.4

beyondthereachof

无法到达（得到、了解等）Richesandfamearebeyondthereachof

mostofus.It’safewinchesbeyondmyreach.

within(the)reachof能得到（到达、拿到）Foodandwaterwereleftwithinreachofthesickdog.Luxuriesarenotwithinthereachofthepoor.

toflashasmile

笑容一闪Sheflashed

a

suddensmileathim.Motherflashedareassuringsmileatthechild.toflashsb.ameaningfullook给某人使眼色toliveahappylifetodreamabeautifuldreamtogrinlikeaCheshirecatPara.5Usuallyallthreepartsarepresent,andeachmustbeclearlypresented.

Paraphrase:Oftenjokesincludeallthesethreeparts,witheachpartclearlytold.

Translation:通常笑话都包含这三个部分，而且每部分都必须交代清楚。

Explanation:Thefirst“present”isanadj.Meaning“beingthere”,whilethesecondisaverb,meaning”describeinaparticularway”.（1）ThePresidentwasnotpresentatthepressconference.（2）Thegovernmenthaspresentedthesechangesasmajorreforms.Para.6

entertainv.(1)款待（客人）、请客、招待Heentertained

hisfriendstodinneryesterday.Sheentertained

uswithrefreshments(点心).(2)

使……高兴、使感兴趣Theclownentertainedthechildrenwithallkindsoftricks.(3)

怀有（感情），怀抱（怀疑、希望等）Heentertainedabeliefthathissonwouldriseintheworld.Peopleentertained

greatexpectationsofhim.entertainmentn.

(1)接待、招待、款待；Shewasbusypreparingfortheentertainmentoftheguests.

(2)游艺、演艺Theygiveusamusicalentertainment.

entertaininga.

使人愉快、有趣、高兴Thestoryisentertaining.

entertainern.

演艺者、艺人

analyzev.

分析、研讨

Weanalyzedthecausesofourfailure.

analysisn.

分析Iampleasedbyyouranalysis

of

thesituation.Hisanalyses

werealwaysconvincing.

analytical/analytica.分析，解析Achessplayermusthaveananalytic/

analyticalmind.

analystn.

分析者，分析人

rangefromAtoB

rangebetweenAandB

在A和B之间改变或变动

Sentencestodayrangefrom5or6wordsto70,withthemajoritynotfarfrom20.Herchildrenrangefrom

3to

18inage.

Para.7It

appealsto

allagesandallcultures.它为不一样年纪、不一样文化背景人们所喜爱。

appealto（1）投合（兴趣或心意）Thebookdoesn’tappealtochildren.（2）诉诸，求援于Ishallappealtoforceifyoudon’tobeyme.

liein

在于

Thesolutionliesinsocialandpoliticalreform.Thehumorliesinthefactthatheissayingthathiswifeisnotalady.

Para.7否定词not&no

Thejokeisnolessfunnybecauseitissooftenused.

否定词not否定范围

Allhischildrenare

not

atschool.

Noneofhischildrenareatschool.Idon’t

knoweverything

abouther.Iknownothingabouther.Idon’tknowanythingabouther.not与believe,think,supposeexpect等词连用，后跟宾语从句，会发生否定转移。Idon’tthinkheisastudent.Idon’tbelieveheistellingthetruth.not在复合句中，有时否定主句，有时否定从句。Hedidnot

comebecausehelosthisway.IdonotreadthebookbecauseIlikeit.Ihavetowriteabookreport.nolessthan

多达、有……之多

Itsestimatedpopulationisnolessthan

182,000.Hewalksnolessthanfivemilestoschool.

noless...than...

……与……一样、不比…差

Adolphinisnolessacleveranimalthanadogis.(海豚和狗一样都是聪明动物。)Iamnolesssatisfiedthansheis.(我和她都 感到满意。)

nomorethan

仅仅……；只不过Sheatenomorethanasliceoftoastforbreakfast.Thetheatrewasno

morethanapaintedbarn(库房).

nomore...than

（文语）……与……一样不……Heisnomoreagoodplayerthan

Iam.（他和我都不是优异运动员。）Iamnomoresatisfiedthansheis.（我和她都不满意。）

inadvance

事先、提前There’snoreasonwhyyoushouldn’ttelltheminadvancethatyouaregoing.Theywillpayahundredandthirtyfrancsinadvance.

Para.10Howcomeyoucompletelycopiedsomebodyelse’shomework？Howcome...?

……是怎么回事？用于非正式场所，相当于Howdidithappenthat…

Howcometheyleftyouinthedark?Howcome

youmissedthetrain?

Para.10

Theyappealtopeopleeverywhereasfunnystoriesbecausetheyhaveanoteofrealitytothem.

Explanation:Thewordnote

meansaquality,feeling,oratmosphere特征、口气、提醒）Therewasanoteofangerinhervoice.Shesatquietlyinthecornermaking

carefulnotes.Peoplewerebeginningtotakenoteofhertalent.(paycarefulattentionto)Para.11

alternative(1)a.（二者或二者以上）选其一、非此即彼；替换Iofferedthealternativesuggestionsofspendingthevacationinthemountainsor bythesea.Thewaywasblocked,sowehadtogobyan alternativeroad.(2)

n.（二者或二者以上）选择；二选一Youhavethealternativeofspeakingorofkeepingquiet.Ihadnomoney,soIhadnoalternativebuttostayathome.

alternate(1)a.（两个）交替、轮番；间隔、相互Itisaweekofalternate

rainandsunshine.MysisterandIdodishesonalternatedays.(姐姐和我每隔一天轮番洗盘子。)

(2)

v.（使）交互、（使）交替Dayalternateswithnight.Shealternated

betweenrunningandwalking.alternatingcurrent—directcurrent

交流电－直流电

Para.12varyvi.

(1)

改变、变更、改变Hermoodvaries

from

dayto

day.Agooddrivervaries

thespeedofhiscar accordingtotheconditionoftheroads.

(2)（在……方面）相异、不一样、成形形色色Thesesweatersvaryin

color.Opinionsonthismattervary

frompersonto person.varietyn.

多改变、多样性；各种各样、

形形色色

Wewanttohavevarietyinourlives.Thereareawidevarietyofpeopleontheearth.

variation

n.

改变、变动；差异、差异；变形、变种Thereisabigvariationinthathotel’sroomchargesaccordingtotheseason.Fartherfromthesea,thevariationintemperatureisgreater.Theysaythatthisgameisavariationoftennis.

variancen.

有分歧、有差异Thistheoryisatvariancewithallthatisknownonthesubject.

variable

(1)

n.变量、可变物Haveyoutakenallthevariablesintoaccount inyourcalculation?Thereareseveralvariablesthatcouldchange ourplans.(2)

a.易变、改变无常；能变、可变Iagreethattheweatherhereisextremely variable.

variant(1)

n.变种、变体、由……演变而来Theplantisa

variantofthecommontype.Thesongisjustavariantofanoldfolktune.(2)

a.改变而来“Travelling”isavariantspellingof“traveling”.“Rhyme”isavariantspellingof“rime”.

Para.12

Ilikethesomewhatmildstoryofaschoolteacherandaprincipalofahighschoolwhoareconcernedbecausesomeboysandgirlshavebeenseenkissingontheschoolplayground.Paraphrase:Ilikethemildstoryaboutaschoolteacherandaprincipal,whobecomeconcernedwhenfrequentlyseeboysandgirlskissingontheschoolplayground.Translation：我喜欢那个关于一位中学教师和校长因为看到男女生在学校操场上接吻而感到担心故事，不过那个故事并不过头。Explanation:“because”hereintroducesanadverbialclausetomodify“areconcerned”.Inaddition,“somewhat”means“tosomeextent,alittle”.concernvt.（1）使某人担忧；使烦扰He’sconcernedthathewon’tgetthemoneyback. (worried)（2）包括，关系到Everyoneconcernedintheincidentwasquestionedby thepolice.(involved,affected)Don’tinterfereinwhatdoesn’tconcernyou.

别管与自己无关事。concernn.（1）担心；忧虑；焦虑

concernfor/about/over sth./sb.Thereisnowconsiderableconcernfortheirsafety.（2）对某人来说主要或感兴趣事物Whatareyourmainconcernsasawriter?clarifyv.

澄清（意义、问题等）、使清楚明了

Theexplanationinthenoteclarified

thedifficult sentence.AnexamplewillhelptoclarifywhatImean.clarificationn.澄清（问题等）、说明、说明Weneedmoreclarification

ofyourplansbefore wecanpromisetosupportyou.clarityn.

清澈、清楚Thenewscommentatoranalyzedthesituationwith clarity.Theclarityofthespringwaterwasamazing.

Para.13Itistruethatsomeoftoday’shumorisrathershocking,butIdon’tthinkhumoristobeblameforthat.

Itistruethat…but…

(确实／诚然／尽管。。。，不过。。。。)该句型用于必定某项观点，进而提出自己某种论点。It’struethatMadridisaverylongwayfromthebeach,butsandthereis,andit'singreatquantity!

马德里确实离海滩很远，不过那儿有沙，而且还很多。

beblamedfor被怪罪、被埋怨、对……负责IobjecttobeingblamedforsomethingIdidnotdo.Theaccountantwasblamedforthemistakes.Para.13

Humorisaliveandwell,anditwillpersistsimplybecausetherearefunnythingshappeningeveryday.

alivea.

作表语（1）活着Itwasabadaccident,they’reluckytobealive.（2）活泼；有活力Itwasthekindofmorningwhenyouwakeupandfeelreallyalive.(activeandhappy)（3）存在着；继续不停Ancienttraditionsarestillverymuchalivein ruralareas.(continuingtoexist)persistv.

(1)

（信念等）坚持、固执、固守Doeshealwayspersistinhisopinionlikethat?Shepersistedintakingherdogwithher.

(2)连续、耐久；存留Thestormyweatherwillpersistforacoupleofdays.

persistent

a.

（人、行为）不屈不挠；（事物）持久

persistencen.

毅力；坚韧不拔、不屈不挠；固执、坚持；持久性

Yourtask:

Tofigureoutthemeaningof:persist,persevere,insist

persistin(with)用于褒义指锲而不舍,坚持、连续做某事;有时带有贬义,表示不听他人意见,不顾他人警告或劝阻,一意孤行。HepersistsinthestudyofEnglish.Ifyoupersistincausingtrouble,thecompanymaybeforcedtodismissyou.

perseverein(with)

通常强调一个令人赞赏,在困难和失败面前表现出来百折不回毅力与决心。Heperseveredinhiseffortstogetgoodgrades.Ifyouperseverewiththework,youwillsucceedintheend.

insist(on)

指坚持某种意见、主张。Heinsistedongoingthere.Summary

Generallyspeaking,mostpeoplelikethesefunny,

entertaining

jokesandstories,whichmakethemlaugh.However,afterhearingajoke,somepeoplewillfalloutoftheirchairslaughing

while

otherslookasiftheyhaveheardtheweatherreport.Whydoesthishappen?Obviously,people’ssenseofhumor

varies

frompersontoperson.

Theauthor

analyseswhatmakesafunnystory

orjokeseemfun.Indoingso,helists6typesof

humorandexplainstheirtechniques,andpointsoutthathumorwill

persist

thoughsomeprofessionalsthinktoday’shumorisnotveryintelligent.EXERCISESFOR

ENTERTAININGHUMOR-WHAT’SFUNNY?

1.Relativesare_______forthesafetyofthehostagesontheplane.2.Wehadanexceptionally______winterlastyear,withfewdaysoffreezingcold.3.It’sa______washingliquidandwon’tdotoomuchharmtoyourskin.4.Thehostagewasshotdeadonthespotwhenhemadean__________toescape.5.Ihad50studentsaltogether,theirages______from19to65.6.Girlscannotresistthecharmofthosematureand_____________men.That’swhymendon’tworryaboutgettingold.

7.It’sa_________beliefthatbeingbornprettyandstayingprettywillalwaysprovetobehighlyrewardingtoagirl.8.Oncethe_________trustbetweenfriendsisdestroyed,thefriendshipcangonowhere.9.AsfarasIam_________,Idon’tcareabouthowpeoplelookatme.10.Everyone_________shouldbeinformedofthelatestdevelopmentofthesituationastomakecorrespondingdecisions.11.Ifyou_________inoffendingyourboss,youmightrisklosingthisjob.

Assignment1.Learnthenewwordsandexpressionsbyheart.2.Paragraphforrecitation:Paragraph33.Writeacompositionentitled

“HowtoSpend LeisureTime?”

basedontheoutlinegivenbelow. Yourcompositionshouldbeatleast120words.

Outline:1.Harmfulwaysofspendingleisuretime2.Beneficialwaysofspendingleisuretime3.MyconclusionAFTER-CLASSREADING

I.FATALATTRACTIONAnswerthefollowingquestions

brieflyaccordingtothetext.

Whoisthe“Queen”ofBritishmurdermysterywriting?What’stheveryreasonwhyAgathaChristie’sbooksarepopular?CanyoulistsomeoftheChristie’sregularinvestigators?Whatdoweknowaboutthemodrencrimenovel?WhatdoyouknowaboutSherlockHolmes?LanguagePoints

revealv.(1)（向……）剖析、揭露（事实、秘密等）、告诉、泄露Thetruthwillberevealed

someday.Researchrevealedthatthebirdwasonthebrinkofextinction(濒临灭绝).Thefactrevealedhimasanhonestman.

(2)

显露出（隐藏之物）、现出Hiswornpantsrevealedhisknees.Lmitacrime犯罪Aviolentcrime

wascommittedevery32seconds.Theyhavecommitted

manyhorriblecrimesagainsttheAmericanpeople.shortageof

缺乏、不足（可数、不可数）Shortageof

skilledworkersisourmaindifficulty.Shortageofmanpoweristhechiefcauseofthedelayatthefactory.

Beshortof:

donothaveenoughMikewasabitshortofcashjustthen.restorev.(1)使。。。恢复；使。。。回复Hishealthisentirelyrestored.LawandorderwasquicklyrestoredinNewYorkafterthedestructionoftheWorldTradebuilding.(2)偿还，交还Youshouldrestoreborrowedbooksontime.Thestolengoodshavebeenrestoredtotheirowners.(3)修复，重建Thelocalgovernmentrestoredtheoldbuildingtoitsoriginalform.convictv.

宣告（某人）犯（……）罪，判决有罪Theprisonerwasconvictedof

murder.Thefingerprintsfoundonthegunwereusedtoconvicther.

convictionn.(1)定罪；(2)信念、相信；(3)说服力Hehadaconvictionfordrunkendriving.It’smyconvictionthatheisright.Histalkcarrieslittleconviction.affectionfor

对……深挚感情Heretainedatenderaffectionfor

hiswifeto theendofhislife.Shehadagreataffectionforthetownwhere shegrewup.schooln.

(1)

学校（指设施、校舍、建筑物）aprimaryschool,ahighschool(2)

(指学校教育之意)学校、学业；讲课、上课Hefinishedschoollastyear.Childrenbeginschool

attheageofsix.(3)(单复数同形)全校学生、（包含职员）全校Thewholeschool

wastalkingaboutthenewlibrary.(4)

(艺术、学问等)派，学派Thescholardoesn’tbelongtoanyschool.(5)

(大学)学院、学系、研究所thelawschool

(法学院)，thebusinessschool(商学院)takeon

(1)

接收、从事（某工作）Youshouldnevertakeonmorethanyoucando.Afterhisfatherdied,Billtookonthemanagement ofthefactory.(2)

雇佣Thecollegeistakingonmorestaff.Isthesupermarkettakingonanymoreassistants?(3)

开始含有、取得Hiswritinghastakenonaverypeculiarstyle.AfterthestudentsputupChristmasdecorations,theclassroomtookonaholidayappearance.exertv.

发挥（能力、技术等）、利用、使受（影响等）Heexertedallhisstrength.She

exertedalotofpressureonme.Jerryexertedhimselftopleasethenewgirl.

AFTER-CLASSREADING

II.

WOW,WOULDILOVETODOTHAT

Write“T”fortrueand“F”forfalseor“NM”fornotmentioned.

Abookfoundintheofficeletmeknowmoreaboutjuggling.IsawtwoguystossingcansoffrozenorganjuiceinajugglingpatternonTV.Myfriend’ssistershowedmehowtojuggle.Itriedmyfirstprofessionalperformanceatafashionshowandsucceeded.Ilearnedtojugglewhileridingabicycle.

KeyWordsandPhrases:

imagine,bescaredtodeath,catchon,makeup,

tryout,

backout,resume,getthroughimaginev.

(1)

想象、构想Canyouimagine

lifeonthemoon?AsIlieinbedIliketo

imaginethatIaminaspace-ship.Ican’timagineyoudoinganythingdisgraceful.(2)

认为、想、感觉Don’timaginethatyouaretheonlypersonintrouble.Iimaginethatyouaretiredfromthejourney.

imaginativea.

富有想象力

Theimaginativechildmadeupfairystories.Allimaginativecreationisareflectionofreality.

imaginablea.能够想象出

Heisthemostsuitablepersonimaginable.Theytriedeveryimaginablemeans.

imaginarya.想象出来、虚构Allthecharactersinthebookareimaginary.Thisstoryisnotreal.Instead,itisonlyimaginary.

bescaredtodeathHewasscaredtodeathbythesuddenbarkingofadog.Shewasscaredtodeathbythethunder.

catchon

(1)

受欢迎、变得风靡起来、被大家接收Doyouthinkthisfashionwillcatchon?Thesongcaughtonandwassungandplayedeverywhere.(2)

了解、了解、熟悉情况Wouldyoumindrepeatingwhatyousaid?Ididn’tquitecatchon.

catchat

设法抓住Afterthemanfelloverboard,hecaughtataropethrowntohim.Unfortunatelyhemisseditandsank.Theycatchateveryopportunitytomakemoney.makeup

(1)

创造、编造Nothavingagoodexcuseforbeinglate,Sallymadeoneup.(2)

和解、言归于好MaryandJoanquarreled,butmadeupafterawhile.(3)

填补、补考、把……补上Johnmustmakeup

theworkhemissed.makeup(4)

包好（包）、铺好（床）、缝制（衣物）Ihadabedmadeupformeonthesofa.(5)组成、占Moslemsmakeup40percentoftheEuropeanCommonMarketforeignworkforce.

tryout

试用、试验I’lltryitoutandseewhetheritworks.MayItryout

thisball-pointpen,please?

tryfor

设法争取（得到）WithaschoolrecordlikeyoursI’mpuzzledwhyyoudidn’ttryfor

auniversityscholarship.Hethoughtoftryingforapositioninthegovernment.backout

不恪守（诺言）、改变主意

Heagreedtohelpusbutbackedoutconfrontedwithdifficulties.

backdown

退让、撤消（要求等）Thespeaker’sforcefulwordspersuadedhisopponenttobackdown.

backup

支持；堵塞；往后退

Hebackeduphisargumentswithfacts.Theaccidentbackedupthetraffic.You’llhavetobackup

andturnaround.

resumev.

(1)

重新开始、继续（中止事情）Theyresumeddiscussionafterashortbreak.Ipreparedtoresume

reading.Themeetingwillresume

at7:00.(2)

再次取得……、取回、再次占有Heresumedhisformerpositionwiththecompany.Heresumedhisseatafterhisspeech.getthrough

(1)

做完、办完、看完IwillbewithyouassoonasIgetthroughthiswork.Igotthrough

thebookinoneevening.(2)

经过（考试）、经过（议案）I

getthrougheverythingexceptbiology.Themembersofparliamentunitedtogetthebillthrough.

(3)

给……接通电话、被接通Atthefifthattempttheoperatorgotme

through

toNewYork.

(4)

度过、用完HisSundaysweredifficulttogetthrough.Shegotthroughherhusband’smoneyinayear.(5)穿过、漏进去Youwouldwonderhowsuchalargeanimalcouldgetthrough

suchasmallhole.Thewatergetsthrough

everytimeitrains.

EXERCISESFOR

THEWHOLEUNIT

1.Healsoconceivedthatthesolarsystemandtheuniverse___________intoexistencebyanaturalprocessandwoulddisappearoneday.a.wouldcome b.hadcomec.came d.hadbeencoming2.Thereisarealpossibilitythattheseanimalscouldbefrightened,__________asuddenloudnoise.a.beingthereb.shouldtherebec.therewasd.therehavingbeen

3.Annawasreadingapieceofsciencefiction,completely____________intheoutsideworld.a.beinglost b.havinglostc.losing d.lost4.Thearticleopensandcloseswithdescriptionoftwonewsreports,each___________onemajorpointincontrastingwiththeother.a.makesb.madec.istomaked.making

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