Unit 24
I.完形填空
Mr Brain sent his congratulation on Zheng Jie’s successful concert which __1__wonderfully well. Mr Brain __2__Zheng Jie in the newspaper __3__decided to come and hear him __4__. He travelled many miles to attend the __5__. He was glad that he had made the effort because Zheng Jie played beautifully __6__the piano. Zheng Jie had __7__idea of setting up a music __8__and this would __9__a lot of support. And he was __10__to have known Mr Brain __11__was a businessman. For Brain’s family used to __12__a lot of money in the nineteenth century __13__making children work 16 hours __14__in their factories. Although he still __15__large interests in business, Mr brain was always looking for __16__to make life __17__for some of the children in the world. He wrote a __18__for Zheng Jie, __19__that Zheng Jie would use it to start his music school in the near future.
1. A. went B. came C. attended D. was
2. A. heard from B. talked about C. read about D. knew about
3. A. to B. and C. but D. which
4. A. to play B. play C. played D. to be played
5. A. meeting B. party C. engagement D. concert
6. A. with B. by C. on D. at
7. A. ´ B. an C. a D. the
8. A. school B. concert hall C. factory D. group
9. A. want B. need C. hope D. ask
10. A. interested B. pleased C. lucky D. excited
11. A. who B. as C. it D. he
12. A. make B. pay C. have D. give
13. A. in B. with C. to D. by
14. A. one day B. a day C. some day D. week
15. A. had B. was C. lost D. showed
16. A. possibilities B. chances C. plans D. ideas
17. A. easier B. easy C. easiest D. the easiest
18. A. letter B. cheque C. note D. book
19. A. saying B. making C. explaining D. hoping

II.短文改错
Bob was very musical child who spent a 1. ___
lot of time practise the piano. He made great 2. ___
progress. He begged his parents borrow a pi- 3. ___
ano, so he could practise more and more. Lat- 4. ___
er, he persuaded them to send him Paris 5. ___
which he studied for five years and joined a 6. ___
group of musicians. He earned very little 7. ___
money that he didn’t have to pay tax. He 8. ___
liked to help young people who were into 9. ___
trouble, though he himself was often out of
the work. 10. ___
III.Exercise for grammar:
1.--- I usually go there by train.
--- Why not ___ by boat for a change?
A. try going B. tying to go C. to try going D. to try and go
2.Do you think it any good ___ again?
A. to try B. trying D. try D. to be tried
3.Mary said that she wouldn’t mind ____ alone at home.
A. leaving B. leave C. to be left D. being left
4.____ who she was, the salesgirl was rude to her.
A. Realizing not B. Having not realizing C. Not being realized D. Not realizing
5.The parents were ___ with their ___ son.
A.disappointed, disappointed B. disappointing, disappointing
C. disappointing, disappointed D. disappointed, disappointing
6.He suggested ___ a talk with the manager but I thought the manager’s expression suggested that
he ____ to the plan.
A.have, would not agree B. to have, not agree C. having, not agree D. having, didn’t agree
7.I delayed ___ your letter because I had been away for a week.
A. answering B. writing C. to post D. to sending
8.Seeing the teacher ___ the classroom, the boy pretended ___ English.
A. walk in, to read B. entering, to be reading C. coming in, reading D. to go to, to have read
9.How much time does the pianist spend ___ piano each day?
A. practising playing the B. to practise to play the C. to practise playing D. practising to play

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