演练 X
读一读，背一背

与交通有关的词汇
交通规则 traffic regulation
路标 guide post
红绿灯 traffic light
红灯 red light
绿灯 green light
黄灯 amber light
岗亭 police box
斑马线 zebra stripes
车行道 carriage-way
不准驶入 no entry
此路不通 blocked
安全岛 safety island
停车处 parking place
不准停车 No parking!
不准滞留 restricted waiting
交通拥挤 traffic jam
危险驾驶 dangerous driving
无证驾驶 driving without a license
撞车 crash
肇事逃跑司机 hit-and-run driver

练一练
1. — Will our team win the match?
— _____. Our players are the best!
A．There's not much doubt about it． B．There's some doubt about it．
C．No problem! D．It's hard to say．
2. The editor's job is to keep the newspaper______ and _____ to the readers．
A．balanced；interested B．balancing；interesting
C．balanced；interesting D．balancing；interested
3. My favourite article is____I wrote about the efforts to bring stolencultural relics back to China.
A．that B．one C．what D．which
4. —Mum，is the pair of gloves _______ mine?
—Yes．You have to wear another pair.
A．washing B．have washed C．having washed D．being washed
5. Please explain how two or more things are similar _____different from each other．
A．to or B．or C．to and D．and
6. Mrs Green is a _________ teacher．
A．born B．bearing C．experiencing D．experienced
7.Hawking says that even the best theory can________ to be wrong．
A．turn up B．turn down C．turn off D．turn out
8.Everyone has his or her special_________ and_____________ ．
A．skill；interest B．skills；interests
C．skill；interests D．skills；interest
9. He must be lying，for what he says doesn't__________ the fact．
A．fit B．match C．suit D．get
10. The result is a better understanding of the world__________.
A．on the side B．on the sides C．on all the sides D．on all sides
11. —Is anything__________?
—I can't decide which dress I should wear at my friend's wedding party．
一I don't think it__________．
A．the matter；the matter B．matter；matters
C．the matter；matters D．matter；the matter
12.The peaceful meeting ended when the company_____ a group of angry men_____sticks to fight with the citizens．
A．sent off；armed with B．sent off；arming with
C．sent out；armed with D．sent out；arming with
13. collections of poetry，poems are put together.
A．On B．In C．At D．Of
14.If you are the judge，you must your personal feelings．
A．set about B．set off C．set out D．set aside
15.A new school building is under construction，so we can't walk __we liked as before．
A．as B．where C．which D．when
16.He must be angry, for we heard the glass ________ on the floor.
A. being broken B. break C. broken D. to be broken
17. reading is to mind，food is to blood．
A．That B．Which C．How D．What
18.Mrs Black went back to place she had found the diamond．
A．the same；where B．the same；as
C．the same；that D．as the same；as
19.--I’ll stand him if he is right．
--You always support the man who is right．
A．by B．up to C．with D．in for
20．Modern English from about the middle 16th century．
A．took place B．came about C．came into being D．happened


笑一笑
Younger Scout(童子军): How can I tell the difference between a mushroom（蘑菇）and a toadstool(毒菌)?
Older Scoout： Just eat one before you go to bed. If you wake up the next morning, it was a mushroom.
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When Peters learned that he was being fired, he went to see the head of human reaources. “Since I’ve been with the firm for so long,” he said, “I think I deserve at least a letter of recommendation(推荐信).”
The human resources director agreed and said he’d have the letter the next day. The following morning, Peters found a letter on his desk. It read, “Jonathan Peters worked for our company for
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