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Geogre Orwell did not expect to be a successful writer. In fact, he (1)…spent…… much of his life anticipating failure. In an essay about his schooldays, wrote that until he was about thirty he always planned his life with the (2)……expectation…… that any major undertaking was bound to fail. He wanted success and worked hard to (3)…achieve.. it but he was never quite able to give up the (4)…notion.. that his efforts would always come up short. At the age of 46, (5) …shortly……….. before he died, confided in his private notebook that a deep (6)…………. Of inadequacy had haunted him throughout his career. He stated that there had been (7)…literally……. Not one day in which he did not feel that he was miserably small. Even in the first months after the tremendous success of “ Animal Farm”, he was quick to (9)…… discount…… his achievement, declaring that his next book was bound to be a failure.Of course, no conscientious author is ever completely (10)……satisfied…….. with their work, but Orwell’s doubts were so (11)… persistent…… that he often appeared more comfortable (12)……admitting ……. defeat than acknowledging success. In 1940, after the publication of his eighth book, he (13) ……responded …….. to an admiring letter from another writer by (14)……going…… out of his way to show the man why he was not (15)…worthy…… of his practice. “ It makes me laugh” he wrote, “ to see you referring to me as “ famous” and “ successful”. I wonder if you (16)……appreciate……. How little my books sell !
Fill in each gap with one appropriate compound adjective
air-sick; airtight; trustworthy; snow-white; carsick; duty-free; homesick; waterproof; praiseworthy; good-tempered
Peter was a student living far from home. Because of his hard work at college, he rarely returned home and he sometimes felt (1) ..homesick.. . Whenever he had a chance to go home to visit his family, he always went by train, not by plane or by car because was afraid of being (2) .air-sick... and (3) ..carsick.. .
In his learning, he was very successful and always got good marks from all of his teachers, who often said that he was (4) .. good-tempered.. and (5) ..praiseworthy.. had achievements. Besides, his friends often regarded him as a (6) .. trustworthy... classmate because he was always willing to help them.
One day, he got the first prize with some money in a competition at college. He decided to go to a (7) ..duty-free.. shop for students to buy some chocolate kept in an (8) ...airtight.... container for his father, a (9) ..waterproof.. watch for his mother and a doll with (10) .snow-white... hair for his little sister .
Fill in each gap with one appropriate compound adjective.
one-egg; one-litre; three-course; five-minute; twelve-man; fifteen-piece; ten-ton; 2,000-word; thirty-five-hour; 4,000-year-old
1. Their cat was run over by a ..ten-ton. lorry.
2. The concert was performed by a ...twelve-man.. orchestra.
3. The man was convicted of murder by the .. thirty-five-hour.. jury.
4. The Vietnamese people are proud of their ..4,000-year-old... history.
5. The price of a ..one-litre.. bottle of whisky has gone up by 90p.
6. The workers are on strike for better pay and a .. three-course... week.
7. Peter can't go out. He has to write a ..2,000-word.. essay by tomorrow.8. I didn't have a big lunch. Just a .fifteen-piece... omelette and some potatoes.
9. My new house is very handy for the shops and only a ..five-minute.. walk from my school.
10. At this excellent restaurant, we can get a ..one-egg.. meal and coffee just for $5 per person.
answer the question
Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the first nor the last child prodigy, but he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family where his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart began learning to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the age at which he also first appeared in p ublic. From the age of six, his father took him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart spent almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of 35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he continued to tour and give concerts. Mozart also wrote a lot of operas. His first opera,
Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was performed in Milan when he was 14, and it was he first of many successes in the theatre
1 how rich was Mozart's family
=>not very rich
2 when did he take the first step into the world of music as a composer
=>When he was five
3 what did he do on his first tour to some major European countries
=>He toured the courts and musical centres
4 why is it possible to name Mozart" a travelling composer"
=> Because he spent almost a third of his short life travelling.5 what expression in the passage means"an exceptionally clever child"
=>A child prodigy
task 2 write
Read the passage then answer the following questions:
"I will think of it."It is easy to say this; but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We can not see our thouhts, or hear, or taste, or feel them;and yet what mighty power they have! Sir Isac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer's evning, when he saw an appe fall from a tree. He began to think, and, in trying to find out why the apple fell, discoveed how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places. A boy named James Watt sat quitly by the firside, watching the lid of the tea kette as it moved up and down. He began to think; he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking; and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses. When you see a steamboat, a steam mill, or alocomotive, remember that it would never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone. A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa, when he saw a chandelier swaying to and fro. This set him thinking, and it led to the invention of thependulum. James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he was filled with wonder. "Why should I not make a watch?" thought he. But how was he to get the materials out of which to make the wheels and the mainspring? He soon found how to get them: he made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a pen, and portraits with oil colors. In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned money enough to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lectures. His motto was, "I will think of it;" and he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.When you have a difficult lesson to learn, don't feel discouraged, and ask someone to help you before helping yourselves.Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A/Great geniuses didn't have to think.
B/We should always think.
C/Isaac Newton was a thinker.
D/Galileo was a thinker.
2. What caused Galileo to invent the pendulum?
A/Seeing a cathedral.
B/Thinking about apples.
C/Seeing a chandelier swing and thinking.
D/Thinking about gravity.
3. Why did the king attend James Ferguson's lectures?
A/Because Ferguson taught about pendulums.
B/Because Ferguson was a brilliant thinker.
C/Because the king was jealous of Ferguson's intelligence.
D/Because Ferguson was an entertaining speaker.
4.How is Galileo similar to Isaac Newton?
AThey were born at the same time.
BThey have nothing in common.
CThey are both great thinkers.
DThey both discovered gravity.
5.Why did James Ferguson decide to make a watch?
A/Because he was curious after seeing the inside of a watch.
B/Because the king asked him to.
C/Because he needed to support his sick father and mother.
D/Because he was poor and needed the money.
Read the passage then answer the following questions:
"I will think of it."It is easy to say this; but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We can not see our thouhts, or hear, or taste, or feel them;and yet what mighty power they have! Sir Isac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer's evning, when he saw an appe fall from a tree. He began to think, and, in trying to find out why the apple fell, discoveed how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places. A boy named James Watt sat quitly by the firside, watching the lid of the tea kette as it moved up and down. He began to think; he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking; and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses. When you see a steamboat, a steam mill, or alocomotive, remember that it would never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone. A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa, when he saw a chandelier swaying to and fro. This set him thinking, and it led to the invention of thependulum. James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he was filled with wonder. "Why should I not make a watch?" thought he. But how was he to get the materials out of which to make the wheels and the mainspring? He soon found how to get them: he made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a pen, and portraits with oil colors. In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned money enough to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lectures. His motto was, "I will think of it;" and he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.When you have a difficult lesson to learn, don't feel discouraged, and ask someone to help you before helping yourselves.Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A/Great geniuses didn't have to think.
B/We should always think.
C/Isaac Newton was a thinker.
D/Galileo was a thinker.
2. What caused Galileo to invent the pendulum?
A/Seeing a cathedral.
B/Thinking about apples.
C/Seeing a chandelier swing and thinking.
D/Thinking about gravity.
3. Why did the king attend James Ferguson's lectures?
A/Because Ferguson taught about pendulums.
B/Because Ferguson was a brilliant thinker.
C/Because the king was jealous of Ferguson's intelligence.
D/Because Ferguson was an entertaining speaker.
4.How is Galileo similar to Isaac Newton?
A/ They were born at the same time.
B/ They have nothing in common.
C/ They are both great thinkers.
D/ They both discovered gravity.
5.Why did James Ferguson decide to make a watch?
A/Because he was curious after seeing the inside of a watch.
B/Because the king asked him to.
C/Because he needed to support his sick father and mother.
D/Because he was poor and needed the money.
Supply the correct verb forms.
1. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom (get) GOT off, feeling relieved that his journey (be) WAS so easy. But he (be) WAS alarmed to see that he (get) GOT off at a station that he had never heard of. He (not know) DIDN'T KNOW what to do. He (explain) EXPLAINED his difficulty to a man who (stand) STOOD on the platform. With a look of amusement on his face the man (tell) TOLD Tom that he (travel) TRAVELLED on a train going in the wrong direction.
2. Maria is Spanish. She (live)LIVES in Madrid where she (work) WORKS for an export company. She (be)HAS BEEN with this company for 2 years now. At the moment she (study) IS STUDYING English on a one-month intensive course in London. She (arrive) ARRIVED in London last Saturday. This is not Maria's first time in Britain. She (be) HAS BEEN there twice before.
3. Albert Malta was a progressive American write. He (be) WAS born in 1908. He (write)WROTE his first play "Peace on Earth" in 1943. It was against wars, so the American police (arrest)ARRESTED him and (put) PUT him in prison 1950.
4. Ha (come)CAME back a moment ago and (turn)TURNED the television on very loudly. My son (sleep) WAS SLEEPING then, so i (tell) TOLD her turn it off.
5. Mary and John are neighbours. They (know) HAVE KNOWN each other for several years. Mary (move)MOVED into her house in 1985 and John (live)HAS LIVED next door since he (come)CAME to the area in 1980.
6. While I (walk) WAS WALKINGto class yesterday morning. I (see)SAW Tom. We (say)SAID helan (walk) WAS WALKING the rest of the way to school together.
7. Yesterday afternoon I (go) WENT to visit the Greens. When I (get) GOT there about 2 o'clock Mrs Green (be) WAS in the yard. She (plant) WAS PLANTING flowers in her garden. Mr Green (block)WAS BLOCKING the garage. He (work) WAS WORKINGon their car. The children (play) WERE PLAYING in the front yard.
word formation
At his last trial, nobody believed in Arthur’s (1 – innocent) INNOCENCE . He had been accused of the (2 – thief) THEFT of a valuable Chinese vase, and was also charged with ten other (3 – offend) OFFENCES. The value of the (4 – steal) STOLEN goods was said to be over £10,000. Arthur said in his own (5 – defend) DEFENCE that the vase had been put into his car (6 – accident) ACCIDENTLY. He also pointed out that the Chinese vase was a fake, and was almost (7 – worth) WORTHLESS. The judge did not believe Arthur’s story. He told Arthur he was a hardened (8 – crime)CRIMINAL and that he deserved a severe (9 – punish) PUNISHMENT. Then the judge sentenced Arthur to five years (10 – prison) IMPRISONMENT. Arthur just smiled. He had spent most of his life in prison and so he was used to it.