妙語短篇a1第一課(共5頁)

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上1. A Difficult QuestionFour girls went to school every day by taxi.One day one of the girls said, "There's a test this morning. Let's get to school late. Then we won't have to take the test.""What can we tell the teacher?" one of the girls said. "He&

2、#39;ll be angry. We'll need a good excuse."The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, "Let's tell him that our taxi had a flat tire.""That's a good idea," the other girls said. "We'll tell him that." They arrived at school an hour

3、 later. The test was finished."Why are you late?" the teacher asked. "You missed the test.""Our taxi had a flat tire," one of the girls said.The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, "Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room."The four girls did th

4、is.Then the teacher said, "Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire was flat?"excuse 借口,理由 several 幾個的（至少3個）moment 片刻，時刻flat 平的 tire 輪胎 flat tire 輪胎漏氣arrive 到達(dá)miss 錯過，失卻EXERCISE 1Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story.在a，b，c，d中選出一個最

5、適合本故事的答案。A.How did the girls go to school every day?(a) by bus(b) by taxi(c) by train(d) they walkedB.Why did the girls want to be late for school?(a) They did not like school.(b) They wanted to go shopping.(c) They had not done their homework.(d) They did not want to take a test.C.What was the girl

6、s' excuse for being late?(a) They got up late.(b) They could not get a taxi.(c) Their taxi had a flat tire.(d) They forgot the time.D. Why couldn't the girls answer correctly the teacher's question?(a) They couldn't remember which tire was flat.(b) There wasn't a flat tire.(c) Th

7、ey each gave a different answer.(d) All four tires were flat.2. Complete the sentences (a) to (d) with phrases from (e) to (h).用（e）至（h）完成（a）至（d）的不完整句子。(a) The girls did (e) which of the taxi's not want tires was flat.(b) The girls arrived (f) an hour after the at school test finished.(c) "O

8、ur taxi was late (g) it has a flat tire," one because of the girls said.(d) The teacher asked (h) to take a test, them3. Complete the following sentences about the story by putting in the missing words.在下列有關(guān)本故事的句子在空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)脑~。(a) Four girls_to school every day by taxi.(b) They did not want to_a t

9、est so they arrived atschool an hour late.(c) They_the teacher their taxi had a flat tire.(d) He did not_them and asked them which tire wasflat.(e) They could not_this question.4. Find words in the story that are opposite in meaning to the following.在故事中找出與下列詞語相反的詞。(a) early_ (c) started_(b) pleased

10、_ (d) bad_5. Find words in the story that can be made from the letters in these words.重新排列每組字母，使之成為故事中的一個詞。(a) tlea_ (c) teka _(b) swa_ (d) era_6. Choose the best statement for the following cartoon.為下圖找出最適當(dāng)?shù)恼f明。(a) Will I fail my test if I do that?(b) I thought you said, "Turn left."(c) Th

11、at's the fifth time I've done that this week. Usage 用法說明Excuse在故事里，四個女孩找到了一個借口(excuse) 單詞excuse 有以下兩種用法：1. Excuse (v.)用在"excuse me" (對不起) 中, "s" 發(fā)音為/z/Please excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom. Excuse me, could you tell me the time?2. Excuse (n.)作“借口，理由” 解。Excused 中"s" 發(fā)音為 /s/.如 Do you have a good excuse for being late? Every day she thinks a new excuse to tell her teacher.EXERCISE IIWrite which excuse is in these sentences, a verb (v.) or a noun (n.).下列句子中的excuse是動詞還是名詞？請用v.(動詞)或n（名詞）