新概念英语2词汇复习68～80课
Leon 68Persistent 纠缠不休
I croed the street to a_________ meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me.It was no use p____________ that I had not seen him, so I w_______ to him.I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes.He never has anything to do.No matter how busy you are, he always i______ on coming with you.I had to think of a way of p_________ him from following me around all morning.
\'Hello, Nigel,\' I said.\'F_________ meeting you here!\'
\'Hi, Elizabeth,\' Nigel answered.\'I was just w_________ how to spend the morning -- until I saw you.You\'re not busy doing anything, are you?\'
\'No, not at all,\' I answered.\'I\'m going to...\'
\'Would you m_________ my coming with you?\' he asked, before I had finished speaking.
\'Not at all,\' I lied, \'but I\'m going to the d__________.\'
\'Then I\'ll come with you,\' he answered.\'There\'s always p_________ to read in the waiting room!
Leon 69 But not murder!并非谋杀！
I was being t_________ for a driving l_________ for the third time.I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and had done so succefully.After having been i__________ to drive out of town, I began to a___________ confidence.S_________ that I had paed, I was almost beginning to enjoy my test.The e__________ must have been pleased with my p___________, for he smiled and said.\'Just one more thing, Mr.Eames.Let us s__________ that a child suddenly croes the road in front of you.As soon as I t_______ on the window, you must stop w_________ five feet.\' I c__________ driving and after some time, the examiner tapped loudly, Though the sound could be heard clearly, it took me a long time to r_________.I suddenly p_________ the b______ pedal and we were both thrown forward.The examiner looked at me sadly.\'Mr.Eames,\' he said, in a m_____________ voice, \'you have just killed that child!\'
Leon 70 Red for danger 危险的红色
During a b__________, a d__________ suddenly w_________ into the middle of the r_______.The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was u___________ of the danger.The bull was busy with the m___________ at the time, but it suddenly caught s_________ of the drunk who was shouting rude r_____________ and waving a red cap.A____________ s________ to c_________, the bull forgot all about the matador and c_________ at the drunk.The crowd suddenly g__________ quiet.The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself.When the bull got close to him, he c__________ stepped a__________ to let it pa.The crowd broke into c________ and the drunk b__________.By this time, however, three men had come into the ring and they quickly d___________ the drunk to safety.Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looked on s_____________ until the drunk was out of the way before once more turning it\'s a____________ to the matador.
Leon 71 A famous clock一个著名的大钟
When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock ____________ can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C.If the Houses of P__________ had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been e__________.Big Ben t__________ its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was r______________ for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.It is not only of i___________ size, but is extremely a____________ as well.O_________________ from Greenwich Observatory have the clock c_______ twice a day.On the B.B.C.you can hear the clock when it is a__________ striking because m____________ are c___________ to the clock tower.Big Ben has r__________ gone wrong.Once, however, it f_________ to give the correct time.A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the h_________ and slowed it down!
Leon 72 A car called bluebird “蓝鸟”汽车
The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.He s_______ up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.Bluebird, the car he was1
driving, had been s___________ built for him.It was over 30 feet in l__________ and had a 2,500-h__________ engine.Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in c_______________ the car because a t________ burst during the first run.After his a___________, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his a_____________ speed had been 299 miles per hour.However, a few days later, he was told that a mistake had been made.His average speed had been 301 miles per hour.Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds over 600 miles an hour.Following in his father\'s f__________ many years later, Sir Malcolm\'s son, Donald, also set up a world record.Like his father, he was driving a car c_________ Bluebird.
Leon 73 The record-holder 纪录保持着
Children who play t__________ from school are u_____________.A quiet day\'s fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as f_____ as they get.They have all been put to s____________ by a boy who, w________ playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles.He h__________ to Dover and, t____________ evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep.When he woke up next morning, he d___________ that the boat had, in the m____________, travelled to Calais.No one noticed the boy as he crept off.From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a l___________.The driver gave him a few b___________ and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city.The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris _________ he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish b_______.There he was p___________ up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local a___________.He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of e____________ school.
Leon 74 Out of the limelight 舞台之外
An a___________ bus stopped by a dry river b________ and a party of famous actors and actrees got off.D___________ in dark glaes and old clothes, they had taken special p____________ so that no one should r____________ them.But as they soon discovered, d_____________ can sometimes be too p____________.\'This is a wonderful place for a p__________,\' said Gloria Gleam.
\'It couldn\'t be better, Gloria,\' Brinksley Meers agreed.\'No newspaper men, no film _________! Why don\'t we come more often?\'
M___________, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a s___________ spot under some trees.When they had all made themselves c____________, a s_______________ appeared.He looked very angry.\'Now you get out of here, all of you!\' he shouted.\'I\'m s_________ here.Do you see that notice? It says \"No Camping\" -- in c__________ you can\'t read!\'
\'Look, sheriff,\' said Rockwall, \'don\'t be too h__________ on us.I\'m Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.\' \'Oh, is it?\' said the sheriff with a s_________.\'Well, I\'m Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam.Now you get out of here fast!\'
Leon 75 SOS呼救信号
When a light paenger plane flew off c__________ some time ago, it c_________ in the mountains and its p________ was killed.The only p___________, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were u___________.It was the middle of winter.Snow l_________ thick on the ground.The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.When it grew dark, she turned a s__________ into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find.During the night, it got t_____________ cold.The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small.Early next morning, she heard planes paing o____________ and wondered how she could send a s________.Then she had an idea.She s___________ out the letters \'SOS\' in the snow.F___________, a pilot saw the signal and sent a m____________ by radio to the nearest town.It was not long ________ a h___________ arrived on the s_________ to rescue the s___________ of the plane crash.
Leon 76 April Fools\' Day 愚人节
\'To end our special news b_________,\' said the voice of the television a________, \'we\'re going over to the m__________ fields of Calabria.Macaroni has been grown in this a________ for over six hundred years.Two of
the l____________ growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that they have been e__________ a s__________ crop this year and h__________ has begun earlier than usual.Here you can see two workers who, b__________ them, have just finished cutting three c___________ of golden brown macaroni s_________.The whole village has been working day and night g__________ and t_____________ this year\'s crop before the September rains.On the right, you can see Mrs.Brabante herself.She has been helping her husband for thirty years now.Mrs.Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory _________ the crop is p__________.This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest: the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating c___________! Signor Fratelli, the present c____________, has won it every year since 1991.And that ends our special b_________ for today, Thursday, April lst.We\'re now going back to the s___________.\'
Leon 77 A succeful operation 一例成功的手术
The m___________ of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C.has just had an operation.The mummy is _________ of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the T________ of Thebes.As there were strange m_________ on the X-ray p_________ taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare d___________.The only way to do this was to operate.The operation, which l_____________ for over four hours, p________ to be very difficult because of the hard r_________ which covered the skin.The doctors removed a s________ of the mummy and sent it to a l__________.They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax f____________ of the god Duamutef.This god which has the head of a cow was n__________ placed inside a mummy.The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died.They feared that the mummy would f_________ to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened.The mummy succefully s___________ the operation.
Leon 78 The last one? 最后一枝吗？
After reading an article e___________ \'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health\' I l_____ a cigarette to c________ my n___________.I smoked with c___________ and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife s_________ terribly.I had all the usual s_____________ of someone giving up smoking: a bad t_________ and an enormous a________.My friends kept on o___________ me cigarettes and c___________.They made no e__________ to hide their a________ whenever I p__________ a packet of sweets from my pocket.After seven days of this I went to a party.Everybody a_________ me was smoking and I felt e___________ uncomfortable.When my old friend Brian u___________ me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could b________.I took one g__________, lit it and smoked with s____________.My wife was d__________ that things had returned to n__________ once more.Anyway, as Brian p_____________ out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.He himself has done it lots of times!
Leon 79 By air乘飞机
I used to travel by air a great ___________ when I was a boy.My parents __________ to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.A flight __________ would take ___________ of me and I never had an unpleasant ______________.I am used to traveling by air and only on one ______________ have I ever felt _____________.After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly g___________ height, when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.While we were waiting to land, a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had t____________ down.Everybody on b________ was worried and we were c_____________ to find out what had happened.Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board.The police had been told that a b_______ had been p_________ on the plane.After we had landed, the plane was searched t___________.Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take o___ again.
Leon 80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宫
Perhaps the most e____________ building of the nineteeth century was the C________ Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.The Crystal Palace was different ________ all other buildings
in the world, for it was made of i_______ and gla.It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it.A great many g___________ were sent to the exhibition from v__________ parts of the world.There was also a great deal of m____________ on display.The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth\'s steam h__________.Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors acro the Channel from Europe._______ arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train.There were six million visitors in all, and the p_________ from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London.It r___________ one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.
Leon 81 Escape 脱逃
When he had killed the guard, the p________ of war quickly d__________ him into the b_______.Working r__________ in the darkne, he soon changed into the dead man\'s clothes.Now, dreed in a blue u_________ and with a r__________ over his s___________, the prisoner m__________ b_________ up and down in front of the camp.He could hear shouting in the camp itself.Lights were b__________ and men were running here and there: they had just discovered that a prisoner had e__________.At that moment, a large black car with four o________ inside it, stopped at the camp gates.The officers got out and the prisoner stood to a___________ and s________ as they paed.When they had gone, the driver of the car came towards him.The man o_________ wanted to talk.He was rather e___________ with g_________ hair and clear blue eyes.The prisoner felt sorry for him, but there was nothing else he could do.As the man came near, the prisoner knocked him to the ground with a s________ b__________.Then, jumping into the car, he drove off as quickly as he could.
Leon 82 M___________ or fish?是妖还是鱼？
Fishermen and sailors sometimes c__________ to have seen m____________ in the sea.Though people have often laughed at stories told by s__________, it is now known that many of these \'monsters\' which have at t_________ been s____________ are s_________ strange fish.O______________, unusual c__________ are washed to the shore, but they are r___________ caught out at sea.Some time ago, however, a p________ fish was caught near Madagascar.A small fishing boat was carried miles out to sea by the powerful fish as it p________ on the line.Realizing that this was no ordinary fish, the fisherman made every e__________ not to damage it in any w_______.When it was e_____________ brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long.It had a head like a horse, big blue eyes, shining s_____________ skin, and a bright red tail.The fish, which has s__________ been sent to a museum where it is being e__________ by a scientist, is called an o__________.Such creatures have rarely been seen alive by man as they live at a d__________ of six hundred feet.
