It was Christmas Eve. When everyone went to bed, Bunny couldn't fall asleep. He sill couldn't think of what he wanted as a special Christmas _________. He wondered how Santa — Father Christmas would know what to bring him if he didn't know himself.
As he was sitting up in bed, Bunny _________ a big noise on the roof and a sound downstairs. It was Santa Claus, he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and ran down the hall to the stairs. He hoped to take a look at the old man ________ Santa left for his next stop.
By the time Bunny was at the bottom of the stairs, everything was silent again. Lots of presents were put under the Christmas tree, but Santa was gone. A little _________, Bunny turned to climb back upstairs when he heard a cry.
“Hello,”said Bunny. “Is somebody there?”
He was answered by another cry. Bunny looked around the big pile of presents to see what was making the noise. Right under the tree was a funny looking brown__________ with big feet and sad eyes. It also had antlers(鹿角)on its head. Bunny almost_________it for a dog.
“Are you a reindeer?" asked Bunny.
"Yes ,”replied the brown animal with antlers. “My name is Ralph."
“And you were pulling Santa's sled(雪橇)?”
“ I was until I got air sick (晕机)，”replied Ralph. “Santa had to__________me here and go on with the other seven reindeer.”
"Isn't it a bit_________for a reindeer to get air-sick? I mean, isn't flying what reindeer are famous for?"
"Not me, I'm afraid. It makes me scared. I__________ feel sick when it comes to flying,” replied Ralph. “But everyone wanted me to pull Santa's sled, so when it was my turn I gave it a try, I'm afraid I just wasn't cut out for the____________. Now I'm stuck here and I don't know how to get back to the North Pole."
"Well, if you like, you can stay with us as a friend," said Bunny. As he made the offer, Bunny suddenly realized the special present he wanted from Santa was a new friend!
1.A.card B.present C.tree
2.A.heard B.made C.stopped
3.A.while B.after C.before
4.A.worried B.disappointed C.excited
5.A.animal B.toy C.baby
6.A.provided B.mistook C.asked
7.A.take B.send C.leave
8.A.convenient B.unusual C.hard
9.A.always B.still C.never
10.A.plan B.festival C.job
Pattern Shift
1.Few people had a chance to see the real Moon rock, ________ ________? (tag question)
2.He’d like to change his lifestyle or he will die soon, ________ ________?(tag question)
3.Her parents never visited that beautiful town. She didn’t, either.
=Her parents never visited that beautiful town. ________ ________ ________.
4.The detective finally found out the woman in black wasn’t connected with the murder.
=The detective finally found out the woman in black ________ ________ ________ ________ ________the murder.
5.The female CEO said to George, “Don’t forget to bring my briefcase to me the day after tomorrow.” (change it into an indirect speech)
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6.All her relatives have lived in Venice for long. (change it into a negative one)
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7.Did they let the boy clean the room because of his serious mistake?(passive voice)
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8.Sandy hid himself up the tree so that he wouldn’t be seen by Billy.(change it into a simple sentence)
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9.It was really surprising news for everybody to hear on that normal day.( exclamatory sentence)
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10.How long has it taken the government to rescue the injured in Nepal Earthquake?(rewrite it with “spend”)
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11.Super Mario Brothers helped Nintendo to become the best-selling toy in history.(emphasize the underlined part)
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12.The thief ran out of the jewelry shop before the policemen arrived.(emphasize the underlined part)
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13.There were three bottles of water in my bag. (raise a question about the underlined part)
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14.That mechanic from the garage needs to fix the broken car at the moment.(ask a question)
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15.The nearby areas will be crowded with lots of people and buildings in a few years. (ask a question)
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Error correction.
It would be difficult to imagine modern life with 1.
the telephone. It has become an useful instrument of 2.
communication, save much travel and time by making 3.
people to talk to one another over great distance. 4.
Nowadays it is as easy to talk cross a continent(大陆) 5.
or even overseas, it is to talk to one’s next-door 6.
neighbor. So, it is in emergencies 7.
which the telephone really shows its usefulness. When 8.
there is a fire, and when someone is suddenly ill, the 9.
first thing one think of is “where is the nearest telephone?” 10.
—Excuse me, where’s Mr. Ye?
—He’s gone to the office. Is there________to tell him?
A.something important B.anything important C.nothing important
We should try to use less money to do________ things.
A.fewer B.less C.more
Why are you two so late? The film________for a couple of minutes.
A.began B.has begun C.has been on
