unit 1 tales of unexplained 课时作业(七)
project: telling a mysterious story
i. 热身题：
in many remote areas of the world, there have been yeti sightings. do you believe that such a creature exists? is it possible that the man-like creature is an unknown animal?
ii. 根据首字母提示或中文提示补全单词：
1. my wife and i have s____________ tastes in music.
2. the north pole is a r____________ part of the world.
3. as a chinese he looks very handsome but has a h___________ chest.
4. who left these muddy f__________ on the kitchen floor?
5. i am c_____________ of his guilt. (= i am c___________ that he is guilty.)
6. he smokes twenty cigarettes a day on an/the a_________.
7. when did the world come into e___________.
8. he gave a ____________ (描述) of what he had seen.
9. the speed of the horses along the track was simply ___________ (惊人的)
10. you can’t _________ (可能) run a mile in two minutes.
11. i am just getting my _________(体力) back again after my illness.
12. i cannot _________ (养活) my wife and children on such a small salary.
iii. 单句改错：
1. the man in white went straightly to the head’s office and knocked at the door loudly.
2. no evidence of human things were discovered on any of the islands so far.
3. all the chinese doctors took turn at treating the injured people, but still many more were waiting outsides.
4. if you take only one coin at one time, it will take you twenty years to take all of them away.
5. as you see, about 60 percent of the apple have gone bad and it can’t be eaten.
iv. 阅读理解：
a
mountain lions live in mountainous areas of the western united states. lately, however, people have reported seeing them in quiet neighborhoods all across the country! usually considered shy and seldom seen, these lions are becoming more noticeable. in addition, the lions appear to be moving east. they were even reported in the suburbs (郊区) of boston, philadelphia, and chicago.
it seems certain that these “kings of the mountains” are moving. why? scientists are not sure. some think th
