unit 3 amazing people 课时作业(四)
grammar and usage (1)
i. 用所给动词的适当时态填空：
1. the clock _________ (strike) four as mary ________ (reach) her flat. she _________ (light) a final cigarette and _______ (sit) at her dressing table, thinking of the party she _____ (leave) an hour before. she would have been home much earlier but she _______ (have) difficulty in finding a taxi at that later hour. reflecting that if she didn’t go to bed quickly, she would feel dreadful at work the next day, she _________ (put) down her cigarette, _______ (undress) quickly, and ________ (get) into bed. she _______ (fall) asleep at once.
at that moment, the cigarette which she _______ (put) down and _______ (forget) to put out, _________ (drop) from the side of the ashtray and _________ (burn) a hole in the dressing table cloth.
upon walking, mary ________ (find) that the cigarette not only _______ (burn) hole in the cloth, it also ______ (make) an ugly mark on the wood.
2. when i _________ (open) the door, i _______ (see) a man on his knees. he clearly _______ (listen) to our conversation and i _________ (wonder) how much he __________ (hear). when i _____ (ask) him what he _______ (do), he _______ (say) that he ______ (drop) a 50p piece outside the door and _______ (look) for it. i ________ (not see) any sign of the money, but i _______ (find) a small notebook and pencil which he probably __________ (drop) when the door _____ (open) suddenly. so he ________ (take) notes of our conversation! the notes ________ (be) written in a foreign language, so i _________ (turn) to the stranger and ______ (ask) him to translate. but he ________ (pull) my hat over my eyes and _________(run) off down the corridor. by the time i _____ (recover) from the shock he ____________ (disappear) round the corner. curiously enough, when i _________ (move) my foot i _________ ( find) that i _________ (stand) on a 50p piece. perhaps he _________ (tell) the truth after all!
ii. 翻译下列句子：
1． 到六点的时候，他们已经干了十个小时了。
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2． 他说，自从他到这里以来，他的英语已经取得了巨大的进步。
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3． 到2005年的时候， 我们已经相识十年了。
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4． 我们到达山顶时，太阳已经升起来了。
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5． 我宁愿你没有把这个消息告诉我。
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6． 我本来以为他已经去美国了。
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7． 我多么希望你昨天能来这里。
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8． 我本来打算去看你的，可我来了不速之客。
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iii. 阅读理解：
there are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making
