4. My letter of complaint about the unqualified goods brought no r_________.

3. The actor said that the line wasn’t in the s_________.

2. Five years later he traveled to America and began a successful career as a film d________ for a variety of American film companies.

1. We have been told about the news that the c________ of the new movie was announced.

VI.书面表达：

下面六幅图记载的是Peter上周星期五早上在上学路上经历的事情。请根据图示写一篇内容生动连贯的英语短文。字数在100左右。

参考词汇：uncover(揭开)passer-by(过路人)

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同步检测(二)(Word Power)

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Ⅰ.单词拼写：

I (10) i________ accepted!　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (10)_______

V.对话填空：

Daughter: Mom, how did you meet father?

Mom: Oh well, that’s quite a funny story. In fact, we met (1)s________　　　　　 (1)________

times. You see, I met your father in England, (2)w______ we 　　　　　　　　　　 (2)________

lived before we came to Australia. We only lived about eight

(3)k________ from each other. Your father was a minister in the　　　 　　　　　　　 (3)________

church, three villages away.

Daughter: And when did he ask you to marry him?

Mom: Well, it was (4)r_______ funny. We were having dinner in a 　　　　　　　 (4)________

(5)r_______ one evening, and we were talking about people 　　　　　　　　　 (5)________

(6)g______ married, and so on. As a minister in the church it 　　　　　　　　 (6)________

was your father’s job to marry couples. We were having a very

(7)e________ conversation and laughed a lot. So I asked, “And　　　　　　　 (7)________

will you marry me?”

Daughter: What did father say?

Mom: Oh, for a few minutes, your father couldn’t say anything, and his

face went a little red. (8)S______ it, I laughed and said, “Oh, no! 　　　　　 (8)________

What I mean is, when I get married in church, will you be the minister

who marries me and my (9)h_______?” He laughed and understood.　　　　 (9)________

But some days later, he came to visit me and asked me to marry him.

III. 选词填空：

The Beginning of Drama

Drama as we know it began in ancient Greece. The first plays were religious(宗教的) affairs, with _______ and music. Then came a chorus(歌舞；合唱), which eventually had a Leader, who was the first actor in the ______ of drama. Aeschylus(埃斯库罗斯), a playwright(剧作家), invented what we now call drama when he wrote a play that featured two actors and a chorus, who symbolized(象征) the common people or sometimes the gods. Other important Greek playwrights were Sophocles(索福克勒斯)and Euripides(欧里庇得斯). Most of what they wrote is ______. Some plays survive, however.

Here is the story of the beginning of drama. We, the chorus, will be your _____ through this history. Every word you are about to hear is true.

In the 5th century B.C. Greece had _______ shows on wooden platforms. A chorus, like ours, would sing, and a leader, like me, would stand out and describe things. But it wasn't really drama. We didn't have plays. We didn't have theaters. We needed someone to give us ______. That person was Aeschylus.

I was the first of the great Greek playwrights. I introduced the second actor. With two actors on ______ at one time, conflict(分歧；冲突) between the two of them became possible. My most famous plays are a trilogy--three plays on the same theme. The first play, the most famous, is called Agamemnon(阿加门农) and _______ with the return of the conquering heroes from the Trojan War. In my plays, human beings have to deal with honor, ________, and duty to their city-state. They also have to suffer the whims and wrath(一时兴起和盛怒) of the gods. Why did my characters _______ greatly? It was their fate(命运). Yet they _______, in the hope that they could somehow avoid that fate.

You speak wisely, O Aeschylus, for the gods can be random(任意的) and terrible in their _______ and deeds. But you have changed our drama for the better. These two actors now wear masks and costumes. People now build theaters in which to ______ your plays. You are the master, but you have many competitors.

　　 Indeed, these plays were originally ______ to be presented at an annual(一年一度的) festival called the City Dionysia. Every year in Athens, the drama festival presented three days of drama--five plays each day. The winner got a small _____ of money. But Aeschylus didn't always win.

10. If I have seen further than other men, it is_______ I have stood on the shoulders of giants.

A. why　　　 　　　　　　　 B. because 　　 　　　 C. due to　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. thanks to

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