3. Forgive(宽恕) me for interrupting, I really don’t agree with that.

2. The nation wants peace, only a minority(少数) wants the war to continue.

1. Was the label attached(固定) to your luggage?

　 A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, “I don’t think I　　 1　　 you, but you must be hungry. Please　 2　　 and have something to eat. ”

“Is the man of the house　 3　　 ? ”they asked. “No, ”she replied, “He’s out. ”“Then we cannot come in, ” they replied. In the evening when her　 4　　 came home, she told him what had happened. “　　 5　　 them I am home and invite them in!”The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a house　　 6　　 , ”they replied. “Why is that? ”she asked.

　 One of the old men explained, “His name is Wealth, ”he said　　 7　 one of his friends, “and he is Success, and I am Love. ”Then he added, “Now go in and　　 8　　 your husband which one of us you want in your home. ”

The woman went in and told her husband what was　 said. Her husband was　　 9　　 . “How nice!” he said. “Since that is the 10　　 , let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”His wife　　 11　　 . “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? ”Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own　 12　　　 , “Wouldn’t it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love. ”“Let us　　 13　　 our daughter-in-law’s advice, ”said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite　　 14　　 to be our　 15　　 . ”

The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest. ”

　 Love got up and started walking toward the house.

　 The other two also got up and　　 16　　 him.　　 17　　 , the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in? ”

　 The old men replied together, “If you　　 18　　 Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, but　　　 19　　 you invited Love,　　 20　　 he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

1. A. like　　　　 B. know　　　　 C. recognize　　　　　 D. need

[解析]选B。根据上下文知，女主人不认识三位老人。know“认识；了解”。

2. A. go out　　　　 B. get away

C. get up　　　　　　 D. come in

[解析]选D。女主人邀请三位老人进家里来吃东西。come in“进来”。

3. A. home　　　 B. room　　　　 C. family　　　　　 D. office

[解析]选A。home在此为副词，意为“在家里”，其他三项皆不能作副词用。

4. A. friend　　　　 B. father

C. brother　　　　　 D. husband

[解析]选D。上文中老人指的“man of the house”就是男主人，即女主人的husband。

5. A. Go tell　　　　　 B. Do tell

C. Go ask　　　　　　　 D. Do ask

[解析]选A。go tell是go and tell(去告诉)的意思，do tell“一定要告诉”，是对tell的强调说法。根据题意，没有强调的意思，故选A。

6. A. one by one　　 B. one after another

C. altogether　　　　　 D. together

[解析]选D。根据下文“. . . which one of us you want in your home. ”可知。

7. A. laughing at　　 B. looking at

C. pointing to　　　　 D. staring at

[解析]选C。指着他的一个朋友说。point to“指着”。laugh at“嘲笑”；look at“看”；stare at“盯着看”。

8. A. argue with　　 B. discuss with

C. debate with　　　　 D. quarrel with

[解析]选B。discuss with sb. “同某人商量”，符合题意。argue with sb. “同某人争论”；debate with sb. “同某人辩论”；quarrel with sb. “同某人争吵”。

9. A. overjoyed　　　　　　 B. surprised

C. confused　　　　　 D. worried

[解析]选A。由下文的“How nice!”可判断，男主人感到万分高兴。

10. A. situation　　　　　　 B. position　　　 C. case　　　　　 D. point

[解析]选C。That/It is the case. “事情就是如此。”在这里指老人们要求商量决定邀请一位进屋的事情。

11. A. agreed　　　　 B. appreciated

C. nodded　　　　　　　 D. disagreed

[解析]选D。由下一句“. . . why don’t we invite Success? ”可知。女主人选择的是“成功老人”，不同于男主人的“财富老人”。

12. A. suggestion　　 B. plan

C. solution　　　　　　 D. explanation

[解析]选A。Wouldn’t it be better to do sth. ？为提建议用语，所以选A。

13. A. discuss　 　 B. take　　　 C. consider　　 D. ignore

[解析]选B。take one’s advice“采纳某人的意见”，为固定搭配。

14. A. Success　　　 B. Wealth　　　 C. Love　 D. them

[解析]选C。儿媳妇的建议是邀请“爱老人”进来。

15. A. friend　　　　　 B. relative

C. son-in-law　　　　 D. guest

[解析]选D。根据下文“Please come in and be our guest. ”可知。

16. A. followed　　　 　　 B. stopped　　　 C. honored　　　 D. pleased

[解析]选A。根据下文“I only invited Love. Why are you coming in? ”可知，其他两位老人也跟着一起进去了。

17. A. Pleased　　　　　 B. Surprised

C. Delighted　　　　　　 D. Disappointed

[解析]选B。女主人只邀请了“爱老人”，但其他两位老人一起进去让她感到吃惊。

18. A. invited　　　　 B. invite

C. had invited　　　　 D. have invited

[解析]选C。此处表示对过去发生的事情的虚拟，故从句用过去完成时。

19. A. when　　 B. while　 C. if D. since

[解析]选D。since“由于”，在这里引导原因状语从句。

20. A. wherever　　 B. however

C. whenever　　　　　 D. whatever

[解析]选A。由下一句可知。wherever“无论在哪里”，在此引导地点状语从句。

Lesson 4 & Communication Workshop

[基础测评]

10.____ I read the book, I was deeply attracted by it.

A. For the first time　　　　　　 B. The first time

C. At the first time　　　　 D. First time

[解析]选B。由句子结构可知，所填部分须起到连词的作用，四个选项中只有B项可以引导时间状语从句，意为“第一次做……时”，其他各项均不可以。

9. We ____ walk in the moonlight, talking about ____ we were interested in.

A. used to; all what　　　　　　　 B. were used to; all that

C. used to; what　　　　　　 D. were used to; what

[解析]选C。考查词组辨析及连词的区别。used to do sth. 过去常常做某事；be used to do sth. 被用来做某事；what此处引导宾语从句，故选C。

8. Please keep your step, don’t____.

A. see through　　　　　　　 B. see to

C. see off　　　　　　　 D. see out

[解析]选C。句意为：请留步，不用送了。see through看透；see to办理, 料理；see out看到外面；see off送别，符合句意。

7. The children, _____ their lessons for the day, went home from the grammar school.

A. To finish　　　　　 B. finishing

C. having finished　 D. to have finished

[解析]选C。考查非谓语动词。finish与逻辑主语the children是主动关系，且该动作发生在谓语动词went home之前，故选C。

6. Mum said nothing about our travel plan, which____her unwillingness to let us go there without her company.

A. declared　　　　　　 B. announced

C. indicated　　　　　 D. appeared

[解析]选C。考查动词词义辨析。句意为：妈妈对我们的旅行计划没有作任何的评价，这说明她不愿意让我们在没有她陪伴的情况下去那里。indicate暗示，说明；declare宣布，宣告；announce宣布；appear出现。

5. It’s good____not to show off in public what you have got.

A. manners　　　　 B. directions　　　　 C. way　　　　 D. means

[解析]选A。manners礼貌; directions方向，说明; way方式，方法; means手段，方法。句意为：不在公共场合炫耀你所得到的是有礼貌的做法。