Unit 10
1. prince 王子,王孙 princess 公主,王子夫人,王妃
2. penny 便士
复数形式有两种:pennies 指多少枚一便士的铜币
Can you give me six pennies for a six pence?
pence 指钱数多少
There are 100 pence in one pound.
一磅等于100便士。
3. furnish vt. 为----提供家具, 用家具布置
词组: furnish ----- with----- 向----提供; 给予; 用----陈设起来
The book furnished us with facts.
I’ll furnish you with all you need. 我将提供你所需要的一切。
We are furnishing our room with flowers. 我们正在用花布置我们的房间。
furniture 家具 (总称,不可数名词) 许多家具:much ~ 一套家具:a set of ~
4. attend to 处理;照顾;关照;注意倾听
Don’t worry, everything will be attended to in good time!
If you go out, who will attend to the baby?如果你出去了,谁将照顾这婴孩?
I’m very busy, I can’t attend to you now. 我很忙,现在不能接待你。
词组:attend on 照顾;侍侯
She has many servants attending on her.
5. take pride in 感到自豪
His letters indicate that he loved his son, and took pride in him.
He takes great pride in his work. 他对他的工作感到很自豪。
形容词形式:proud 词组:be proud of = take pride in
Of course she’s proud of what you’ve done. 当然她对你所做的感到自豪。
6. do up 打扮; 梳妆;/ 包,扎,系,捆,扣 /收拾,整理,修理,
Let’s do up this room first. 让我们先整理一下房间。
Mary has done herself up for the party.玛丽已为聚会打扮好了。
Please do up these books and post them for Mr. Smith. 请捆好这些书,把它们邮给史密斯先生。
Do up your shoes! 系好你的鞋带。
7. worn 破烂的;损坏的/ 疲惫不堪的
The old coat is much worn.
the worn place 破旧的地方。
The patient looked worn and pale. 病人看上去疲惫不堪,脸色苍白。
He had a worn expression.
8. let down使失望 / 放下
I mustn’t let you down in any way.
Don’t let me down. 别让我失望。
She let her hair down.
He let down the rope. 他放下了绳子。
9. baggage = luggage un
much ~ a piece of ~
10. fix sth on / upon sb 全神贯注于;凝视
She fixed her eyes on the clock. 她眼睛注视着钟。
Looking up I saw his eyes fixed on me in curiosity.
He found her eyes fixed on him with an angry expression. 他发现她的眼睛带着愤怒的表情注视着他。
11.approve vt 批准;通过 / vi 赞成; 认可;满意 构成词组:~ of
The minister approved the building plans. 部长批准了修建计划。
My plan was approved.
You must not think that I approve of this match
. I quite approve of the idea of your plan. 我很赞成你的计划的想法。
12.jewel cn.
The ~s were kept in the safe. 珠宝被放在保险箱里。
jewelry = jewelry 珠宝的总称
Her ~ was insured for one million dollars.
13.at length 终于;最后;/ 详细地
He told Tom the story at length.
We discussed the matter at length. 我们详细地讨论了这件事情。
At length he came to understand it.
At length they reached the conclusion 最后他们得出了结论。
14. reaction. cn 常用介词 to
What’s your own reaction, Jack?
Our ~ to a joke is to laugh.
My ~s to his proposal were not quite what he expected. 我对他的建议的反应不是他们所料到的。
15. simplify vt 简化
Try to ~ your explanation for the children.
The story has been ~ied by sb. 这故事已被人简化了。
n. simplification.简化;简写 un / 简化形式 cn
The ~ of the language in their book is not an easy task.
This plan is a ~ of the original.
A quiz for unit 10
Name__________ number_____
Part One. Word spelling
You can put the rubbish into the garbage_ there.
A grocery_ is a grocer’s shop.
Furnish_ the living-room with modern chairs.
He explained the plan carefully and at length_.
Can you simplify the language a little? ----It’’s difficult to understand.
A (乌龟)tortoise can live a long life.
Mrs Babbit had never quite (认可) approved of Jack.
You can put your (行李)baggage on the bed.
He always wears such (破旧的)shabby clothes.
His anecdotes (逸闻) are very interesting
Part Two. Useful phrases and expressions.
1. 照顾(新词组)attend to 2. 感到自豪 take pride in
3. 打扮 do up 4. 不支持;使失望 let down
5. 全神贯注 fix sth on 6. 终于;详细地 at length
7. 担负有---- be burdened with_ 8. 度过;活过 live through_
9. 对----误解_make mistake about 10. 对----好 be good to
Part Three. Multiple choices
The ____ is just around the corner and you won’t miss it.
A. bicycle’s shop B. bicycle shop C. bicycles shop D. bicycles’ shop
They sold ____ boxes of such sweets last week.
A. four dozen B. four dozens C. four dozens of D. four dozen of
On the ground on some hay ____ a peasant boy of not more than seventeen.
A. lie B. lying C. lay D. laid
This is the second time I ____ by him; I shall never trust him again.
A. was let down B. have been let down
C. have been put down D. am let out
If you go out, who will ____ the baby?
A. attend to B. care of C. look for D. take care
The message ____ in full as follows.
A. is read B. reads C. is reading D. is being read
His eyes _____ the man who had just entered.
A. fixed on B. were fixed on C. fixed upon D. were fixed in
Computers that can think are only ____ the corner.
A. on B. in C. at D. around
He is sometimes strange, so I can’t ____ his thoughts.
A. notice B. read D. see D. know
“What a beautiful picture!” “ It’s years ____ a picture as beautiful as this one.”
A. that I have painted B. since I have painted
C. since I painted D. when I painted
The ____ look on his face suggested he ____ that.6
A. surprised; hadn’t expected B. surprising; hadn’t expected
C. surprised; haven’t expected D. surprising; hasn’t expected
She is busy ____ herself ____ for the party.
A. do up B. doing; up C. doing; with D. to do; with
---- Will you attend the meeting this afternoon?
---- But I ____ anything about that yet.
A. hadn’t told B. haven’t been told C. wasn’t told D. won’t tell
She was in her bedroom. Suddenly she heard the boy shouting and ____ out as quickly as possible.
A. going B. go C. had gone D. went
The medicine is supposed to cure this disease, but I’m not sure if it____.
A. does B. was C. has D. is
---- Have you repaired my watch yet?
----- Oh, sorry. I _____ do it at once.
A. am going to B. am to C. shall D. will
Look at the dark clouds. It looks as if it ____.
A. will rain B. is going to rain C. is to rain D. is about to rain
------ When are you leaving here ?
----- Tomorrow morning. My plane ____ at ten a.m.
A. will leave B. is leaving C. leaves D. is to leave
-------- Let us go and see if the football games has ended?
-------- Ended? It must be clear which team ____.
A. is winning B. has won C. won D. would win
My money ____ . I have to go to the bank to draw some of my savings before I’ve none in hand.
A. has run out B. is running out C. has been run out D. is being run out
Part Four. Translation.
她把头发披散开让它完全垂下来。
She pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.
她迟疑了一会儿,呆呆地站在那儿,一两滴泪水落在那破旧的红地毯上。
She hesitated for a minute and stood still while a tear or two fell on the worn red carpet.
那棕色瀑布一下子就流淌下来。
Down flowed the brown cascade.
他的眼睛一直盯着德拉,眼睛的表情德拉琢磨不透。
His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read.
你要对我好啊。卖掉头发是因为爱你呀。
Be good to me , for It went out of love for you.
单项填空
21.一Hi, Kim. What's up?
一I _____ for someone to go to the movies with me.
A. look B. have looked
C. looked D. am looking
22. Jenny likes working with computers and _____ do a lot of clever things with them.
A. may B. should C. can D. must
23. It is true that it is _____ to say something than to do it.
A. easy B. easier C. more easier D. much easy
24. ---I need some yellow paper.
---I don't have _____. Ask Matt. I think he has _____.
A. any, some B. some, any
C. much, little D. one, some
25. When I went in, he was lying on the floor _____ at the ceiling.
A. to stare B. stared
C. was staring D. staring
26. Stop making so much noise _____ the neighbor will start complaining.
A. or else B. but still
C. and then D. so that
27. She is shy. She is not used to _____ in front of others
A. praise B. praising
C. being praised D. be praised
28. How long is it _____ we last spent the holiday in the country together?
A. until B. before C. since D. that
29. After saying goodbye, the couple moved off and _____ in the crowd.
A. was lost B. were lost C. had lost D. lost
30. Word came _____ the students would put off the outing until next week, when they wouldn't be busy.
A. that B. when C. which D. whether
31. Hardly _____ the papers on his desk when the door burst open.
A. he collected B. he had collected
C. did he collect D. had he collected
32. Congratulations!I understand you ______ a job. When will you start to work?
A. got B. have got C. will get D. had got
33. We hope to go to the beach tomorrow, but we won't go ______ it's raining.
A. if B. when C. though D. because
34. In Wasdale there is a mysterious dark lake, ______ depth has never been measured.
A. that B. where C. which D. whose
35. I was telling them about my exciting travels when he _____ with a story of his own.
A. broke down B. broke off C. broke in D. broke out
完型填空
The Price of a Dream
I grew up poor -living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was ---36--- and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still ---37--- a dream.
My dream was ---38---. By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety - mile