(6) Maurice returned to the hospital for his birthday party _____________. a. before 4 o'clock b. at 4 o'clock c. after 4 o'clock
C. True or False Questions.
(1)（F）The first time Gillian met Maurice, he was watering the flower beds near the gates of
the hospital.
(2)（F）If you want to see Mr. Carmichael in his office, you should go through the main door, turn
right, walk down to the end of the corridor. It's the last but one door on the right.
(3)（T）Dr. Carmichael knew that Gillian was coming.
(4)（F）Gillian interviewed the patients during the day and write up results in the evening. (5) （T）Dr. Carmichael never asked Gillian to interview Maurice, because Maurice was
already a normal person in his mind.
(6)（F）Maurice did not set fires in the hospital because he had never been given a chance. (7)（T）Gillian tried to persuade Maurice to leave the hospital, but Maurice was unwilling to do so. (8)（T）The end of the story suggests that it was Maurice who set the fire.
D. Fill in the blanks with information about Maurice. Name: (Maurice Featherstone ) Sex: （male） Age: ( old)
Appearance: (clear, blue, honest eyes; white hair and a pinkish complexion ) Temperament: (gentle and mild-mannered) Length of stay in the hospital: (thirty-five years ) Reasons for entering the hospital:
(1) When he was seventeen, (he burnt down his school).
(2) Over the next few years, (there were a number of mysterious fires in his neighbourhood). (3) Later (he tried to set fire to the family mansion). Visits from family members: (no) Bills: (paid on time)
E. Fill in the blanks.
(1) Gillian felt (slightly uneasy) as the porter (unlocked the gates) and (waved her through).
(2) Some of the patients were (withdrawn) and (depressed), some seemed almost (normal).
Only one or two had to be (kept loked up). She found it hard to believe that (all of them) had been thought (too dangerous to live in normal society).
(3) She arranged (with the staff) to give him a party. They wanted it to be (a surprise) and Dr.
Carmicheal agreed to (let him go out for the afternoon). There was a (flower show) in the village. Maurice seemed (quite excited). The cook had made (a birthday cake) and the staff had (decorated the lounge).
Section Three
Task 1: Learning to Predict
Listen to the following sentences. When you hear \what the speaker is going to say next.
Answer: (he fails to employ the correct question form)
Reason: (―Consequently‖ suggests a result of the facts mentioned earler. (2) Answer: (difficulties may still arise)
Reason: (―Even though‖ suggests that in spite of the following facts, something else still
exists.
(3) Answer: (the student may not have clearly heard what was said.)
Reason: (―In other words‖ is often followed by an explanation in clearer and easier words) (4) Answer: (may feel angry at receiving such orders) Reason: (―However‖ suggests an opposite fact.)
(5) Answer: (whether crops should be used to produce food or should be used to produce fuel) Reason: (―That is‖ is also followed by an explanation) (6) Answer: (a small industrial sector)
Reason: \
based on common knowledge.
Task 2: Dictation
The following paragraph will be read to you slowly. Listen to it for three times, and while listening write as much and as closely to the original text as you can.
The School Holidays Are Too Long
Today the children of this country have at last returned to work. After two months' holiday
pupils have started a new term. How many adults get such long holidays? Two to four weeks in the summer and public holidays—that's all the working man gets. As for the average woman, she's lucky to get a holiday at all. Children don't need such long holidays. In term-time they start work later and finish earlier than anyone else.
In the holidays most of them get bored, and some get into trouble. What a waste! If their overworked parents were given more free time instead, everyone would be happier. This isn't just a national problem either—it's worldwide. Dates may be different from country to country, but the pattern's the same. Why should children do half as much work and get twice as much holiday as their parents?
Lesson Six
Section One
Task 1: In the Path of the Earthquake A. True or False Questions.
(1)（F）On the day when the earthquake took place, Mr. Skinner got up at about a quarter to five because he wanted to milk the cows earlier that day.
(2)（T）When the earthquake came, Mrs. Skinner was in the kitchen preparing breakfast. (3) (F) Mrs. Skinner tried to run out of the kitchen and went into the rose garden, because it was safer there.
(4)（T）Jack Skinner was the husband's name.
(5)（F）Mr. Skinner was running after the cows, because he was frightened by the earthquake and didn't know what to do.
(6)（F）Everything on the Skinners' farm moved five metres to the south during the quake.
B. Map 1 is a layout of the Skinners’ farm. Mark out the plants and buildings in the map. Then in map 2 draw a new plan of the Skinners’ farm after the quake.
Map 1: (1) (farm house) (2) (garden path) (3) (cypress trees) (4) (rose garden) (5)(eucalyptus trees) (6)(raspberry patch) (7)(cow shed) (8) (granary) Map 2: 略
Task 2: A Funny Thing Happened to Me …
A. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements. (1) The speaker went to London not to buy ___________. a. Christmas presents b. books
c. Christmas cards (2) The speaker wanted to catch the early afternoon train not because ______________. a. it was the only train back b. he didn't like the noise of London
c. he had made some arrangements for that evening (3) The train he wanted to catch was the train _________. a. 3:13
b. 3:30 c. 3:33
(4) While waiting for the train, he didn't buy __________. a. a newspaper b. a bar of chocolate c. a packet of chocolate biscuits
(5) The packet contained ________ biscuits. a. two b. three c. four (6) The packet of biscuits they ate actually belonged to ___________. a. the man b. the speaker c. somebody else
B. Give brief answers to the following questions. 1. When did the incident happen? Answer: last Friday
2. What did the speaker do at college? Answer: He was a student. 3. Where is Waterloo station? Answer: in London
4. How did the speaker go there? Answer: by taxi
5. Why didn‘t he catch the train?
Answer: The taxi got stuck in a traffic jam and the train had left by the time he got to station. 6. How long did he have to wait for the next train? Answer: one hour 7. Where did he wait? Answer: the station buffet 8. What newspaper did he buy?
Answer: an evening newspaper, the ―Standard‖ 9. Where did he sit?
Answer: At a table near the window.