Ⅰ.Read the plays and choose the best answers.
1．How many characters are in the play Theinvisiblebench? A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. D．Five.
2．Why does Mike get up and walk away? A．Because Ann invites him out. B．Because he hates sitting with Paula. C．Because the bench gets too crowded. D．Because he finds another comfortable bench.
3．In the play Theinvisiblebench, who“moved the bench”？ A．Mike. B．Ann. C．Paula. D．Cathy.
4．Which of the following is NOT a thing that the servant brings to the King? A．A newspaper. B．A magazine. C．A page from a book.
D．A pile of official-looking papers.
5．It can be concluded that the two plays are ． A．amusing B．practical C．boring D．strange 答案：1.D 2.C 3.A 4.C 5.A
Ⅱ.Fill in each blank with no more than three words according to the two plays. Play Characters Theinvisiblebench Five students Theimportantpapers The King, the Queen， Servant 1
Setting
A park The King's castle.King's armchair is empty.Queen sits in her armchair, reading. ·Mike says this courtyard is in 2.need of a bench and imagines that there's one on the other side of the courtyard and takes his seat on it. ·The King calls his servants to bring him his important papers and one 6.shows/turnsup． ·The servant 7.fails to bring Plans of the 1．events in the stories of the two plays ·Tony and Cathy join Mike what the King wants.The King chases the servant, who runs one after another，feeling away. 3.niceandcomfortable． ·The King 8.turns to the ·They make 4.room for Paula Queen for help, but she is after she enters, while Mike unable to help the servant to rises and wanders over to the find what the King requires. middle of the stage and “sits” ·The Queen offers the King a down. page 9.torn from her book, ·Ann enters, talking first with leading to the King's glaring at Mike and then with the other her. three. ·The servant dashes out and ·When Mike tells the 5.truth returns in with a roll of toilet that he has moved the bench, paper, the 10.very/right thing Tony, Paula and Cathy fall the King desires. down.
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．Sensing the house shaking, they got up and dashed(猛冲) out of it in a great hurry. 2．Phil stood there, his head bowed(低下) in shame. 3．He lives in a cosy(舒适的) little room.
4．The two cocks stood there glaring(怒视) at each other. 5．They yelled(叫喊) at him to stop.
6．Faced with the competition for better universities, most children are buried in piles (堆) of homework.
7．If you blow that balloon up any more, it will burst(爆裂)． Ⅱ.拓展词汇
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8．invisibleadj.看不见的；无形的→visible(反义词) adj.看得见的；有形的 9．invitationn．邀请→invite vt.邀请
10．crowdedadj.拥挤的→crowd n．人群 v．挤满 11．angern．怒，怒火，怒气→angry adj.生气的 12．tearvt.撕，扯→tears n．眼泪→tearful adj.含泪的 [巧记单词]
Ⅲ.补全短语
1．make room for 为……腾出地方 2．dash out冲出去 3．run into撞上
4．tear ... in two 撕成两半 5．burst in闯进；突然闯入 6．glare at对……怒目而视 7．hold out递出；拿出；伸出 8．a roll of一卷……
1．[教材原句]Maybe here？(‘sits’as ifthereisabench) 或许这儿？(“坐下”好像有一把长椅)
[句型点拨]句中as if＝as though意为“似乎，好像”，引导方式状语从句。 [佳句赏析]She hurriedly left the room as if angry. 她匆忙离开房间好像生气了。
2．[教材原句]No.I must have forgotten to tell you. 不。我一定是忘记告诉你们了。
[句型点拨]句中must have forgotten是“情态动词＋have done”，表示对过去的肯定情况把握较大的猜测，用于肯定句。
[佳句赏析]Father had not got back home yet and I thought he must have forgotten it was my 18th birthday today.
爸爸还没有回来，我想他一定忘了今天是我的18岁生日。
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