福建省晋江市季延中学高中英语基础阅读材料3 (2).doc

高二英语基础阅读材料lesson 55 not a gold mine 并非金矿what did the team find? dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. a new machine calledthe revealerhas been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. the machine was used in a cave near the seashore where-it is said-pirates used to hide gold. the pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. the leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. they finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. the party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. in spite of this, many people are confident thatthe revealermay reveal something of value fairly soon.new words and expressions 生词和短语gold ld n. 金子 arm /a:m/ v.武装mine /main/ n.矿 soil sl n泥土treasure tre(r) n. 财宝 entrance entrns n.入口revealer /rivi:l/ n. 探测器 finally fanli adv.最后invent /invent/ v.发明 worthless w:ls adj. 毫无价值的detect /ditekt/ v.探测 thoroughly rli adv.彻底地bury/beri/ v.埋藏 trunk trk n.行李箱cave /keiv/ n.山洞 confident knfdnt adj.有信心的seashore si:(r) n. 海岸 value vlju: n.价值pirate part n.海盗回答下列问题.1 isthe revealera new machine or an old machine?is it used for detecting buried gold or not?2 did a search party use this machine or not? where did they try to find gold recently?3 did they examine the cave thoroughly or not? did they only find a small gold coin?was it valuable or was it practically worthless?4 do many people believe that the machine may reveal something of value soon or not?exercises 练习a. 在课文中划出表示一般过去时，过去进行时和过去习惯性动作的动词：b. 用正确的时态填空，完成练习后再对照课文核对你的答案：the machine_(use)in a cave near the seashore where-it is said-pirates_(hide) gold. thepirates often_(bury) gold in the cave and then_(fail) to collect it. armed with the new machine, a search party_(go)into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. the leader of the party_ (examine)the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine_(show) that there_(be) gold under the ground. very excited, the party_(dig)a hole two feet deep. they finally_(find) a small gold coin which was almost worthless.c选择正确的动词：1 he (is used to) (used to) work sixteen hours a day. a day.2 i (use to) (used to)see him often.3 he always(uses) (used to) scented soap.4 he (used to) (is used to) buy two bars of chocolate a day.5 i couldnt stand the noise at first but i (am used to) (used to)it now. 6 i(am used to) (used to) swimming in cold water. 7 gold and golden.a. all that glitters is not _. b. silence is _.multiple choice questions 多项选择题1 the search party was looking for _.agold ba gold mine c pirates da tin trunk 2 the search for gold proved thatthe revealer_.aworks very well bdoesnt work well cis quite useless d isnt very good 3the revealerhas been used for _gold.ato detect bdetecting cdetect d.detected 4 pirates used to hide gold there, _.a and they always do band they still do c and they still do sometimes dthats what they would do 5 they hoped to find buried treasurethey hoped they_it.awould find b had found cwill find dare going to find 6 where did they _the hole?adig b digging cdug d have dug 7 how _was the hole? 8the revealeris a very good _. amachine bengine cmachinery dmechanic 9 the leader of the party was examining the soil. he was _.a testing it b looking at it carefully cwatching it dtrying it 10 the coin was almost worthless. so it was of small _.aworthy bhonour cprice dvalue 11 t