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Lesson 1 A private conversationLast week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very (1)_(interest). I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman (2)_(be) sitting behind me. They were (3)_(talk) loudly. I got very (4)_(anger). I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked (5) _ the man and the woman (6) _(anger). They did not pay any attention. (7) _ the end, I could not bear it. I turned (8) _ again. “I cant hear a word!” I said (9) _(anger) .“Its none of your business,” the young man (10) _(say) rudely. “ This is a private conversation!”Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunchIt was Sunday. I never get up early (1)_ Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed (2) _ lunchtime. Last Sunday I got (3)_ very late. I (4)_(look) out of the window. It was dark (5)_. “ (6) _ a day!” I thought. “ Its raining again.” Just then, the telephone (7)_ (ring). It was my aunt Lucy. “ Ive just arrived (8)_ train.” She said. “I am coming to see you.”“But Im still having (9) _.” I said.“What are you doing!” she asked.“Im having breakfast,” I repeated.“Dear me,” she said. “(10) _ you always get up so late?” Its one oclock!”Lesson 3 Please send me a cardPostcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I (1)_(visit) museums and sat in public gardens. A (2)_(friend) waiter taught me a few words of (3)_. Then he (4)_(lend) me a book. I read a few lines, but I _ (not understand) a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed (6)_(quick) , but I not send cards to my friends. (7)_ the last day I made a big (8)_(decide) . I got up early and (9)_(buy) thirty-seven cards. I spent the (10)_ day in my room, but I did not write a single card!Lesson 4 An exciting tripI have just received a letter (1)_ my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there(2) _ six months. Tim is (3)_ engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of (4)_(difference) places (5)_ Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has (6)_ to Alice Springs, (7)_ small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. (8)_ there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, (9)_ he is finding this trip very (10)_(excite).Lesson 5 No wrong numbersMr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another (1)_ in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles (2)_ Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his hew garage, (3)_ he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a (4)_ carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance (5)_ three minutes. (6)_ to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great _(7) requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the (8)_. (9)_ this way, he has (10)_(begin) his own private telephone service.Lesson 6 Percy ButtonsI have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a (1)_( beg) knocked (2)_ my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. (3)_ return for this, the beggar (4)_(stand) on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He (5)_(eat) the meal and (6)_(drink) the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and (7)_(go) away. Later a neighbor told me (8)_ him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls (9)_ every house in the street once a mouth and always asks (10)_ a meal and a glass of beer.Lesson 7 Too LateThe plane was late and detectives were waiting ate the airport all morning. (1)_ were expecting a (2)_(value) parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police (3)_ thieves would try to (4)_ the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building (5)_ others were waiting on the airfield. Two men (6)_(take) the parcel off the plane and carried (7)_ into the Customs House. While two detectives were (8)_ guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. (9)_ their surprise, the precious parcel was full (10)_ stones and sand!Lesson 8 The best and the worstJoe Sanders has the most (1)_(beauty) garden in our town. Nearly everyone enters (2)_ The Nicest Garden Competition each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Friths garden is (3)_ (large) than Joes. Bill works harder than (4)_ and grows more flowers and vegetables,(5)_ Joes garden is more (6)_(interest). He has (7)_(make) neat paths (8)_ has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not (9)_ hard work. Every year I entered for the garden competition too, and I always (10)_ a little prize for the worst garden in the town! Lesson 9 A cold welcomeOn Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It (1)_(be) the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall Clock. It would strike twelve (2)_twenty minutes time. Fifteen minutes (3)_(pass) and then, at five (4)_ twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, (5)_ nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, “Its two minutes (6)_ twelve! The clock has stopped!” I looked (7)_ my watch. It was (8)_(truth). The big clock refused (9)_(welcome) the New Year. At that moment, everybody (10)_(begin) to laugh and sing.Lesson 10 Not for jazzWe have an old musical instrument. (1)_ is called a clavichord. It was made (2)_ Germany in 1681. our clavichord is kept in the (3)_(live) room. It has belonged (4)_ our family for a long time. The instrument was bought (5)_ my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a (6)_(visit). She tried to play jazz on it! She (7)_ (strike) the keys too hard and two of the strings (8)_ broken. My father was (9)_(shock). Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my (10)_(father).Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anotherI（1） （have） dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came in. Tony worked in a lawyers office years（2） , but he is now working at（3） bank. He gets a good salary, but he always（4）_ money from his friends and never（5） it back. Tony saw me and came and sat at the (6） table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him（7） me twenty pounds.（8） my surprise, he gave me the money（9） (immediate). I have（10）_ borrowed any money from you, Tony said, so now you can pay for my dinner!Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luckOur neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, （1） (sail) from Portsmouth tomorrow. Well meet him at the harbour（2） in the morning. He will be（3） his small boat, Topsail. Topsail is a famous little boat. It（4） (sail)（5） the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will（6） at eight oclock, so well have plenty （7） time. Well see his boat and then well say （8） to him. He will be away（9） two months. We are very (pride) of him. He will take part in（10） important race across the Atlantic.Lesson 13 The Greenwood BoysThe Greenwood boys are a group of（1） （popular）singers. At（2） , they are visiting all parts of the country. They will be arriving here tomorrow. They will be coming（3） train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrow evening they（4） (sing) at the Workers Club. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days.（5） this time, they will give five（6）_ （perform）. As（7） , the police will have a difficult time. They will be trying to keep（8） . It is always（9） same (10) these occasions.Lesson 14 Do you speak English?I had an(1) (amuse) experience last year. After I (2)_ (leave) a small village in the south of France, I drove(3) to the next town. (4) the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a（5） . As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to in（6）_ and he replied in the same language.（7） (介词词组)a few words, I do not know（8） French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man（9） （sudden） said, very slowly, Do you speak English? As I soon learnt, he was（10） himself.Lesson 15 Good newsThe secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth（1） （see）me. I (2) very nervous when I went into his office. He did not look (3)_ from his desk(4) I entered. After I(5) （sit）down, he said that business(6) （be）very bad. He told me that the firm could not (7) to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had (8) . “Mr. Harmsworth,” I said in a weak (9) . “Dont interrupt,” he said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds (10) year!Lesson 16 A Private RequestIf you park your car in the wrong place, (1)_ traffic policeman will soon find it. You (2)_(be) very lucky (3)_ he lets you go without a ticket. (4)_, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very (5)_(polite). During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note (6)_ my car: “Sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a No (7)_(park) area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our street (8)_(sign). This (9)_ is only a reminder.” If you receive a request like this, you can not fail to obey(10)_!Lesson 17 Always YoungMy aunt Jennifer is (1)_ actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. (2)_ spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new (3)_(play) soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must (4)_(appear) in a bright red dress and long black (5)_(stocking). Last year in another play, she (6)_(have) to wear (7)_ socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. (8)_ anyone ever asks her how old she (9)_, she always answers, My dear, it must be terrible to be (10)_(grow) up!Lesson 18 He Often Does This After I had had lunch at a village inn, I looked for my bag. I had (1)_(leave) it on a chair beside the door and now it wasnt there ! (2)_ I was looking for it, the inn-keeper came in.“(3)_(do) you have a good meal ?” he asked.“Yes, thank you,” I answered, “(4)_ I cant pay the bill. I havent (5)_(get )my bag.” The inn-keeper smiled and (6)_(immediate) went out. In a few (7)_(minute) he returned (8)_my bag and gave it back (9)_ me.“Im very sorry,” he said .“My dog (10)_(take)it into the garden. He often does this.”Lesson 19 Sold Out“The play may begin at any moment,” I said.“It may (1)_(begin) already,” Susan answered.I hurried (2)_the ticket-office. “May I have (3)_tickets please ?” I asked.“Im sorry, weve sold out,” the girl said.“What (4)_pity!” Susan exclaimed.Just then, a man hurried to (5)_ticket-office.“Can I (6)_(return )these two tickets?” he asked.“Certainly,” the girl said.“(7)_ I have those two tickets please ?” I asked.“Certainly, the girl said, “(8)_they are for next Wednesdays (9)_(perform). Do you still want them?”“I might as well have them,” I said (10)_(sad).Lesson 20 One man in a boat Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without (1)_(catch) anything. But this does not worry me. Some (2)_(fish) are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even (3)_lucky. I never catch anythingnot even old boots. After (4)_(spend) whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an (5)_bag. “You must give up fishing!” my friends say. “Its (6)_ waste of time.” (7)_ they dont realize one important thing. Im not really (8)_(interest)in fishing. I am only interested in (9)_(sit)in a boat and doing (10)_ at all !Lesson 21 Mad or not?Aeroplanes are slowly (1) _ me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be (2) _ (hear) night and day. The airport was built during the war, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, (3)_, it (4) _(动词短语) use. Over a (5) _ (hundred) people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be （6）_(动词短语) by (7)_ passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am (8) _ (determine) to stay here. (9) _ says I must be (10) _ and they are probably right.Lesson 22 A Glass Envelope My daughter, Jane, (1) _ dreamed (2) _ receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling (3) _ the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle. She (4) _(throw) the bottle into the sea. She never (5) _ (动词短语) it again, but ten (6) _ (month) later, she received a letter (7) _ a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other regularly now. (8) _, they have decided to use the post-office. (9) _ will cost a litt1e more, but they will certainly travel (10) _ (fast).Lesson 23 A new house I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives (1) _ Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she (2) _ (come) to England next year. If she (3) _ (come), she will get (4) _ (冠词) surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it (5) _(begin) before my sister left. The house (6) _(complete) five months ago. (7) _ my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large (8) _ (room) and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it (9) _(look) strange to some people. It (10) _ be the only modern house in the district.Lesson 24 It couldnt be worse I entered the hotel managers office and (1) _(sit) down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset. “I (2) _(leave) the money in my room”, I said, “and its not there now.” The manager was sympathetic, (3) _ he could do nothing. “(4) _is losing money these days,” he said. He started to complain (5) _ this wicked world but (6) _ (interrupt) by a knock (7) _ the door. A girl came in and put (8) _ envelope on his desk. It (9) _ (contain) $5o. “I found this outside this gentlemans room” she said. “Well,” I said to the manager, there is still some (10) _ (honest) in this world!Lesson 25 Do you speak English? I (1) _ in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way (2) _ my hotel, (3) _ I asked a porter. I (4) _ spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, (5) _, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke (6) _ slowly (7) _ clearly. “I am a foreigner,” I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher (8) _ spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. “Youll soon learn English!” he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a (9) _(different) language. The English understand each other, but I dont understand (10) _ ! Do they speak English ?Lesson 26 The best art critics I am (1)_ art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you (2)_ a picture is “about”. Of course, many pictures are not “about” (3)_. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way (4)_ we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures (5)_ than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me (6)_ my pictures are good or not. She (7)_(come) into my room yesterday.“What are you doing?” she asked. “I (8) _ (hang) this picture on the wall,” I answered. “Its a new one. Do you like it?” She looked at it (9)_(critical) for a moment. “Its all right.” she said, “but (10)_ it upside-down?” I looked at it again. She was right! It was!Lesson 27 A wet night Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all (1)_ (hunger) and the food smelt (2)_. After a (3)_ (wonder) meal, they told stories and sang songs (4)_ the camp fire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt (5)_ so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept (6)_ (sound). In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all (7)_(leap) out o