妙语短篇a1第十五课

1、15.how wars beginthe stevenson family was having dinner. the family ate without talking for several minutes, then tom said, "daddy, do you know how wars begin?"mr. stevenson thought for a moment, then he said, "yes, i think so. i'll give you an example. we'll take two countrie

2、s, britain and america. if britain fought with america ."mrs. stevenson laughed."that's crazy," she said to her husband. "britain and america have been friends for over two hundred years. they'll never fight.""yes, i know that," mr. stevenson said. "i

3、was only using them as an example.""but they're not a good example," mrs. stevenson said. "france and germany are a better example.""britain and america are the best example," mr. stevenson replied. "they are friends now but they were enemies in the past.

4、they fought a war!""but that was a long time ago," mrs. stevenson said. "you should use more modern examples.""and you should let me answer my son's question," mr. stevenson said angrily."not when you give him wrong answers," mrs. stevenson said."

5、;i am not giving him wrong answers!" mr. stevenson shouted. "i am giving him perfectly good answers.""don't shout at me!" mrs. stevenson cried. "i'm not one of your stupid friends.""my friends aren't stupid!" mr. stevenson stood up and walked

6、angrily out of the room."now i'll answer your question," mrs. stevenson said to her son."it's all right, mom," he said. "you and dad already have."new words and expressionswar战争example例子 fight战斗crazy发疯的，不实际的reply回答enemy敌人 modern现代的 shout 喊叫perfectly 完美地exercise

7、i1. choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story. 在a，b，c，d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。a. the stevenson family was(a) watching tv.(b) at a restaurant.(c) having dinner at home.(d) having dinner with friends.b. tom asked his father(a) whether britain and america were at war.(b) how wars

8、begin.(c) if wars begin.(d) whether france and germany were at war.c. tom's parents shouted at each other because(a) they both wanted to answer tom's question.(b) tom's mother thought his father was wrong.(c) tom's father thought his mother was wrong.(d) tom thought they were both wr

9、ong.d. what did tom mean at the end of this story?(a) his parents' shouting had taught him about war.(b) he didn't want to know any more.(c) nobody had answered his question.(d) he was sad to see his parents shouting at each other.2. write t for true or f for false beside these statements ab

10、out the story.在下列有关本故事的句子旁标上t（对）或f（不对）(a) mrs. stevenson said britain and america had been friends for many years. _(b) mrs. stevenson said that france and germany werea better example. _(c) america and britain are enemies. _(d) mrs. stevenson said tom was being given bad answers.(e) mr. stevenson s

11、houted at mrs. stevenson. _3. which words in these sentences are not spelled correctly? circle them and write the correct spelling in the space provided.下列哪些词的拼写是错的？请把他们圈出来，并在空白处填上正确的拼法。(a) britian and america have been friends for many years.(b) mrs. stevenson said tom was being given rong ansers.(

12、c) mr. stevenson showted at mrs. stevenson.(d) tom said his parents had already ansered his qestion.(e) mrs. stevenson said her husbund was shouting at her.4. find words in the story that are opposite in meaning to the following words.在故事中找出下列词的反义词。(a) end _(b) enemies _(c) bad _(d) ancient _(e) sma

13、rt_5. find the letters in the following words that give the answer to the last sentence.在下列每个句子中找出一个字母，它们连起来就是最后一句的答案。the first letter is in answer but not in question. the second is in red and also in green. the third is in good but not in bad. the fourth is in britain but not in america. the last

14、letter is in give but not in take.the whole word means 'not right'-6. make three four-letter words from using the letters in 'friends'.用friends一词中的字母，拼出三个由四个字母组成的词。- - - -exercise iifill in the blanks of these sentences using the word underlined and using the right form.用划线单词的适当形式填空。

15、(a) she is a very happy person, but not the_personin the class.(b) he felt sad one day, the next day he felt even_,but the next day was the_in his life.(c) the tea they drank was good, but their mother made_ tea. however, even their mother's tea was notthe_tea in the world.(d) she was often late for class, but her friend jim was alwa