新概念英语第二册Lesson71同步练习

新概念英语二 Lesson 71 A famous clock 教学目标： 1. 掌握parliament、erect、accurate、check等重点词汇及短语。 2. 掌握该课重点句型及结构： （1）定语从句 （2）虚拟语气 （3）have something done、fail to do、be responsible for 3. 能够独立完成课后练习。 4. 熟悉背诵文章，并能够学以致用 课文回顾: When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of P____________ had hot been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been e________________. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was r__________________ for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of i____________ size, but is e_______________ a__________________ as well. Officials from Greenwich O______________ have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because m____________ are c_______________ to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the c______________ time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down! Part I There are four choices marked [A] [B] [C] and [D] for each sentence below. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. 从[A]、[B]、[C]、[D]四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Not only _________interested in football but _________beginning to show an interest in it. A. the teacher himself is; all his students are B. the teacher himself is; are all the students C. is the teacher himself; are all his student D. is the teacher himself; all his students are 2. The annual death rate in the United States is 11 per thousand, ________ that of Latin America is 23 per thousand. A. when B. while C. however D. though 3. As is well known to us, _________ a force of attraction between two objects. A. it always exists B. there always exists C. it always exists to be D. there always exists to be 4. I’m sorry you‘ve been waiting so long, but it‘ll still be some time ______ Brian gets ba