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Unit 4
Law and order
Period 4
Extended reading & Other parts
泛读速选
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1.What is Sherlock Holmes good at?
A.Dealing with cruel criminals.
B.Finding clues from smallest details.
C.Writing fiction about private detectives.
D.Stopping crimes from happening.
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2.Which word can be used to describe the pawnbroker?
A.Greedy. B.Hard-working.
C.Generous. D.Stupid.
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3.Why does the assistant come to work for the pawnbroker for only half wages?
A.To help the pawnbroker expand his business.
B.To satisfy his fondness for photography.
C.To dig a tunnel in the cellar.
D.To deal with the most daring criminals.
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4.Why did the criminals choose to make their attempt on Saturday?
A.No one was on duty on Saturday.
B.They would have enough time to escape.
C.Sherlock Holmes would be on business then.
D.The gold would be removed on Saturday.
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5.What is Dr Watson’s attitude towards Holmes’ inference(推理)?
A.It is unbelievable.
B.It is a little reasonable.
C.It is a little absurd.
D.It is worth admiring.
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Mr Wilson,a pawnbroker,1. was a little stupid,joined a club
2. (call) The Red-Headed League by mistake.In fact,it was a criminal gang.The criminals hired Mr Wilson just 3. (get) him out of his shop for a number of hours every day.Meanwhile,a guy 4._______
(active) offered to work in the shop for only half wages,but he would vanish into the cellar once in 5. while.Sherlock Holmes judged that there must be some strong motive behind.Later,Sherlock Holmes discovered that the criminals 6. (dig) a tunnel to a bank.
who
called
to get
actively
a
were digging
After 7. (collect) enough evidence,Sherlock Holmes could tell with 8. (certain) that the criminals would make their attempt on Saturday so that they could have enough time to escape.Sherlock Holmes informed the bank 9. the attempted theft in no time and the
10. (criminal) efforts were in vain.
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collecting
certainty
criminals’
of
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不再挡路,不再碍事;结束,处理完;(用于否定句)奇特的,不寻常的,罕见的
out of the way
by way of 经由;当作
give way to 给……让路
make one’s way to向……走去
in no way决不;一点也不(置于句首时,句子用部分倒装)
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用way短语的正确形式填空
(1)In the evening we the railway station against the storm.
(2)Generally speaking, should your arrival be later than the fixed time.
(3)Robert’s parents came to attend the wedding London but Emily’s parents didn’t.
(4)The plan has to remain confidential at least until the local elections are
.
(5)The main thing is not to a famous authority but courageously defend your opinion.
made our way to
by way of
in no way
out of the way
give way to
make ends meet收支相抵;量入为出
bring/put an end to sth=put/bring sth to an end 使……结束
in the end终于,最后
at the end of在……尽头;在……结束时
end up doing sth 以做某事而告终
连续地,不断地;竖着,直立着
on end
2
用end 短语完成下面的语段
In order to ,her husband cut off their son’s supply of milk.For this,the couple argued for two days . ,they decided to this endless argument this week for the sake of their son.
为了维持生计,她丈夫切断了儿子的牛奶供应。为此,这对夫妇连续争论了两天。最后,为了他们的儿子,他们决定在本周结束这个无休止的争论。
make ends meet
on end
In the end
bring/put
to an end
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so+adj.+a/an+n.(单数)...
[教材原句] It is so long a chain,and yet every link rings true.这么长的一串推理,每个环节都被你分析得头头是道。(教材P54)
· so+adj.+a/an+n.(单数)...
so+many/much/few/little(少)+n.(复数或不可数)...
· such+a/an+adj.+n.(单数)...
such+adj.+n.(复数或不可数)...
· 当so/such放在句首时,主句要用部分倒装语序。
(1)He apologised to me for making a foolish mistake and I willingly accepted it.
(2)We can’t figure out why many people were taken in by such a simple trick.
(3)Many lifestyle patterns do great harm to health that they actually speed up the weakening of the human body.
such
so
such
(4)It was a great pleasure for us to take part in ______________________
.
我们很高兴能参加如此有意义的活动。
(5) that I took him to hospital to have him examined immediately.(倒装结构)
我非常紧张,马上带他去医院进行了检查。
such a meaningful
So nervous was I
activity/so meaningful an activity
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be of +抽象名词
[教材原句] “Well,perhaps,after all,it is of some little use,” he remarked.他说道:“哦,也许吧,说到底,多少还有点用。”(教材P54)
“be of+抽象名词”相当于“be+形容词”,这一结构可以说明主语的性质。常见的抽象名词有importance,value,use,help,benefit,significance等,这些名词可用great,little,some,any,no,not,much等修饰,用以说明程度。be of后面还可接size,color,height,length,age,shape,quality等,用来描述人或事物的属性,在句中作表语或后置定语。
(1)The digital camera in our shop is high quality.If there should be something wrong with it,we would repair it at our expense.
(2)Your help was of great (significant) to me.Without your help,I wouldn’t have been successful.
(3)I hope these suggestions .You can make great progress in English.(应用文写作之建议信)
我希望这些建议对你有益,你会在英语方面取得很大的进步。
of
will be of benefit to you
significance
(4)It has been stressed several times that learning English well _________
to your career development in the future.
我们已经强调过好几次了,学好英语对你将来的职业发展是非常重要的。
is of great
importance
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Ⅰ.一词多义
plead
A.恳求 B.认罪 C.申辩
1.Has he pleaded guilty to stealing a car with an accomplice?
2.In prison,he had been pleading that he was not guilty,but was ignored.
3.He was kneeling on the floor,pleading to be allowed to see his mother one more time.
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B
A
C
Ⅱ.熟词生义
1.The researchers’ object is to gather as great a diversity of genetic material as possible.
2.They couldn’t fire him,he reasoned.He was the only one who knew how the system worked.
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n.目的;目标
v.推断
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