Section Ⅲ Developing ideas

单词填空 用所给词的适当形式填空。

1.There’s an custom in the area that men follow women to live in women’s family. No one knows when such a custom came into   . （exist）

2.The customers   about the poor service of the hotel and they made a   to the customers’ association. （complain）

3.He likes   sports and often takes part in various   and never fears powerful   . （compete）

4.Some people went through terrible   in the war but many others   to death. （starve）

5.The   boy couldn’t find the way home， which left him at a complete   . （lose）

6.As one of the most   places， Mount Wuyi   millions of tourists each year， and one of its most famous tourist   is the Nine-bend River. （attract）

7.Red is a lucky color for Chinese people， so during the Spring Festival， many people   their houses with red   . （decorate）

8.I want to thank all the   ， because your   makes the movement more meaningful. （participate）

9.With the number of   people increasing，   is now thought of as a beginning and not an end. （retire）

10.There are many ways to avoid education   ， but the key lies in treating all schools and students   . （equal）

单句表达 根据括号内提示翻译句子。

1. 他认为自己与那件事情无关。（have… to do with）

2. 不仅Brown先生，还有他的两个女儿都喜欢弹钢琴。（not only… but also…）

3. 这是我引以为豪的金牌。（“介词 + 关系代词”引导定语从句）

4. 我昨晚的确给她发了一封邮件，但是她没有回复。（助动词did起强调作用）

5. 他以前看过那部电影，那就是他昨天晚上没有去看的原因。（why引导表语从句）

提示写作

选用所给词汇或句型造句，并组成一段连贯的短文（80词左右）。

embrace admit be keen on eat out have… to do with

It’s worth the effort of… not only… but （also）… In one’s opinion， …

阅读理解

A

In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor （指挥家） decided to hold an international festival of music， dance and theater in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.

At the same time， the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theater groups turned up uninvited in 1947， in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform， and they did so in a public house disused for years.

Soon， groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University， and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge， Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theater by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

Today the “Fringe”， once less recognized， has far outgrown the festival with around 1，500 performances of theater， music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And years early as 1959， with only 19 theater groups performing， some said it was getting too big.

A paid administrator （管理人员） was first employed only in 1971， and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1，695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.

1. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning？

A. To bring Europe together again. B. To honor heroes of World War Ⅱ.

C. To introduce young theater groups. D. To attract great artists from Europe.