英语阅读与背诵材料.doc

英语阅读与背诵材料 用所给单词的正确形式填空或根据上下文连贯的要求填上适当的词,然后背诵短文。 Passage 1 Last week Mrs. Mills went to London. She did not know London very well and she _______ (lose) her way. Suddenly, she ______ (see) a man near a bus-stop. “I can ask him _____ way,” she said to _______ . “Excuse me,” she said, “_____ can you tell me the way _____ King Street, please?” The man smiled _______ (pleasant). He did not understand English. He spoke German. He was a ______ (tour). Then he put his hand into his pocket and took ____ a phrase-book. He opened the book and found ______ phrase. He read the phrase ______ (slow). “I am sorry,” he said, “I don’t speak English.” Passage 2 Mr. Hill is our new next-door neighbour. He is a pilot. He’s only forty-one years old, but he _______ (be) to nearly every country in the world. He ______(fly) to New York next month. The month after next he will fly to Tokyo. But now he is in Madrid. He ______(fly) to Spain a week ago and he _______ (return) to London the week ______ next. Mr. Hill is a very lucky man, ______ his wife isn’t very lucky. She usually _______ (stay) at home! Passage 3 When my husband _______ (go) into the dining-room this morning, he _______ (drop) some coins on the floor. There were coins __________. We looked for them _______ we could not find them all. While we ________ (have) breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor. He put them ______ into his mouth. We tried to get _______ coins but was too late. Tommy ________ (swallow) them already! Later that morning, when I ________ (do) the housework, my husband _________ (telephone) me from the office. “How’s Tommy?” he asked. “I don’t know.” I answered. “Tommy _________ (be) to the lavatory three times this morning, but I _________ (not have) any change yet.” I said. Passage 4 I want to tell you a true story. It _________ (happen) to a friend of ______ (my) a year ago. ________ my friend, George, was reading in bed, two thieves climbed into his kitchen. After they