Lesson 54 How Embarrassing
一、单项选择
1. I ran ________ a classmate in the park last Sunday.
A. in B. out of C. into D. at
2. —Are you familiar ________the movie, Melissa?
—Yes, I've watched it twice.
A. for B. with C. of D. at
3. They changed their minds at the last ________ and refused to go.
A. market B. memory C. moment D. museum
4. If you say that something is ________, you think it is very bad or terrible.
A. awful B. funny C. important D. interesting
5. Mr. Smith, I admit ________ the window. It's my fault.
A. break B. broke C. breaking D. to break
6. I haven't ________ my father for a long time.
A. hear from B. heard from C. hear of D. heard of
7. Stephen Hawking got more than 380,000 followers in
two hours ________ he put his first message on Weibo.
A. before B. since C. after D. until
8. —Have you heard of the song “Where did the time go”?
—Yes. It often ________ the old days and love of my family when I hear it.
A. puts me down B. reminds me of
C. shows me off D. helps me out
9. Xiandao Lake in Yangxin is the famous place ________ we'll visit next week.
A. that B. who C. where D. whom
10. —Could you please tell me________?
—OK. I will go to Beijing next week.
A. where will you go
B. how you will go to Beijing
C. when you will go to Beijing
D. why will you go to Beijing
二、用所给词的适当形式填空
11. What an________ (embarrass) moment it is! I want to leave right now.
12. My teacher________(tap)me on the shoulder and encouraged me to try again.
13. At the beginning of a new term, we should make ________ (plan)for study.
14. We are happy____________(have) a conversation with you.
15. Remember____________(give)my best wishes to your parents.
三、语法专练
用 when, before, because, if, though 填空。
16. ________the story is short and there are no new words in it, it is difficult
to understand.
17. I was cooking ________ she knocked at the door.
18. Take the medicine ________ you go to bed.
19. They couldn't send their children to school ________ they were poor. 20. We are leaving for Shenzhen by plane ________ it is fine tomorrow.
四、按要求完成句子
21. He had to return home before 10 p. m. (改为一般疑问句)
________he________ ________ return home before 10 p. m.?
22. I felt better after talking to her. (对画线部分提问)
________ ________ you ________ after talking to her?
23. Mr. Smith is a very kind man. (改为感叹句)
________ ________ kind man Mr. Smith is!
24. It seems that he knows the whole story. (改为同义句)
He ________ ________ ________ the whole story.
25. I hope to get a letter from my parents because I miss them very much. (改为同义句)
I hope to ________ ________ my parents because I miss them very much.
五、阅读理解 (词数:约 210;建议用时:5 分钟)
Embarrassing moments happen to everyone, no matter how important a person is.
What would you do if you had an embarrassing moment?
★Forget all about it and then laugh about it. The first thing you should do
is let others know it is a joke. Just laugh loudly and say, "That is funny!" People
will know that you are not taking it seriously. They will stop making fun of you.
★ ________ When you go back to your room, just take a moment to think how that
embarrassing moment happened. Are you always careless? Think about ways to correct
the problem.
★Improve your awareness (意识). Try to be more aware of what is happening around
you if you are always careless. Just remember not to be upset over it. The people
who laugh at you have probably done something similar to what you have done. Just
laugh with them at the time, or they will remember your embarrassment for a long
time. Stay cool and enjoy the rest of the day.
★Don't be afraid of embarrassing moments. Take it easy. It's not hard to get
through it if you believe that you can deal with it.
26. According to the passage, ________ people have embarrassing moments.
A. most B. few C. no D. all
27. If you feel embarrassed, the first thing you should do is ________.
A. make fun of others
B. stay away from others
C. talk about it with your friends
D. let others know it is just a joke
28. When embarrassing moments happen to you, you should keep ________.
A. serious B. careful C. cool D. upset
29. Which sentence can be filled in the blank of Paragraph 3?
A. Stay in your room alone and laugh.
B. Think about your problem carefully.
C. How do you feel after the embarrassing moment?
D. What can we do at the embarrassing moment?
30. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. how to deal with embarrassing momentsB. when embarrassing moments usually happen
C. how to forget embarrassing moments
D. how to face embarrassing moments bravely
答案
一、1.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.C
6. B 点拨:hear from 收到某人的来信;hear of 听说,听说过。句意:我有很长时间没
有收到父亲的来信了。故选 B。
7. C 8.B 9.A 10.C
二、11.embarrassing 12.tapped 13. plans 14.to have 15.to give
三、16.Though 17.when 18.before 19. because 20.if
四、21.Did; have to 22.How did; feel 23. What a
24.seems to know 25. hear from
五、26.D 点拨:由第一段中的句子 Embarrassing moments happen to everyone, no matter
how important a person is.可知任何人都有尴尬的时刻。故选 D。
27. D 点拨:由第二段中的句子 The first thing you should do is let others know it
is a joke.可知答案选 D。
28. C 点拨:由第四段中的句子 Stay cool and enjoy the rest of the day.当遇到尴尬
的时候,我们应该保持冷静。故选 C。
29. B 点拨:本段主要写了认真考虑尴尬事情是如何发生,并且想办法改正。故选 B。
30. A 点拨:本文主要讲述了如何应对尴尬时刻,故选 A。