6 The planes _______nearly a month to plant the seed.
a. did b. made c.took d. had
花费 : 如果人作主语用spend
用时间表达用take
9 Large ________of seed were used.
a. weights b. measures c. tons d. amounts
weights / weight 重量
measures 测量
tons吨 : several tons
amounts : large amounts 大量的, 修饰不可数名词
11 Patches of green had begun to appear. There was green grass ________.
a. every where b. only in one or two places
c. in one place d. here and there
patches许多快
everywhere每一寸土地上都长着东西
here and there 这一块, 那一块, 很多快, 不一定是每一寸
【Summary writing】摘要写作
Answer these questions in not more than75 words.回答下列问题, 将答案组成一个段落, 不要超过75个单词.
1 How long did it take the firemen to get the forest fire under control?
2 Had all the great trees been burnt or not? Was there danger that heavy rain would cause serious floods or not? Would the floods destroy the surrounding villages or not?(Now that... which)
3 Did the forest authorities order grass-seed to prevent this or not ? For how long was it sprayed over the ground by planes?(To prevent this...which...)
4 Did it begin to rain or not? Where had the grass taken root? (By the time that...)
2 now that既然 / which : 定语从句
Now that all the great trees had been burnt, there was danger that heavy rain would cause serious floods which destroy the surrounding villages.
3 to prevent...: 为了预防...
To prevent this the forest authorities ordered grass-seed which was sprayed over the ground by planes for nearly a month.
4 by the time(that)到...时候为止 (that可以省略),应理解为 “before”
by the time it began to rain, the grass had taken root in the soil.