1 Why were the passengers so relieved when the boulders disappeared?
a. Bruce could now drive even faster.
b. They had covered the greater part of the distance to the village.
c. It seemed less likely that they would meet with disaster.
d. They had seen the huge fissure that lay ahead of them.
2 When they reached the fissure, Bruce stopped the car because _____ .
a. the passengers had begged him to do so
b. he wanted to know the exact dimensions of the fissure
c. he thought it was safer to drie across it without the passengers
d. he was not sure whether the car was wide enough to bridge it
In response to renewed pleadings , Bruce stopped.
3 Bruce’s reaction to the final episode shows that _____ .
a. he was not the sort of person to be perturbed by anything
b. he was extremely brave in face of danger
c. he had underestimated the depth of the pool
d. when it came to crossing water, his driving was nto good enough
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Structure
4 He believed _____ a car as fast as it could possibly go. (ll.7-8)
a. driving in b. he would drive c. to drive d. in driving
believe sb. / sth. that / in
5 _____ when the boulders suddenly disappeared. (l.13)
a. How relieved we felt b. What a relief we were feeling
c. So relieved we felt d. How we felt relieved
what感叹句的主体词是名词；how 感叹句的主体词是形容词。
6 Bruce _____ when the car came to a grinding halt. (l.21)
a. hadcharged through it midway b. charged through it to the middle
c. charged midway through it d. was in the middle of charging through it
7 Bruce cherfully announced that the engine _____ out of oil. (l.22)
a. ran b. had run c. was running d. has run
run out of
Vocabulary
8 Glancing at his map, heinformed us that the next village was _____ twenty miles away. (ll.4-5)
a. simply b. boringly c. only d. in significantly
9 ---- where nothing could _____ but clumps of trees. (ll.13-14)
a. hinder our rogress b. spoil our course c. hold up our train d. harm our way
hinder== obstacle
10 When we pleaded _____ , bruce stopped. (l.15)
a. afresh b. aloud c. repeatedly d. forcibly
11 He said: ‘It’s fifteen miles _____ the village. ’ (ll.19-20)
a. until b. to c. from d. before
12 ---- obstacle was a shallow pool of water half a mile _____ . (ll.20-21)
a. side by side b. from top to bottom c. from side to side d. up and down
【Key to Multiple choice questions】
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10 .C 11. B 12. C
L39-05 5’18” [ Lesson 39 35:42 ]
§ Lesson 40 Who’s who 真假难辨
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
●hoax n. 骗局，戏弄
●deception n. 欺骗，骗局
●self-respecting adj. 自重的
●indulge v. 使沉迷
●pneumatic adj. 气动的
●drill n. 钻
●silly adj. 无意义的，无聊的
●advance adj. 预先的，事先获得的
●archway n. 拱形门楼
●remonstrate v. 规劝，告诫
●ironically adv. 讽刺地
●permission n. 许可
●grant v. 同意，准予
■hoax n. 骗局，戏弄
play a hoax on sb. 戏弄某人
play a trick on sb. 戏弄某人
play a joke on sb. 开某人玩笑
Eg: The boy student is thinking how to play a hoax on his classmate.
■deception n. 欺骗，骗局
deception 无关紧要的骗局，并不是故意的欺骗
Eg: She referred to the pills as sweet, so the harmless deception made it easy for her child to take them.
deceit （故意的）欺骗
Eg: We are incapable of deceit.
fraud 对公众的欺骗行为，多指官方的欺骗或财政舞弊
trickery 欺骗（语气上严厉）,着重有步骤地诡计来谋取私利。
Eg: He had gained control of the company by trickery.
■self-respecting adj. 自重的
■indulge v. 使沉迷
indulge oneself in sth. 沉迷于…………== be indulged in
Eg: He indulged himself in smoking and drinking.
=He was indulged in smoking and drinking.
v. 纵容
Eg: She indulges her only son.
■pneumatic adj. 气动的
■drill n. 钻
■silly adj. 无意义的，无聊的
foolish 强调愚蠢的，笨的，不明智的
Eg: I remonstrated him not to do anything foolish.
silly 无意义的， 无聊的，无知的
Eg: Being called silly is not compliment.
Don’t play such a silly hoax.
stupid 人及言行缺乏良好的判断力，天生的迟钝
Eg: His son is as stupid as all.
dull 迟钝的
Eg: the old man’s hearing has become dull.
She is a dull girl.
■advance adj. 预先的，事先获得的
advance information / in advance
■archway n. 拱形门楼
■remonstrate v. 规劝，告诫
remonstrate sb to do sth 规劝某人做某事
■ironically adv. 讽刺地
■permission n. 许可
■grant v. 同意，准予
ask sb. for permission请求许可
give / grant sb. permission 准予许可
【Text】
§ Lesson 40 Who’s who 真假难辨
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
How did the policeman discover that the whole thing was a joke?
It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else. Students specialize in a particular 无效 of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously. He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on. Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away. When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force. The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help. Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen. As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill. The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper. He threatened to call the police. At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest. Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station. Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.