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1、Section Grammar课后篇巩固探究一、单句填空1.They (quarrel) all the morning.答案:have been quarrelling2.I (prepare) for my birthday party.答案:have been preparing3.He (listen to) the English program since he came to the U.S.,so he has made great progress.答案:has been listening to4.The waiter (run) from this table to th
2、at table all the time.答案:has been running5.Since his assistant asked for a salary rise,he (complain) that the business is not good.答案:has been complaining6.He (stare) at the ceiling since the class began.答案:has been staring7.The telephone (ring) for a long time,but no one answers it.答案:has been ring
3、ing8.We arranged to meet at 9 oclock,but he was late.When he showed up,he was out of breath.It turned out that he (run).答案:had been running二、完成句子1.她等长途电话等了一夜。She a long-distance call all night.答案:has been expecting2.从1980年起我们一直住在这座城市。We in this city since 1980.答案:have been living3.这些年来我们一直在设法和他联系。Al
4、l these years we to get in touch with him.答案:have been trying4.这本书我已经读了两个小时了,但我还没读完。I this book for two hours,but I havent finished it.答案:have been reading5.最近我已回过老家。I my hometown recently.答案:have visited6.你最近见过他吗? him recently?答案:Have you met7.他们结婚将近15年了。They for almost 15 years.答案:have been marrie
5、d8.他一直盼望着加薪。He for a raise in salary all the time.答案:has been hoping9.到目前为止,我们已见过几次面。So far,we each other several times.答案:have met10.在过去10年的时间里,由于全球变暖,海平面一直在上升。Over the past ten years,the sea level as a result of global warming.答案:has been rising三、单句改错 1.She has been watched the talent show for ten
6、 minutes.答案:watchedwatching2.Ive collected the cells since I was ten years old.答案:collectedbeen collecting3.Thats exactly what I have thinking.答案:have后面加been4.What were you been doing this morning?答案:werehave5.I have written a thesis recently,and it is expected to be finished next month.答案:writtenbe
7、en writing6.Tom has dug in the garden.Ive been helping him.答案:dugbeen digging7.Your fingers are brown.You were smoking too much.答案:werehave been8.Ive looked for my dog and still havent found it.答案:lookedbeen looking9.What have you been done all these years?答案:donedoing10.How long have you wearing gl
8、asses?答案:you后面加been四、阅读理解A导学号62554025Have you ever heard of the lost continent of Atlantis?Where was the lost continent of Atlantis?In 1956 a Greek seismologist(地震学家)suggested that the great continent lay in the eastern Mediterranean Sea,or more specifically,on the island of Santorini called Thera i
9、n 1650 B.C.in southern Greece.Plato,a great Greek poet and historian,was interested in an ancient Egyptian story of a civilization,which Plato called Atlantis.He described Atlantis as the greatest civilization of its time.The people were famous for their beauty and their culture.Plato wrote about th
10、is beautiful place one thousand years after it was destroyed.His translation of the language of those ancient Egyptian writings was questionable.He also put the time of the disaster to be about 9,000 years,about 10 times earlier than it could have really occurred according to most historians.What ha
11、ppened to wipe this great civilization off the face of the Earth?A great volcanic eruption was the cause.A volcano named Santorini exploded and it blew most of the island into the heavens.When the caldera(火山口)formed,the tsunamis(海啸)produced by the crashing of the top of the volcano wiped out many ci
12、ties and towns in the eastern Mediterranean.This tsunami was reported to have reached the height of over 300 feet.The earthquakes produced knocked down walls 100 miles away!Historians believe these sea waves were what caused the end of the great civilization in the Mediterranean.Archaeologists have
13、recovered artifacts(史前古器)from the island lately that show a great ancient civilization was present on Thera about 3,800 years ago.It helps us to believe that Santorini may be the “Lost Continent of Atlantis”!1.On what did Plato base his descriptions of the lost Atlantis?A.His imagination.B.Ancient E
14、gyptian writings.C.Stories told by the older people.D.The research of other historians.答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据第二段第五句可知柏拉图是根据古埃及的一些文字资料对亚特兰蒂斯加以描述的。2.When was Atlantis destroyed by most historians?A.2,000 years ago.B.9,000 years ago.C.900 years ago.D.3,800 years ago.答案:C解析:细节理解题。根据第二段的末句可知答案。3.What caused the production of a huge tsunami over 300 feet tall?A.The form of caldera.B.The crashing of the top of the volcano.C.The great earthquake.D.The great sea waves.答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据第三段的“.the tsunamis produced by the crashing of the top of the volcano.”可知海啸的发生是因为
