辽宁省盘锦市高级中学人教版高中英语练习(无答案)：基础阅读

高二英语基础阅读材料

Lesson 55 Not a gold mine 并非金矿

What did the team find?

Dream s of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A new machine called‘The Revealer’has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where----it is said----pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that‘The Revealer’may reveal something of value fairly soon.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

gold [ɡəʊld] n. 金子 arm /a:m/ v.武装

mine /main/ n.矿 soil [sɔɪl] n．泥土

treasure ['treʒə(r)] n. 财宝 entrance ['entrəns] n.入口

revealer /ri'vi:l/ n. 探测器 finally [ˈfaɪnəli] adv.最后

invent /In'vent/ v.发明 worthless ['wɜ:θləs] adj. 毫无价值的

detect /di'tekt/ v.探测 thoroughly [ˈθʌrəli] adv.彻底地

bury/'beri/ v.埋藏 trunk [trʌŋk]n.行李箱

cave /keiv/ n.山洞 confident [ˈkɒnfɪdənt] adj.有信心的

seashor e ['si:ʃɔ:(r)] n. 海岸 value ['vælju:] n.价值

pirate ['paɪrət] n.海盗

回答下列问题.

1 Is‘The Revealer’a new machine or an old machine?Is it used for detecting buried gold

or not?

2 Did a search party use this machine or not? Where did they try to find gold recently?

3 Did they examine the cave thoroughly or not? Did they only find a small gold coin?Was it valuable or was it practically worthless?

4 Do many people believe that the machine may reveal something of value soon or not?

Exercises 练习

A. 在课文中划出表示一般过去时，过去进行时和过去习惯性动作的动词：

B. 用正确的时态填空，完成练习后再对照课文核对你的答案：

The machine______(use)in a cave near th e seashore where----it is said----pirates______(hide) gold. Thepirates often______(bury) gold in the cave and then______(fail) to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party______(go)into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party______ (examine)the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine______(show) that there______(be) gold under the ground. Very excited, the party______(dig)a hole two feet deep. They finally______(find) a small gold coin which was almost worthless.

C．选择正确的动词：

1 He (is used to) (used to) work sixteen hours a day. a day.

2 I (use to) (used to)see him often.

3 He always(uses) (used to) scented soap.

4 He (used to) (is used to) buy two bars of chocolate a day.

5 I couldn't stand the noise at first but I (am used to) (used to)it now.

6 I(am used to) (used to) swimming in cold water.

7 gold and golden.

a. All that glitters is not ______.

b. Silence is ______.