初三英语_词语运用专练

Light travels at a speed which is about a million times 66 than that of sound. 67 one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some ideas of this difference by 68 the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter, you can see smoke 69 from his gun before the sound 70 your ears.

The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 71 far away that light which you can see from it 72 started to travel to you four years ago at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonight's started on 73 journey towards you even before you were born.

So, if we want to be 74 , we can not say, “The stars are shining brightly tonight.” We have to say, “The stars look nice. They were75 four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. ”

Allan liked drinking. But he couldn’t control __66__when he drank much. So he often made others __67__ . He always felt sorry when his friend told him about it. But before long he forgot it and went on drinking. His friends didn’t know how __68__ him.

One day, Mr. Green __69__ to a birthday party by one of his best friends. The man often helped him. Of course, he was __70__to go there. He went to the party on time, with some nice presents. He met some old friends there and was very __71__ . They had a good time there.

That evening Allan drank much. He found it was difficult for him to stand and sat down, then watched others dancing. He saw a girl in beautiful clothes dancing __72__ . She danced with one man __73__ another. A girl felt tired and sat down next to him. __74__ to the girl in beautiful clothes, he asked, “Who’s the very ugly girl, madam?”

“She’s my sister,” the girl said with a red face.

“Oh, I’m sorry,” said Allan. “I __75__ notice you look the same!”

66.faster，光传播的速度比声音传播的速度快得多，用比较级。

67.in，一秒钟以内，用介词in。

68.watching，观看比赛用watch。

ing，“see smoke coming from his gun ”看到枪中的烟。

70.reaches ，到达你的耳朵。

71.so，"so...that"，“如此...以至于

72 tonight ，今晚。

73its ，“on one's journey”，在旅途上。

74honest ，“be honest”，诚实的。

75. shining ，闪烁。

主旨大意：本文讲述的是一个爱喝酒并经常喝醉酒的Allan 的故事。在一个朋友的生日聚会上他又喝醉了，并酒后失语。

66.himself 控制自己，control oneself 。

67.unhappy 他喝醉后总让别人不高兴。

68.to stop “how to stop him" 怎样阻止他。

69.was invited 被邀请。

70. ready be ready to do sth 准备做某事。

71. excited 他见到老朋友，很兴奋。

72. well 跳舞好用副词well 。

73. after one after another 一个又一个。

74. Pointing 指向某人用point to ，此处是伴随状况。

75. didn’t 没有注意到，过去时态。