(完整版)新概念英语第二册练习Lesson10.

Lesson 10 Not for jazz

What happened to the clavichord?

We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. it is being repaired by a friend of my father’ s.

jazz n. 爵士乐 recently adv. 最近 key n. 琴键

musical adj. 音乐的 damage v. 破坏 shock v. 使生气, 震惊 instrument n. 乐器strike (struck; struck v. 打;击 allow v. 允许,让 clavichord n. 古钢琴 string n. (乐器的弦touch v. 触摸 Germany n. 德国

Reading comprehension:

1. The old musical instrument _____.

A. has been in the family for a long time

B. was bought recently

C. was sold recently

D. was repaired recently

2. How did the visitor damage the clavichord?

A. She played jazz on it.

B. She played it.

C. She cut the strings.

D. She hit the keys too hard.

Answer the questions orally:

What musical instrument do you have?

Was it old or new?

What happened to it recently?

How was it damaged?

Is it being repaired now?

Structure & vocabulary:

1. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. That’ s where we _____ it.

A. kept

B. have kept

C. are keeping

D. keep

2. It has belonged to our family. It’ s the _____.

A. families

B. families’

C. family’ s

D. familys’

3. The family have had the clavichord _____ many years.

A. since

B. for

C. from

D. by

4. Who _____ it? Grandfather did.

A. buy

B. was bought

C. bought

D. did buy

5. We are not allowed to touch it. We _____ touch it.

A. mustn’ t

B. mustn’ t to

C. haven’ t to

D. don’ t have to

6. What ’ s it _____? A clavichord.

A. told

B. said

C. called

D. spoken

7. It ’ s kept in the living-room. That’ s where we _____ it.

A. have

B. hold

C. lift

D. carry

8. The visitor damaged it. She _____ it.

A. hurt

B. pained

C. broke

D. destroyed

9. Recently it was damaged. She damaged it _____.

A. late

B. lastly

C. lately

D. finally

10. A friend of my father’ s is _____ the clavichord.

A. mending

B. making

C. doing

D. building

Key structures:

a

--Who built the bridge? --When was this bridge built?

--Prisoners of war built this bridge in 1942.

This bridge was built by prisoners of war in 1942.

b Read these pairs of sentences carefully. The first sentence in each pair tells us about a person. The second tells us about a thing.

Workmen are building a new road outside my horse.

A new road is being built outside my house.

The newsagent delivers our papers every morning.

Our papers are delivered every morning.

The postman delivered a letter this morning.

A letter was delivered this morning.