3. The Greens
are going to visit
(visit) Beijing in a week, aren't they?
答案:are going to visit
解析:根据“in a week”可知用一般将来时,结合反意疑问句“aren't they”,前面应用be going to结构,主语The Greens表示复数,be动词用are,所以填are going to visit。
4. Be quiet! Bob with his classmates
is preparing
(prepare) for the English test.
答案:is preparing
解析:“with his classmates”是伴随状语,主语是Bob,单数,根据“Be quiet!”可知动作正在进行,用现在进行时,所以填is preparing。
【专项训练】
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, "Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don't you think there's something to learn from the tortoise?"
Sonny opened his eyes wide, "Do you mean next time when I'm entering for the 60-metre race, I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?"
I was surprised, "But the tortoise didn't wish that the hare would fall asleep!"
"He must have wished that," Sonny said. "Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did."
"He didn't have such a wish," I insisted (坚持). "He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily."
Sonny thought a while. "That's a lie," he said. "He won because he was lucky. If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he'd never have won the race. That's for sure."
I gave up. Today's children are not like what we used to be. They're just hopeless.
1. Who were Billy, Tony and Sandy?
答案:They were Sonny's competitors in the 60-metre race.
解析:根据Sonny说的“next time when I'm entering for the 60-metre race, I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway”可知,Billy, Tony and Sandy是Sonny参加60米比赛的竞争对手。
2. What did Sonny think of the tortoise's winning the race?
答案:He thought the tortoise won because he was lucky, not because of perseverance.
解析:由Sonny说的“He won because he was lucky. If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race.”可知,他认为乌龟赢是因为运气,而非坚忍不拔。