【课堂探究】

Task 1 Read the text aloud and then use own words to retell it .

Task 2 The following are some important words and phrases . Try to be clear about their meanings and read them correctly .

diet, balance, barbecue, roast, stir, fry, slim, lie, discount ; customer

ought to, lose weight, get away with, tell a lie, win back,

Task 3 ,Write down the English translations of the following phrases .

感到沮丧 充满 没有比这个再漂亮的了 减肥 驱使....进入

由于...吃惊 不仅仅 在回家路上 被放过 说谎 某人惊讶的发现

即使 使某人健康 打折 赢回 两个餐厅之间的竞争还在继续。

Task 4单项填空

1. The competition between the 2 restaurants was______.

A. in B. on C. away D. out

2. He thought of his mutton kebabs and fatty pork ______in the finest oil.

A. cooking B. cook C. cooked D. to cook

3. ------How do you like the plan?

------______.

A. I like it very much B. It's better C. It's well D. Nothing could be better

4. You can keep healthy by taking regular exercises. Which of the following words is closest to the underlined word in meaning?

A. fit B. young C. thin D. pretty

5. To regain their ______after a hard game, the players lay on the grass.

A. force B. energy C. power D. health

6. The man who thought of ______a gas engine with wheels was the inventor of the automobiles.

A. comparing B. combining C. competing D. connecting

7. The chairman asked me to ______my speech to 20 minutes.

A. make B. give C. limit D. explain

8. Don't try to cheat the taxman(税务人员); you'll never ______it.

A. get out of B. get into C. get along D. get away with

9. What a pity! He ______the only chance of success.

A. put down B. threw away C. gave in D. broke off

10. Scientists need to do a lot of ___and experiments before they can understand and find a cure for things.

A. search B. resources C. research D. experience

11. When you get to the motorway, follow the ______for London.

A. masks B. signs C. points D. plans

12. The old lady ______by selling used newspapers.

A. gets her living B. makes a life C. earns her living D. earns a life

13. He lost his ______and fell off his bicycle.

A. balance B. strength C. power D. way

14. Sir, you ______be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only.

A. oughtn't to B. can't C. won't D. needn't

15. I told Sally how to get here, but perhaps I ______for her.

A. had to write it out B. must have written it out C. should have written it out D. ought to write it out

16. Tom ought not to ______me your secret, but he meant no harm.

A. have told B. tell C. be telling D. having told

17. The plant is dead. I ______it more water.

A. will give B. would have been C. must give D. should have given

18. I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. That's why I ______wait until the rain stopped.

A. might B. should C. ought to D. had to

19. She ______have stopped her work halfway.

A. ought to not B. ought not to C. not ought to D. does not ought to

20. Have a little chicken, ______?

A. don't you B. oughtn't you C. will you D. shall you