题目内容
2. Susan's away a trip and won’t be back until next week.
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Peter Huszcz once taught in an agricultural college. In the 1990s,he moved to Canada. Peter started out washing dishes in a restaurant in downtown Ottawa. When the manager asked him to help out rolling meatballs in the kitchen,he soon learned how to do the job very well. But it was boring and Peter suggested that the manager should buy a meatball-making machine. When the manager told him there was no such thing as a meatball maker,Peter was quick to notice that something was missing in the market. Putting his engineering knowledge to good use,he quickly came up with a simple method — the Magic Meatball Maker.
He was sure there was a market for his machine,but it took him ten years of hard work to find it. He had to take risks,but he believed in his idea,and he managed to persuade other people to believe in him too. A local manufacturer(制造商) offered to produce the first 1,000 units in return for
a share in the profits(收益) ，local shops offered to keep his meatball makers and a friend' s daughter helped him out with his first sales.
But his lucky break came when he managed to persuade a TV shopping channel(频道) to help sell the Magic Meatball Maker. The channel broadcast a program about how the invention worked in the studio kitchen. Within minutes,they had sold more than 4 ,000 units.
This was just the start. Peter had been right. He had said his meatball maker would bring him great wealth,and it has: more than two million dollars so far and it's till selling to thousands of American housewives all across the USA.
21. Working in the restaurant,Peter.
A. was chosen t (fbe the manager
B. found a chance to make money
C. broke a meatball-making machine
D. was poor at making meatballs by hand
22. Which of the following helped Peter' s business take off?
A. A local shop.
B. A friend's daughter.
C. A local manufacturer.
D. A TV shopping channel.
23. What's the right order to describe Peter's life?
A. Teacher → dish washer inventor→ businessman.
B. Dish washer → teacher → inventor → businessman.
C. Businessman → dish washer → inventor → teacher.
D. Inventor → businessman → dish washer→ teacher.
24. What can we learn from the story?
A. Better late than never.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. Where there is a will,there is a way.
D. In time of danger,one's mind works fast.
[语境展不]阅读下面句子，并试着归纳measure的意思及用法。
1. We measured the room and found it was 20 feet long and 15 feet wide.
2. It's hard to measure his ability when we haven’t seen his work.
3. The tablecloth measures 18 by 20 feet.
4. The metre is a measure of length.
5. We must take measures to protect the local water supplies.
[自我归纳]measure既可作动词，也可作名词。
★作及物动词时，意为:① (句1) ;②衡量，判定(句2) 。作不 及物动时，意为“(指尺寸、长短、数量等) 量度为”(句3) 。
★作名词时，意为:①计量单位(句4) ;②措施(常用于take measures to do sth.结构) (句 5) 。
[即学即练]翻译下面句子。
1.政府已答应采取措施援助那些人
2. 小时是时间.的量度单位。
3. 那棵老树从地面到树梢至少有30米。
5. 我终于设法找到了一直要找的东西。
(manage to do)
用含time的短语的正确形式填空。
1. If you keep on trying,you will succeed .
5. The (问答比赛) will be a team event organised by the local school.
1. 我从书店出来时看见了她。
I when
I came out of the bookstore.
1. We are delighted at the news our daughter is expecting a baby.
2. My father worked (从早到晚).
without a break.
