题目内容
--- The news is spreading from mouth to mouth.
--- Yes, it’s become _____ talk of _____ town.
- A.a; a
- B.the; /
- C.the; the
- D.a; /
考查定冠词的惯用法。本题中的talk意思是“话柄;话题”,作此意时通常跟the连用,是不可数名词,talk作不可数名词时还可以表示“谣言;传闻”;第二空也是填the,the town意思是“镇民;市民”,是集体用法,类似用法还有the whole city, the whole class, the whole nation等。本句意思是“人们争相传送这消息,它已经成为市民们的话题”。
Events Calendar
TUESDAY
Landscape Pests (害虫)
Learn to identify, control and prevent seasonal landscape-disease and landscape-pest problems at the workshop, 3:30 pm. – 5 pm. Tuesday at the US National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave NE, Washington. $15; registration required.
202-245-4521 or www.usna.usda.gov.
THROUGH AUGUST 3
Horticultural(园艺的) Art
Watercolors, pen-and-ink drawings and colored-pencil pieces by the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical (植物学的) Art and Illustration will be on display at the exhibit Botanic 2007: The Art and Science of Plants at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton, through Aug. 3. Free. 301-962-1400 or www.brooksidegardens.org.
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9
Botanical Art
Visit Patterns in Nature, an exhibit by Amy Lamb featuring photographs of flowers, leaves and other botanical life, at the US Botanic Garden Conservatory (温室),West Orangerie, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, through Sept. 9. The conservatory is open 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-225-8333.
THROUGH OCTOBER 8
Botanic Garden Exhibit
Celebrating America’s Public Gardens is on view through Oct. 8 at the US Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington. The exhibit, on the Conservatory Terrace and in the National Garden, features displays of 20 public botanic gardens across the country. Hours are 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-200-8956.
1.If you want to record your name for an event in advance, you may call _____.
A.202-225-8333 |
B.202-245-4521 |
C.301-962-1400 |
D.202-200-8956 |
2. If you go to Botanic Garden Exhibit, you _____.
A.can enjoy drawings and coloured-pencil pieces |
B.can learn how to kill pests living on the plants |
C.can find displays of 20 botanic gardens across the country |
D.will enjoy the photographs of flowers and leaves |
3. From the advertisement, we learn _____.
A.the first event is about growing healthy plants |
B.all of the events are free of charge |
C.there is no time limit to all the events |
D.you can find the information of all the events either by phone or by e-mail |