高二英语基础阅读材料Lesson55Notagoldmine并非金矿Whatdidtheteamfind?Dreamsoffindinglosttreasurealmostcametruerecently.Anewmachinecalled‘TheRevealer’hasbeeninventedandithasbeenusedtodetectgoldwhichhasbeenburiedintheground.Themachinewasusedinacaveneartheseashorewhere----itissaid----piratesusedtohidegold.Thepirateswouldoftenburygoldinthecaveandthenfailtocollectit.Armedwiththenewmachine,asearchpartywentintothecavehopingtofindburiedtreasure.Theleaderofthepartywasexaminingthesoilneartheentrancetothecavewhenthemachineshowedthattherewasgoldundertheground.Veryexcited,thepartydugaholetwofeetdeep.Theyfinallyfoundasmallgoldcoinwhichwasalmostworthless.Thepartythensearchedthewholecavethoroughlybutdidnotfindanythingexceptanemptytintrunk.Inspiteofthis,manypeopleareconfidentthat‘TheRevealer’mayrevealsomethingofvaluefairlysoon.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语gold[ɡəʊld]n.金子arm/a:m/v.武装mine/main/n.矿soil[sɔɪl]n．泥土treasure['treʒə(r)]n.财宝entrance['entrns]ən.入口revealer/ri'vi:l/n.探测器finally[fanli]ˈɪəadv.最后invent/In'vent/v.发明worthless['w:θls]ɜəadj.毫无价值的detect/di'tekt/v.探测thoroughly[θrli]ˈʌəadv.彻底地bury/'beri/v.埋藏trunk[trʌŋk]n.行李箱cave/keiv/n.山洞confident[knfdnt]ˈɒɪəadj.有信心的seashore['si:ʃɔ:(r)]n.海岸value['vælju:]n.价值pirate['part]ɪən.海盗回答下列问题.1Is‘TheRevealer’anewmachineoranoldmachine?Isitusedfordetectingburiedgoldornot?2Didasearchpartyusethismachineornot?Wheredidtheytrytofindgoldrecently?3Didtheyexaminethecavethoroughlyornot?Didtheyonlyfindasmallgoldcoin?Wasitvaluableorwasitpracticallyworthless?4Domanypeoplebelievethatthemachinemayrevealsomethingofvaluesoonornot?Exercises练习A.在课文中划出表示一般过去时，过去进行时和过去习惯性动作的动词：B.用正确的时态填空，完成练习后再对照课文核对你的答案：Themachine______(use)inacaveneartheseashorewhere----itissaid----pirates______(hide)gold.Thepiratesoften______(bury)goldinthecaveandthen______(fail)tocollectit.Armedwiththenewmachine,asearchparty______(go)intothecavehopingtofindburiedtreasure.Theleaderoftheparty______(examine)thesoilneartheentrancetothecavewhenthemachine______(show)thatthere______(be)goldundertheground.Veryexcited,theparty______(dig)aholetwofeetdeep.Theyfinally______(find)asmallgoldcoinwhichwasalmostworthless.C．选择正确的动词：1He(isusedto)(usedto)worksixteenhoursaday.aday.2I(useto)(usedto)seehimoften.3Healways(uses)(usedto)scentedsoap.4He(usedto)(isusedto)buytwobarsofchocolateaday.5Icouldn'tstandthenoiseatfirstbutI(amusedto)(usedto)itnow.6I(amusedto)(usedto)swimmingincoldwater.7goldandgolden.a.Allthatglittersisnot______.b.Silenceis______.Multiplechoicequestions多项选择题1Thesearchpartywaslookingfor______.a．goldb．agoldminec．piratesd．atintrunk2Thesearchforgoldprovedthat‘TheRevealer’______.a．worksverywellb．doesn'tworkwellc．isquiteuselessd．isn'tverygood3‘TheRevealer’hasbeenusedfor______gold.a．todetectb．detectingc．detectd.detected4Piratesusedtohidegoldthere,______.a．andtheyalwaysdob．andtheystilldoc．andtheystilldosometimesd．that'swhattheywoulddo5Theyhopedtofindburiedtreasure．Theyhopedthey______it.a．wouldfindb．hadfoundc．willfindd．aregoingtofind6Wheredidthey______thehole?a．digb．diggingc．dugd．havedug7How______wasthehole?8‘TheRevealer’isaverygood______.a．machineb．enginec．machineryd．mechanic9Theleaderofthepartywasexaminingthesoil.Hewas______.a．testingitb．lookingatitcarefullyc．watchingitd．tryingit10Thecoinwasalmostworthless.Soitwasofsmall______.a．worthyb．honourc．priced．value11Theysearchedthecavethoroughly.Theysearchedit______.a．completelyb．acrossc．insided．finally12Somepeopleareconfident.They______themachinewillbeuseful.a．confideb．believec．confused．confess