CO NTENTS 1
TO THE TEACHER 1
LANGUAGE LEARNING AT THE PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 1
ABOUT THIS COURSE 7
HOW TO USE THIS COURSE 14
Pre-Unit Test 21
UNIT ONE：Instructions to the Student 27
1 A Private Conversation—Word Order in Simple Statements 30
2 Breakfast or Lunch？—The Present：Continuous and Simple 34
3 Please Send Me a Card—The Simple Past 38
4 An Exciting Trip—The Present Perfect Simple 42
5 No Wrong Numbers—The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple 46
6 Percy Buttons—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 50
7 Too Late—The Past Continuous 54
8 The Best and the Worst—The Comparison of Adjectives 58
9 A Cold Welcome—Prepositions of Time 62
10 Not For Jazz—The Passive 66
11 One Good Turn Deserves Another—Review of Tenses 70
12 Goodbye and Good Luck—The Simple Future 74
13 The Greenwood Boys—The Future Continuous 78
14 Do You Speak English？—The Past Perfect Simple 82
15 Good News—Indirect Statements 86
16 A Polite Request—Type I Conditional Statements 90
17 Always Young—Must and Have to 94
18 He Often Does This！—Have（Possession/Ordinary Verb） 98
19 Sold Out—Can and May 102
20 One Man in a Boat—The Gerund after Prepositions 106
21 Mad or Not？—The Passive（Auxiliary Verbs） 110
22 A Glass Envelope—Verbs followed by Prepositions：Of，From，In and On 114
23 A New House—Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 118
24 It Could be Worse—Special Difficulties：Review 122
Pre-Unit Test 126
UNIT TWO：Instructions to the Student 131
25 Do the English Speak English？—Word Order in Com-pound Statements 135
26 The Best Art Critics—The Present：Continuous and Simple：Non-conclusive Verbs 139
27 A Wet Night—The Simple Past 143
28 No Parking！—The Present PerfectSimple（Since and For） 147
29 Taxi！—The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple 151
30 Football or Polo？—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 155
31 Success Story—The Past Continuous and Used to 159
32 Shopping Made Easy—The Comparison of Adjectives 163
33 Out of the Darkness—Prepositions indicating Direction 167
34 Quick Work—The Passive 171
35 Stop Thief！—Review of Tenses 175
36 Across the Channel—The Simple Future and Going to 179
37 The Olympic Games—The Future Perfect Simple 183
38 Everything Except the Weather—The Past Perfect Simple 187
39 Am I All Right？—Indirect Questions 191
40 Food and Talk—Type 2 Conditional Statements 195
41 Do You Call That a Hat？—Must，Have to and Need 199
42 Not Very Musical—Have（Ordinary Verb） 203
43 Over the South Pole—Can and Able to 207
44 Through the Forest—The Gerund and the Infinitive 211
45 A Clear Conscience—The Passive 215
46 Expensive and Uncomfortable—Verbs followed by Prepositions：To，At，For and With 219
47 A Thirsty Ghost—Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 223
48 Did You Want to Tell Me Something？—Special Diffi-culties：Review 227
Pre-Unit Test 231
UNIT THREE：Instructions to the Student 236
49 The End of a Dream—Word Order in Complex State-ments 240
50 Taken for a Ride—The Present：Continuous and Simple：Non-conclusive Verbs 244
51 Reward for Virtue—The Simple Past 248
52 A Pretty Carpet—The Present Perfect Simple and Con-tinuous 252
53 Hot Snake—The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous 256
54 Sticky Fingers—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 260
55 Not a Gold Mine—The Past Continuous，Used to and 264
Would 264
56 Faster than Sound！—The Comparison of Adjectives，Much，Many，A Lot Of 268
57 Can I Help You Madam？—Prepositions describing people and their possessions 272
58 A Blessing in Disguise？—The Passive 276
59 In or Out？—Review of Tenses 280
60 The Future—The Simple Present used in place of the Future after Temporal Conjunctions 284
61 Dangerous Descent—The Simple Present Perfect used in place of the Future Perfect after Temporal Conjunctions 288
62 Atter the Fire—The Past Perfect：Simple and Continuous 292
63 She was not Amused—Indirect Speech and Imperative Statements 296
64 The Channel Tunnel—Type 3 Conditional Statements 300
65 Jumbo versus the Police—Must，Have to，Should and Ought to 304
66 Cycling through the Air—Have（Causative Form） 308
67 Volcanoes—Can，Able to and Manage to 312
68 Persistent—The Gerund after certain verbs and expressions 316
69 But Not Murder！—The Passive 320
70 Red for Danger—Adjectives followed by Prepositions：For With，Of，To，At，From，In，On，and About 324
71 A Famous Clock—Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 328
72 A Car called‘Bluebird’—Special Difficulties：Review 332
Pre-Unit Test 336
UNIT FOUR：Instructions to the Student 341
73 The Record-Holder—Word Order：Review 345
74 Out of the Lime-Light—The Present：Continuous and Simple：Review 349
75 SOS—The Simple Past：Review 353
76 April Fools’Day—The Present Perfect：Simple and Continuous：Review 357
77 A Successful Operation—The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous：Review 361
78 The Last One？—The Indefinite and Definite Articles：Review 365
79 By Air—The Past Continuous and Used to：Review 369
80 The Crystal Palace—The Comparison of Adjectives：Review 373
81 Escape—Prepositions：Review 377
82 Monster or Fish？—The Passive：Review 381
83 After the Elections—Review of Tenses 385
84 On Strike—The Future：Review 389
85 Never too Old to Learn—The Future and Future Perfect：Review 393
86 Out of Control—The Past Perfect：Simple and Con-tinuous：Review 397
87 A Perfect Alibi—Indirect Speech：Review 401
88 Trapped in a Mine—Conditional Statements：Review 405
89 A Slip of the Tongue—Must，Have to，Need，Should：Review 409
90 Brasilia—Have：Review 413
91 Three Men in a Basket—Can，Able to，Manage to：Review 417
92 Asking for Trouble—The Gerund：Review 421
93 A Noble Gift—The Passive：Review 425
94 Future Champions—Verbs and Adjectives followed by Prepositions：Review 429
95 A Fantasy—Review of Tenses 433
96 The Dead Return—Special Difficulties：Review 437
对补充笔头练习的说明 441
各单元阶段性测验的标准答案 445
KS和SD页码对照表 453