12.He was only 22（十二单元）

1.a:The text is about three men who died in 1959.

The three men were pop stars (Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper).

b:1 F (They were in a small plane.)

2 F (The Big Bopper's name wasj. P. Richardson.)

3 F (It wasn't in the air for very long.)

4 T

5 F (It was Don McLean.)

2.a:Positive: was

Negative: was not; weren't

Question: Were

Short answer: wasn't

b:They were Buddy...; The three men were...;

Holly was...; Bopper were...; It was...;

there was...; there was...; pilot, were...;

Valens was...; Bopper was...; It was...

c:2 was 3 was 4 weren't 5 weren't 6 was

d:2 Were 3 Were 4 Was 5 Was 6 Were 7 Was

4.a:Last: month, weekend

Yesterday: evening, afternoon

5.a:1 The Beatles 2 It was their last concert.

c:1 Liverpool 2 Four 3 John, Paul, George and Ringo

1 T 2 F (Some Beatles songs are on the radio a lot.) 3 F (Miss You was a Rolling Stones song.) 4 T 5 F (He was 40.)

6.b:1 third 2 seventh 3 tenth 4 eleventh 5 nineteenth 6 twentieth 7 twenty-third 8 thirtieth

d:lb 2a 3a 4b

e:2 The thirtieth of November, nineteen seventy-eight

3 The sixteenth of January, nineteen eighty-five

4 The seventeenth of October , nineteen seventy-four

5 The second of February, two thousand and three

6 The first of March, nineteen ninety nine

7.a:She was knocked over in the park while she was skateboarding.

b:

8.a:1 Mark 2 Izzie 3 Izzie 4 Izzie

c:Liz: Hey Dave. Are you OK ?

Dave: No , I'm not. My little sister's in hospital. Her arm's broken.

Liz: Oh no ! Poor her ! What happened ?

Dave: Well , I opened the door of our living room . She was on the floor , you know, playing with her toys . The door hit her arm. It was awful! And it was my fault!

Liz: Oh , Dave, come on . It's not really your fault, you know. Accident s happen - especially at home .

Dave: I know. But I feel terrible now. Poor Jenny - she's only seven!

d:1 suddenly 2 my fault 3 Poor 4 you know

11.a:Harry was in Spain. Yes , it was.

Check your progress

1.Grammar

a:2Can, try on 3 Can , open 4 Can , play 5 Can , borrow

b:2on 3at 4in

c:1 were 2 was 3 was 4 Were 5 wasn't 6 were 7 were 8 were

2.Vocabulary 

a:Months : June, August, April

Seasons : summer , winter , autumn

b:2 trousers 3 dress 4 jumper 5 socks 6 trainers 7 jacket

c:2 e 3 b 4 a 5 с

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