英语阅读(2]平时作业(3].doc

英语阅读（2）平时作业（三） 班级：___________ 学号：___________ 姓名：____________ 分数：___________ Part 1 Passage 1 Visitor Frankenstein was born in Geneva at the end of the eighteenth century. His father was a rich and successful businessman who married late in life. Victor grew up in a happy and loving family. At school, he became friendly with a fellow student called Henri Clerval and this friendship continued for many years. Both boys were clever and worked hard at their studies. Victor developed a particular interest in sciences, and was especially fascinated by electricity and the question of the source of life. When Victor left school and went to the University of Ingoldstadt, he continued with these studies and gradually formed a desire to unfold the deepest mysteries of creation and to create a living thing himself. Having spent some time studying dead bodies, he decided that he would try to make a human body and bring it to life. He gathered together the parts he needed to make a 2.4 meter tall ‘superhuman’ and worked day and night until it was completed. Read the passage and find which words or phrases in the passage could be replaced by the words and phrases listed below. 1. __________________ prosperous 2. __________________ lasted 3. __________________ made up one’s mind 4. __________________ the origin 5. __________________ collected 6. __________________ reveal 7. __________________ the biggest secrets 8. __________________ interested in 9. __________________ little by little 10. __________________ special Part II Passage 2 Three student friends, Andy, Ben and Edward, were traveling round the coast of England on holiday. They had arranged to meet two other friends, Cathie and Denise, in Beemouth. They arrived in the town very late one evening and discovered that