新概念英语2作文参考答案

Lesson 78

Two young boys who had never smoked before wanted to try. One evening,after they had their supper, father went into the living-room to watch TV, leaving a packet of cigarettes on the table. The boys took two cigarettes from the packet and went out of the house secretly.They hid in the garage ,hoping to enjoy their smoking there.However,when they lit the cigarettes and began to smoke,they could not help coughing,because the smoke was too strong for them.

Their father somehow saw the smoke coming from the garage,and rushed down quickly.But when he saw the boys there,hesmiled.Instead of criticizing them,he offered them cigars and asked them to have a taste. The boys accepted them. But the cigars were even stronger than the cigarettes. When the smoked, the both felt very sick and coughed badly. This was a punishment for them。

Lesson 79

A plane took off. There are many passengers on board. Passenger threw a lighted cigarette into an air vent. Unfortunately he thought the air vent was an ash tray. It caused a fire. Soon someone found the smoke from the air vent and saw the fire. This message caused the passengers into a panic. The flight attendant came out to tell the passengers to keep calm until the plane safely returned to the airport. At once the plane turned around and started to fly back to the airport. The fire engines and ambulance had arrived at the airport and were waiting there. After the plane fell on the ground, it was searched thoroughly and no one was hurt. The fireman rushed into the plane and the fire soon was put out successfully. Five hours later the plane took off again.

Lesson 80

I made a visit to a modern exhibition last Sunday. It was a new car exhibition. When I was on the way to the exhibition, I was lost and forget the right road, so I found a policeman and asked him how I got there. The policeman told me the right road. When I got there the car exhibition had begun and it attracted（吸引）large crowds here and there.My first impressions（印象）of theexhibition were very good. There were many rs ranking(排列)in the exhibition hall and forty beautiful girls standing near the cars. It was a modern, popular car exhibition. The exhibits that I liked best were those beautiful girls. They let me feel comfortable and happy. The exhibition enlarged （扩大）my horizon（视野）. After the exhibition, I went home and was

very tired at the end of the day.

Lesson 83

The politician was giving a pre-election speech, in order to win the election. But he was so self-confident and ambitious that he gave big promises: he would provide more houses for the workers, set up some new schools for the poor children, and adopt better economic and foreign policies.

Then the audience began to ask him questions. He answered them one by one patiently at first. But when the members of the audience asked him some rude questions, he lost his temper, and said that the audience did not deserve more houses, high wages, etc. and he walked off angrily. As a result, the politician was defeated in the election.

Lesson 84

Busmen were not satisfied with their low pay and poor working conditions, so they went on strike. The strike began last Tuesday. No one knew how long it would last. This caused great trouble to those who have to go to work by bus everyday. A number of university students

volunteered to drive buses, and they even offered‘freerides’to people on their way to school while the strike lasted. This would relieve pressure on the trains to some extent. But the students drove badly, as they were not expert drivers. As a result, the buses were seldom on time, and they were often crowded. The public began to complain, but the busmen were pleased.

Then the students threatened to go on strike, and they did so. This angered the busmen as well as the government. Finally, general agreement was reached and the busmen returned to work Lesson 85

My former headmaster was retired last month. Pupils of the school, old and new, all attended the farewell party in his honor. At the party, he gave a speech in which he thanked all the pupils. He remembered his pupils’ past and talked about their present. Many of them, now grown-ups, were successful in their careers. He especially enjoyed recalling some humorous incidents he had experienced with his pupils.

He also thought of his own future. He would always cherish the memories of his gook old days with his pupils. He said old pupils were welcome to come and visit him. After he retired, He would devote himself to gardening. Fore him, this would be an entirely new hobby. Perhaps it would take him forty years to put his garden in order, but it would not matter, as he had often said:‘One is never too old to learn.’

Lesson 86

A speedboat was moving smoothly. But it sped up suddenly and got out of control in the river. Fortunately, there was no one in it except the driver himself. He tried to keep the speedboat in control, but it continued to move very quickly across the water. It was moving towards a small fishing boat with two fishermen on it. The fishermen were greatly frightened and tried to row away.

When the fishermen noticed with dismay that the speedboat came nearer, they dived into the sea. It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed. And the fishermen swan as quickly as they could to get out of danger. Suddenly, it slowed down considerably, for it had run out of petrol. It stopped completely just before it reached the fishermen.