suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves. 3) With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial difficulties, you
would say that money is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isn’t money that ensures you a happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.
4) Not all the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violence are just a
click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and other destructive devices.
Cloze (Text-related)
1) switch off 2) obliged 3) on the go 4) cope
5) shortage 6) large quantity of 7) pouring in 8) by nature 9) fraction 10) futile
Cloze (Theme-related)
1) advantage 2) wisely 3)faithfully 4)waking 5) includes 6) schedule 7) sticking 8)priorities 9) set 10) respect
Translation
1) They are exploring the new frontiers of medical science in an attempt to find remedies for
incurable diseases/ cures for diseases that are beyond remedy so far.
2) Her unique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to cram
knowledge into my head.
3) The regular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps us up with the changes of
weather wherever we go on a trip.
4) The appalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of the building. 5) In the modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and all kinds of
distractions are eating into our precious time. 2.
Today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, and to
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possess more. Lots of people hold the wrong perception that happiness lies in working hard and earning well/ good money.
Many women today feel the same stress to work and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities.
Research shows that workaholism tends to distance us from our immediate families. It forces us to toil longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of our time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.
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Unit 7 Vocabulary I. 1
1) divined 2) nerves 3) solidarity 4) sacred, mourn 5) coated 6) perish 7) hijack 8) grief 9) farewell 10) take revenge on 11) revolves, revolves 12) denounced 2
1) drop …off 2)applied for 3) went off 4) are gaining on 5) bring down 6) blotted out 7) think back on 8) picking … at 3
1) brought down the American housing market in 2008 2) what will happen after his son steps into shoes 3) not in the mood to go out
4) long before the market began to show signs of weakness 5) mourn the loss of the tranquil life we had in the countryside 4
1) in the aftermath of , to blot out , the tragic 2) armed, at dusk, accomplices, explosive 3) in the space of, no illusion II
1. a little of 2. a few , most of /many of 3. much 4. few 5. many 6. many of 7. much of 8. little 9. few of 10. some III.
1. As the boy grew older
2. She sings as beautifully as a nightingale/sings like a nightingale
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3. they don’t see themselves, as servants of the people 4. As she had left her key in the office 5. Just do as you are told 6. Areas once regarded as rural 7. as they do in China
8. As he was brave and loyal as well
Comprehensive Exercises I
1. mood 2. tragic 3. in the… aftermath of 4. chaos 5. toppling 6. solidarity 7. take revenge
on 8. thinking back on 9. mourning 10. perished
1. crashed 2. horrible 3. harsh 4. protect 5. remove 6. utterly 7. truly 8. justify 9. rewarded
10. devastating
II.
1. Some high-ranking officers of the armed forces started a coup, toppling the government
and throwing the country into chaos
2. The falling market shattered her illusion about getting rich quickly.
3. Thinking back on the history of the World War II, we can see that the formation of the
Allies was the natural product of the development of political and military circumstances then.
4. Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religious fanatic. But as he was in no mood for a
quarrel/not in a quarreling mood, he simply pretended not to hear it.
5. People say that time heals all wounds. But for those who have lost their loved ones in the
event, will time fill up the void in their hearts?
Today, long after the earthquake shook/hit my home town, I can still recall, in crystal detail, what I saw as I ran out of my home with parents. The building just across the street toppled right before our eyes, debris flew everywhere and a cloud of chocking dust blotted out the sun. Horror-stricken people ran in all directions, crying and screaming.
Now, many years after that tragic event, a new town has risen on the wreckage of the old one.
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In the town square, a memorial has been built to remember those killed in the disaster. It seems the wounds in people’s hearts have healed, but the memory will linger.
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