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Unit1
Cloze
A. purposes B. secure C. however D. convince E. project F. failure G. unfamiliar H. furthermore I. community J. appreciate K. expert L. appropriate M. conveyed N. engaged O. assure
To be a successful speaker, it is essential for you to know why you are speaking and what you wish to accomplish by your speech. The four most common 1___A___ of speech are to inform, to convince, to move to action, and to entertain. Do you, like a teacher or a/an 2____K_____ in a field, wish to make your ideas clear to people 3____G____ with your subject? Or, like a debater, wish to convince the judges or the audience? Or, like a fund raiser for a naturalist foundation, wish to 4_____B____ donations or collect cash? Or like a comedian or an after-dinner speaker, wish to entertain? The language and tone that you use must be 5____L_____ for you purpose, for your audience, and for the occasion. A speech to the graduating class will have quite different language, tone, and manner of presentation, for example, from information 6____M_____ to a group of your friends.
7____H_____, no matter how talented the speaker is, a talk without adequate preparation is usually a 8__F_______. To speak without preparing is to shoot without taking aim. Decide what your aim or objective is; then state it in a complete topic sentence such as “My purpose is to 9___D______ the class that cats as well as dogs should require licenses in our 10___I______.” Make sure that your subject is definite and not too broad. Then you should write an outline before adding details to it. Sequencing Sentences
1. They are busy, often stressed out, and don’t like to wait and they eat, talk, walk, and drive fast. 2. If you recognize yourself, you should remember to slow down and take more time for everything.
3. They might seem unfriendly and difficult to get along with.
4. Someone who is a sweetheart, a team player, or a people person may have a Type B personality. 5. People with Type A personality work hard to succeed and to get what they want.
6. As the opposite of Type A personality, the Type B personality is easygoing, patient, and friendly. 7. We should learn to live in the present and stop worrying about the future.
8. People with Type B personality are able to relax and have fun and they live a more balanced life.
( 5 ) — ( 1 ) — ( 3 ) — ( 6 ) — ( 8 ) — ( 4 ) Translation
1. 许多人认为国际旅游对经济发展有积极作用。(produce ? effect on)
Many people believe that international tourism produce positive effects on economic growth.
2. 高年级学生可以与新生一起分享他们的经历：如何克服遇到的困难，如何适应新的环境。(adjust ?to)
The senior and junior students could share their own experience about how to overcome the difficulty they have ever met, how to adjust to the new environment with the new students.
3. 该是有关当局采取适当的措施来解决交通问题的时候了。(It is time ?, concerned, take steps)
It is time the authorities concerned took proper steps to solve the traffic problems.
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4. 现在，越来越多的人认识到法制教育的重要性。(be aware that ?, be of ? )
Today an increasing number of people have been aware that law education is of great importance. 5. 应该鼓励年轻人和他们的同龄人交往，发展他们的交际能力。 (communicate with? ) Young people should be encouraged to communicate with their peers and develop their interpersonal skills.
Unit2
Cloze
A. raising B. risk C. physiologically D. effect E. mentally F. distinct G. average H. constant I. adds J. pregnant K. educating L. suppress M. nerves N. relative O. adapts
Mothers who have complained through the centuries that their sons will be the death of them may be right — a study published in the journal Science shows having boys shortens a woman’s life span. Each son takes a(n) 1___G____ of 34 weeks off a woman’s life span, evolutionary biologist Samuli Helle and colleagues at the University of Turku found. On the other hand, having daughters 2___I____, but only very slightly, to a woman’s life span. Helle and colleagues looked at birth and marriage records of Sami People（居住在北欧拉普兰地区的人） from 1640 to 1870. “Our results suggest that giving birth to sons had a higher 3___N____ long-term survival cost for mothers than giving birth to and 4___A____ daughters,” they wrote. There could be biological reasons for this. Studies show boys are 5___C____ more demanding to produce — they grow bigger and faster in the womb（子宫）, and some studies show it takes a woman longer to get 6___J____ again after having a son than after having a daughter. Testosterone（睾丸激素）
produced by the fetus（胎儿） could 7___L____ the mother’s immune（免疫的） system and perhaps make her more reliable（易受影响的）to disease. There could be genetic or social
differences among the Sami, who are 8___F____ from their Finnish and Swedish neighbors, Helle said. But he does not think so. “There is no reason to believe that this 9__D_____ would be only visible in Sami people,” he said. “Generally, boys get on their mother’s 10___M____ more than girls because they are running around. On the other hand girls are more willing to help their mothers.”
Sequencing Sentences
1. So agony advisor Kristy says: “Do not suffer in silence.” 2. The good news is that depression can be successfully treated. 3. It can make it hard to cope with day-to-day living.
4. Nearly everyone moans about being depressed, after a bad day at school.
5. Depression is on the increase in teenagers, and suicide in teen boys is soaring. 6. At its most severe, it can even lead to suicide.
7. If you notice a friend suffering in silence, encourage them to talk. 8. But real depression is a serious condition that can last for ages.
( 5 ) — ( 1 ) — ( 4 ) — ( 8 ) — ( 3 ) — ( 6 ) 1. 据报道，有人设计出新型电脑游戏，不会对儿童行为有任何负面影响。（be reported that ?, have ? influence on ?）
It is reported that new video games have been designed not to have negative influence on kids’ behavior in any way.
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2. 当意识到所有现有的机器已被新的设计所取代时，校领导发起脾气来。（lose one’s temper, be replaced with ?）
The head of the school lost his temper when he realized that all the existing machine had been replaced with new designs.
3. 史蒂文听说他对新项目的提议被当成荒谬之词而遭到断然否决，十分恼火。 （be upset to do ?, be rejected as ?）
Steve was very upset to hear that his proposal for the new project had been rejected as ridiculous. 4. 现代社会的孩子很难想像一个没有电视和电脑的时代。（find it difficult to do ?, conceive of）
The modern child finds it difficult to conceive of a time when there was no TV or Computer. 5. 面试官忘了问我现在老板的名字，他好像对细节不大感兴趣。（neglect to do ?, be concerned with）
The interviewer neglected to ask about the name of my present boss; he seemed not to be concerned with the details.
Unit3
Cloze
A. gender B. investment C. less D. cautious E. benefits F. generous G. revealed H. produce
I. responsibility J. principal K. financial L. significantly M. take N. more O. occupied
90% of all women become totally responsible for their own financial welfare at some point in their lives, yet women have lagged far behind men when it comes to 1____K___ planning and investing. Women who do invest tend to be more 2___D____ than men. A \study conducted by Prudential Securities 3__G____ significant differences in how men and women invest. The study places investors in one of the following three zones: Action: Active and accomplished investors.
Comfort: Complacent individuals who realize the importance of taking 4___I____ for their financial futures, but do not change their strategies as life situations change.
Caution: Those too 5___O____ with the ups and downs of everyday life to develop financial plans.
More men than women were in the Action zone, while more women were in the Comfort and Caution zones, indicating 6____A___ differences in risk tolerance, perspective on change and on the future, control issues, attitudes about money, and 7___B____ knowledge.
The “Investor Zone Update” study, and studies conducted by other organizations, have found that in recent years women have become more inclined to take risk and are 8___C____ likely to let lack of investing knowledge keep them from investing.
While these studies indicate that women are becoming more empowered financially , there are still fewer women than men in the Action zone, and women are still 9__L_____ less likely than men to 10____M___ investment risks. It is important for women to educate themselves about investing and to become more risk tolerant in order to adequately secure their financial futures.
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Sequencing Sentences
1. With her suggestion, I bought two; both were Minnesota firms. 2. Yet as I listened to her talk, I was hesitant!
3. The club has taught me almost everything I know about investing. 4. But stocks give me a chance to grow something for the future. 5. To my amazement, the stock soared over the next couple of years. 6. I retire from politics now, but I still invest in stocks.
7. One of my friends Mary, a very enthusiastic woman, said she was from Merrill Lynch and offered to sell me some stock.
8. The year was 1973, and I was standing in the kitchen when the phone rang. ( 8 ) — ( 7 ) — ( 2 ) — ( 4 ) — ( 1 ) — ( 5 ) Translation
1. 由于这份工作提供良好的提升机会，我琢磨不透汤姆为什么要辞掉它。(offer, promotion prospects, figure out )
As the job offers excellent promotion prospects, I can’t figure out why Tom quit it.
2. 我们已经向一个慈善组织提出申请，要求它为这个项目提供资助。(apply to ? for ?, grant )
We have applied to a charitable organization for a grant for the project.
3. 他的论文非常有助于我们对这个困难问题的了解。(enormously, contribute to ) His thesis has contributed enormously to our understanding of this difficult subject.
4. 毫无疑问许多国家将要参加2008年奥林匹克运动会。(there is no doubt, participate in ) There is no doubt that many countries will be participating in the Olympic Games in 2008.
5. 这家公司已经投资几百万美元编写新的程序满足发展需求。(invest, writing new programs, meet the requirements of?)
significantlyThe company has invested millions of dollars in writing new programs to meet the requirements of the development.
Unit4
Cloze
A. requests B. symbolize C. sought D. delighted E. swiftly F. chances G. favored H. seriously I. emigrated J. enriched K. danger L. fashion M. difference N. invention O. distinctions This is the story of a sturdy (毫不含糊的) American symbol which has now spread throughout most of the world. It is a simple pair of pants called blue jeans, and what the pants 1___B____ is what Alexis de Tocqueville called “a manly and legitimate passion for equality ?”. Blue jeans are 2____G___ equally by bureaucrats (官僚主义者) and cowboys; bankers and deadbeats;
3___L____ designers and beer drinkers. They draw no 4___O____ and recognize no classes; they are merely American. Yet they are 5___C____ after almost everywhere in the world. They have been around for a long time, and it seems likely that they will outlive even the necktie.
This ubiquitous (普遍存在的) American symbol was the 6___N____ of a Bavarian-born Jew. His name was Levi Strauss.
He was born in Bad Ocheim, Germany, in 1892, and during the European political disorder of 1848 decided to take 7___F____ in New York, to which his two brothers had already 8___I____ . For two years he was a lowly peddler, hauling sundries door-to-door to eke out a hand-to-mouth
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living. When a married sister in San Francisco offered to pay his way West in 1850, he jumped at the opportunity, taking with him bolts of canvas he hoped to sell for making tents.
It was the wrong kind of canvas for that purpose, but while talking with a miner, he learned that pants — sturdy pants that would stand up to the rigors of the diggings — were almost impossible to find. Opportunity beckoned. On the spot, Strauss measured the man’s waist and inseam with a piece of string and, for six dollars in gold dust, had the canvas tailored into a pair of stiff but rugged pants. The miner was 9___D___ with the result, word got around about “those pants of Levi’s,” and Strauss was in business. The company has been in business ever since. When Strauss ran out of canvas, he wrote his two brothers to send more. He received instead a rough, brown cotton cloth made in Nimes, France-called serge de Nimes and 10____E___ shortened to “denim” (the word “jeans” derives from Genes, the French word for Genoa, where a similar cloth was produced). Almost from the first, Strauss cloth dyed the distinctive indigo that gave blue jeans their name, but it was not until the 1870s that he added the copper rivets which have long since become a company trademark. Sequencing Sentences
1. It is very important to have mutual understanding among people in order to keep and develop good relationships.
2. Science does with discovering the facts and relationships between observable phenomena in nature and establishing theories that serve to organize these facts and relationships. 3. We are living in a big human family where good relationships are indispensable.
4. If it is difficult to explain to the person who has misunderstood me, I wait until a suitable time comes.
5. The chief reason for the rapid increase is the practice of reform and open-door policy to the outside world.
6. Quarrels and conflicts among people sometimes worsen their relationships due to misunderstanding.
7. I believe with sincerity and patience that all misunderstandings can be resolved. 8. However, misunderstanding sometimes occurs in our daily life.
( 3 )—( 1 )—( 8 )—( 6 )—( 4 )—( 7 ) Translation
1. 在这种情况下约翰尼急切地抓住了难得的机会。 (jump at the chance) In this case Johnny jumped at the rare chance to apply for the post.
2. 现在说是由于天气关系才耽搁了航班还为时过早。(It is too early to say?) It is too early to say that the weather is responsible for the delay of the flight. 3. 现代英语中许多词汇来源于拉丁文。 (be derived from) In modern English many words are derived from Latin.
4. 我们也许不能理解75%的女性下班后要继续照顾孩子。 (It might not ?)
It might not be understood that 75 percent of women have to take care of their kids after work. 5. 平均来说，我们每天要在电脑前工作十小时。(on average) On average, we spend almost ten hours a day working with computer.
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洛阳理工专升本英语Unit1
