21. defense ; 26. tire;
22. plow ; 23. programme ; 24. practise; ;
Comprehensive Exercises I.
1. insane;
6. in good condition; 7. constitution;
8.
go
2. current;
3. candid;
4. capable;
5. was taken aback; all to pieces; 9. gone broke; deceptive;
1. suspected; lucrative; 6. jewellery; arrested; II. 1.
10. vacancy; 11. mild; 12.
2. pleading; 3. confirmed; 4. stunned; 5.
7. wealthy; 8. urge; 9. spell; 10.
16) I have an instinct that Henry will seek to join the expedition, because he is
something of an adventurer.
17) He is capable of sticking to the task at hand, even if he is exposed to noises. 18) The trademark was registered in accordance with the laws hitherto in force. 19) Oddly enough, many people volunteered to help organize the meeting, but only
a few turned up.
20) The teacher’s affectionate words, along with his candid comments, changed the
way Mike perceived the society and himself.
2.
For my own part, I find that appearances are all too often deceptive. For instance, you might be wrong if you judged by appearances only people like Edward Hyde Burton. In appearance, he seemed a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes, gentle and candid. Nevertheless, he turned out to be very cruel. He insulted and fooled Lenny who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insane venture. What was still more surprising was that he was completely indifferent to Lenny’s death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone. UNIT6 Vocabulary I.
1. appliances; 5. prosperity; large quantity of 9. streamline; bewildered;
1. eat into; away;
5. set about; poured in;
16. is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent 17. to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven
out by the heat and flames
18. was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more
involved with issues of market demand.
6. switch off;
7. will be turned loose;
8.
2. cling to;
3. stand out/stood out;
4.
wears
10. fax;
11. pointed the way to;
12.
2. comparative; 3. multiply; 6. decorate;
4. distribution;
7. famine; 8. large quantities of/a
19. can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900
and dresses at ￡2,000
20. has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order
to keep her body in shape
1. reaction to; 2. Convention; 3. a burden; cope; II.
1. nervousness;
1. honorary;
2. Honorable;
3. honorable;
4. honorary;
2. tension;
3. stress;
stress;
4. tension;
discontent; evading tax;
provoked;
the confines of;
to
are always on the go/seem forever on the go;
5. honorable;
6. Honorary; III.
1. Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may
ask, to spend large sums of money to save some pieces—be it an elephant or an orchid—in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line
2. This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be
quickly screened—at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, expert 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.
Comprehensive Exercises I.
1. switch off ;
5. shortage;
7. pouring in;
8. by nature;
9. fraction;
2. obliged ;
3. on the go ;
4. cope;
6. large quantity of;
1. advantage; includes; 6. schedule; respect; II. 1.
10. futile;
2. wisely; 3. faithfully; 4. waking; 5.
7. sticking; 8. priorities; 9. set; 10.
21) 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.
22) Her unique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to
cram knowledge into my head.
23) The regular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps us up with the
changes of weather wherever we go on a trip.
24) The appalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of
the building.
25) 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 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. UNIT7 Vocabulary I.
1. divined;
5. coated
7. hijack;
8. grief;
9. farewell;
10.
2. nerves;
3. solidarity;
4. sacred;
mourn
6. perish;
take revenge on;
11. revolves; revolves;
1. drop off; gaining on; 5. bring down;
6. blotted out;
7. think back on;
8.
2. applied for;
3. went off;
4. are
12. denounced;
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