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UNIT1 Vocabulary I.
1. allot 2. go through fire and water 3. reside 4. sobbed 5. made no mention of 6. sacrifice 7. came upon 8. rhythm 9. volume 10. something of a II.
1. I stayed on as an assistant professor.
2. I hold it to my ear because I want to hear time tick away. 3. The salary is not wonderful, but the duties are light. 4. The moral of the lesson is not to talk to strangers. 5. Yes, but it cannot hold a candle to Huangshan. III.
1. The nasty smell from the kitchen made her stomach churn.
2. When she sank into drunkenness, she was able to forget her sorrow. 3. In the 1500 meters, Martin and Parker came first and third respectively.
4. The two hills Shunner Fell from the north and Lovely Seat from the south flank the famous Butter Tubs Pass.
5. Levi, in gratitude to Joshua, gave a party for him.
Iv. 1. ambition-----ambition-----regardless of 2. discourse---by way of 3. is engraved---inward V. 1. have come upon/across 2. had come out 3. come on/up 4. came across 5. comes down to 6. came around/to 7. comes to 8. came through 9. came up with 10. comes up Usage
1. the Wilsons 2. Mark Twain 3. Annie Johnsons 4. another Winston Churchill 5. a Mrs. Burton 6. a Budweiser 7. A Monet 8. an old Ford Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze 1. Text-related 1. go through fire and water 2. salary 3. give---no peace 4. sink into 5. ambition 6. By way of 7. expressive 8. churned 9. engraved 10. not hold a candle to 11. inward 2. Theme-related
1. Success 2. literacy 3. significantly 4. promoting 5. appropriate 6. too 7. later 8. repetition 9. invented 10. less II. Translation
Although my grandmother was illiterate, she had a good stock of myths and legends. When I was young I gave her no peace, constantly asking her to tell me stories. After she had finished her housework, she would lift me onto her lap and tell stories, all the while rocking me in rhythm. Having noticed my interest in stories, my parents lost no time in initiating me into reading. They bought many storybooks with illustrations, and whenever free, they would read these stories to me over and over again. By and by I had a vocabulary large enough to read on my own.
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UNIT2 Vocabulary I. 1.
1) appetite 2) destructive 3) agency 4) processed 5) saturated 6) utter 7) hoisted 8) referring to 9) retrieve 10) Unfortunately 2.
1) Peter was chasing the dog and Tom was riding the wooden horse in the garden. 2) They all looked on except one young man. He took her to the hospital instantly. 3) I laid charges against the company and won the case.
4) If we want to stay competitive, first of all we need to modernize our factory. 5) They got irrigation water from the dammed rivers. 3.
1) Except in the oases the desert is almost devoid of vegetation, although some
stunted, thorny shrubs grow in the western Sahara. 2) The fruits growing wild in the coastal forest are edible.
3) The national security agency made recommendations for improving safety
standards in airplanes / to improve safety standards in airplanes.
4) The Beatles enjoyed success on a scale unparalleled by any previous pop group. 5) The emergence of language was a defining factor in the evolution of modern
humans. 4.
1) Excluding other factors such as quality and price, products which are attractively packaged are bound to attract more consumers, particularly children and young people. Packaging has become an important way to boost / of boosting the sales of products.
2) In the eyes of some businessmen, consumers' health comes second to profits.
They sell chicken infected with salmonella and crabs with traces of antibiotics. 3) It can be hard to go vegetarian. The important thing is to make changes you feel comfortable with, at your own pace. While stopping consuming any products for which animals are bred and slaughtered may be ideal, even a slight reduction in meat consumption is a step in the right direction. 5.
1) get over 2) got to 3) get through 4) get over 5) get by 6) get away
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7) got in 8) get …out 9) get along 10) get away with
II. Collocation
1. I asked her why she didn't make use of her talent and sing a pop song on the
graduation day.
2. Uncle Tom, the long-suffering slave in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's
Cabin, died a miserable death. 3. We still have to learn how to live a harmonious life, not only with other people but also with the environment.
4. Breathing a deep breath, he ran up to take the penalty kick. 5. I dreamed a bad dream last night in which I was running through the forest, and being chased by a bear.
6. My friend smiled a bitter smile when I asked her whether she'd found all the
money she'd lost.
7. Black people have a hard fight to fight before they win real equality. 8. People with mood disorders often sleep a troubled sleep. They toss and turn,
restlessly occupied with negative thoughts.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze
1. Text-related (1) exclude (2) stubborn (3) devoid of (4) bow to (5) potent (6) drawbacks (7) contaminating (8) heightened (9) infected (10) come second to
2. Theme-related (1) consumption (2) between (3) packed (4) evident (5) population (6) encouraging (7) grave (8) against (9) criticize (10) itself
II. Translation
Study after study has uncovered the fact that there is a close correlation between food and a number of chronic diseases. For example, a decreased risk of certain chronic diseases is associated with an increased consumption of plant-based foods. Therefore, in the past decade, the American Dietetic Association has urged Americans to reduce their intake of animal fats, and to boost consumption of fruits, vegetables, and grains. Meanwhile, the United States Department of Agriculture has released a document containing the food guide pyramid, which encourages a minimum of three vegetable and two fruit servings per day. However, many Americans still don’t meet /
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listen to these recommendations.
UNIT3 Vocabulary I. 1.
1) invitation 2) eloquent 3) concede 4) contradictory 5) conceals 6) guilty 7) generalize 8) get caught in 9) for now 10) as a last resort 2.
1) Non-smoking area. John’s very intolerant of people who smoke. 2) She is an interesting character, and a bit of a mystery to me. 3) Because it does not reveal their marital status.
4) We are planning on trekking through the Malaysian Rainforest. 5) He muttered something under his breath that I couldn’t understand. 6) They may need to wear protective rubber gloves and clothing.
7) The chairperson said sometimes unemployment tempted the youth into criminal
activities.
8) Though she never admitted it, the look on her face when I mentioned James’
name gave her away. 3.
1) Throughout history, people have been intrigued by the question of whether there
is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
2) The hill farmers' lot has never been easy and in recent years has been assailed by
a series of major crises.
3) As with most people in his family, Grey is a great talker when he's in the mood to
talk.
4) Few people find it necessary to condemn white lies on the grounds that they are
not real lies.
5) All the evidence of your qualifications and skills that backs up the claims you
make in your résumé should be included. 4.
1) In general, everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an
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2) Eddie was adamant that his son should never indulge in vain wishes; he believed that it was absurd for his son to pursue a romantic but utterly impractical career in the future.
3) Those considering an adventurous safari in Central Africa should be aware that there is an extremely small, but nonetheless present, risk of encountering bandits on the road. Thus they should decide for themselves whether such potential risks will be personally acceptable to them and their companions. 5.
1) go around / round 2) Go for 3) went off 4) go on 5) is going on 6) go about 7) go along 8) go through 9) go by 10) go over
II. Usage
1. The manager was chatting with the chairman of the board about something that
concerned the future of their cooperation and I could tell that he was being careful with his words.
2. Tom didn't really like the food, but he was being polite and ate quite a bit.
3. He kept tapping on his teacup with his spoon because he was getting impatient waiting for the waiter to come around.
4. By handing in papers off the Internet, students are being stupid because they run the risk of being caught and expelled from school.
5. He was being a coward by not being truthful to himself and others.
6. Some of the nurses were very rude and told Edgar he was being a nuisance when he complained.
7. Don't talk nonsense. I'm being serious.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze
1. Text-related (1) go along (2) honesty (3) straightforward (4) indulge in (5) What about (6) dodge (7) assert (8) absurd (9) resort (10) juggle
2. Theme-related (1) asserting (2) go along (3) because (4) part (5) Mistakes (6) exceptions (7) end (8) resort (9) dying (10) freedom
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