2) in accordance with 3) vacancy
4) in good condition 5) transparent 6) rub 7) spicy 8) hitherto
9) with (a) bad grace 10) instinct 11) pawned 12) current 8. 1) turned up
2) will stick to 3) brought back 4) go about 5) driving at 6) put, away 7) turning, over 8) took, aback
9. 1) has a very weak constitution – she may not be able to survive the operation. 2) was taken aback by the insurance company’s rejection of my compensation claim. 3) was something of a surprise when we ran into each other in a place like that. 4) needs trimming /to be trimmed – it’s getting too long. 5) are often deceptive.
4. 1) Oddly enough, went broke, wrinkled, he had gone all to pieces 2) definite, is capable of, her vanity, 3) too mild, sipping, stroke
II. Usage
5) Except for 6) Except that 7) except
8) except when 9) except to 10) except what 11) except where 12) except that
III. British and American English Vocabulary:
AME: can, candy, faculty, mail, railroad, store
BRE: flat, lift, ground floor, trousers, tube/underground, maize Spelling:
AME: favorable, meter, defense, plow, tire
BRE: paralyse, catalogue, leveling, programme, practice, characterise
Comprehensive Exercises
I.
5. 1) insane
2) current 3) candid 4) capable
5) was taken aback 6) in good condition 7) constitution 8) go all to pieces 9) gone broke 10) vacancy 11) mild
12) deceptive 6. 1) suspected
2) pleading 3) confirmed 4) stunned 5) lucrative 6) jewellery 7) wealthy 8) urge 9) spell 10) arrested II.
5. 1) I have an instinct that Henry will seek to join the expedition, because he is something of an
adventurer.
2) He is capable of sticking to the task at hand, even if he is exposed to noises. 3) The trademark was registered in accordance with the laws hitherto in force.
4) Oddly enough, many people volunteered to help organize the meeting, but only a few turned up.
5) The teacher’s affectionate words, along with his candid comments, changed the way Mike perceived the society and himself.
6. 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.
Unit 6 Text A
Language Sense Enhancement 11. 1) understanding
2) Within the confines 3)reasonably 4) by nature
5) limitless possibilities 6) our aim
7) fewer desires
8) play by themselves 9) vet boundaries 10) or
Language Focus
Vocabulary I.
10. 1) appliances
2) comparative 3) multiply 4) distribution 5) prosperity 6) decorate 7) famine
8) large quantities of / a large quantity of 9) streamline 10) fax
11) pointed the way to 12) bewildered 11. 1) eat into
2) cling to
3) stand out/ stood out 4) wears away 5) set about 6) switch off
7) will be turned loose 8) poured in
12. 1) is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent.
2) to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heart and flames.
3) was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more involved with issues of market demand.
4) can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at $900 and resses at
$2,000.
5) has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order to keep her body in shape.
4. 1) reaction to, discontent, provoked
2) Convention, evading tax, the confines of
3) a burden, are always on the go/ seem forever on the go, to cope
II. Confusable words 1.
13) nervousness 14) tension
15) stress, stress 16) tension 2.
1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable 4) honorary 5) honorable 6) Honorary
III. Usage
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 species – be it an elephant or an orchid – in a nation win 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, experts 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.
7. 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 8. 1) advantage
2) wisely 3) faithfully 4) waking 5) includes 6) schedule 7) sticking 8) priorities 9) set
10) respect II.
7. 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) Here 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.
8. 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.
Unit 7 Text A
Language Sense Enhancement
1. brought down 2. revolving 3. circle 4. wreckage 5. memory 6. bury 7. perished 8. memorials 9. gaping wound 10.silver
Language Focus
Vocabulary
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