Exercises for the Text I. 1.b 2.c 3.c 4.a 5.b
II. 1.approximate 2.aged 3.paradox 4.apparent 5.composition 6.elsewhere 7.elementary 8.alter 9.precede 10.slippery
III. 1.e 2.a 3.h 4.g 5.c 6.b 7.i 8.f 9.j 10.d IV. test; doctor; the; My; arrived; at; opened V.
1.Aging has become a social problem.
2.People objected to the idea that it is because of drop of birthrate.
3.How long people will live depends on many factors. 4.Expectation of life is the prediction of the average number of years that one can live.
5.Long life is altering our life and our society. Vocabulary Exercises I.
1.appreciate appreciation
appreciative a.appreciation b.appreciate c.appreciative 2.active inactive
activity a.activity b.activated c.active d.inactive 3.continue continued continuing
continuation a.continues b.continued c.continuation d.continuous e.continuing 4.expect expectation expectancy
expectant a.expect b.expectant c.expectancy d.expectation
II. 1.classify 2.salient 3.liability 4.altered 5.paradox 6.lengthens 7.dependency 8.revision 9.upwards 10.approximated III.
1.He always neglects his health.
2.The price of this commodity is out of proportion to its value. 3.His account of the incident approximated to the fact.
4.He has reluctantly acknowledged the fallacies in his statement. 5.The fervent cheers expressed their appreciation of the performance.
6.Memory can be classified into long-term memory and short-term memory.
7.Things altered fundamentally. Text B
Exercises for the Text
I. 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.T 6.F 7.F 8.F 9.T 10.T II. 1.pride; belief 2.responsible; honest; loving 3.temporary;
honest; loving 4.acting; talking 5.isolated; lonely;
received 6.a smile; a good grade on report card; pride 7.heart; see; think; rude; inconsiderate; rough 8.contribute; within 9.throughout 10.positive attitude Vocabulary Exercises
I. 1.esteem 2.take advantage of 3.manageable 4.cope with 5.appropriate 6.infant's 7.withdraw 8.totally 9.worthless 10.outcome Grammar Exercises
I. 1.had 2.did 3.had had; wouldn't have drowned 4.came 5.had done 6.would have know 7.should be attacked 8.had 9.wouldn't be 10.left 11.ma you enjoy 12.should change 13.had gone 14.would have come 15.wouldn't have
made 16.would have answered 17.went 18.would not have made 19.should fail 20.would have been II.
1.We hurried back to school lest it should rain. 2.It's time the problem was carefully studied.
3.If only I had kept my mouth shut. 4.He tiptoed into the room for fear that he should be heard.
5.I was in a terrible hurry that day,otherwise I would have
stopped to have a chat with you for a while. 6.I was writing a report; otherwise I would not have stayed up late.
7.Without your help,we would not have made such a big success. 8.Under that condition,I would have done the same. 9.If she hadn't been studying hard,she would not have spoken English so well.
10.Don't forget to remind him in case he should forget. 11.If we weren't to take an exam tomorrow,I would have gone to the cinema with you.
12.If only he had told you the truth several months ago. 13.I would rather you went on holiday.
14.I would sooner you had known nothing about it. 15.It's time that we got ready for the final exams. 16.But for the traffic accident, we would have arrived a bit earlier.
17.We would not live without air and water.
18.I would have gone with you but I have to prepare for an exam.
19.Long live the People's Republic of China.
20.But that he had taken some medicine this morning,his headache would be worse. 第十单元
Text A
Exercises for the Text I. 1.d 2.b 3.c 4.b 5.d
II. 1.defeat 2.critical 3.loyalty 4.impact 5.ultimately 6.tough 7.approval 8.stir 9.presidency 10.overwhelming
III. 1.strategy 2.election 3.democracy 4.presidency 5.economy 6.constitution 7.loyalty 8.motivation 9.certainty 10.provision
IV. for; lost; without; cost; buy; rage; put; altered V.
1.Presidential election occurs in the United State every four years.
2.A major party nominee usually gets higher approval rating than a minor-party nominee.
3.Strategy plays a critcal role in the presidential campaign. 4.To win electoral votes, presidential candidates are particularly concerned with those important states.
5.There are over a dozen political parties in the United States,among which there are only two major parties. Vocabulary Exercises I.
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