Unit 1 Growing Up
Part II Language Focus
Vocabulary
Ⅰ.
1.
…down back and on in
2.
been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office.
so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not.
clear image of how she would look in twenty years’ time.
the command the soldiers opened fire.
bikes we’ll keep turning them out.
3.
, rigid, to inspire
tedious, What’s more, out of date ideas
, career, avoid showing, hardly hold back
Ⅱ.
violating
Ⅲ.
, in upon
Comprehensive Exercises
Ⅰ. Cloze
1.
back and on out/in
2.
Ⅱ. Translation
1.
it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.
girlfriend advised him to get out of/get rid of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold.
that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to
increase its production.
is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules. /Bill is said to
have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules.
is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water
shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.
2.
Susan lost her legs because of / in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again.
One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye /she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be bale to lead a useful life.
Unit2
I. Vocabulary
1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in the box.
1) absolutely 2) available 3) every now and then 4) are urging/ urged 5) destination 6) mostly 7) hangs out 8) right away 9) reunion 10) or something 11) estimate
12) going ahead
2. Rewriting
1) It seemed that his failure in the examination was still on his mind.
2) He was completely choked up by the sight of his team losing in the final minutes of the game.
3) She was so lost in study that she forgot to have dinner.
4) Something has come up and I am afraid I won’t be able to accomplish the project on time.
5) The cost of equipping the new hospital was estimated at $2 million.
3. Complete the sentences.
1) were postponed the awful is estimated
2) reference not available an kind of
3) not much of a teacher skips go ahead
II. Collocation
on
III. Usage
or less of/ sort of of/ sort of or less something exercises
I. Cloze
up
II. Translation
the sentences.
1) Half an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn’t come yet. We had to walk home.
2) Mary seems to be very worried about the Chinese exam because she hasn’t learned the texts by heart.
3) Since the basketball match has been postponed, we might as well visit the museum.
4) He stayed in Australia with his parents all the way through WWⅡ.
5) Since I graduated from Nanjing University in 1985, I have kind of lost touch with my classmates.
the passage.
It is not easy to keep in touch with friends far away. This is true in my case.
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