6. approved 7. recruit 8. evolved 9. dedicated 10. solemn Exercises on Webcourse only:
11. contracts 12. Independence 13. reputation 14. destruction IV.
1. worked on 2. approve of 3. went ahead 4. for sale 5. come up with 6. refashioned into 7. rise to fame 8. captures my attention 9. evolved from 10. named after Exercises on Webcourse only: 11. posing for 12. go against V.
1. C 2. E 3. F 4. N 5. O 6. K 7. A 8. H 9. L 10. I Collocation VI.
1. respect 2. influence 3. credit 4. confidence 5. Support 6. acceptance 7. fame 8. insight recognition 10. experience N Concordance File 1 The bottom line is that you gain respect from others only when you have learned to respect yourself. rwsblu10 Because of their larger numbers and more active lifestyles, senior 2 citizens are gaining social influence in the country both politically and srblu05 economically. 3 The witness’s story gained credit with the jury. nwblu09 Perhaps you have used clothing to gain confidence when you 4 anticipated a situation full of stress, such as a job interview, or a public tbb2u08 appearance. La Pierre’s comments, which implied that the government was 5 intentionally failing to enforce gun laws in order to keep violent crime high, thereby gaining popular support for more restrictive measures, erblu07 was “outrageous.” 6 Some college administrators say public service may also help high school graduates gain acceptance to the college of their choice. srblu06 7 He did not gain distinction by continuously training for his event. rwsb2u02 8 Pupils use drama to gain insights into moral and social issues in works of literature. nwblu05 9 They are not doing this to gain recognition or money; they are doing this for the sake of society rwtb2u02 10 People gain work experience, and, in addition, employers can afford to employ them. rwtblu01 Word Building VII.
1. intelligence 2. consequence 3. significance 4. Ignorance 5. indifference 6. competence 7.
9.
brilliance 8. magnificence VIII.
1. coexists 2. co-director 3. cooperate 4. co-pilot 5. co-author Sentence Structure IX.
1. Jimmy walked slowly to the corner of the playground, his face covered with tears. 2. The taxi sped away, its lights disappearing into the distance.
3. Their stomachs crying for food, their back burning from too much sun, both boys gathered their things and headed for home.
4. Barbara just lay there, her mouth trembling, her eyes unfocused, unable to say a word.
5. Then the two players let him fall to the track, his chest landing first, his head following, bouncing, and finally lying still. X.
1. Most snakes, although with a threatening appearance, aren’t really dangerous if you leave them alone. 2. Women, even though with the same abilities, have failed to approach the income of men. 3. Though with a severe lack of coal, the principal was not forced to close the school.
4. She is capable of making complete French meals even though with no cheese after salad. 5. When in doubt about the result of your test, call the test office. Translation XI.
1. Everything considered, this city is the world’s most exciting city.
2. Though with no approval from his parents, he went ahead with his plan to study abroad. 3. The bridge was named after the hero who gave his life for the cause of people.
4. It is said that the painter used his mother as the model in the painting whose faced represented suffering yet strength. 5. The writer instantly rose to fame in 1950 with the publication of a novel inspired by his experience with a girl on a farm.
6. One story says that “US” was short for “Uncle Sam” whose real name was Sam Wilson, who had once worked with a man who had signed a contract w2ith the government to provide meat to the US Army. XII.
1. 这幅画上一个神色严肃的男子,身旁站着一位女子,身后是所农舍。他们的原型分别是画家的牙医和姐姐。 2. 公司的申请书,不管是代表自己还是代表他人,都应该有官员的签名。
3. 做了脱口秀之后,约翰和妻子在广播和电视节目上出了名,这些节目给普通民众以启迪,而不只是向他们提供信息。
4. 尽管有些人不赞同,可市领导还是决定实施这个计划,在湖边建造两个五星级宾馆,以吸引更多的游客。 5. 那位著名画家去世了,曾经给他当模特的妻子立即担任了他装潢公司的总经理职务。
6. 宴会上,他们的衣着都很华丽,但吸引我注意力的却是他们的交谈方式,使得我很想和他们交谈。 Cloze XIII.
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. C 16. A 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. D
Section B
Reading Skills I.
1. To crush is to press something so hard that it is damaged or destroyed. Here Mary compares herself to a thing that is
too weak to resist the pressure, i.e., the harsh words from publisher. Mary admits that she is extremely upset.
2. At the very beginning Engelbreit did not expect to draw greeting cards; she aimed high. Now that she was told her style was better suited for drawing greeting cards, she felt it was a comedown from high expectation. To her, drawing greeting cards was a fall from her life’s goal.
3. The card is personified. As we know, a card cannot boast. Only the creator of the card boasts. However, the writer means to say that the card is communicating a proud message.
4. Acid means having a sour or bitter taste. When one has an acid tongue, he or she is very bitter to others, that is , he or she is very critical of others.
5. A trademark is a special name, sign, word, etc. marked on a product; it is a special sign or a distinctive characteristic. Now being cute is Mary’s distinctive feature.
6. A core is the central part of certain fruit. A core of one’s life is the most important part of one’s life. The whole sentence means Engelbreit treasures old-fashioned art and values most.
7. When one puts his or her feet firmly on the ground, he or she is down-to-earth. In other words, he or she is very realistic and practical.
8. When you say an artistic work takes off, you mean it begins to be successful. Comprehension of the Text II.
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. D Vocabulary III.
1. crush 2. astonishing 3. comprised 4. features 5. decorated 6. elaborate 7. influential 8. annual 9. humorous 10. sample Exercises on Webcourse only:
11. distribution 12. distinctive 13. commerce 14. license IV.
1.to 2.down 3.on 4.into 5.to 6. with 7.off 8.at 9.up 10.up Exercises on Webcourse only:
11.in, at 12.from, with 13.of 14.to New Horizon College English
Unit 5 : Section A
Vocabulary III
1.switch 2.decay 3.secured 4.loose 5.slid 6.privileges 7.interval 8.outline 9.preceding 10.shallow IV
1.reached for 2.feel for 3.trying to avoid breathing 4.so that 5.managed to accomplish 6.sense my thoughts 7.provide for 8.spared me 9.read about 10.go about V
1.N 2.I 3.K 4.G 5.M 6.L 7.A 8.F 9.C 10.D VI
1.pain 2.fear 3.tension 4.mind 5.stress 6.crisis 7.anger 8.anxiety 9.signs 10.hunger VII
1.growth: the act of growing; physical or natural development
2.warmth: the state of being warm; warm-heartedness ands kindness
3.depth: the distance from the top to the bottom of something 4.truth: the state or quality of being true;the actual facts 5.length: the measurement of how long something is in size 6.breadth: the distance from one side of something to the other
7.width: the distance from one side of something to the other; the quality of being wide 8.death: the state of being dead VIII
1.exposure 2.failures 3.disclosures 4.pressure 5.mountaineers 6.closure 7.profiteers 8.seizure Sentence Structure IX
1.did he realize that the task was a little too difficult for the new secretary to finish on her own 2.did Mary stop weeping
3.will all the employees know the result of their performance evaluation
4.did she become aware how hard it was for her mother to have brought up her sister and her on her own 5.did I get to know what happened in the end to the main characters X
1.Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desk, stretching themselves. 2.The secretary worked late into the night, preparing a speech for the President. 3.Seeing no prospect of success, we quitted the attempt to climb the mountain.
4.Knowing that they were going traveling, the students began to make preparations. 5.Having been found guilty, the man was given a severe sentence by the judge. Translation XI
1.Not until he saw his mother lying in bed, dying , did he realize how much he loved her.
2.Taking into account of his recent physical condition, I think he has done quite well in the exam. 3.Mrs. Clark lies in bed motionless, and I wonder briefly if she is still alive.
4.The building was darkened except for a single light burning in a third-storey window.
5.These soldiers have received very strict training and are well equipped to fulfill the new task. 6.He reached for the phone, picked it up, and dialed the hotel’s number. XII
1直到60年代早期,人们似乎才普遍认同英国不再是以前心目中那样的大国了。 2.在决定了租房之后,我们便着手与市内所有的房屋代理商联系。
3.我小心翼翼地替她擦身子,尽量避免弄痛她,因为她瘦得只剩皮包骨了。
4.我心间对这位老人涌起了一股感情。他那暗黄的皮肤松弛地裹在显得异常大的骨头上,深陷的胸部随着不均匀的呼吸一起一伏。
5.你在报上读到那位著名画家的消息了么?他实际上是为了要成为视觉艺术大师的抱负而累死的。 6.有迹象表明,这位老太太想孤独地离开人世,不让她的家人看到他们或许无力面对的人生插曲。 Cloze XII
1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.C 10.A 11.C 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.D 17.D 18.A 19.B 20.A
Section B Reading Skills: I 1.B 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.C 10.A
Section B
Comprehension of the Text II.
1.She is right-handed, and now she is unable to move her right arm and leg –– they are worthless to her. 2.Now she is completely relying on others.
3.We can make those days comfortable by giving her painkillers and sleeping pills. 4. “I don’t want to bear responsibility for condemning my mother to a living hell.” 5.Recently I operated in vain on an eighty-year-old woman with cancer of the liver.
6.As a result, the poor man continued on for nearly three more months with a painful throat and frequent bleeding caused by sores in the mouth.
7. In 95 percent of the cases, a sympathetic, reasonable decision can be made after appropriate discussion.
8. What we are trying to avoid is neutrality; the only people with any qualification to decide are those who know the patient closely and can put his or her interests first. Vocabulary III
1. permission 2. inserted 3. necessities 4. relieve 5. withdraw 6. arbitrary 7. phase 8. elected 9. transparent 10. cooperate IV
1.Her voice was beginning to tremble and she tried to control it but in vain. 2.Jennifer was late for class the other day as a result of the heavy snow.
3.The small company is now confronted with intense competition for the market share. 4.In wintertime, food was hard to come by, so many animals died of hunger. IV
5. Tom decided to follow his father’s advice and apply for a job in the bank, as he liked working with numbers. 6. I’m sorry I forgot his birthday. The date just completely slipped my mind. 7. In the end our choices came down to going or staying. IV
8. The old man had a stroke, which condemned him to bed in the hospital for about half a year. 9. My French was so poor at that time that I often had trouble making myself understood. 10. If you have someone on your mind, let her know. Chances are you are on hers as well.
Unit 6 Section A
Vocabulary III
1.sensible 2.detect 3.precaution 4.occurrence 5.withstand 6.resistant 7.vertical 8.accidental 9.enclosed 10.fastened IV
1.come out of 2.watch for 3.resistant to 4.put out 5.After all 6.make a difference to 7.agree on 8.attach labels to 9.if necessary 10.In addition to V
1.E 2.J 3.K 4.O 5.B 6.L 7.C 8.H 9.G 10.N VI
1.sense 2.message 3argument 4.image 5.idea 6.belief 7.knowledge 8.reputation 9.standard 10.habit VII
1-f cupboard橱柜 2-j motorcycle摩托车 3-l silkworm蚕 4-k teardrop眼泪 5-g bloodstain血迹 6-a sawdust锯木屑 7-e cabinet-maker细工木匠 8-j steamboat汽船 9-b arrowhead箭头 10-h shirtsleeves衬衫袖子 11-d windowpane窗玻璃 12—c manservant男佣人