UNIT2
1) If a ________ were to reach the gas it would go off at once.
A) spot B) spill
C) spark 火花 D) spray
2) After about an hour and a half the party ______ because there was not enough wine that evening.
A) broke off B) broke away
C) broke up 结束 D) broke through
3) House purchase is the biggest decision that most people make and the easiest one to _______ for various reasons.
A) postpone 延迟 B) conduct
C) replace D) last
4) Somewhat to my _______, the police will soon eliminate her from their inquiries.
A) entertainment B) judgment
C) relief 安慰 D) relaxation
5) The political weakness of these countries _________their economic weakness.
A) compromised with B) competed with
C) communicated to D) corresponded to 相当于
6) A series of tragic _______ made Mr. Terres feel he has to face up to his life.
A) accidents B) incidents 事件
C) events D) occurrences
7) The foreign-born Chinese are thought of as yellow on the outside and white on the inside because they only look like Chinese but never think or ______ like Chinese.
A) direct B) accustom
C) adjust D) behave
8) For many young people, the late 1960s was a period of _______ against the moral values that had been the pride of the past generations.
A) revolt 反抗\\叛乱 B) rebel
C) chaos D) challenge
9) I promised to_________ the others at 5 a.m.
A) rouse 醒来 B) stimulate
C) motivate D) prompt
10) Prisoners are reported to have been deliberately _______ without trial.
A) murdered B) convicted
C) executed D) punished
11) This swimming costume is made of ______ material.
A) elastic B) clumsy
C) coarse D) delicious
12) Two drivers were killed in a head-on ________ down a car and a taxi last night.
A) collapse B) conflict
C) collision D) crush
13) A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease ______
A) for long B) before long
C) ever since D) for good
14) The citizens in the neighborhood all______for the local government's decision to close the small paint factory.
A) claimed B) cracked
C) clapped 鼓掌 D) crashed
15) The government attempts to put down the______ of the president's sex scandal.
A) news B) rumor
C) saying D) proverb
16) The fact that we underestimated our ______ led to our bitter defeat.
A) opponent B) candidate
C) colleague D) advocate
17) The girls were all _____ of Grace because she was so pretty, with beautiful hands and a face like a film-star's.
A) greedy B) controversial
C) competitive D) jealous
18) The Watergate ______ was exposed by two investigative journalists working for the Washington Post.
A) shame B) conviction
C) rumor D) scandal
19) Japanese banks, once _____ competitors in the British banking market, have all but disappeared.
A) bold B) fierce
C) wild D) harmful
20) 5000 people held a protest march and_____ against sexual discrimination.
A) rally B) conjunction
C) episode D) riot
21) A _____ broke out at the stadium when the home team lost 5-0.
A) rebel B) strike
C) violation D) riot
22) It was the third time in three weeks that such ugly scenes had been _______ in London.
A) endeavored B) demonstrated
C) witnessed D) judged
23) You may laugh at my idea but I'm in deadly _____.
A) intensive B) generous
C) earnest D) voluntary
24) When I come back, I feel _____and many new ideas occur to me.
A) renewed B) recreated
C) reshaped D) refreshed
25) According to the Centers for Disease Control, women will soon _____ 80
percent of those diagnosed with HIV.
A) make up B) build up
C) stand for D) conform to
26) She ______the knives and forks at the lunch table.
A) laid up B) laid off
C) laid down D) laid out
27) ________some other low-income countries in Africa, most children here do eventually get to primary school and stay there for a few years.
A) Contrary to B) In regard to
C) In contrast to D) With respect to
28) Seven hundred thousand tons of ______ oil has poured out of the damaged tanker into the sea.
A) raw B) rough
C) crude D) tough
29) Fertile soil helps Canada________ among the world's leading wheat producers.
A) rank B) occupy
C) arrange D) classify
30) The film producer sent him the ______ and assured him there was no question of him appearing on stage in the role.
A) scrape B) catalog
C) category D) script
答案：
1—5 C C A C D 6—10 B D A A C
11-15 A C D C B 16—20 A D D B A
21-25 D C C D A 26—30 D C C A D
UNIT3
1) Prices of goods are governed by the cost of the ______ materials, as well as by the cost of production.
A) primitive B) rough
C) original D) raw (cf. crude oil)
2) In the countryside there are no ________ and no free medical care for the aged.
A) wages B) pensions
C) profits D) rewards
3) You are legally _________ take faulty goods back to the store where you purchased.
A) entitled to B) involved in
C) associated with D) assigned to
4) The headmaster has_______ views about what his pupils should wear.
A) noble B) flexible (that can change or be changed to be suitable for new needs, changed conditions, etc. e.g. a ~ plan)
C) liberal D) liable
5) She made a _______of $200 to the Children's Hospital.
A) publication B) donation
C) acquisition D) quotation
6) It is frightening for a youngster to feel that he is in charge of himself; it's like being in a car without ________.
A) brakes B) controls (the means by which a machine /system is controlled c. 控制装置)
C) gears D) signals
7) Environmental protection is _________ national and local economic development.
A) related to B) involved in
C) included in on)
D) subjected to (governed by or dependent
8) She made a _____ of $ 69,000 for the flat, which was accepted.
A) currency B) proposal
C) bid D) purchase
9) After the recent bomb attacks, members of the public are being warned to be _____ at all times and to look out for any suspicious packages.
A) alert /watchful B) aware
C) cautious(careful to avoid risks) D) nervous
10) If the rain doesn't stop, people will be ________ serious flooding.
A) facing with B) faced with/confronted with
C) subjecting with D) subjected with
11) It was _______ to the media that the president had resolved to fight.
A) leaked (released) B) loosened
C) relieved D) issued
12) How do you _______your long absence from classes without asking for leave?
A) account for B) count on/rely on
C) account of D) count for
13) They were ___ of armed robberies and sentenced to 15 years and 14 years respectively.
A) convicted B) convinced
C) sentenced D) condemned (=C)
14) Most flowers will not ____ without sunshine.
A) cultivate B) boom (grow rapidly in activity, value or importance)
C) sustain D) thrive
15) I decided to keep a low ______, after all I was a guest.(保持低姿态cf. keep a high political ~: be eye-catching politically)
A) profile B) position
C) attitude D) mood
16) If you throw away your credit card _______ and someone else gets it, they can use the number to buy things in your name.
A) cheque /check B) ticket
C) receipt D) label
17) I eventually found the letter I was looking for under a ____ of papers.
A) stock B) stack/pile
C) piece D) sequence
18) A small ______ plane crashed into a hillside in Northern England yesterday, killing six people.
A) assembled
B) dominated C) monitored
D) chartered (hired or rent out for a special use, e.g. a ~flight/ship)
19) Mr. Thomson is strongly opposed to the proposal of constructing a power plant in the area that is ____ populated.
A) densely (cf. sparsely) B) vastly
C) enormously D) largely
20) In the ______ of physics, Albert Einstein was a genius.
A) settlement B) operation
C) realm (an area of activity, study, etc.) /field
D) scope (the area within the limits of a question, subject, action, etc.)
21) He took the evening newspaper and _______ quickly through the story in minutes.
A) plunged B) perceived
C) sketched D) skimmed
22) The _______ of our trip to New York was going to the top of Empire State Building.
A) peak B) boom
C) summit D) highlight
23) They're such a conventional family --- they must have been frightened when their son ____ his hair pink.
A) soaked B) sketched
C) dyed D) dipped
24) The driver was accused of running red lights, crossing hands on the _____ wheel, lack of concentration and insufficient use of the rearview mirror.
A) stirring B) driving
C) steering D) rotating
25) The doorway was so low that we had to _____ to go through it.
A) lower B) lean
C) stoop (bend the upper body forward and down) D) bow
26) Niagara Falls is a great tourist ____, drawing millions of visitors every year.
A) attention B) attraction (scenic spot)
C) appointment D) arrangement
27) Most of them are not used to food and _____ for home; some find it difficult to observe the regulation about time.
A) desire B) hope
C) long D) wish
28) More than $20,000 has been paid in ______ to victims of another poisoned water accident in the region.
A) installment B) compensation (in ~ for sth)
C) substitution D) commitment
29) The longer one is out of teaching the harder it is to ______ confidence and the ability to teach again.
A) set up B) put up
C) build up D) catch up
30) Since the Gulf war, the United States and Britain have used the United Nations to ______ Iraq for more cheap oil.
A) bleed B) wound
C) devote D) depart
答案：
1—5 D B A C B 6—10 A B C A B
11—15 A A A D A 16—20 C B D A C
21—15 D D C C C 26—30 B C B C A
Unit4
1) The prisoner remained _________ throughout his trial.
A) clumsy B) deaf
C) dumb D) still
2) The Olympic Games began with a _______ of all the competing nations.
A) exhibition B) display
C) parade D) show
3) The editor ______the manuscript to half of its original length.
A) condensed B) condemned
C) concealed D) concentrated
4) Bombing, which was _______ in the city center, has destroyed most of the major buildings.
A) integral B) intentional
C) intensive D) intense
5) His ________need to be loved springs from a deep sense of insecurity.
A) crucial B) terminal
C) intensive D) desperate
6) The child finished the dessert and then _______ the plate.
A) scratch B) clicked
C) licked D) scraped
7) In 1974 and 1975, the economy plunged into the worst ______ since the Great Depression of the 1930's.
A) reservation B) recreation
C) reversion D) recession
8) Be careful with the cat. It may ____ you if you make it angry.
A) punch B) scrape
C) tear D) scratch
9) They have all ______ significant amounts of time and energy in this project.
A) invested B) involved
C) invented D) integrated
10) My job could be at ________ if I make an error of judgment.
A) danger B) stake
C) loss D) threat
11) Studies showed that June is the __________ month for suicides and for admitting patients to mental hospitals.
A) high B) peak
C) common D) rush
12) He has put his car entirely at our ____ for the holiday.
A) usage B) application
C) disposition D) disposal
13) The government's _________ is made up chiefly of the money people pay in taxes.
A) efficiency B) privilege
C) revenue D) validity
14) He ______ in working twelve hours a day in his laboratory in spite of his rapidly declining health.
A) persisted B) insisted
C) resisted D) assisted
15) We must not _______ behind other nations in our efforts to help those people made homeless by the great floods.
A) decline B) delay
C) lack D) lag
16) Communication is the process of ____ a message from a source to an audience via a channel.
A) transmitting B) submitting
C) transforming D) switching
17) The computer has become smaller and cheaper and ____ more available
to a greater number of people.
A) yet B) hence
C) still D) nevertheless
18) Decrease the _______ of medicine as you feel better.
A) therapy B) prescription
C) injection D) dose
19) He was a war________ in Europe during the Second World War.
A) resident B) correspondent
C) ambassador D) applicant
20) _________ rubbers are widely used as a substitute for natural rubber.
A) Practical B) Compound
C) Raw D) Synthetic
21) It is known that iron has a _______ role to play in the efficient working of the human body and is vital to healthy living.
A) crucial B) competitive
C) acute D) satisfactory
22) All our household goods are ________against accidental damage.
A) ensured B) insured
C) assured D) guaranteed
23) My home is close to a bus terminal so that it is very convenient for me to go to work.
A) end B) closing
C) terminal D) concluding
24) With the coming of the Internet, young people have _______ to the most recent events that happen in the world.
A) assess B) excess
C) success D) access
25) The government should ________ active policies to pull the country out of the recession.
A) come up with B) put up with
C) catch up with D) come up to
26) After she qualified as a lawyer, she decided to specialize ____ contract law.
A) on B) in
C) with D) of
27) In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to ________ his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
A) devote B) reserve
C) concentrate D) spare
28) The idea that all living things _______ from simple organisms and changed through the ages to produce millions of species is known as the theory of organic evolution.
A) evolved B) involved
C) generated D) adapted
29) People running for president often ______ reducing taxes.
A) sponsor B) contribute
C) advocate D) perform
30) _______ in the world can you find more attractive scenery than in Switzerland.
A) Hardly B) Little
C) Seldom D) Nowhere
答案：
1—5 C C A C D 6—10 C D D A B
11-15 B D C A D 16-20 A B D B D
21-25 A B C D A 26-30 B A A C D
Unit5
1) He made great efforts to _______ her violent temper after she became his wife.
A) tend B) cultivate
C) breed D) tame 2) There is a strong possibility that the fire was started on _________.
A) choice B) purpose C) intention D) design
3) Carefully _______, clear speech can now be understood by computers with only a 4-5 percent error rate.
A) passed B) talked
C) dictated D) declared
4) This film is about a young man of________ origin, who wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a rich banker.
A) humble B) harsh
C) wicked D) wrecked
5) By the time he reached the shelter of the station he was soaked ________.
A) wet B) to the skin
C) on the skin D) over
6) The old woman almost _______ to death in the thick fumes.
A) blocked B) provoked
C) choked D) stroked
7) Soldiers who die for their country are said to have made the __________ sacrifice.
A) supreme B) superficial
C) supplementary
D) superior
8) __________ has prevailed and the guilty man has been punished by law.
A) Judgment B)Jury
C) Justice D)Justification
9) He will first give you a summary of the situation and then discuss it at________.
A) detail B) extent
C) degree D) length 10) Nothing seems to be sure for certain about the prediction of earthquakes __________.
A) for a long time B) for the first time
C) for the time being D) from time to time
11) Immediately, she felt the floor ____ as the children started to beat drums in the small room.
A) shiver B) shake
C) vibrate D) tremble
12) _______ vegetables are believed to be healthful and environmentally friendly.
A) Superb B) Organic D) Rotten
C) Vigorous
13) She felt their relationship had lost its initial excitement and had become __________.
A) static B) stained
C) stable D) stale 14) They were of the generation that had gone through the Great ______ and a world war.
A) Boom B) Nightmare
C) Depression D) Disadvantage
15) They ______ no flaws in their plan because some VIPs will be present in the meeting.
A) resist B) sustain
C) undergo D) tolerate 16) Employers therefore ________ to the reduction of costs, most particularly in wages, in
order to compete in world markets.
A) resorted B) appealed
C) proceeded D) inclined
17) The _____ listened carefully to the evidence and concluded that the man was guilty.
A) panel B) jury D) legislation
C) court
18) It is generally acknowledged that engineering science is an extremely ______ and theoretical science.
A) abstract B) practical
C) concrete
D) superficial
19) She ____________ in delight upon hearing the good news.
A) grasped B) gripped
C) claimed D) exclaimed 20) This beef is rather tough; you have to ____ it for a long time.
A) chew B) bite
C) eat D) swallow
21) Despite the high divorce rate in the United States, young men and women continue to marry on the ______ of romantic love.
A) condition B) basis
C) principle D) base
22) Potentially dangerous goods are often taken back by the company ________ they may do any harm to the customers.
A) only if B) in case
C) now that D) so that
23) Many girls are _______of window-shopping in their spare time.
A) considerate B) accustomed
C) attached D) fond
24) I disagreed with everything she said, but she's a very good speaker _______.
A) but B) nevertheless
C) despite D) instead
25) Don’t forget to ____ the letter before you post it.
A) stick B) fasten
C) seal D) enclose
26) Her husband used to _____ her around, which led to the breakup of her marriage.
A) slip B) strap
C) snap D) slap
27) ____________, the voice is an actor's number one asset and it will be in use all the time.
A) After all B) As usual
C) In particular D) For all
28) Certain kinds of drug are not _______ and should never be taken together.
A) compatible B) equivalent
C) consistent D) uniform
29) I'd just like to _______ by saying that it's been a tremendous pleasure to work with you.
A) sum up
C) end up
B) cut up
D) turn up
30) Estimates of the cost of a human mission to Mars ______ from about $20 billion to $55 billion.
A) alter B) separate
C) range 222222
D) differ
1） 使某人声名永驻 to give sb. permanent fame (L. 4)
2） 给予某人掌声和利益 to provide applause and profit where sb. is concerned (L. 6)
3） 永久地离开了某地 to quit a place for good (L. 7)
4） 不幸的是 sad to say (L. 11)
5） 为……拍手喝彩 to clap for sth./sb. (L. 13)
6） 反抗 to revolt against sb. (L. 13)
7） 绊倒某人 to trip sb. up (L. 14)
8） 把……对准…… to aim… at… (L. 14)
9） 仍然;仍旧 10） 尽量推迟…… 11） 落魄，潦倒 12） 闻名世界 13） 有意做某事 14） 有一种……的冲动 15） 激起某人的想像 16） 强烈需要…. 17） 进入，来到（某处）……18） 失去了对……的信心 all the same (L. 14)
to postpone…as long as possible (L.26)
to come down in the world (L. 29)
to achieve world fame (L. 31)
to do sth. on purpose (L. 32)
to have the urge to do sth. (L. 36)
to rouse one’s imagination(L.39)
to have a deep need to do sth. (L.47)
to find one’s way into… (L. 49)
to lose one’s faith in sb./sth. (L. 50)
19） 与某人白头偕老 to walk into the sunset with sb. (L. 51)
20）跨越年龄的差异 to span the age difference between… (L.55)
3. 2 Summary of the text Charlie Chaplin was born in London. However, he was much more popular in other countries than the land of his birth. Many English people considered Chaplin’s Tramp a little crude . However, in Modern Times in 1936, he made up a nonsense language with no known nationality and this helped to bring about his huge success. Chaplin was the kind of comic who used his physical senses to invent his art as he went along. The physical transformation of lifeless objects, plus his skill in acting became the secrets of Chaplin’s great comedy. Chaplin had a deep need to be loved and fortunately life eventually gave him stable happiness when he married Oona in 1942.
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1） 渴望/盼望…… to long for… (Title)
2） 面临着…… to be faced with… (L. 1)
3） 向……榨取…… to bleed… for… (L. 2)
4） 竭力争取；大力招揽 to drum up (L. 6)
5） 私下，背地里 6） 向……屈服 7） 卷入…… 8） 在心底 9） 愚弄某人 10） 有权利做某事 11） 是……的暗示 12） 顶嘴 13） 就某事训斥某人 14） 四处走动 15） 拿到最低的竞价 16） 逐渐脱离…… 17） 突然脱离/摆脱
under the table (L. 8)
to yield to… (L. 8)
to get involved in… (L. 9)
deep down (L. 11)
to make fools of sb. (L. 12)
to be entitled to (do) sth. (L. 13)
to be the cue to do sth. (L. 26)
to talk back (L. 26)
to lecture sb. about sth. (L. 29)
to get around (L. 32)
to get the cheapest bid (L. 41)
to make a gradual shift away from… (L. 50) to jump off (L. 51)
18） 成为……的捍卫者 to act as a champion for… (L. 55)
19） 适宜于…… to lend oneself to… (L. 56)
20） 证明/宣判某人有罪 to convict sb. of doing (sth. wrong) (L. 66) 3. 2 Summary of the text Life in a wheelchair is tough. Living on welfare is just like sharing a dinner of raw pet food with the cat. Many welfare clients do not have money to live a decent life. As a result, bleeding the welfare system for extra money becomes normal. However, the author have opted to live a life of complete honesty. Being honest, however, is not without its problems. Caseworkers will greatly increase the frequency of their visits and leave behind a thick pile of forms for the client to fill out, accounting for every penny. These rules unfortunately tend to transform caseworkers from being helpers of the poor to being detectives constantly searching for any forms of cheating.
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3. 1 Useful expressions
1. 提高生活水平
to boost living standards (L. 1)
2. 跨越经济发展诸阶段 development (L. 11)
to leap over whole stages of economic
3. 有望做某事 to promise to do sth. (L. 13)
4. 给予……巨大的优势 to give… a huge advantage over… (L. 16)
5. 无法摆脱 to be stuck with… (L. 16)
6. 向前推进 to push ahead (L. 18)
7. 一个有争论的问题 a matter of debate (L. 19)
8. 极其需要…… to be desperate for sth./to do sth. (L. 22)
9. 估算成本 to weigh costs (L. 23)
10. 区分……与…… to separate … from … (L. 26)
11. 陷入…… to be stuck in… (L. 31)
12. 把……投入……之中 to pump/pour sth. into… (L. 30 / 33)
13. 触及表面；略知皮毛 to scratch the surface of sth. (L. 32)
14. 进入（计算机）系统；登录 to log on to sth. (L. 39)
15. 愿意…… to be willing to do sth. (L. 52)
16. 整个（某个）地方 (L. 54)
across the entire width and breadth of a place
17. 与……相比之下 as compared to (L. 58)
18. 在……之中成为时尚 to become the rage among… (L. 64)
19. 做出大胆的跃进 to make a bold leap (L. 65)
20. 一跃名列前茅 to move ahead in one jump (L. 70) 3. 2 Summary of the text A transformation is occurring that should greatly boost living standards in the developing world. Many developing countries are planning to invest vast sums of money in their telecommunications networks to promote foreign and domestic investment. Over the next decade, China plans to pour some $100 billion into telecommunications equipment. Telecommunications is also a key to Shanghai’s ambition of becoming a top financial center. Meanwhile, some other developing countries and areas such as Hungary, Latin America, and Thailand are all hoping to jump into the modern world by means of telecommunication revolution. However, some developing countries lack experience in weighing costs and choosing between technologies. Vietnam, in particular, though desperate for any phones, requires that all mobile phones be expensive digital models. For countries that have lagged behind for so long, the temptation to move ahead in one jump is hard
to resist. And despite the mistakes they’ll make, they’ll persist—so that one day they can cruise alongside Americans and Western Europeans on the information superhighway.
55555555553. 1 Useful expressions
1) 据最近的统计 2) 故意 3) 是某人最主要的东西 4) 高度评价 5) 动身; 阐述 6) 毫无疑问 7) （不）费神做某事 8) 放松; 伸出; 延长 9) 充满整个房间 10) 熬夜做某事 by recent count (L. 1)
on purpose (L. 5)
to be a major commodity for sb. (L. 10)
to speak highly of (L. 11)
to set forth (L. 14)
No doubt about it,… (L. 17)
to (not) trouble to do sth. (L. 22)
to stretch out (L. 43)
to fill up the whole room (L. 44)
to stay up late to do sth. (L. 45)
11) 一口气（地） at one sitting (L. 45)
12) 一连串的…… a succession of sth. (L. 53)
13) 堵塞；支持；证实 to back up (L. 53)
14) 详细地说；唠叨不休 to talk at length (L. 56)
15) 跟某人争论某事 to argue with sb. over sth. (L. 58)
16) 保持理性 to stay rational (L. 64)
17) 使自己过得舒服 to make oneself comfortable (L. 65)
18) 把某人／物密封起来 to seal up sb. / sth. (L. 67)
19) 暂时；眼下 for the time being (L. 69)
20) 不妨/还不如做某事 might / may as well do sth. (L. 70)
3. 2 Summary of the text In the U.S., all 22 million people live alone for one reason or another. While some people think of loneliness as a sort of national disease, others take it as a characteristic of an American hero. Some great poets and philosophers in the past lived in solitude for inspiration, such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and
Henry David Thoreau. They all speak highly of themselves for having sought their solitude. William Wordsworth would wave good-bye to his sister before setting off to study the flowers all by himself, while she stayed at home preparing everything for him. Thoreau is seen as admirable because he was living all alone in the woods. He had no one to talk to at all except for numerous daily visitors to his hut who constantly asked him how he could possibly be so noble. However, solitude is not always a good experience. If you live with other people, their temporary absence can be refreshing. But it is different when you live alone: the feeling of loneliness can be very hard because the need to talk is more basic than the need to listen. So if one lives in solitude, he should stay rational and settle down to enjoy grace and pleasure in his condition.
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