Unit 1 Growing Up
Part II Language Focus
Vocabulary
Ⅰ.
1.
1.has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office.
2.was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not.
3.a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’
time.
4.gave the command the soldiers opened fire.
5.buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out.
3.
1.reputation, rigid, to inspire
2.for
3.of
4.with
5.as
6.about
7.to
8.in, in
9.from
10.on/upon
2.surprise
3.pulled
4.blowing
5.dressed
6.scene
7.extraordinary
8.image
9.turn
10.excitement
company’s safety rules.
5.It 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.
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
3) not much of a teacher skips go ahead
II. Collocation
1.to
2.for
3.at
4.from
5.in
6.to on
2)awful
3)practically
4)neighborhood
5)correspondence
6)available
7)destination
8)reunion
9)Mostly
10)postponing
1.Translate 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.
1
1) brief 2) in terms of 3) cut off 4) tend
5) anyway 6)precise 7)in the form of 8)
initiative
9) convey 10) in two minds 11) concept 12) grasp
2
1) has ensured their team a place in the Cup final.
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IIIAntonyms
1) majority 2) accepted 3)increased 4)weaknesses 5) local 6) late 7)wrong 8)false
Comprehensive exercises
I Close
1.Text-related
1)highly 2)bring about 3)evident 4)rate 5)sufficient
3) As the facts show, educational programs need to fit into the national plan for economical development.
4) The car burns too much gas, and moreover, the price is almost twice as much as I intend to pay.
5) To understand a great international event, we, first of all, need to consider the historical and political background to it.
2 It is hard to imagine how our forefathers could do without so many conveniences that modern technology
9) checked on 10) cleaned up 11) weekly 12) principles
2.
1) to look for survivors were abandoned after it had
been/was determined that all the people in the sunken ship had died.
2) was amazed that Bob left a well-paid job travel around the world.
3) for a loan has been turned down by many a bank as
III Euphemism
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Comprehensive Exercises
I Close
1. Text-related
1)sponsored 2)determination 3) turned away 4) assumed 5) capacity
6)skilled 7)loan 8) character 9) hunting 10) for sale 11) send for
4)I bought a new issue of my favorite sports magazine and hurried home, anxious to amuse myself reading it.
5)Helen lacks confidence. I’ve never known anyone so unsure of herself.
2.
After graduating from college, Tony decided to start his own business. At the beginning, many a bank turned down his request for a loan. But he was not a bit discouraged, and continued to call on one banker after
1) survived a car crash that killed both her parents.
2) almost embarrassed to death when Sarah read my poem out to the whole class.
3) of the Children’s Hospital will care for the seriously
injured pupils.
4) several phone calls making inquiries about the position of the Chief Financial Officer.
5) straighten out all your financial problems if you join our club.
I.Cloze
1.Text-related
1)died of 2) instantly 3) classic 4)ask around 5) surviving 6) retire 7)executive 8) replacement
9)stock 10) look…in the eye
2.Theme-related
1)impressed 2) diligence 3) Instead 4) Contrary 5) professionally 6) perform 7) personal
8) balance 9) commitment 10) revealed
My dad is a hard-working executive of a manufacturing firm. He works six days a week. Every day he has to straighten out various kinds of problems so that he often stays up late/nights. However, he tries
his best to balance/maintain balance between work and family. On Sundays my dad usually stays at home and cares for us as much as he can. To my greatest joy, he cooks our favorite dished and plays ball with us.
Unit 6
11)Previous
12)Whichever
2.
1) The sickly smell of carpets and furniture in the
bedroom disgusts me.
2) Mary stopped corresponding with Henry after the death of her mother.
3) A radio transmitter is best located at an isolated place far from cities.
Ⅲ
1.1) disappointed 2) disappointment 3) disappointing 4) disappoint
5) disappointingly 6) disappointing