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UNIT1
Section A: Vocabulary III. 1.
idle 2. justify 3. discount 4. distinct 5. minute
d 7. object 8.
contaminate 9. sustain 10.
worship IV. 1. accusing... of 2. end up 3. came
upon 4. at her worst 5.
pay for 6. run a risk
of 7. participate in 8. other than 9. object
toobjected 10. at best V 1. K 2. G 3.
C 4. E
5. N 6.O 7.I 8. L 9. A 10. D Collocation VI. 1.
delay 2. pain 3. hardship 4. suffering 5. fever 6.
defeat 7. poverty 8. treatment 9. noise 10.
agony Word building VII. 1. justify 2. glorify 3.
exemplifies 4. classified 5. purified 6.
intensify 7. identify 8. terrified VIII. 1.
bravery 2. jewelry 3.
delivery 4. machinery 5.
robbery 6. nursery 7. scenery 8. discovery
Sentence Structure IX. 1. other
than for
funerals and weddings 2. other than to live an
independent life 3. other than that they
appealed to his eye . . ` 4. but other than
that, he'll eat just about everything . 5. other
than that
it's somewhere in the town center X.
1. shouldn't have been to the cinema last night 2.
would
have; told him the answer 3. they
needn't have gone at all 4. must have had too much
work to do
5. might have been injured
seriously Translation XI. 1. The plant does not
grow well in soils other
than the one in which
it has been developed. 2. Research findings show
that we spend about two
hours dreaming every
night, no matter what we may have done during the
day. people
tend to justify their failure by
blaming others for not trying their best. remain
tree to our
commitment: Whatever we promised
to do; we would do it. Beethoven's father
discounted the possibility that his son would
one day become the greatest musician in the world.
The same is true of Edison, who seemed to his
teacher to be quite dull. 6. They were accused by
authorities of threatening the state security.
XII. l.出入除自己家以外的任何场所时，如果你带
有宠物，一定要了解有关宠物的规定。
2一些女性完全可以不待在家里，而是去工作，挣
一份不错的工资。但是为了家庭，她们放弃了工作。
3.你怎么为这样粗鲁的行为辩护？你
将会为此付出沉重的代价，因为他们己经以低毁名誉的罪名起诉你
了。 4.批评有其重要作
用；我们可能当时不喜欢它，但是它能激励我们去做更伟大的事情。
5.他毫不让步的行为
遭到公众的反对，这使得他陷人了精神上崩溃、经济上破产的境地。 6．即使你
失败了，也
不要被失败伤害，更不要被失败左右。记住：失败是学习过程中必要的一步；它不是学习、<
br>的结束，而是学习的开始。 Cloze XIII. 1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5. B
6.A 7.B 8.A 9. C 10.A 11.D 12.C 13. D
14.A 15.
C 16.D 17.B 18.C 19. A 20.D Section B Reading
Skills. I. 1. I was a black and was looked
down on because of the ugly shadow of racism
in 1976. 2. It means that the man was different
from others for he was honest and paid debts.
3. The farmer's attitude toward me changed when
he learned that I was the son of an honest man
who was different from other blacks. 4. Because
American social morality has changed for the
worse. 5. Because people believe in honesty and
this helps me in my life. Comprehension of the
Text II. 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.T 6.T 7.F 8.T
Vocabulary 1 .
melted 2. restore 3. initiative
4. obligation, 5. induce 6. lest 7. relief 8.
furnish 9. enquire 10.
meanwhile IV 1. kept
his word 2: shrugged off 3. melted away 4. enquire
into 5. cool off 6. pave
the way for 7. hold
up 8. fall apart 9. wipe away 10. on credit
Unit 2
Section A Vocabulary III. 1.
coarse 2. betrayed 3. incident 4. postponed 5.
execute 6. surrounding
7. applause 8.
extraordinary 9. clumsy 10. sparked IV. 1. for 2.
against 3. up 4. about 5. up 6. to 7.
down 8.
down 9. in 10. on V. l. I 2.J 3.B 4.D 5.E 6.G 7.F
8.L 9.N 10.A Collocation VI. 1. service 2.
helphand 3. influence 4. guarantee 5. visit 6.
span . 7. welcome 8. spirit 9. duties 10.
buildings
Word Building VII. 1. artist 2.
terrorist 3. novelist 4. activists 5. biologists
6. idealist 7. capitalists 8.
tourist
VIII. 1. terrorism 2. industrialism 3. realism 4.
idealism 5. criticism 6. heroism 7. racism 8.
Modernism Sentence Structure IX 1. If I had
known that you were coming, I would have met you
at the airport. 2. If he had tried to leave
the country, he would have been stopped at the
border.
3. If we had found him earlier, we
could have saved his life. 4. If I had caught that
plane, I would
have been killed in the air
crash. 5. If he had been in good health, he could
have written many
books. X. 1. it is a wonder
to find 2. It is a surprise for us to find 3. it
is a waste of time to argue
with him 4. It's a
comfort to know 5. It is a relief for us to learn
Translation XI 1. If the characters
in this
comedy had been more humorous, it would have
attracted a larger audience. 2. She has
never
lost faith in her own ability, so it is a
possibility for her to become a successful
actress. 3. I
never had formal training, I
just learned as I went along. 4. As their products
find their way into
the international market,
their brand is gaining in popularity. 5. She could
make up a story by
saying she was knocked
unconscious by thieves and that all hermoney was
gone, but she
doubted whether she could make
it sound believable. 6. No one was certain whether
he
postponed the visit on purpose, but this
brought more criticism of him. XII.
1.如果没有查理•卓
别林，世界电影史就会不一样了。
2.令人感到宽慰的是，他的努力最终给予了他长期渴望
的结果—他成功地发现了这种疾病的原因。 3
.查理•卓别林是最伟大、最广受热爱的电影明
星之一。从《流浪汉》到《摩登时代》，他拍摄了许多他
那个时代最有趣、最受欢迎的电影。
他最出名的是他扮演的一个人物—年轻可爱的小流浪汉。 4.卓别
林是一个才能非凡的人：
自他1914年第一次在电影中出现，两年时间内他就成了这个国家最有名的人
物之一。 5.
查理•卓别林对20世纪初期每个人的生活都产生了影响。与有史以来的任何人相比，他
让更
多的人欢笑，改变了人们看待这个世界的方式。 6. 1977年，查理•卓别林在圣诞节那天去
世了，身后留下了悲伤的家人和朋友，以及全世界数以百万计的影迷。 Cloze XIII. 1.
C 2. B 3.
C 4.B 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. C
11. D 12. A 13. A 14.C 15. B 16. D 17. A 18. C 19.
B 20. A
SECTION B Comprehension of the text
II. 1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.T 7.F 8.T Vocabulary
III. 1. fierce 2.
launched 3. colleagues 4.
illegal 5. funded 6. jealous 7. refresh 8.
substantial 9. sow 10. ridiculous
IV. 1. Could
we take a walk? I feel like a little exercise. 2.
Ms. Mbogo had made a bold decision: to
run for
mayor of Embu, Kenya. 3. Some leaders in Kenya
were afraid of losing their power, so they
tried everything to shut' Kenyan women out of
politics. 4. She decided long ago that she would
study the subject in earnest as soon as she
left school. 5. He was arrested because he was
paid to
spy on our air bases. 6. After almost
four hours of fierce negotiation, the President
had the upper
hand. 7. Victims of traffic
accidents make up almost a quarter of the
hospital's patients. 8. Ms.
Mbogo's victory
was important because all her male colleagues
voted her in. 9. Two young men
were originally
hired to watch over the house as it was being
built. 10. It is reported that
government
troops tried to break up the protest by firing
their guns in the air. Style
UNIT 3
Section A Vocabulary III. 1. raw 2. convicted
3. compensation 4. notify 5. provisions 6. receipt
7.
paste 8. altered 9. thrive 10. certify
Exercises on Web course only: 11. donation 12.
roast 13. rent
14. champion 15. temptation IV
1. up 2. to 3. down 4. of 5. out 6. into 7. for 8.
on 9. through 10.
of V. 1. M 2. E 3. G 4. A 5.
H 6. C 7.1 8. K 9.0 10. D Collocation VI. 1.
respect 2. degree 3. money 4.
living 5. praise
6. place 7. success 8. scholarship 9. job 10.
reputation Word Building VII. 1. longish
2.
animal-like 3. selfish 4. honey-like 5. ball-like
6. boyish 7. yellowish 8. bookish VIII. 1.
politicians
2. technician 3. comedian 4.
musicians 5. physicians 6. electricians 7.
beautician 8. magician
Sentence Structure IX.
1. The wanted man is believed to be living in New
York. 2. Many people
are said to be
homeless after the floods. 3. Three men are said
to have been arrested after the
explosion. 4.
The prisoner is thought to have escaped by
climbing over the wall. 5. Four people
are
reported to have been seriously injured in the
accident. X. 1. He tried sending her flowers,
but it didn't have any effect. 2. I don't
regret telling her what I thought, even if I upset
her. 3. The
window was broken because I forgot
to close it when I left. 4. We regret to inform
you that the
materials you ordered are out of
stock. 5. He welcomed the new student and then
went on to
explain the college regulations.
Translation XI. 1. Seven or eight officials are
reported to have
taken bribes and the mayor
has decided to look into the affair in person. 2.
These workers regret
yielding to the
management's advice and going back to work. Now
they are again faced with the
threat of losing
their jobs. 3. You only need to fill out a form to
get your membership, which
entitles you to a
discount on goods. 4. Their car broke down halfway
for no reason. As a result
they arrived three
hours later than they had planned. 5. The official
got involved in a scandal and
was forced to
resign weeks later. 6. The man living on welfare
began to build up his own market,
one step at
a time and his business is thriving. XII 1.据报道这个男子
曾在私下说：“许多救济对
象在欺骗我们，因此，作为补偿，我们有权让他们对我们点头哈腰。
2.我们考虑了你的背
景与经历，很遗憾地告诉你，我们目前没有适合你的工作机会。
3.我没能按奥斯卡的暗示
去做，相反，我反驳了那个妇女，结果她竟然是我们的新经理。
4.需要有人来充当穷人权
利的捍卫者，因为这一体制太容易被滥用。
5.我的车子在高速公路上抛锚后，我打电话向
警察求助，20分钟后他们赶来帮我。
6.他热爱艺术，却经受了巨大的痛苦—贫穷与误解。
Close XIII. 1 ．B 2. C
3. A 4. D 5．B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B 11 ．D 12.A
13.C 14.B 15．D 16.B 17.C
18.A 19:D 20.B
Section B Reading Skills I. 1.
who can bear
witness to something. 2.
3.
a portrait
does not have life. It is in a figurative way to
say
tells us that this part is a simile,
comparing hats to small crowns. 6.
metaphor
for the girl's two small hands, showing that it
was withloving care that the blind man
held
the girl's hands. Comprehension of the Text II. 1.
The stacks of paper bore witness to a huge
amount of work waiting to be done, even though
I had been working seven days a week. 2. I
remember feeling annoyed at this dense
collection of humanity. 3. Then the truth struck
me. He
was blind. 4. As we waited for our
drinks, the blind man said,
our Western ears,
but it has charm.
6. The first performance
ended just as we finished dessert, and I excused
myself and went to talk
tothe theater manager.
7. A few minutes later he was standing next to one
of the dancers, her
little crowned head
hardlyreaching his chest. 8. About a week after
our trip, the chairman told
me the Chinese
executive had called to express great satisfaction
with the trip. Vocubulary III. 1.
skimmed 2.
steer 3. chartered 4. angle 5. veil 6. magic 7.
realm 8. annoy 9. dense 10. highlighted
IV. 1.
Many of these poems bear witness to his years
spent in India, England, and China. 2. The
other players in the team are better than me,
but I'm slowly catching up. 3. 1 was loaded with
many parcels, unable to walk any faster. 4.
The place was deserted and there was no sign of
human beings living there. 5. These
instruments should be switched on and checked
before we
start our work. 6. My friend was
dressed in a black coat whereas I was in jeans. 7.
All those
connected with the mission were in
prayer for her, but her life was not spared. 8.
May I excuse
myself for a while, Mr. Davis? 9.
Have you ever noticed that at yesterday's concert
one of the
violinists was out of tune? 10. All
too soon it was over and we left feeling we had
just skimmed
the surface of this
fascinatingtopic.
Unit 4
Section A
Vocabulary III. 1. investment 2. disposal 3.
condensed 4. strategic 5. revenue 6. scratch
7. utilities 8. invested 9. nowhere 10.
transmission IV. 1. is lagging far behind 2. are
stuck with 3.
going for 4. remain in contact
5. keep pace with 6. at your disposal 7. dates
from 8. scratched the
surface of 9. stuck in
10. choose between V. 1.L 2.N 3.D 4.E 5.H 6.1 7.F
8.0 9.1 10.B Collocation VI.
1. exchange 2.
growth 3. opportunities 4. understanding 5.
benefits 6. peace 7. development 8.
career 9.
will 10. status Word Building VII. 1. superpower
2. superabundant 3. supermarket 4.
super-speed
5. supercomputer 6. superman 7. superstar 8.
super-efficient VIII. 1. auto-timer 2.
auto-
focus 3. autograph 4. auto-reverse 5.
autobiography 6. automakers 7. autoloading 8.
autocriticism Sentence Structure IX 1.
Concentrate on indoor delights rather than outdoor
fights
and you'll be much better appreciated.
2. As a result of the development of computer
technology
many people may eventually be able
towork at home rather than go to the office. 3.
Some people
say that the pupils' achievements
this term will be measured by a formal test
ratherthan their
teacher's assessment. 4. They
argued that their products should be developed on
the basis of
need rather than profit. 5.
During weekends the businessmen may spend time
establishing
friendship and mutual trust
rather than discussing any particular item of
business. X. 1. Petrol
now is twice as
expensive as it was a few years ago. 2. Theirs is
about three times as big as ours. 3.
Latin
American customers talk two to four times as long
on the phone as people in North America.
4.
the fee for cell phones is typically twice as much
as for calls made over fixed lines 5. can
transmit 250,000 times as much data as a
standard telephone wire Translation XI. 1. Rather
than
invest in my education, my parents spent
their money on a new house. 2. Today, people are
spending twice as much on entertainment and
relaxation as they did in the past. 3. In order to
be
successful, a business must keep pace with
developments in the marketplace. 4. Her fluency in
English gave her an advantage over other girls
for the job. 5. For students, nowhere is better
than
the library, where all the books are at
their disposal. 6. We should make full use of the
platform
to strengthen communication, expand
cooperation in more areas and seek further
development
through joint efforts. XII.
1.发展中国家认为信息技术是促进经济发展的途径，但一些国家在估
算成本与选择技术方面缺乏经验。
2.据说地球拥有的地下水量大约是其拥有的河流和湖泊
水量的三千倍，而且地下水要干净得多。
3.任何人都能照出好照片—问题只是你是否在合
适的时间和地点。
4.通过在他们的学校和图书馆安装计算机，这些社区的领导们表明他们
决心不在技术上落后。
5.当他开始创办这家公司时，他想他将能在市场上与那些顶级公司
并驾齐驱，可是他现在失望
了，因为他没有成功。
6.佛罗里达的一对夫妇在建造一座他们
称之为未来之家的房子，它既能抵御咫风，又与周围环
境十分协调。 Cloze XIII. 1. C 2. D 3. A
4. B 5. B 6.
C 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A 12.C 13.B 14.D 15.C
16.D 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.C Section B
Readinq
Skills I. 1. Your home computer or TV can provide
whatever you need whenever you like.
2. You
can learn language easily via computer over
distance. 3. Poor people must also have access
to high technology as it is essential for
their education, work and daily lives. 4. Some
companies
provide the technology of
information highway to the rich first as that is
business. 5. Advocates of
universal access
have already launched a number of projects of
their own for the poor.
Comprehension o f the
text II. 1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F 6.T 7.T 8.T
Vocabulary III. 1. transmit 2. insure 3.
crucial 4. feedback 5. correspondence 6.
specialized 7. tutor 8. hence 9. portion 10. files
Exercises
on Web course only: 11. formatfile
12. dose 13. terminal 14. correspondent IV. 1.
differ on 2.
refer to 3. Compared to 4.
specialize in 5. make routine 6. come up with 7.
has access to 8. Some
steps should be taken 9.
signed up for 10. in the hands of
UNIT 5
Section A Comprehension of the text I. 1.
Because 22 million people live alone, which
suggests
that it is an overwhelming phenomenon
in the United States. 2. Because they can find
inspiration
in solitude. 3. The more positive
one is toward oneself, the less the need for
staying with others.
4. It depends. If they
live with their friends, the friends' temporary
leaving will be received as
awelcome change.
However, if they live alone, the temporary absence
of friends may leave
themwith a feeling of
emptiness. 5. Because the need to talk is the most
basic need of a solitary
person. 6. They may
call friends to tell them important things, or
talk to themselves, their pets,
the
television, or even to strangers. 7. To stay
rational, settle down in a comfortable way and
find
pleasure from the current life, wait
foranything happy that may happen. 8. The writer
thinks that
as ordinary people's solitary life
differs from that of great minds (like poetsand
philosophers),
they should cherish the thought
that
best of itVocabulary III. 1. humble 2.
slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept 6.
apology 7.
observation 8. dictate 9.
inadequate 10. solitary Exercises on Web course
only: 1l. choked 12.
waterproof 13. poetry 14.
commodity IV 1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay
up late 4. was fond of
5. at one sitting 6.
filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9.
at length 10. for the time being
V. 1.K 2.H
3.M 4.B 5.A 6.0 7.J 8.D 9.F 10.1 Collocation VI.
1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4.
standard 5. coordination 6. sense 7. career 8.
quality 9. supply 10. accuracy Word Building VIl.
1.
underestimated 2. underpaid 3. overslept 4.
Underdeveloped 5. overestimated 6. overcharged 7.
underweight 8. overloaded VIll. 1. simplified
2. electrician 3. recovery 4. childlike 5.
autobiography 6. underline 7. terrorist 8.
overreact Sentence Structure IX. 1. The distance
between them is not so great as to be
unbridgeable. 2. The unity of the masses with the
party is
never so strong as it is now. 3. The
punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her
position, but it was not so bad as losing her
pay. 4. I've heard the terrible noise once or
twice
before, but never so loud as this one.
5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with
each other
as they are now. X. 1. You might as
well go there to see whether there is the
information you
need. 2. We might as well call
it freedom. 3. You might as well ring and tell
them you're going to
visit them. 4. We might
as well walk home. 5. We might as well find an
easier one to read.
Translation XI. 1. This
little man is not so innocent as he appears. 2.
There's nothing I can do
about the problem, so
you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.
3. Both sides speak
highly of the fruits in
their cooperation in different areas, and hope
that thecooperation can be
furthered. 4. On
the one hand, an image of being close to the
people can get a new policy more
easily the
other hand, it will
with constructive
suggestions
talk at length to himself and his
pets and the television. 6. After all, money is
not everything. The
richest people are not
necessarily the happiest. XII
1.新的机制并不像他们预期的那样有效，因
为数月过去了，但管理效率并没有明显改进。
2.我不想不必要地吓唬你，可你最好还是面
对事实，看看一些数字吧。
3.孤独的特点是一种与世隔绝感，而独居则是独自一人却不感
到寂寞的状态，它能引发自我意识。 4
.孤独是一种消极的状态，你会感到失去了某种东西。
你可能与别人在一起仍然感到孤独—这也许是孤独
最痛苦的形式。 5.独居是一种与自我相
约的积极的状态。独居是值得向往的，是独自一人、享受自我
愉快而又充实的陪伴的一种状
态。
6.梭罗说，一个人即使身处同伴之中，如果不对他们敞开心扉，仍会感到孤独。 Cloze
XIII. 1. B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5．C 6.C 7．D 8．D 9. B
10. A 11. C 12. B 13．A 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.A
19.D
20.C Section B Reading skills 1.A 2.C 3.B
4.C Comprehension of the text II.1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F
5.F 6.T 7.T
8.F Vocabulary III. 1. abstract 2.
holy 3. Nevertheless 4. odds 5. complicate 6.
tolerate 7.
depression 8. resorting 9.
exclaimed 10. disorder Exercises on Web course
only: 11. chew 12.
vibrate 13. stale 14. jury
IV 1. When he received the admission notice from
the university, he
knew it was time he struck
out on his own. 2. I had to keep the video camera
readily accessible in
case I saw something
that needed to be filmed. 3. Every time she tried
to argue with her identical
twin Katie, she
would end up crying her eyes out. 4. Serious
violence has sprung from the conflict
over
insignificant, irritating differences. 5. There
are many people who believe sincerely that you
can train children for life without
resortingto punishment. 6. Alan signed a dorm
contract with his
roommate to head off
possible conflicts. 7. He was required to fill in
a form before the job
interview. 8. Her major
concern is how she will make sure the people on
the teams get along with
one another. 9.
Against all the odds, it has worked, and this is a
measure of just how strong they
both were
asindividuals when they came to the marriage ten
years ago. 10. What I'd like to do is
to help
them to see that they don't need to give up on the
computer, that they can actually be
the master
of it.