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Unit 1
(1) Fate is sometimes not
very kind to policemen like myself. Take as an
example the recent (2)
trial in which I was
involved. When I arrested the young lad I had felt
sure he was (3) guilty I had
been following
him around for a (4) couple of hours and he (5)
conduct himself suspiciously. He
had been (6)
wandering about and it seemed to me that he was
looking for an opportunity to steal.
When I
arrested him, his(7) casual manner only served to
(8) confirm my suspicions. I thought I
had at
last caught the thief who had been troubling the
area for as long.
However, my joy was only
(9) temporary When I saw the (10) brilliant
solicitor the boy's
father had hired to defend
him, I knew we didn't(11) stand a chance It turned
out that the boy was
simply a student who was
looking for temporary (12) employment before going
to university. If
only he had been a bit more
helpful when we arrested him, he could have saved
us all a lot of time
and trouble. It’s enough
to make one (13) turn against students.
Unit 2
(1)Despite the vast amount of (2) data
available for us to (3) download from the
worldwide
(4) web ，we still face a problem in
how to make the best use of it. Data on its own
has its
(5) limitations It is only when
nature is exposed to(6) fruitful questions that
we can hope to
(7) uncover (her secrets. The
a(8) evolution of science shows this clearly, with
mangy of the most
（9) notable discoveries
relying on the ability to(10) view matters rather
than simply gathering
more facts. (11) In
short ，half the answer lies in 12) thinking up
the right question.
Unit 3
To my mind, in
any a (1) analysis of the(2) professions , few
can match teaching. One needs to
be(3)
energetic，certainly, for occasionally it seems one
hardly has time to(4) catch his breath .It
can
mean (5) staying up late in order to get lessons
prepared on time. Nonetheless, I am(6)
convinced that the work is more(7)stimulating
than that of my (8) administrative colleagues. I
certainly would not wish to(9) switch even
though the pay is higher. With teaching, the(10)
pace of life is more varied, allowing greater
time for(11) reflection and research. Yet most of
all
it is the chance to see the(12) spark of a
fresh idea taking hold in a student's mind that is
the most
rewarding aspect of the job, (13)
repaying all one's efforts.
Unit 4
It is
difficult not to be(1) affected by the tale of
Sarah Morris. While her(2)
physical
conditions made it difficult to(3) interpret her
speech, from her writing it would be
impossible to (4) spot that she suffers from
such a severe(5) handicap. Writing slowly with the
help of a pointer(6) fastened to her head,
her(7) maximum writing speed is no more than
eight
words(8)_per minute. Yet she still
manages to write (9) extensively on the team she
grew up
following. (10) Straining her neck in
the gloom of her room,(11 surrounded by her
computer
equipment and a TV set, she has
managed to rise above her situation against all
the odds.
Unit 5
I (1) recall that it
was something of an (2) embarrassment to have my
son find me so upset on
that Wednesday long
ago. He had come home expecting to (3) have the
place all to himself ,
only to find me there,
(5) frantic with worry about losing my job. I had
(6) assumed that I could
master typing in just
a few(7) sessions, but it took much longer than I
had expected. Try as I might,
it seemed I just
could not (8) catch on to it in time. I suppose I
should have (9) enrolled on a (10)
correspondence course, as I did when learning
to run the nursery, but by then it was too late. I
felt
(11) helpless and the(12) tension at
work was becoming too much to bear, so in the end
I just had
to accept defeat
and change jobs. Not that I gave up wanting to
type. I (13) went on practicing and
eventually
mastered it.
Unit 6
The medicines the
doctor(1)prescribed for me tasted horrible. They
were supposed
to(2)bring down my temperature,
but when I heard how high it was I was terrified.
I thought I
was certain to die. I just didn't
see how I could possibly (3) overcome the illness.
I couldn't stop
worrying about it. All day I
just (4) gazed into space, feeling(5) miserable.
The fever made me (6)
shiver and gave my face
a(7) _ flush _I couldn't take an interest in
anything and felt very (8)
detached from
everything around me. I thought my father must
know I was going to die, but had
said nothing,
wanting me to (9) keep from thinking about it.
Finally I could bear it no longer and
asked
him how much longer I could live. then he
explained my mistake, all my worries (10)
slid
away. Only then was I really able to(11) take it
easy .
Unit 7
I am still trying to (1)
figure out why we all behaved so badly on the
night my neighbours tried
to break into our
family bomb(2) shelter . It was frightening for us
down there, hearing those we
thought of as our
friends(3) heading for something to(4) break down
the shelter door. Even
though we (5) piled up
all we could find against the door, I knew it
would eventually give way.
And it did..
Should I (6) hold it against them? After all,
their reactions were (7) born of fear and I would
probably have behaved the same way in their
shoes. Perhaps it would have been fairer to have
drawn lots for who got to use the only shelter
in the street, but I was never going to let that
happen.
I was as(8) scared and selfish as the
rest. It seems that (9) underneath we are all
more (10)
aggressive and (11) greedy than we
like to think.
Unit 8
Many people are
(1)hostile to daydreaming, believing that it
can(2) interfere with the pursuit
of success.
They consider that daydreamers will never(3)
amount to much in their chosen careers.
Recently, however, some experts have begun to
argue that indulging in (4) fantasy can have
positive (5) benefits . Daydreaming of
success, they claim, can (6) contribute to
success. One
technique they (7) recommend is
to (8) picture yourself as you wish to be. Holding
this(9)
vision clearly in your mind (10)
supposedly helps you make it come true. Of
course, you should
not (11)_ neglect
necessary study or work because daydreaming cannot
(12) substitute for hard
work. Merely relying
on daydreaming will not help you (13) attain your
goal.
Unit 9
The beauty of the music
was(1) in sharp contrast with the(2) reality of
the lives led by the
singers. (3) Amid all
their suffering, a group of Jewish prisoners had
found the courage to(4)
stage performances of
Verdi's Requiem. Despite the difficulties and
dangers, they (5)
threw themselves
enthusiastically into rehearsals, which had to be
(6) kept a secret. An (7)
additional
difficulty was that they had only one(8)
instrument , an old harmonium.
Their
greatest(9) triumph came when they performed
before an (10) audience containing the
infamous Nazi official, Adolf Eichmann. Their
voices(11) swelled with (12) passion as they
threw in the faces of the Nazis words which
sang of how they would have to (13) pay fortheir
crimes.
Unit 10
If we look at the
process of innovation, we will see how
technology(1)_______itself,(2)______
the pace of technological advance
in our own times. Technological innovation is
comprised of
three stages: invention,
application and diffusion. One of the mast
important
(3)________of(4)_____technology
today is the (5)______speed that occurs between
each of these
stages. For example, nowadays
the time it takes to (6)_______ideas(7)_____has
been greatly
reduced. The progress in
transportation is a case in point.(8)_____, the
time between the
application and diffusion
stages has been radically (9)_______.This accounts
for the acceleration
of present-day
technology. And this, in turn,(10)______ more
feasible ideas.
What sort of future will
this process(11)______for us? Will the pace of
change(12)_____our
ability to cope with it? Or
is it one of our characteristics