Unit 111111III. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word orphrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form.1.The local council has decreed that the hospitals that are not able to reach the service standards should close.2. When Hamlet murmured "To be, or not to be", he was faced with an agonizing dilemma.3. The young mother smiled approvingly at her son who asked to play outdoors.4. The Prime Minister is now firmly ensconced in Downing Street with a large majority.5. We need a manager with plenty of flair to run the business in China.6. It is noticed that quick-minded people suffer no vulnerability to criticism.7. It was a relief to be outside in the fresh air again after staying weeks-long underground.8. The government's avowed commitment to reduce tax has been largely appreciated.Unit3331.She thought she was too homely to get a date.2. I could hear the note of appeal in her voice as she asked me to talk things over again.3. In this decade of politics, many more women have become magistrates.4. I hope that we can settle this issue amicably.5. This is a far from solemn book -- it is a rich mix of pleasures and information, and is full of surprises.6. We rushed out of the shop in hot pursuit, but the thief had vanished into thin air.7. He twisted and turned, trying to free himself from the rope.8. I tried to excuse myself for missing her party but made the attempts very clumsily.U 5551.A useful definition of an air pollutant is a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affecthumans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely.2.The most distant luminous objects seen by telescopes are probably ten thousand million light years away.3."Want some wine?" she asked. He smiled and took a swig from the bottle. He thanked her and retreated again into his silence.4.The self-educated son of a Delaware farmer, Evans became obsessed by the possibilities of mechanized production and steam power.5.Stone carvers engraved their motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious icons of death, into the gray slabs that we still see standing today in old burial grounds.6.The employment department has undergone several metamorphoses over the past few years.7.Respect is never given freely; every shred of it has to be earned and you earn it by how well you treat others.8.The professor argued that these books had a pernicious effect on young and susceptible minds.Uu 6666666661. Her manner is friendly and relaxed and much less formidable than she appears at her after-game press conference.2. Nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment.3.When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes.4. Where I part company with him, however, is over the link he forges between science and liberalism.5.Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.6. Given data which are free from bias, there are further snares to avoid in statistical work.7.In pragmatics, the study of speech, one is able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context.8. His dad might have been able to say something solacing, had he not been fighting back his own flood of anguish.Unit 7777771.When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.2.In him the polarities of life are resolved and balanced, male and female,strength and compassion, severity and mercy.3.Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.4.Allegations of brutality and theft have been leveled at the army.5.Our government cannot keep doling out money to those who are fastidious about the jobs offered to them.6.He was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people.7.Many studies have shown that "restrained eaters" will eventually binge and relapse.8.He reaffirmed his commitment to the country's economic reform programme.Unit 8888888881.This figure is five times the original estimate.2.They have no way to dispose of the hazardous waste they produce.3.Britain is intensifying its efforts to secure the release of three British hostages.4.Translation must always be a process of approximation and compromise.5.There's a sizzling summer of soccer ahead -- we're kicking it off with a series of cracking quizzes.6.Turning that vision into a reality is not easy.7.I don't envisage I will take an executive role, but rather become a consultant on merchandise and marketing.8.Surely it is economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources.Unit 101. Hallucination is common in patients who suffered damages to the brain.2. There are two main problems which afflict people's hearing.3. Having begun my life in a children's home, I have the greatest empathy with the little ones.4. Some people need to confront a traumatic past, others find it better to leave it alone.5.A new survey found that 50% of women had experienced some form of sexual harassment in their working lives.6.He's large and languid, meeting each inquiry with an impassive countenance.7.From the very first days of the reforms, the parliament kept on an incessant drumbeat of protest.8.I deeply resented those sort of rumors being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.Unit 12. The new economic plan seeks to achieve a more equitable distribution of wealth.2.A number of enlightened landowners have recently set an example by making land available at less than normal market value.3. The consensus amongst the world's scientists is that the world is likely to warm up over the next few decades.4. It is useless trying to convince her that she doesn't need to lose any weight.5. A great number of industries have to sack managers to reduce their huge administrative costs.6. Sadly, the main beneficiaries of pension equality so far have been men, not women.7. He professed a violent distaste for everything related to commerce, production, and money.8. To make a sound diplomat is to first believe that bureaucratic delays are inevitable. Unit131.The Minister was alleged to have made disparaging remarks about the rest of theCabinet.2. The CEO was censured for his indecisiveness during the period of economic crisis.3. The actual damage to the brain cells is secondary to the damage caused to the bloodsupply.4.The Earth is thought to be around 4,600 million years old, an almost inconceivabletime-span.5. Harvard is one of the best equipped and most prestigious schools in the country.6. It was a Puritan who tried effectively to renounce the ancient customs of his country.7. Lloyd's results were carefully scrutinized as a guide to what to expect from the otherbanks.8. We often get complimentary remarks regarding the cleanliness of our patio.Unit15II. 1.conform 2. adapt 3. adapt 4. conform1. neglecting2. neglect3. ignoring4. ignore1.zest2. interest3. zest4. interests1. strain2. strain3. stress4. stressIII.1．Excessive conformity is usually caused by fear of disapproval.2．It did not require a great deal of perception to realize that the interview was over when the interviewers had absent-minded.3． A new machine may save animals from the agony of drug tests.4．He has published a great number of poems, but most anonymously.5．He has made a long-term investment, so he might expect to incur light losses in the first few years.6．When a book gets translated, all those linguistics subtleties get lost.7．It is your prerogative to stop seeing that particular therapist and find another one. 8．The proposal is a thinly disguised effort to revive the price controls of the 1990s.Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%).BlackmailThe Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her – did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely.克罗伊敦公爵夫人——依仗着三个半世纪祖传下来的狂傲天性——并没有轻易就范。