explode v. explosion explosive n. 炸药 adj. 爆炸性的 trumpet v. 发出喇叭声 gesture v. 做手势 off-balance a. 不平稳的 layer n. 层 lie lied lied 说谎 lie lay lain 平躺 lay laid laid 放置，下蛋 inspecttion n.检查 moan v. 抱怨
2. It / This / That be the first (second, third) time+叙述词 +time+人称+完成时格式 It / This / That will be the first time they have met each other. They will go to America next month. That will be the first time that they ______ America. A． will visit B． had visited C． will have visited D． have visited 3. from scratch 从头开始，白手起家 He had built the business up from scratch. 4. run out of /run out 用完，耗尽 They have run out money and had to abandon the project.
6 But her mother's eyes never made it all the way to the table. "Just look at this mess!" she moaned. "How many times have I talked to you about cleaning up after yourself?" 7 "But Mom, I was only …" 8 "I should make you clean this up right now, but I'm too tired to stay up with you to make sure you get it done right," her mother said. (5) "So you'll do it first thing in the morning." 11. I let the kids stay up late on Friday. 12. first thing in the morning早上第一件事 He brushes his teeth first thing in the morning every day.
Have you ever been wrongly blamed by your parents? How did you feel at tha moment? What suggestuions would you give to the parents who are blinded to their children's merits?
1 Cindy glanced nervously at the clock on the kitchen wall. Five minutes before midnight. 1. glance at 看一下，扫视； He glanced at his watch. glance through 浏览 He glanced through the letter. 2 "They should be home any time now," she thought as she put the finishing touches（最后润色，收尾工作） on the chocolate cake she was frosting. (1)It was the first time in her 12 years she had tried to make a cake from scratch, and to be honest, it wasn't exactly an aesthetic triumph. The cake was … well, lumpy. And the frosting was bitter, as if she had run out of sugar or something, which, of course, she had.
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3 And then there was the way the kitchen looked. Imagine a huge blender filled with all the fixings for chocolate cake - including the requisite bowls, pans and utensils. Now imagine that the blender is turned on. High speed. With the lid off. Do you get the idea? 5. turn on 打开 turn off 关闭 turn out 生产 ，证实 turn out to be the best runner turn in 上交 turn in the final exam turn up 调大；出现 turn up at the party turn down 调小 ；拒绝 turn down the invitation turn over 翻转
issue n.问题，重要议题 deserve v. 值得 frustration n. 令人懊丧（或懊恼、沮丧）的事物 frustrate v. frustrated adj. carpet n. 地毯 emerge v. 出现 emergence / emergency tender a. 易损坏的 consequence n. 结果
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glance v. 扫视、瞥一眼 triumph n.巨大胜利 blender (电动)食物搅拌器 blend v.混合 phoenix 凤凰,不死鸟，菲尼克斯 phoenix TV 凤凰卫视 present v./交给；n.礼物 import, export, record, produce anniversary n.周年纪念日 annual a.每年的 flash n.闪光 position v. 安置 pose n.摆姿势
4 But Cindy wasn't thinking about the mess. She had created something, a veritable phoenix of flour and sugar rising out of the kitchen clutter. (2)She was anxious for her parents to return home from their date so she could present her anniversary gift to them. She turned off the kitchen lights and waited excitedly in the darkness. When at last she saw the flash of the car headlights, she positioned herself in the kitchen doorway. (3)By the time she heard the key sliding into the front door, she was THIS CLOSE to exploding.
(1) 选Wrong(错)的情况有：(重点放在数词、副词、形容词和连词上) 1)、陈述句与关联句子词义或意思相反; 2)、陈述句与关联句子使用了表示大小、多少、范围、频率、可能性 和可靠性等不同程度 (2)选Not Mentioned(不提及)的情况有： 1)陈述句中的某些内容在原文中没有提及或找不到依据，即是与原文 无关; 2)陈述句中涉及的范围小于原文关联句子的范围，即是陈述句描写的 内容更加具体、更加详尽; 如原文关联句子： 3)原文关联句子没有比较级，而陈述句中却用比较级; 4)原文关联句子是表示目的、愿望、发誓、想法、假想等主观意愿(如 出现aim，purpose，promise，swear，vow或虚拟语气would，could 等)，陈述句却用实义动词。 一般情况下，选Not Mentioned(不提及)的情况占的比例是较少的，但 若的确找不到原文关联句子或且在原文中的确没有提及到陈述句的内 容时，最好还是选它。
interject v.打断（别人的讲话）；插画 gently adv.温柔地 disaster n. 灾难，彻底失败 silently adv. 悄悄的 silent silence v. / n.水分；湿度；潮湿； moist a. 微湿的 moisture n. suffer v. 受难 occasional a. 偶然的，临时的 ocassion n. 场合，时机 occasionally
6. be anxious for sb to do sth 渴望某人做某事 Most parents are anxious for their children to make progress. 7. By the time 等到...时 By the time l got to the station，the train had already gone。 8. close to 接近于；在附近 The winter is close to us.