Unit 1 Growi ng Up Part II Lan guage Focus VocabularyI .1.1. respectable2. agony3. put・・・4. sequenee5. hold back6. distribute7. off and on8. vivid9. associate10.fi nally11 . turn in12 . tackle2.1. has been assigned to the newspap'rParis office.2. was so extraordinary that I didn'tknow whether to believe him or not.3. a clear image of how she would look in twenty years time.4. gave the comma nd the soldiers ope ned fire.5. buying bikes we'keep turning them out.3.1. reputati on, rigid, to in spire2. and tedious, Whafsmore, out of date ideas3. compose, career, avoid showing, hardly hold backn.1. composed2. severe3. agony4. extraordinary5. recall6. comma nd7. was violating8. anticipate川.1. at2. for3. of4. with5. as6. about7. to8. in, in9. from10. on/uponComprehe nsive ExercisesI . Cloze1.1. hold back2. tedious3. scanned4. recall5. vivid6. off and on7. turn out/i n8. career2.1. last2. surprise3. pulled4. blowi ng5. dressed6. sce ne7. extraord inary8. image9. turn10 . exciteme ntn. Tran slatio n1.1. As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.2. His girlfriend advised him to get out of/get rid of his bad habit of smoking before ittook hold .3. An ticipat ing that the dema nd for electricity will be high duri ng the next few months, they have decided to in crease its production.4. It is said that Bill has been fired for continually viola ting the company's safetyrules. /Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company's safety rules.5. It is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid thepossibility of a severe water shortage. /The local government is reported to have take n proper measures ©void the possibility of a severe water shortage.2.Susan lost her legs because of /in a car accident. For a time, she di'rknow how to face up to the fact that she would n ever (be able to) walk aga in.One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye /she was a卄racted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girlbecame a writer. Greatlyinspired , Susan began to feel that she, too, wouldfinally be bale to lead a useful life.Unit 2 Frie ndshipI. Vocabulary1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases give n in the box.1) absolutely2) available3) every now and the n4) are urging/ urged5) desti nati on6) mostly7) hangs out8) right away9) reunion10) or somethi ng11) estimate12) going ahead2. Rewriti ng1) It seemed that his failure in the exam in ati on was still on his mind.2) He was completely choked up by the sight of his team losing in the final minutes of the game.3) She was so lost in study that she forgot to have dinner.4) Somethi ng has come up and I am afraid I won "tbe able to accomplish the project on time.5) The cost of equipp ing the new hospital was estimated at $2 milli on.3. Complete the senten ces.1) were postp oned the awful2) refere nee not available3) not much of a teacher skipsII. Collocation1. to2. for3. at4. from5. in6. to on7. on8. withIII. Usage1. more or less2. kind of/ sort of is estimated an kind of go ahead3. something4. kind of/ sort of5. more or less6. or somethingComprehe nsive exercisesI. Cloze1. text-related1) choked up2) awful3) practically4) neighborhood5) correspondence6) available7) destination8) reunion9) Mostly10) postp oning11) absolutely2. Theme-related1) how2) savings3) embarrassment4) phone5) interrupted6) touch7) envelop8) signed9) message10) neededII. Tran slati on1. Tran slate the senten ces.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 learnec the texts by heart.3) Si nce the basketball match has bee n postp on ed, we might as well visit the museum.4) He stayed in Australia with his parents all the way through WW .5) Since I graduated from Nanjing University in 1985, I have kind of lost touch withmy classmates.2. Tran slate the passage.It is not easy to keep in touch with friends far away. This is true in my case.It has bee n a couple of years since I left my old n eighborhood and all the frie nds there. I have been meaning to write to them but things come upand I just don ' t seem to find the time. They are always on my mind, however, and I think I will certainly make an effort to keep up corresp ondence with them in the future.Unit 3I Vocabulary 11) brief 2) in terms of 3) cut off 4) tend 5) any way 6)precise 7)i n the form of 8) in itiative 9) con vey 10) in two minds 11) con cept 12) grasp 21) has en sured their team a place in the Cup fin al.2) medical workers' responsibility to heal the wounded and rescue the dying. 3) e nterta in as well as educate the lear ner. 4) can do without air and water. 5) is likely to be held in June. 3 1) lies in con tact betwee n2) basis of is likely sufficie nt at the mome nt 3) the steady will be highly II Word Formati on 1 regained 2 undecided 3 undersupplied 4 disabled 5 precondition 6 foresight 7 mispronounced 8 enrichII Tran slati on1) As is predicted by scientists, global pollution has become one of the most serious problems huma ns are faced with.IIIA ntonyms 1) majority 2) accepted 3)increased 5) local 6) late 7)wro ng Comprehensive exercises I Close 1. Text-related 1)highly 2)bri ng about6)put across 7)proport ion 2. Theme-related1)un dersta nd 2)travel6) l ikely 7)affect4)weaknesses 8)false 3)evide nt 8)He nee 3)practical 8)developments 4)rate 5)sufficient 9)e nsure 4)use 5)A nother 9)supply 10) Someday2) Competition for these jobs is very tough ~we have five times as many applicants this year as we did last year/ there are five times as many applicants this year as there were last year.3) As the facts show, educational programs need to fit into the national plan for econo mic developme nt.4) The car burns too much gas, and moreover, the price is almost twice as much as I intend to pay.5) To un dersta nd a great intern atio nal eve nt, we, first of all, n eed to con sider the historical and political backgro und to it.2 It is hard to imagine how our forefathers could do without so many conveniences that moder n tech no logy has brought about. Back the n only a small proporti on of the population enjoyed the comforts of life. The majority didn ' even have sufficient food, not to speak of/ let alone the privilege of being educated. However, many people blamemoder n tech no logy for creati ng so many problems. They want to slow dow n the rate of progress. But no one can put the clock back.1) to look for survivors were aba ndoned after it had bee n/was determ ined 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 loa n has bee n tur ned dow n by many a bank as her bus in ess is small and she could provide no guara ntee.4) express her thoughts with precision, so people often misunderstand her.5) will weake n our determ in ati on to moder nize our country in the shortest possible time. 3.hun ti ng for be amazed by 2) become skilled handle their 3) character by calli ng on II Con fusable words1. 1) personal 2) personnel2. 1) sometime 2) Sometimes 3)some time 4) sometime III Euphemism de hcgabfComprehe nsive Exercises I CloseVocabulary1) wreck 5) discard 9) checked on 2.2) bala nee 6) Above all 10) clea ned up Unit 43) approachi ng 7) diet 11) weekly 4) han dle 8) do with 12) prin ciples 1) for sale loans he passed away1. Text-related1) sp on sored 2)determ in ati on 3) turned away 4) assumed 5)capacity6)skilled 7)loan 8) character 9) hunting 10) for sale 11) send for2. Theme-related1)save 2)rece nt 3)modest 4) grow 5) dream6) immigra nts 7)bus in ess 8) engin eeri ng 9)i nvest 10) richIII Tran slati on1) It is reported that UN mediators have worked out a plan which theyhope will be acceptable to both sides.2) Doris walked in the forest cautiously, afraid of being attacked by giant sn akes.3) Earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters cannot bepreve nted, but acti on can be take n to protect life and property. 4) I bought a new issue of my favorite sports magazine and hurriedhome, an xious to amuse myself read ing it.5) Hele n lacks con fide nee. I 'e n ever known anyone so un sure ofherself.2.After graduating from college, Tony decided to start his own bus in ess. At the beg inning, many a bank tur ned dow n his request for a loa n. But he was not a bit discouraged, and continued to call on one banker after another seeking help. Impressed by his determ in ati on and optimism, one ban ker fin ally agreed to loa n him the mon ey. Now he has become a wealthy bus in essma n. Talk ing about his amazing achievement, Tony says that it is important to create rather than wait for opportunities.Unit 5VocabularyI.11) mon thly 2) acqua intan ces 3)classic 4) look; in the eye 5)ma nu factured 6) optio ns7) fi nance8) replaceme nt 9) survived 10) pick out 11) married 12) grabbed at2.1) survived a car crash that killed both her pare nts.2) almost embarrassed to death when Sarah read my poem out to the whole class.3) of the Childre n'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.3.1) inquiry; died of hunger; people survied2) Instantly; give up his; retire; replace him; executive 3) his beloved; odd jobs; and all thatII Word Formatio n1. embarrassment2. survivors3. newly4. marketable5. monthly6. competition7. conceivable8. respectableIII. Usage1. the poor2. The deceased/The dead3. the disabled4. the French5. The accused6. theyoung 7. the unemployed 8. the latte r-the former…Comprehe nsive ExercisesI. Cloze1. Text-related1) died of 2) instantly 3) classic 4)ask around 5) surviving 6) retire 7)executive 8) replacement9) stock 10) look…in the eye2. Theme-related1) impressed 2) dilige nee 3) In stead 4) Con trary 5) professi on ally 6) perform 7) pers onal 8) bala nee 9) commitme nt 10) revealedII. Tran slati on1.1) I'm not sure where you can find a good carpenter---yo' better ask around .2) Feeling a little embarrassed, he quickly cleared his throat and looked up at the pain ti ng on the wall.3) Michael was survived by three sons, two daughters, and his wife Elizabeth.4) As a financial expert, William advised us to invest our money in thestock market.5) We small retailers ca' compete with supermarkets in pric ing and sales.2.My dad is a hard-working executive of a manufacturing firm. He works six days a week. Every day he has testraighten out various kinds of problems so that he ofte n stays uplate/nights. However, he tries his best to bala nce/ma in tain bala nce betwee n work and family. On Sun days my dad usually stays at home andares for us as much as he can. To my greatest joy, he cooks our favorite dished and plays ball with us.Unit 6 VocabularyI1.1) Fertile2) Reflected3) Overseas4) Slim5) Split6) Sustained7) Glow8) Thrust9) Keen10) Bud11) Previous12) Whichever2.1) The sickly smell of carpets and furniture in the bedroom disgusts me.2) Mary stopped corresp onding with Henry after the death of her mother.3) A radio transmitter is best located at an isolated place far from cities.4) I was so absorbed in the game on TV that I didn ' t hear Martin come in.5) The rough surface of the basketball helps players grip the ball.3.1) to broade n; make their way2) disgusts; take a cha nee on3) the grand; and overseas; reflectedn1. 1) frighte ned 2) afraid/frighte ned2. 1) alike/similar 2) similar3. 1) alive 2) livi ng4. 1) sleeping 2) asleep川1. 1) disappo in ted 2) disappo in tme nt 3) disappo inting 4) disappo int5) disappo in ti ngly 6) disappo in ti ng2. 1) attractive 2) attract 3) attractio n 4) attractively 5) un attractively6) un attractiveComprehe nsion ExercisesI Cloze1. Text-related1) Identifying 2) gripped 3) margins 4)corresponding 5) overseas 6)little7) hesitate8) grateful 9) made my way 10) going my way2. Theme-related1)first 2)ring 3)Nor 4) another 5) threw 6) deliberately 7) reasoned 8) himself9) restaura nt 10) mattern Translation1.1) Before I went off to university, my grandfather gave me a few words of wisdom which impressed me deeply.2) Never tell my pare nts about my in juries and I ' ll be very grateful to you (for it).3) At the meeting some of our colleagues put forward sensible suggestions about improving our work ing en vir onment.4) The management has/have agreed to grant the workers a 10% pay rise in response tounion pressure.5) It was very thoughtful of the hostess to give the house a thorough cleaning before wearrived.2. Not rich himself, Uncle Li never hesitates to help others. Previous to/Before hisretirement, through Project Hope he located the addressesof two country kids who grew up in poor families but had a kee n desire to study. From the n on he sentthem money regularly. Later the two made their way to college, and even got a cha nee to study overseas.Unit 7Content Questi onsPair Work1. He thinks animals will probably do their best thinking when it serves their own purposes,not whe n seie ntists ask them to.2. Because he believes they may eneounter animal intelligenee in their daily life.3. He regards them as a new window on animal intelligenee.4. She wan ted to get more pin eapple.5. He expanded the money supply by breading ehips in two.6. It shows he is elever and sly. He ate up the fruit leaving nothing but stems to share withMiles.7. They say that animals eooperate when they learn it is in their interest to do so.8. The author thinks that what behaviorists say is right, but he doesn' think their expla nation is satisfaetory eno ugh.9. Beeause Orky was the most intelligent animal she had worked with.10. Corky is a female whale beeause she is Orlksmate and delivered a baby whale.11. Beeause she thought the orange must have rolled off somewhere inaeeessible.12. Towan hid his orange underneath his foot. The aet reveals some animals are in tellige nteno ugh to know how to deeeive.Text Orga ni zati on1. Eugene Linden wants to tell the reader that animals do have, at least, some limited intellige nee, and the pers onal experie nces of those who are in elose eon taet with ani mals are more convincing evide nee tha n that any experime nts can provide.2. Let's Make a Deal: Some ani mals are in tellige nt eno ugh to know how to barga in withpeople.Tale of a Whale: Animals like whales can assess a situation and aet aeeordingly.Primate Shell Game : Animals can attempt to deeeive.Lan guage Sense Enhan eeme nt1. (1) eontroversy (2) eonseiousness (3) explore (4) serves their own purposes(5) eneounter (6) lack of it (7) convineed (8) mental feats (9) captivity (10) huma nsLan guage FocusI. Vocabulary1. 1) go (very) far 2) has expanded 3) in the interest(s) of 4) only to5) eneountered 6) has cooperated 7) assessed 8) (had) switched9) horizo ns 10) gaze 11) disaster 12) wiped out2. 1)…a Ion g/lo ng running con troversy over whether the book should be published or not2) …felt relieved after her first meeting with Tom had gone smoothly3) ... suddenly went wrong with my computer when I was in the middle of writing the essay4) …is obvious that our company is still maintaining its composition as market leader in software.5) … give in un til they give her a pay rise3. 1) have un dertake n, orig in al, to explore2) evide nee convin ced, undern eath, exte nding to3) to n egotiate, encoun ter, to figure out, exploreII. Con fusable Words1. firstly2. first, first3. At first4. First/Firstly5. first6. First7. at first8. firstIII. Usage1. ani mal in tellige nee2. zoo keeper3. eye con tact4. money supply5. killer whale6. baby whale7. family member8. sea turtle Comprehe nsive ExercisesI. Cloze1. (1) emergency (2) evidenee (3) original (4) sizing up(5) negotiates (6) reveal (7) make a deal (8) dominant(9) in their in terest(s) (10) decei ving (11) con troversy(12) judgme nt (13) explore2. (1) protect (2) However (3) type ⑷ situation (5) sights(6) together (7) rang (8) associate (9) without (10) environmentII. Tran slati on1. 1) A local bus in ess un dertook the project but went ban krupt before it was completed.2) Let's make a deal ——you wash my car, andl 'let you use it toni ght.3) We got to the village which we thought must have beenwiped out in the severe earthquake, only to find it slightly damaged.4) My garde n is dry and shad —few pla nts thrive in that con diti on5) Mystery still surrounds the exact truth behind the film star's death/exact circumsta nee of the film star 'death.2. When I was young I used to visit the zoo in my hometown. There what attracted me mostwas a couple of tigers, especially the male. They were dept in a huge iron cage at firs t, but later were released from it and moved to a place called Tiger Hill.Twenty years later I revisited the zoo and was relieved to find Tiger Hill was still there, whosewherethrough whatof whatwhat kindhow oldof whatwhat kind/wherebut greatly exte nded. Moving around now were six tigers, old and young, in stead of two!Unit 8Pair work1. She was amazed at the auth' ability to do mental calculation.2. Childre n can 'spell correctly; their kno wledge of word history and geography is non-existe nt3. He did n'twa nt to compete with the hard-work ing Asia ns at U.C.L.A. He preferred a lessin tellectually challe nging life.4. A modern in dustrial state cannot fun cti on with an idle, ig noran t labor force.5. To use the media to dramatize and drive home the message to to'yeenagers.6. He is fed up with the book he is forced to red.7. They can 'tread or write. They place their hopes on their childre n.8. He works as a cleaner in a factory owned by the Japanese.9. Because he has no education, no useful skill, and no discipline.10. America ns stop dema nding good educatio n foe childre n. Mach ines do all thecomplex work and there is little manual work to be done. America is poorer than Japa n and Europea n coun tries.11. Hard work education, saving and discipline help a nation rise from the ashes.12. He fin ally comes to realize the importa nee of study.Work on your own1.Part one paras.1-10Teen agersidle ness and ignorance will produce serious effects on all concerned and society as a whole.Part two paras.11-24Kevin 1990 comes to realize in his dream how greatly lack of education costs his forebears, himself, his children and the society they live in, and how important it is to study hard.2.Part oneTeen agersi ntellectual laz in ess and ignorancePart twoKevin 1990, his forebears(with the exception of his intellectual father),and his children lead a poor, miserable life.America is on the decli ne.There is no law and order in the country.America childre n have no cha nee to receive a good educati on.Bus in esses in America are owned by wealthy Europea ns and Asia ns.Lan guage sense enhan ceme ntIn differe nee (1)Summed up (2)Preferred ⑶Finan cial (4)Accumulated (5)In tellectual (6)Affect (7)In dustrial (8)Idle (9)Break dow n (10)Vocabulary I1.1. in dustrial2. idle3. is fun ctioning4. in tellectual5. scared6. han dful7. luxury8. private9. work up10. slice11. miracle12. was jammed2.1. to be seriously affected by the rise in gas prices2. is a matter of total in differe nee to me.3. drove home the point that they n eeded extra people4. was found after they searched for it for a long time5. had run out of water by the time they got to the camp3.1. manual and complex its finan cial2. was very upset make a livi ng by swore was/became much better off3. han dful ignorant of paintin gs/ works summed upII1. The young man made $5 an hour in his summer job.2. What made you change your mind?3. I m sure Jas on will make a good lawyer.4. The vet put something down the dogs throat to make it vomit.5. The story makes interesting reading.6. Five and five make ten.7. On foot they can only make about 20 miles a day.8. I don'think she'llever really make it to the topIII1(1) develop ing(2) develop(3) developme nt(4) develop(5) develop ing developed2(1) amazed(2) amazes(3) amaz in gly(4) amaz ing(5) amazeme ntComprehe nsive exerciseI. CLOZE1. TEXT-RELATED(1) complex⑵ idle(3) make a living by(4) accumulated⑸ affect(6) function(7) faculties(8) ignorant(9) wake up2. THEME-RELATED(1) dormitory(2) pass ing(3) leap ing(4) departme nt(5) bur ned(6) destroyed(7) seriously(8) marriages(9) report(10) perspectiveII TRANSLATION1) Without his personal file, an applicant can hardly expect to get/ be employed as ateacher.2) With eno ugh ice, we would be able tochill the drin ks.3) In my humble opinion, reading us the most pleasant way to spend o ra sleisure.4) Some people said it was simply a miracle that the American athlete MichaelPhelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.5) The washing machine hadDroken down, so we have to wash our clothes by hand.This morning I heard an interesting piece of news over my portable radio: a man of 36 and his son of 10 attend the same class competing with each other for high marks. The story goes/ It'slike this:The man, Li Wei by name, was too idle to learn anything when young. With little education, with no useful skills, he could hardly earn an adequate living wage. His life experie ncesdrove home to him the point that he had to acquire kno wledge before he was able to accumulate wealth. So Li Wei swore that he would go to school with his son, determ ined to lear n.。