BLACKMAILI. Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible-1) Did Ogilvie deliberatedly delay his call at the Croydons' suite? Why?2) Why did the Duchess send her maid and secretary out?3) Why do you think Ogilvie was being deliberately offensive to the Croydons in the beginning?4) How did the Duchess know where the Duke had gone the night the accident occurred?5) How did Ogilvie come to suspect the Croydons of the hit-' n run crime?6) what is a 'brush trace'?7) What made the Duchess jump to the conclusion that Ogilvie had come to blackmail them?8) Why didn't the police come immediately to the hotel to check the cars?9) Why couldn't the Duchess get her car repaired discreetly in New Orleans?10) Why did the Duchess decide to make the detective drive their car north?11) Why did the Duchess offer Ogilvie twenty-five thousand dollars instead of the ten thousand the detective asked for?12) Did Ogilvie accept the Duchess’ offer?II. Paraphrase:1) The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face.2) Pretty neat set-up you folks got.3) The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle.4) He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice.5) The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.6) The Duchess of Corydon –three centuries and a half of in-bred arrogance behind her -- did not yield easily.7) "It is no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try."8) "That's more like it," Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar, "Now we're getting somewhere."9) his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection.10) The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly.Ⅲ. Translate the following into Chinese:1) "I'll tell you, Duke -- I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an' where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don’ t get to hear about. Most of 'em never know I know, or know me. They think they got their little secret tucked away, and so they have –except like now."2) "Well now, there's no call for being hasty," The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. "What's done's been done. Rushin' any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they' d do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn’t' t like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all."3) The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It wasessential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more, she was aware; the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil fat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her.Ⅳ. Write out the full words for the following shortenings:Models: 1) lab -- laboratory2) Paper -- newspaper1) ad11) mod2) bra12) perm3) doc13) polio4) fridge14) pop-song5) gym15) prep6) hi-fi16) prof7) intercom17) sis8) lib18) telly9) memo19) vet10) mike20) zooⅤ. Put the following phrases into English, using adv. + past participle compoundadjectives:Model: 抽了一半的雪茄—— a half-burned cigar1) 写了一半的信2) 半开的窗子3) 烤得半生不熟得面包4) 半转过来的身子5）设备完善的旅馆6）有礼貌的小学生7）恰当的用词8）营养充足的儿童9）消息灵通人士10）夸张的语言Ⅵ. Make sentences with the following words, using the parts of speech indicated in the brackets:1) sound (v. ) 2) figure (v. )3) go (n. ) 4) try ( n. )5) dust (v. ) 6) square (v. )7) good (n. ) 8) head ( v. )9) make (n. ) 10) reason (v. )Ⅶ. Replace the italicized words with more formal words or expressions:1) This is for real ( )2) It’s no go. ( )3) Now we are getting somewhere .( )4) I’ll spell it out. ( )5) They do the same for me, like letting me know what gives,an' where. ( )6) How'd you figure where he was? ( )7) You an' your wife took off home. ( )8) Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you. ( )9) On a hunch I went over to the garage and took a quiet look see at your car. ( )10) Well now, there's no call for being hasty. ( )11) Providin' nobody twigs the car ( )12) Assuming the hotel man was bought off ( )13) I figure you people are pretty well fixed. ( )Ⅷ. Replace the italicized words with specific words that appear in the text:1) We took a general view of the countryside from the top of a hill. ( )2) He took a long and steady look at the beautiful picture. ( )3) The searchlight passed swiftly over the sky to search for the plane. ( )4) He threw the coin with a jerk into the air. ( )5) The old man laughed quietly in amusement while reading the novel. ( )6) A car suddenly came out from a side-street. ( )7) She uttered these words angrily. ( )8) When she heard the knock on the door, she rose to her feet quickly. ( )9) The old woman prayed to god with her hands pressed together. ( )10) The car turned round quickly and went off in the opposite direction. ( )11) The dentist could discover no sign of decay in her teeth.12) They all looked with their eyes wide open in astonishment.Ⅸ. Explain how the meaning of the following sentences is affected when the italicized words are replaced with the words in brackets. Pay attention to the shades of meaning of the words.1) The house detective’s piggy eyes surveyed her .sardonically from his gross yowled face. (sarcastically)2) Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant.( self-confidence)3) What you accuse us of is true. (charge... with)4) Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. (tiredly)5) The house detective took his time, leisurely puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke (slowly)6) I oblige them; they do the same for me. (help)7) "If the work were done discreetly we could pay well.”(carefully)8) The Duchess of Corydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. (quick)9) Her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil fat man and herself (nervous)10) The important thing was to consider all eventualities.(possibilities)11) "We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few day's respite”. (relief)12) There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind.(indecisiveness)Ⅹ. Choose the right word from the list given below for each blank.Pay attention to the correct combinations of nouns.perspiration steel work musicsleep time thought laughterevents the moment a doubtrefusal lab our mind1) I didn’t have a wink of ___ last night.2) He hasn't done a stroke of ____ so he deserves no pay.3) On the spur of ___he decided he would go to Spain for his holiday.4) When you interrupted me, you broke my train of ___5) There was never a shadow of____ that he was innocent.6) He caught his bus in the nick of ____7) Only by division of___ can an increase in production be achieved.8) A bead of ___stood out on his forehead.9) He had to play by ear because he couldn't read a note of___10) When he saw the flames, he had the presence of ____to ring the fire brigade.11) He must have nerves of___ to be able to withstand such an ordeal.12) The recent turn of ___in Iran has been rather disturbing.13) His obese body shook in a fit of ___14) She shook her head as a gesture of___Ⅺ .Translate the following into Chinese:1) He is never put out by unexpected questions.2) They will put out more rice next year.3) Here is a pretty go!4) He is itching to have a go at it.5) The old man is still full of go.6) This small shop sells fancy goods.7) Do you fancy anything to drink?8) The boy is shooting up fast.9) The girl is a dead shot.10) The two big shots had a private meeting.11) We were fixed up for the night in a hostel.12) He found himself in a fix.13) Suddenly I hit upon an idea.14) His science fiction was quite a hit in the States.Ⅻ. Translate the following into English (using the following words or expressions: to suggest, to conceal, to take one's time, to assume, chance, adept, to betray, to comply with, alternative, unless):1)不用着急，慢慢来。