1、4. I would feel uncomfortable if I did not express my strong displeasure with the way in which the adoptive parents are portrayed in a negative light.5. Both my wife and I acknowledge that we show our admiration and respect for the woman because she had given birth to such a charming, lovely and int
2、elligent child.III. A. 1. journey 2.staring, soundproof3. accidentally/by accident 4.enlightened, psychological5 import 6.out of the blue7. in point of fact 8.adopted9. contemporaries 10.slipups11.specious 12.peers13.obsessive 14.impelled15.identifiedB. 1. This picture brings back many pleasant memo
3、ries of her Spanish holiday.2News and weather forecasts reports are staples of radio programs.3. By mere accident Tom met in a bar his long-lost brother who was thought to have been killed in action during the war.4. Bill intuited the something criminal in their plan.5. They think that obsessive tid
4、iness in the factory is a bad sign.6. Yesterday his mother sold several years worth of papers and magazines.7. His heartening speech impelled us to (work with) greater efforts.8. Those who enjoy pulling off a miracle often fail.9. As language students we should have a sense of the nuances of plain w
5、ords and expressions.10. The rude behavior of Mrs. Taylors adopted son is driving her into a nervous breakdown.11. I like to see films in general, and American Westerns and horrors in particular.12. In some sense Mary saw in her aunt a surrogate of her mother.13. My father never equivocated, and he
6、always gave some brief but poignant opinions.14. Though he is disabled, he never tires of helping people.15. In any country, those who are remiss in their duty must be severely punished.16. Awareness of the fact that the child was in danger impelled the policeman to action.Lesson TwoI. 16 A D B D B
7、B 712 B A A C D DI. Paraphrasing 1. Their mental abilities are as weak as a babys muscles.2. The students in his college are of his same age, but they are admitted into the school because they have succeeded in the college entrance examinations whereas many others have failed,which is characteristic
8、 of college life.3. He learns to gain his fame and dignity among his peers and achieve success in school.4. and who were not successful and did not gain any praise from others.5. do not pay much attention to the improvement of their social ability or their mental ability.6. They consider that the ab
9、ility to make money can make up for their poor performance in their studies (or is better than the academic achievement).7. Every student should be accessible to opportunities to develop the mind and to enrich the soul if he/she is not in bad need of money.III.A. 1. interfered with 9. illusion2. rem
10、unerative 10. epitome3. giants 11. available4. characterizes 12. save5. happenstance 13. alibi6.eliminating and sifting process 14.brought into full play7. overlook 15. waived aside8. downtown 16.availableB. 1. A. The chances are that they will be held up by traffic on their way to the airport.B. Th
11、e plane takes off at 6:35. It would be a pity if they couldnt make it.2. Another popular notion which is in fact a misconception is that expensive clothes invariably raise ones status.3. Can you imagine what kind of life a man has lived who aspires to excellence and abhors mediocrity?4. A copy of ou
12、r latest product catalogue will be sent free of charge if you will fill up the form on the reverse of this card and post it.5. It will be an absurdity, if not a catastrophe, if half of the population of this cityabandons their posts and goes in for business.6. Because they want their kids to be some
13、body, some well-intentioned parents exercise enormous pressure on their children and all too often the reverse is true.7. The revered professor predicted that these brilliant young people would surely make their way in the scientific-technical realm in a few years.8. Many writers have quit writing s
14、hort stories because, as they say there is no market for them. Yet Lessing sticks and she would go on even if there really wasnt any home for them but a private drawer.9. Satire under his pen is only a means to an end, a form to expose social evils.10. It seemed nobody at the party, not even the rep
15、orters, made special note of the generals absence which might have aroused the suspicion of his rivals.11. During their first months in the strange land, the new arrivals had to take menial jobs refused by the natives and work like slaves to make a living. Later, having saved enough money, most of t
16、hem set up small businesses.12. Intellectual sluggards may get rich but they can never make good in the academic field.13. Schools should make prodigious effort to inculcate the students with a sense of justice and the love of truth.14. Yesterday she received a telegram from her cousin in Sian/Xian
17、to the effect that the latter would arrive today by the night train instead of the morning train he had mentioned in his letter.15. All her relatives were under no illusion that her husband could be one of the three lucky survivors in the recent plane crash.16. In the west many people remain single
18、because they dont want to tie themselves down (to be tied down) to responsibility.17. If nothing interferes the school sports meet will be as scheduled.18. With Vincent playing baseball is a means to an end, the best way to get acquainted with those stars.CLOZEA such teams worked over shelvesOn much
19、 prison boxes principally interesthave collection emphasis smiled intense sizablewalking No old able itself inmatecheck number totalTranslationWhen I had progressed to really serious reading every night at about ten P.M., I would be outraged with the “lights out”. It always seemed to catch me right
20、in the middle of something engrossing.Fortunately, right outside my door was a corridor light that cast a glow into my room. The glow was enough to read by, once my eyes adjusted to it. So when “lights out” came, I would sit on the fool where I could continue reading in that glow.At one-hour interva
21、ls the night guards paced past every room. Each time I heard the approaching footsteps, I jumped into bed and feigned sleep. And as soon as the guard passed, I got back out of bed into the floor area of that light-glow, where I would read for another fifty-eight minutes-until the guard approached ag
22、ain. That went on until three or four every morning. Three or four hours of sleep a night was enough was enough for me. Often in the year in the streets I had slept less than that.Lesson ThreeI. A. 16 A D D C D A 712 D B C D A C1. mean/show/prove that he has the same ability as other students have (
23、her son is performing as well as others in the exams.2. is not very important3. is bound to prevent people from doing their best. As a result, they would stay lazy, and become passive mentally.4. these old professors who can live comfortably by enjoying a lot of privileges but need not work hard if
24、they do not give up their positions/cancel their contract with the school.5. The desire/hope to have arty or take a risk in the early period of our history when people were trying their best to do everything hard and adventurous.6. neatly-dressed persons who prefer to do some easy, unchallenging job
25、s.7. offering the native people better chances to get well paid jobs8. the same but unimportant and valueless virtues which will impede the social development.9. some stubborn, reserved and economical taxpayers are stressing the importance of cultivating and training some talented children at an ear
26、ly age10. should face the challenge by taking necessary steps and by changing the unpleasant situation in which mediocrity is so prevalent that it may eclipse and degrade our fine tradition and glorious culture. A. 1.testify 2.fold 3.axion 4.attributes5.vicinity 6.enervated 7.hard-boiled 8.succinct9
27、.kindred 10.deadening 11.scathing 12.inclinations13.counteract 14.deadwood 15.tenets 16.old-timers17.anesthetizedF. 1. These gifts had got thoroughly mixed up and needed to be sorted into three different sets.2. The Security Council would take issue with the proposals put forward by the warring stat
28、es.3. Because of repeated defeats the enemy troops morale sank low and their discipline broke loose.4. In a bid to host the Olympic Games, what really counts is not the winning but the spirit to compete and to take part.5. In designing the office building, due attention should be paid to people who
29、will work inside it.6. The well-groomed young man is impatient to wait for the bride to arrive and the wedding ceremony to start.7. For several weeks, the city was in (a) turmoil. The rebels had surrounded the City Hall, hailing stones, wielding sticks, and shouting slogans.8. After the success of t
30、he experiment, for several days, he indulged himself in the luxury of sleeping late and getting up late.9. Im not the type of person who thrives on city life. I am more accustomed to (the) life in the peaceful countryside.10. Having weathered wind and rain for hundreds of years, these buildings of European style are barely recognizable as they were.11. Before the interview
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