Unit One

Vocabulary

Ⅰ1. 1) On balance 2) resist 3) haul 4) wicked 5) illustrated 6) budget

7) lowering 8) boundary 9) involved 10) economic 11) blasting 12) just about 2. 1) cut back/down 2) pick up 3) get by 4) get through

5) face up to 6) turn in 7) making up for 8) think up

3. 1) pursued his mathematical studies and taught himself astronomy.

2) often generate misleading thoughts.

3) attach great importance to combing theory with practice in our work. 4) be suspected of doing everything for money. 5) before he gets through life.

4. 1) their indoor a profit to invest in

2) device the improvement on a global scale 3) stacked temptation never dined out

Ⅱ 1. 1) house 2) Home 3) home family 4) household

2. 1) doubt 2) suspected 3) doubted 4) suspected 5) suspect

Ⅲ 1) rise 2) final 3) regular 4) cash 5) hows whys 6) upped 7) yellowed 8) bottled 9) lower 10) search

Comprehensive Exercises

Ⅰ1. 1) gets by 2) temptation 3) get through 4) improvements

5) aside from 6) suspect 7) supplement 8) profit 9) stacking 2. 1) replaced 2) consider 3) quilt 4) world 5) tough

6) fuels 7) provide 8) luxuries 9) balance 10) ideal

Ⅱ 1. 1) We have a problem with the computer system, but I think it’s fairly minor.

2) My father died when I was too young to live on my own. The people of my hometown took over (responsibility for ) my upbringing at that point.

3) The toys have to meet strict/tough safety requirements before they can be sold to

Children.

4) Radio and television have supplemented rather than replaced the newspapers as carriers

of news and opinion.

5) When it comes to his magazine, it is /carries a digest of articles from many newspapers

and magazines around the world.

2. A decade ago, Nancy did what so many Americans dream about. She quit an executive position and opened/set up a household device store in her neighborhood. People like Nancy

make the decision primarily for the improvement in the quality of their lives. But, to run a business on a small scale is by no means an easy job. Without her steady income,

Nancy had to cut back on her daily expenses. Sometimes she did not even have the money to

pay the premises for the various kinds of insurance she needed.

Fortunately, through her own hard work, she has now got through the most difficult time. She

is determined to continue pursuing her vision of a better life.

Unit Two

Vocabulary

Ⅰ1. 1) decades 2) historic 3)imposed 4) religious 5) slender 6) web

7) bade 8) site 9) on the side 10) authorized 11) terminal 12) make the best of

2. 1) went through 2)stood up for 3) laid down 4) take on

5) let (us) down 6) draw on 7) fall into 8) pass for

3. 1) are fully confident that the Americans will not be able to justify their measures to protect

the struggling American steel industry.

2) in the eyes of Joe Klein, staff writer of the New Yorker and author of the Natural, the most

talented politician of his generation and the most compelling. 3) people are really intent on destroying themselves with drugs.

4) could forge a completely different approach to life.

5) is our conviction that cloning of human beings in bound to cause many ethical and social

problems in the long run.

4. 1) As for do not compel capture of have forged

2) At huge risk the mission shelter 3) who abolished In the eyes of racial

Ⅱ 1. I’ll tell you in a minute how I have attained the genuine sense of belong in America, but first

let me hear about your French trip.

2. Most McDonald’s look almost the same on the outside, but actually there are about 16

different basic designs.

3. Loaning money from the banks is but one of the methods we can use to get through a

financial crisis

4. This second-hand car has been nothing but trouble: it’s always breaking down. 5. In your resume you’ve mentioned everything but one vital point.

6. Our technicians have discovered a simple but effective solution to the problem. 7. I am sorry, but I think you shouldn’t have lingered on over coffee and missed the last bus.

8. The bankruptcy of the company was not caused by evil, but by simple ignorance. Ⅲ 1) lonely 2) friendly 3)weekly monthly 4) lovely 5) cowardly 6) kindly/saintly 7) lively 8) motherly Comprehensive Exercises

Ⅰ1. 1) forged 2) stand up 3) compelled 4) convictions

5) mission 6) abolish 7) intent on 8) risk 9) in the eyes of 10) threats 2. 1) assistance 2) involved 3)estimated 4) coincidence 5) emerged

6) referred 7)numerous 8) stationed 9)concern 10) capture

Ⅱ 1. 1) Though greatly affected by the consequences of the global financial crisis, we are still

confident that we can face up to the challenge and overcome the crisis. 2) Under threat of constant sand storms, we were compelled to leave our cherished village

and move to the new settlement.

3) According to a recent online survey, a lot of consumers say they may be motivated to

consider buying products shown in TV commercials.

4) Having spotted a truck driver dumping contaminated waste alongside the river, the old

man reported to the police at once.

5) Some scientists hold to the firm conviction that people will come to like genetically

modified crops someday since they can increase yields and help combat hunger and

disease in the developing world.

2. Shortly after he achieved freedom Henson became intent on assisting fugitive slaves. He secretly returned to the United States from Canada several times to help others to travel the Underground Railroad to freedom. Once some slave catchers closed in on the escaping slaves and Henson when they were on the run. He disguised them and successfully avoided capture. Later he built a small settlement in Dresden, Canada for escaped slaves, setting up a chapel and a school. He held to the conviction that slavery would be abolished, and the day was bound to come when racial discrimination no longer existed.

Unit Three

Vocabulary

Ⅰ1. 1) threatens 2) by a small margin 3) civilize 4) closed up 5)wandered 6)paste

7) without so much as 8) sideways 9) hook up to 10) universal 11) chart 12) Bathed in

2. 1) narrowed down 2) looked back on 3) cut off 4) fit into

5) wear (the other) down 6) lies in 7) put up 8) stand for

3. 1) which is likely to make people vulnerable to asthma has been found by researchers at the

Department of Clinical Medicine in Oxford.

2)with mirrored doors had to be built in so as to make their small bedroom look larger.

3) feature the space shuttle Challenger blowing up in January 1986--- killing