Unit 1 <5>

1 .Taxes are an obligation which may fall on everybody.

2 .Weapplauded the authority's decision notto close the hospital. 3 .The doctor's instructions must be fulfilledexactly;the sick man's life depends on it.

4 .Do these opinion polls really mirror what people are thinking? 5 .I preferto think of memorization as a stepping-stone to flexibility in use of words and phrases.

6 .In her office memos she tended to devalue the work done by her staff. 7 .The history ofrailroad transport has partly been a history of striving for greater efficiency and profit

8. He took on the new post without having the faintestidea of what itentailed .

9 .He is supposedlyone ofthe greatest experts in thatfield.

10. Absolute secrecy is essential. Consequently ,the fewer who are aware ofthe projectthe better. <6>

1 .This period is usually refer to as the postwar period. 2 .It would be a setback at best if we were denied the use oftheir software.

3. We make people mentally old by retiring them, and we may even by

the same token make them physically old.

4. I know thatthe public at large aren'tinterested in this issue. 5 .My sister was always hold up to me as a model child. <8>

1.随着职务的提升，他担负的责任也更大了。 Withhispromotion,hehastakenongreaterresponsibilities. 2.他感到他没有必要再一次对约翰承担这样的责任了。 HefelthedidnothavetomakesuchacommitmenttoJohnanymore.

3.闲暇时玛丽喜欢外出购物，与她相反，露西却喜欢呆在家里看书。 Marylikestogoshoppinginhersparetime,asopposedtoher,Lucypreferstostayathomereading.

4.说好听一点,可以说他有抱负，用最糟糕的话来说，他是一个没有良心或没有资格的权力追求者。

Atbesthe’sambitious,andatworstapower-seekerwithoutconscienceorqualifications.

5.我们已经尽全力想说服他，但是却毫无进展。

Wehavestriventothefulltoconvincehim,butwehavemadenoheadway. Unit2 <5>

1.Countless fossil discoveries allow us to trace evolution of today’s organism from earlier forms.

2. All legislation, all government, all society is formed upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness and courtesy.

3. Several euro-zone governments object to the arrangement, which they said put them at disadvantage.

4. It could take decades before people finally accept that everything they believed to be eternally true was merely a temporary set of measures that worked for a limited period of time.

5. Researchers have found that artificial substitutes for the natural sweeteners actually increase One’s appetite and make him eat more. 6. Indeed, many college students do not select their ultimate career path immediately after they graduate.

7. We can notattach too much importance to self-discipline in one’s success.

8. An electronic dictionary has an edge over a printed one — all its information can be refreshed constantly.

9. Advertising adds to societal definition of beauty and makes many of us aspire to resemble models that grace the cover of magazines. 10. In most of the Western world, suicide is not a crime, but helping another commit it is. <6>

1. It permits us to take for granted the sense of the worth of our persons and turn our energies to higher and nobler ends.

2. The number of schools and districts that were newly identified as in need of improvement is unprecedented.

3. “In the end, this is what New York has been waiting for,” Wu said. “Here there is a huge Asian population groups, which (Lin Shuhao) is something that we’ve been waiting to happen, ultimately this is what we expect.”

4. For several decades to come, China will still be dependent on coal, the only fossil fuel in abundance.

5. Their divorce grew out of mutual distrust and constant quarrels. 6. The forms of architecture in history were not only based on the structures, materials and styles, but also upon the financial capacity. <8>

1.宪法规定公民享有言论自由。

TheConstitutionprovidesforcitizen’sfreedomofspeech.

2.我们在如何养育孩子的问题上有截然不同的看法，因此常发生争吵。 Ourconstantquarrelsgrewoutofthediverseideasonhowtobringupchildren. 3.我们早在会阅读之前就已经掌握了一些词汇。 Wehavelearnedsomewordslongbeforewecanread. 4.很多中国家长认为孩子越早上学越好。

ManyChineseparentsthinkthattheearlierchildrengotoschool,thebetter. 5.新税法不是要惩罚富人，而是要给穷人以公平和机会。

Thenewtaxlawisnottopunishtherich.Ratheritistobringjusticeandopportuni

tytothepoor. Unit4 <5>

1. It is well-known that photographic paper is highly sensitive to light. 2. The first part of Law School Admission Test evaluates skills in reading comprehension, in figure classification and in the evaluation of written material.

3. Because they are not sufficiently literate and job-prepared, some young people can’t hold a job for long.

4. The boss managed to steer the discussion away from the subject of money and into the topic of environmental protection.

5. Sam’s familiarity with pop music is so astonishing that he can sing a large number of pop songs.

6. His car broke down on the way and consequently he was late for the meeting with his clients.

7. One reward of doing this social work is that I can learn to be

independent, tolerant and get to meet people from different parts of the country.

8. Mary has got all the right qualifications for the job but is temperamentally unsuitable for it.

9. As college students, we should have a command of the fundamentals of not only social sciences but also natural sciences.