CHECKING CORNER
Part 1 INTRODUCTION & READING AND VOCABULARY (1)
I. 根据本部分所学单词及提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。 1. The weekly meeting tends to be very d________.
2. We tried to persuade Alice not to go, but this simply had the e________ of making her even more determined.
3. The plan is designed to m________ the staff to work hard. 4. A s________ worker can perform the task easily.
5. The f________ of medical knowledge are being pushed farther outwards as time goes on.
6. There have been some problems but b________ it’s a good system. II. 根据汉语意思补全下列句子（每空一词）。 1. 乔被认为是这个国家最老的人。
Joe ________ ________ ________ ________ the oldest person in the country. 2. 我从未听说有人做那种事。
I ________ ________ ________ ________ anyone doing that. 3. 一天早上，我醒来后，感觉事情有些不对。
One morning I ________ ________ and felt something was wrong. 4. 理论应当与实践相结合。
Theory should ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ practice. 5. 总之，完成这项工作不是你想象的那么容易。
________ ________, finishing the job is not so easy as you think.
Part 2 GRAMMAR
用括号内动词的正确形式填空。
1. This house is said ________ (build) by a good architect in the 18th century. 2. The novel ________ (write) now will be completed next month. 3. The weather seems ________ (improve) today. 4. It’s a great honour ________ (invite) to the party. 5. All the work ________ (do), we went home.
6. The manager ________ (be) ill, we’d better put the meeting off. 7. I have nothing ________ (say) on this question.
8. ________ (make) several attempts to break the record, David decided to have another try.
9. —Are the shoes ________ (wash) mine? —Yes. You have to wear another pair.
10. Jason stood against the door of the classroom, with his arms ________ (fold).
Part 3 LISTENING AND SPEAKING, EVERYDAY ENGLISH, READING AND WRITING (2),
VOCABULARY, READING PRACTICE, CULTURAL CORNER & TASK
I. 选用方框内合适的单词并用其正确形式填空（每个单词限用一次）。 flee, appeal, tentative, chief, drawback, outcome, passion, inspire 1. He spoke with great ________ about the importance of art and literature. 2. The government is taking ________ steps towards dealing with the country’s economic problems.
3. Bad weather was the main ________ to camping in the far north. 4. They were forced to ________ the country. 5. It’s too early to predict the ________ of the meeting.
6. Sally ________ to her former husband to return their baby son. 7. The officer ________ his men to be brave.
8. Unemployment was the ________ cause of poverty during the 1930s. II. 用正确的介词填空。
1. One of the prisoners got away ________ prison yesterday. 2. Errol always wanted to have his daughter ________ his power.
3. Ken is depressed because he has the whole world ________ his shoulders. 4. How much it costs depends ________ how much you buy. 5. At one time ________ history, all this land belonged to the king. 6. Susan leaves ________ work at 7:30 every morning. 7. The interviewer had a positive impression ________ Carl.
8. This is a play ________ the style of classical Greek tragedy.
9. John accepted the championship award ________ behalf of the team. 10. The escaped prisoner has been ________ liberty for five days. III. 根据括号内的汉语提示补全下列句子（每空一词）。
1. I realised I’d ________ ________ ________ ________ (把雨伞落下) on the train. 2. They soon ________ ________ ________ (厌倦了) doing the same thing. 3. We arranged to meet at the cinema at 7:30, but he ________ ________ ________ ________ (没有来).
4. He ________ ________ ________ (渴望得到) power. 5. The temperature went ________ ________ (高达) 35℃.
6. This kind of discussion will certainly ________ ________ (导致) greater differences between the two parties.
7. Rich people can afford to ________ ________ (从事) whatever hobbies they like. 答案 Part 1
I. 1. dull 2. effect 3. motivate 4. skilled 5. frontiers 6. basically
II. 1. is believed / considered to be 2. have never heard of 3. woke up 4. go hand in hand with 5. In short Part 2
1. to have been built 2. being written 3. to be improving 4. to be invited 5. done 6. being
7. to say 8. Having made 9. being washed 10. folded Part 3
I. 1. passion 2. tentative 3. drawback 4. flee 5. outcome 6. appealed 7. inspired 8. chief
II. 1. from 2. in 3. on 4. on 5. in 6. for 7. of 8. in 9. on 10. at
III. 1. left my umbrella behind 2. got tired of 3. failed to turn up