plan/planning for them.
Comprehensive Exercises
Ⅰ1. 1) at sea 2) Turning over 3) reverse 4) got to
5) repay 6) gratitude 7) assembled 8) immersed in 9) unloading 10) swift 2. 1) Instead 2) possessions 3) richer 4) breath 5) cherish
6) special 7) specific 8) shining 9) miracles 10) gift
Ⅱ 1. 1) Grandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of rice.
2) I can quote you several instances of her dedication to science. 3)The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones in China.
4) Tension between the two countries stemmed in part from the latest spy affair. 5) Peter has worked in a law firm for many years. You can consider having him as your
lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal help.
2. Amid the atmosphere of Thanksgiving George was immersed in the diary left to him by his father, who died at sea after he completed two successive trips around the world. The diary brought back every moment George had spent with his father and many of the specific things his father did on his behalf. George’s father used to impress on him the need to undergo all kinds of hardship in quest of excellence. Even today, George still remembers how his father would quote Aesop’s famous saying “ Gratitude is the sign of noble souls ” and tell him to accord the greatest importance to it.
Unit Six
Vocabulary
Ⅰ1. 1) masterpieces 2) fragile 3) fancy 4) nonsense 5) cling to 6) endure
7) acute 8) whistle 9) mock 10) subtracted 11) sin 12) flutter/fluttering 2. 1) gave in/ gave up 2) figure out 3) sized up 4) wiped out
5) pulling up 6) wear away 7) sit up 8) hear of/about 3. 1) usually stand out in childhood memories.
2) a joint bachelor’s degree program in environmental studies together with Duke
University.
3) still stalks the country.
4) scarcely any surface water in the desert.
5) for change in the election law is so persistent that both houses have promised to consider it. 4. 1) dreary mingled with not to excess a merry
2) called to us in a whisper in tune with
3) backward wet through won’t hear of turn loose your
Ⅱ 1. He went to Paris on business last month. 2. The train to Brussels goes at 2:25 .
3. As soon as they arrived at the meadow, the shepherd let the sheep go. 4. We went exploring together in the mountains./ We will go exploring together in the
Mountains.
5. Let’s go and have a drink in the bar. 6. The store is going to close up soon.
7. South Koreans went crazy when their soccer players beat the Spanish team in the
quarter-finals.
8. When the mother came out of the house, she found her children gone. Ⅲ 1) a little white wooden house 2) long, curly red hair 3) a large old round table 4) a cheap Indian restaurant 5) a huge cool chocolate ice-cream
6) rapid technological 7) a handsome young Chinese American
Comprehensive Exercises
Ⅰ1. 1) in tune 2) Scarcely 3) in a whisper 4) cling to
5) merry 6)sat up 7) nonsense 8) fancy 9) sin 10) masterpiece 2. 1) mission 2) involve 3) jail 4) not 5) collect
6) deliver 7) beautiful 8) vacation 9) need 10) small
Ⅱ 1. 1) The red house stands out against the old trees that reach high up to the sky.
2)The salary in/ for my new job is great, but for the rest, I’m not satisfied. 3) The waters of the two streams mingle near our village. 4) We should not mock at other people’s religious beliefs.
5) The curtains of the room are not quite in tune with the style of the furniture, 2. Here and there we see young artists who stand out from other people. They may be in worn-out jeans all the year round, or walk barefoot/ in bare feet even in winter, or drink to excess, or cling to the fancy of creating a masterpiece without actually doing any creative work. In fact, many of them act like this just to look the part, or to be in tune with other artists. They have forgotten that only through persistent effort can one achieve success.