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1.By the time he finally agreed to give an interview, the story was already a piece of boring news. stale 无味
2.Coastal food chains are based on organic debris from the marshes, and many of the fish and shellfish nourished offshore will return to the marshes to breed. detritus 碎片
3.Faced with shrinking tourism, airlines tried to lure travel-shy people back with enticing offers and packages and prices so low they could hardly afford to stay home. shriveling 皱缩
4. The new law permits the dissolution of a marriage on the ground of
incompatible differences or incurable insanity. irreconcilable 矛盾 5.I got to work so late this morning I had to fabricate some excuse about my car breaking down. cook up 虚构
6.Some parts of her writing took the form of a regular diary, scribbled in an unformed, childish hand. scrawled 乱涂
7.Mr. Selby told his private secretary that when he was out on the road, office calls had to be sent on to the cellular phone in his car. forwarded 潦草
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8.In what is rightly called the Age of Information, suppliers of information have an inevitable influence on society and government. purveyors 承办商 9.He could eat anything, no matter how loathsome or indigestible, and once eaten, the juices of his stomach extracted the last least particle of nutriment. vile 讨厌的
10.A life-size full-length portrait of the young Emperor in full uniform ,resting his right hand upon a table, eclipsed all the other pictures in the stately room. dwarfed 使矮小 C
1.As television continued to command the family hours of the evening, radio found its own prime time hours in the morning with wake-up shows, bright with music and __, as well as time and weather announcements. A chitchat聊天 B hyperstimulation C collaboration D spur
2.At this conference Trudeau admonished the press as “a pretty lousy lot” for __ into his private life. A lapsing B snooping探听 C sneezing D yawning 3.The demoralizing effect on the enemy of such bombing and __ from planes completely hidden in a clouded sky was tremendous. A explosives B mines C barrels D barrages枪林弹雨
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4.Three schools in Putney have __ their resources in order to buy an area of waste ground and turn it into a sports field. A pooled合并 B captured C sucked D transcended
5. The U.S. economy appeared to function on autopilot during much of 1995 with __ mergers that kept the stock market in a tizzy. A appalling B anticipating C mind-boggling难以置信的 D brain-racking
6. After Steve entered the room he __ the satchel on the label and sat down on the sofa in front of the telly, A plunked down落下 B plucked out C ran amok D pecked out
7. The roads tied __ regions together, moving the goods and people required to build and maintain extensive public works. A full-blown B far-gone C far-flung漫长的 D far-fetched
8. Evidence from drawings of that time indicates that the Egyptians used a __, probably milk, to reduce the sliding friction and thus increase the efficiency of the inclined planes. A nutrition B junk C query D lubricant润滑剂
9. Since last Sunday, the volcano has __ a giant cloud of ash, dust and gases into the air. A mustered B demolished C forged D spewed喷出
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10. He __ together a living from several part-time jobs by running sight-seeing charters, and collecting dry cleaning. A haunts B cobbles草率拼凑 C flattens D underscores
Unit 5
1、 Aside from the Agnew and Watergate scandals, much of the uproar in this politically tumultuous year centered on aclash/confrontationbetween the president and Congress. 在这个政治动荡的年代，除了阿格纽和水门丑闻，大部分的冲突都集中在总统和国会之间。——confrontation冲突，对质;比较；对抗。
2、 A “direct//frontal正面的attack”, which means trying to deal with the entire problem at the same time, is doomed to failure because of the complexity of critical phenomena.“正面攻击”意味着在同一时间试图处理全部问题，但是注定失败，因为关键现象复杂。——frontal正面的
3、 The man was given a final/an ultimatum最后通牒 warning that if he told his name, he would be set free; if not, he would be impaled through the heart. 这个人下了最后通牒：如果他告知姓名，将被释放；否则将被刺穿心脏。——an ultimatum最后通牒
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4、 Total expenditures at all levels of government for highways, roads, and streets were almost 3.7 billion during 1949 and probably came close/approached接近 to the 4 billion level in the year to follow. 1949年政府投入高速公路，公路和街道建设近37亿元，在接下来的一年内花费近40亿元。——approached接近
5、 In 1992 a trial of white police officers charged with beating a black motorist that ended in verdicts of not guilty — despite videotaped evidence of the beating — triggered a violent /riot暴乱，disturbance in Los Angeles and other cities. 1992年白色警察官员审判：指控一名黑色车的驾驶员无罪---尽管有打架录像带证据--在洛杉矶和其它城市触发暴乱。——riot暴乱，骚乱
6、 I remained seated for a considerable time, at first only listening, then
reflecting/pondering深思熟虑的 on the mystery of that sweet trill of laughter. 我留下了相当多的时间，起初只是听，然后思考女儿甜美声音的神秘。——pondering深思熟虑的
7、 Supported /Buttressed支撑，加固by the healthiest economy in an economically reeling Western world, in 1979 the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) moved away from its outcast status in the post-World War Ⅱ period toward a position of greater international leadership. 在摇晃的西方世界经济中，有最健康经济的支撑，1979年联邦德国从二战后被抛弃的低位转向更大的国际领导权。——Buttressed支撑，加固
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