1、 完美.格式.编辑Unit 14. Fill each of the blanks with an appropriate word.I found a tree frog in my studio some months ago. I took it to my greenhouse, asI thought it would be a better place for the frog.But it came back and insisted taking the residencein the studio. Why? I couldnt get an idea. Then, afte
2、r five months of being together, we seemed to be able to communicatewith each other. It may sound wired, but I did feel I came to understand what it wanted me to do. The frog came to me probably attracted by the hummingtone of my computer, which sounded like that of other tree frogs, or withamessage
3、to tell me that frogs were dying around the world because of their sensitivityto the pollution and global climate change. As frogs arean“indicatorspecies”, what has happened to them may happen to us, if we sit back anddo nothing. We must act六、now, or itwould be too late.audioboundarycup (v.)decadedi
4、rectly声音的,听觉的分界线使成杯状(捧十年直接的起)focusovertakesubtlespeciestone集中注意力追上,赶上细致的,细微品种,物种音色,音质的1. The essayists languageexpressesrich散文的语言表达丰富而细微的含义。andmeanings.subtlewereovertaken2. ThestockbrokersbythesharpdropinthestockmarketlastTuesday.股票经纪人在上周二股票下降的时候投入的股票。专业.资料.整理 完美.格式.编辑3. Biologists haveestimatedtha
5、tthereare around one millionanimal and plantspecieslivingand growing in the rainforests.生物学家估计,有大约一百万的动物和植物物种生活在热带雨林增长。4. In the United States the cost of living has been steadily rising in the past few decades.在过去的十年美国的生活消费稳定的上涨。5. The quicklygrowingcompany has ambitiousplans to expand beyond natio
6、nalboundaries.快速成长的公司制定了雄心勃勃的扩张计划超出国界。audio6. That computer store is having a sale ofsoftware; lets go and have a look.电脑商店正在出售的音频软件;让我们去看一看吧。7. To be safe, you may put on your dark glasses to avoid the sun shinidnigrectly into your eyes.为了安全起见,你可以戴上你的墨镜避免阳光直射你的眼睛。focus8. When the kitchen is finishe
7、d, Im going tomy attention on the garden shed.当忙完厨房后,我将注意力放在花园。tone9. In a seriousof voice, the doctor warned him to keep off sugar.医生用严肃的语气警告他远离糖。cupped10. Sheher hands around the mug of hot coffee to warm them.她双手呈杯状捧起热咖啡来温暖它们。七、Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the
8、 passage. Change the form where necessary.1. I didnt expect you to be so efficient; at that rate the task will be finished ahead of schedule.我没想到你会这么高效,以这样的速度将提前完成任务。专业.资料.整理 完美.格式.编辑For the sake of2. safety, you must keep all medicines away from children.为了安全,你必须让孩子远离所有的药物。come to3. When weknow the
9、se new employees better, we will assign more suitable tasks toeach of them.当我们能够更好地了解这些新员工,我们将指派更适合任务给他们每个人。4. This eveningdress is rather expensive这晚礼服是相当昂贵的,因为它是由手工制作。since it is madeby hand.5. In the World Cup, England tried to beat its long-termrivalArgentinaandqualify from the “Group of Death”
10、and vice versa.在世界杯上,英格兰队试图击败它的长期竞争对手阿根廷队从“死亡之组”出线,反之亦然。Unit23. Fill each of the blanks with an appropriate word.It seems the young Albert Einstein was never exactly an ordinary child. When he was given a compass at the age of five, it ignited his inspiration . Not only was the young Albert passiona
11、tely curious , he was also remarkably persistent and would not easily give up on a problem. Alberts development was alsostimulated by the company of intelligent adults such as an uncle of his who was an engineer and a medical student who was a friend of the family. Einstein was inspired to take up m
12、athematics by Euclidean geometry. His true genius lay in his ability to express complex ideas in simple language. By the age of twenty-six Einstein had already produced his most famous work, although he never stopped looking for answers.六、Fill the blanks with the words given below. Change the form w
13、here necessary.apparentconvincecuriositydetailfundamental明显的使确信,说服好奇心细节基础的专业.资料.整理patiencerespondsparkstirultimate耐心回答激起;引起搅拌最后的;最终的完美.格式.编辑1. The theories of relativity have made fundamental changes in our views of the universe.相对论从根本上改变了我们对宇宙的观点。2. That is our ultimateproposal, and no other change
14、s will be considered.这是我们的最终建议,没人能改变我们的想法。3.The forest ire was found to have been sparkedby a cigarette end.森林大火是由一个烟头的火花引起的。4. The speaker had apparentlynoticed that his topic wasnt popular with the audience,so he quickly ended his speech.演言人显然注意到他的话题不受观众的欢迎,所以他很快就结束了他的演讲。5. Ive no patiencewith peo
15、ple who are always complaining of their misfortune.我对总是抱怨自己的不幸的人已经没有耐心。6. I have never imagined that I would be the object of such curiosity.我从来没有想到,我会对这个项目有如此的好奇心。7. The doctors tried to convinceher that she didnt need to feel depressed about herhealth.医生试图说服她,她不需要对她的健康感到沮丧。8. The police asked him
16、to describe the accident in everydetail .警察要求他详细描述事故9. The quality guarantee and good after-sale services will certainly meet with positiveresponses from the consumers.质量保证和良好的售后服务一定会满足消费者的积极回应。The story of Harry Potter (has) stirred the imagination of children throughout the world.10.专业.资料.整理哈利波特的故
17、事(已经)激起了全世界儿童的想象力。 完美.格式.编辑七、Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage.Changethe form where necessary.1.The scoundrel has fooled a lot of people to believing hes a rich man .这个恶棍骗得许多人相信他是个富人2.Isnt this straw hat beautiful? My wifecame upon it on her business trip
18、to chian lastyear .这个草帽不漂亮么?我的妻子去年到中国出差偶然发现的。3.A group of bystanders was invited to join in the game .一些旁观者被邀请去参加比赛。4.Scientists will have to come up with new technologies to improve the worlds food andfuel supplies .科学家们将不得不提出新的技术来提高世界粮食和燃料供应。5.The news of the Presidents warlike speech yesterday pu
19、shed the stock market to a sharprise of up to 120 points .昨天总统的战前动员演讲的新闻推动了股票市场急剧上升到 120 点。Unit33. Fill each of the blanks with an appropriate word.The example of Proctor and Gambles famous Ivory Soap shows the potential that lies inmass marketing and planned advertising and the importance of recogn
20、izable brandnames. Ivory Soap, first produced in1879, was well promoted with clever slogans. These slogans, particularly the idea that the soap is so pure that it floats,proved so successful that they are still popular today. At the same time, the use of the radio serial for Ivory promotion gave ris
21、e to the expression“soap opera”, which has become a modern专业.资料.整理 完美.格式.编辑global phenomenon. The development of Proctor and Gamble itself, from a small-scale operation founded by two immigrantsto a multinational empire of today serves as a good example to build brand names.5. Fill the blanks with t
22、he words given below. Change the form where necessary.AttainAttractiveBrandCampaignImport达到,获得吸引力商标战役,活动进口,输入ManufactureMarketModestPreciseSponsor用机器制造市场,V.在市场上销售一定程度上的精确地赞助者1. I dont think that the amount of studying you did in high school would be sufficientfor you to attain good marks in universi
23、ty.我认为你在高中学习的量不足够让你在大学取得好成绩。2. Because of the impact of poor sales in other Asian countries, there has been a modestdecrease in house sales in China this year.由于亚洲其他国家销量不佳的影响,今年中国房屋销售在一定程度上有所下降。3. Some young people find computer games soattractivethat they can hardly pull themselvesaway to tend to o
24、ther matters.一些年轻人觉得电脑游戏很有吸引力,他们让自己倾向于其他事情。4. The victim was able to give aprecisedescription of the drunken driver, which was ratherhelpful to the police.受害者能够精确的描述这个喝醉了的司机,这有助于警察调查。5.Some non-governmental organizations are planning a publiccampaignto awaken people tothe problem of noise pollution.
25、一些非政府组织正计划一个公共活动来唤醒人们噪音污染的问题。6. The cost of producing a tube of toothpaste is about 3 yuan, so we will marketit at5.50 yuan to ensure our profits.专业.资料.整理生产一管牙膏的成本约为 3 元,然而我们在市场上出售的价格是 5.50 元,以确保我们的市场润。7.Mike is now the director of a factory whichmanufacturescanned food.迈克现在是一个罐头食品厂的主任。8.Plenty of f
26、ootball and basketball clubs are eager to sponsoryoung athletes if they showgreat promise.大的足球和篮球俱乐部渴望赞助轻的运动员如果他们展示伟大的承诺。9.The sweaters are made of woolimportedfrom Australia.从澳大亚进口的毛衣是羊毛做的。10. According to a recent survey, youths are beginning to have a lot of influence on theproducts and brands th
27、eir parents choose.根据最近的一项调查显示,轻人和他们父母的选择在产品和商标方面有一些改变。6.1. She wants to drop out of college and become a singer, but her parents frown very muchon her intention.她想退学成为一名歌手,但她的父母很赞成她的意向。 完美.格式.编辑Many great men have risen from poverty; for instance , Lincoln and Edison.2.许多伟人从贫困中崛起;如,肯和爱迪生。The number
28、 of families with both parents taking full-time jobs is growinga;s a result,3.children are doing more of the housework.父母全职工作的家庭越来越多;因此,孩子们应该做多的家务。I can use a computer; but when it comes to hardware, I know almost nothing at all.4.我会使用计算机;但在硬件,我几乎么知道It is expected that all the countries underthe WTO
29、 umbrella should trade on equal terms.5.据预计,在 WTO 框架下的所有国家应贸在平等的条件。专业.资料.整理Unit4 完美.格式.编辑3. Fill each of the blanks with an appropriate word.The Italian doctor Severino Antinori has announced plans to offer human cloning facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori is already famous for pre
30、vious controversies such as helping grandmothers to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in promoting the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a religious group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so m
31、any couples desperate for a child yet unable to conceive through traditional IVF treatments, there is noshortage of volunteers. It would probably not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of regulation is almost inevitable . At the moment, cloning techniques are far from perfect and most at
32、tempts to clone animals end up in failure .六、CombatControversyExcessiveInstinctIrrational战斗争议过度的本能不合理的ProhibitionRecklessRegulationStirString禁止鲁莽的管理使奋起系列A hacker attacked an e-commerce marketplace site. This is the latest in a string of online1.break-ins in which credit card numbers were stolen.黑客袭击
33、了电子商务市场的网站。这是在一系列的在线破门而入,信用卡号码被盗的最新。of excitement on the campus.The coming of IBMs CEO caused a stir2.IBM 首席执行官的到来引起了轰动在校园的兴奋。Browns comments on the project caused unexpectedcontroversy3.布朗对这个项目的评论引发了意想不到的争议To combat poverty in the city, millions of dollars have been spent on training the4.unemploye
34、d workers.专业.资料.整理消除贫困的城市,数百万美元用在训练失业工人。 完美.格式.编辑amounts of fat.You will be overweight if you consume excessive5.如果你消耗脂肪过多,你会超重。The effective implementation of environmental laws and regulations is the responsibility6.of the local government.有效执环保法法规是地方政府的责任。and do what you think is right.Trust your
35、 instincts7.相信你的直觉,做你认为是对的。After 20 hours of non-stop partying, scores of the bravest or mostreckless men will8.risk their lives in a three-minute dash from six fighting bulls.Theprohibition on street begging will be in force next month.9.禁止街头乞讨将在下个月生效。public fear.10. The court gave the heavy senten
36、ce, in response not to the facts of the case but to the irrational6.1.With no paper qualifications to his name, he failed to get a decent job.他没有书面的资格证明,他没有得到一份体面的工作。nasty coldsThis high dosage of Vitamin C is an excellent way of helping tokeep at bay2.and viruses.这种高剂的维生素C 是保持在海湾的讨厌的感冒和病毒的一个好方法。We
37、have exchanged views on everything under the sun.3.专业.资料.整理 完美.格式.编辑Taiwans PC makers were said to have jumped the gun4.by launching a new series of minilaptops.台湾的 PC 厂商都表示,通过推出一系列新的迷你笔记本电脑已经同步。Hundreds of fanslined up to get the signature of their favorite singer, but she didnt5.show up.数百名球迷排队来获得
38、自己喜爱的歌手的签名,但她并没有露面。Unit53. Fill each of the blanks with an appropriate word.This is an amusing short story which illustrates how little people know about their mother tongue sometimes. The narrator is a woman, a passengerin a taxi whose driver is a Pakistani man eagerto learn English by asking his p
39、assengers about new words. Struggling to explainthe meanings of a proverb and an idiom, she realizes how little she really knows about the vocabularyof her native language and also wonderswhat kind of answersother, probably equally ignorant, native passengers might give. In the end she is left hopin
40、g that the driver has a dictionaryand that he will use it to teach himself rather than depend on the native speakers for explanations .六、Assume假设,假定Commit犯罪,做错事Confuse困惑Hint暗示Mislead误导Peculiar奇怪的Puzzle迷惑Qualify合格的Retreat退缩Vague模糊的1.Being the son of a professor does not qualify him for the scholarshi
41、p consideration.作为一名教授的儿子并不意味着说他有资格获得奖学金。2.The police suspect that it was John who (had) committed the murder.专业.资料.整理警察怀疑 JOHN 犯了谋杀罪3.So far, the new manager has given little hint that he wont be any different from theformer one.迄今为止,看不出来新任经理和前任有什么不同。4.From all the indications, it is safe to assume
42、 that the prices of cars will go down bylarge margins.汽车价格有大幅度的下降,这种假定是安全的。5.Some of his instructions are outdated and others are too vague to be understood.一些指令太模糊而不能被理解。6.The local dialect sounds a little peculiar to the people from the north.你的方言对那些来自北部的人来讲有些奇怪。7.The failure of the movie hastened
43、 her decision toretreat from the glamorous screen andspend more time with her family.这电影的失败加速了他的决定从荧幕中退出和他家人在一起。8.The womans headache puzzled the doctor; he couldnt find the cause.这个女人的头痛迷惑了医生,他没能找到原因。9.The state has laws that protect consumers against fraud or misleading sales practices.这个法律保护了这个地方
44、的人免受欺骗和消费者行为的误导。10.He tried to explain the complicated theory to me, but I got even more confused by thetechnical terms in his explanation.他试图把复杂理论解释给我听,但是我被他解释中的术语讲的更困惑了。 完美.格式.编辑Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage. Change6.the form where necessary.1.The lo
45、cal governments decision to reduce unemployment benefits enraged the workers who专业.资料.整理were laid off and theyresorted to violent protest.当地政府要减少事业救济金的决定惹怒了被雇人的暴力反抗。2.Whats the point ofracking your/ones brains for months over something that a goodteacher could have explained in minutes?一个好的老师几分钟内就可以解释清楚的,在这个事情上而用好几个月有什么意义呢?3.The boy admires his father andhangs on his every