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Vocabulary • Ⅶ. 1. on end 2. keen on 3. considerate 4. at a loss
5. once in a while 6. huddled 7. communicative 8. claim
8. claim 9. stuffed 10. have been isolated
Ⅷ. • 1. peculiar 2. attracts 3. Is entitled to 4. slipped 5. shifting
7. categories • 6. better 8. In general 9. appetite 10. rent
1. coping with • Ⅸ. 2. turn away 3. kept up 4. Pass(the problems)by
5. has gone up 6. searching for 7. applied for 8. pick up
Ⅹ. • 1. well, I usually have a small • appetite.
2. I will stuff them into my • suitcase.
3. Because its beaches and • tropical scenery attract • people.
4. I will choose the person • who can best cope with • change.
5. Perhaps he wants to better • his education.
Word Building Ⅺ. • 1. walking stick 2. Swimming pool 3. carving knife
4. freezing point 5. sewing machine 6. waiting room 7. frying pan 8. fishing rod
Ⅻ. • 1. quasi-military 2. quasi-scientific 3. quasi victory 4. quasi-officially 5. quasi-religious
Ⅹ Ⅲ. structure • 1. Few people are aware of • the ways in which the • environment can be • protected. Neither have the • governments made serious • efforts to educate them.
2. The husband was not • hospitable to the visitor. • Neither did the wife say a • word of welcome.
3. He has never experimented • with the new method. • Neither does he intend to.
4. He never received • approval of his reforms • from his superiors. Neither • did he get any encour – • agement from his colleagues.
5. He was not very intelligent. • Neither did he work very • hard.
Ⅹ Ⅳ. • 1. Electromagnetic waves • travel as fast as light.
2. She cared for the homeless • child as fast as light.
3. It is as hard for Mary to • speak Chinese as it is for • Wang Hai to speak • English.
4. The book I am reading is • as interesting as the one I • read last week.
5.it is by no means as easy to • learn a second language • well as it is to learn your • native tongue.
Ⅹ Ⅴ. • 1. With all his savings gone, • he started to look for a • job.
2. In the corner there is a • table with one leg shorter • than the others.
3. With the job finished, we • went to the seaside for a • holiday.
4. With the pace of change • quickening, more and more • scientists find it hard to • keep up with the latest • developments even in their • own disciplines.
5. She looked in my face with • tears streaming down her • cheeks.
Cloze Ⅹ （A） • Ⅵ. 1. peculiar 2. stuffed 3. isolated 4. huddle
5. in general 6. communicative 7. in a while 8. volunteer
9. keen on 10. conventional 11. relief 12. entitled
1. friend 2. them • (B) 3. and 4. by 5. how 6. but 7. business 8. Nobody
10. figure • 9. to 11. in 12. to 13. which 14. who 15. as 16. houses
18. occupied • 17. never 19. when 20. but 21. care 22. in
Translation Ⅶ. 1. Among those university students who will graduate soon, some prefer/wish to return to their hometown to work, others volunteer to work in the underdeveloped areas/regions. • Ⅹ
2. Nowadays, students are • keen on learning to use the • computer, because they • are well aware that this is • an indispensable skill in • the information age.
3. He had traveled around • the world for three years, • but not hear from him any • more.
4. At first, he wrote to me • once in a while, and then I • did not hear from him any • more.
5. In general, people tend to • get married and have a • family rather than remain • single for life.
6. No matter how hard he • tried, he just could not • understand higher • mathematics.
7. After working for six • months on end, employees • are entitled to paid • holidays and sick leaves.
8. I am unable to keep up my • monthly payments on the • car and I am at a complete • loss as to what to do.
