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Unit 1 4. Fill each of the blanks with an appropriate word. I found a tree frog in my studio some months ago. I took it to mygreenhouse , as I thought it would be a better place for the frog.But it came back and insisted taking theresidence in the studio. Why? I couldnt get an idea. Then, after five months of being together, we seemed to be able to communicate with each other. It may soundwired , but I did feel I came to understand what it wanted me to do. The frog came to me probably attracted by thehumming tone of my computer, which sounded like that of other tree frogs, or with amessage to tell me that frogs were dying around the world because of theirsensitivity to the pollution and global climate change. As frogs are anindicator species, what has happened to them may happen to us, if we sit back and do nothing. We must act now, or it would be too late.六、audio声音的,听觉的boundary分界线cup 使成杯状捧起decade十年directly直接的focus集中注意力overtake追上,赶上species品种,物种subtle细致的,细微的tone音色,音质1.Theessayistslanguageexpressesrichand subtle meanings. 散文的语言表达丰富而细微的含义。2. The stockbrokerswere overtaken by the sharp drop in the stock market lastTuesday. 股票经纪人在上周二股票下降的时候投入的股票。3. Biologistshaveestimatedthattherearearoundonemillionanimalandplant species livingand 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 quicklygrowingcompanyhasambitious plans to expand beyondnational boundaries. 快速成长的公司制定了雄心勃勃的扩张计划超出国界。6. That computer store is having a sale of audio software; 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 shining directlyinto 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。8. When the kitchen is finished, Im going tofocus my attention on the garden shed. 当忙完厨房后,我将注意力放在花园。9. In a serioustone of voice, the doctor warned him to keep off sugar. 医生用严肃的语气警告他远离糖。10. She cupped her 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 passage. Change the form where necessary.1. I didnt expect you to be so efficient;at that ratethe 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。2. For the sake of safety, you must keepall medicines away from children. 为了安全,你必须让孩子远离所有的药物。3. When wecome to know these new employees better, we will assign more suitable tasks to each 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 expensivesince it is made by hand.这晚礼服是相当昂贵的,因为它是由手工制作。5. In the World Cup,England tried to beat its long-termrival Argentina andqualify from the Group of Death andvice 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 compassat the age of five, it ignited hisinspiration . Not only was the young Albert passionatelycurious, he was also remarkably persistent and would not easily give up on a problem. Alberts development was also stimulated 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 wasinspired to take up mathematics 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 where necessary.apparent明显的convince 使确信,说服 curiosity好奇心detail细节fundamental基础的patience耐心respond回答spark激起；引起stir搅拌ultimate最后的；最终的1. The theories of relativity have made fundamentalchanges 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 ourultimate proposal, and no other changes 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 sparked by a cigarette end.森林大火是由一个烟头的火花引起的。4. The speaker had apparently noticed 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 patience with people 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 suchcuriosity . 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 convince her that she didnt need to feel depressed about her health. 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 to describe the accident in every detail.警察要求他详细描述事故9. The quality guarantee and good after-sale services will certainly meet with positive responsesfrom 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。10. The story of Harry Potter stirred the imagination of children throughout the world. 哈利波特的故事激起了全世界儿童的想象力。七、 Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage.Change the form where necessary.1. The scoundrel hasfooled 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 wife came upon it on her business trip to chian last year . 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 withnew technologies to improve the worlds food and fuel 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 pushed the stock market to a sharp rise ofup to120 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 in mass marketing and planned advertisingand the importance of recognizablebrand names. Ivory Soap, first produced in 1879, was well promotedwith clever slogans. These slogans, particularly the idea that the soap is so pure that it floats,provedso successful that they are stillpopulartoday. At the same time, the use of the radio serial for Ivory promotion gave rise to theexpression soap opera, which has become a modern globalphenomenon. The development of Proctor and Gamble itself, from a small-scale operation founded by twoimmigrantsto a multinational empire of today serves as a good example to build brand names.5. Fill the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.Attain达到,获得Attractive吸引力Brand商标Campaign战役,活动Import进口,输入Manufacture用机器制造Market市场,V.在市场上销售Modest一定程度上的Precise精确地Sponsor赞助者1.I dont think that the amount of studying you did in high school would be sufficient for you to attain good marks in university.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 modest decrease 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 so attractive that they can hardly pull themselves away to tend to other 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 a precise description of the drunken driver, which was rather helpful 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 public campaign to awaken people to the problem of noise pollution. 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 market it at 5.50 yuan to ensure our profits. 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,以确保我们的市场利润。7.Mike is now the director of a factory which manufactures canned food. 迈克现在是一个罐头食品厂的主任。8.Plenty of football and basketball clubs are eager to sponsor young athletes if they show great promise. 大量的足球和篮球俱乐部渴望赞助年轻的运动员如果他们展示伟大的承诺。9.The sweaters are made of wool imported from Australia. 从澳大利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 the products and brands their parents choose. 根据最近的一项调查显示,年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 parentsfrown very much on her intention. 她想退学成为一名歌手,但她的父母很不赞成她的意向。2. Many great men have risen from poverty;for instance , Lincoln and Edison. 许多伟人从贫困中崛起；例如,林肯和爱迪生。3. The number of families with both parents taking full-time jobs is growing;as a result, children are doing more of the housework. 父母都全职工作的家庭越来越多；因此,孩子们应该做更多的家务。4. I can use a computer; butwhen it comes to hardware, I know almost nothing at all. 我会使用计算机；但在硬件,我几乎什么都不知道5. It is expected that all the countries under the WTOumbrellashould trade on equal terms. 据预计,在WTO框架下的所有国家都应贸易在平等的条件。Unit43. 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 alreadyfamous for previous 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 areligious group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so many couplesdesperate 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 almostinevitable . At the moment, cloning techniques are far from perfectand most attempts to clone animals end up in failure .六、Combat战斗Controversy争议Excessive过度的Instinct本能Irrational不合理的Prohibition禁止Reckless鲁莽的Regulation管理Stir 使奋起String系列1. A hacker attacked an e-commerce marketplace site. This is the latest in a stringof online break-ins in which credit card numbers were stolen. 黑客袭击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。2. The coming of IBMs CEO caused astirof excitement on the campus. IBM首席执行官的到来引起了轰动在校园的兴奋。3. Browns comments on the project caused unexpected controversy 布朗对这个项目的评论引发了意想不到的争议4. Tocombatpoverty in the city, millions of dollars have been spent on training the unemployed workers. 消除贫困的城市,数百万美元都用在训练失业工人。5. You will be overweight if you consumeexcessiveamounts of fat. 如果你消耗脂肪过多,你会超重。6. The effective implementation of environmental laws and regulationsis the responsibility of the local government. 有效执行环保法律法规是地方政府的责任。7. Trust yourinstinctsand do what you think is right. 相信你的直觉,做你认为是对的。8. After 20 hours of non-stop partying, scores of the bravest or most reckless men will risk their lives in a three-minute dash from six fighting bulls.9. The prohibitionon street begging will be in force next month. 禁止街头乞讨将在下个月生效。10. The court gave the heavy sentence, in response not to the facts of the case but to the irrationalpublic fear.6. 1.With no paper qualificationsto 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。2. This high dosage of Vitamin C is an excellent way of helping to keep at baynasty colds and viruses. 这种高剂量的维生素C是保持在海湾的讨厌的感冒和病毒的一个好方法。3. We have exchanged views on everything under the sun.4. Taiwans PC makers were said to havejumped the gunby launching a new series of mini laptops. XX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。5. Hundreds of fans lined upto get the signature of their favorite singer, but she didnt show up. 数百名球迷排队来获得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, apassenger in a taxi whose driver is a Pakistani man eager to learn English by asking his passengers about new words. Struggling toexplain the meanings of a proverb and an idiom, she realizes how little she really knows about the vocabulary of her native language and alsowonders what kind of answers other, probably equallyignorant , native passengers might give. In the end she is left hoping that the driver has a dictionary and 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 scholarship 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 committed the murder. 警察怀疑JOHN犯了谋杀罪3. So far, the new manager has given little hintthat he wont be any different from the former 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 assumethat the prices of cars will go down by large 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 vagueto be understood. 一些指令太模糊而不能被理解。6. The local dialect sounds a little peculiarto 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 her decision to retreatfrom the glamorous screen and spend 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 puzzledthe 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 ormisleadingsales practices. 这个法律保护了这个地方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 confusedby the technical 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。6. Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage. Change the form where necessary.1. The local governments decision to reduce unemployment benefits enraged the workers who were laid off and they resorted toviolent 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 of racking your/ones brains for months over something that a good teacher 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 and hangs onhis every word. 这个男孩很钦佩他的父亲,很听他的话。4. The manager pulled the pencil and pad from his shirt pocket and jotted downevery word the customer said. 这个经理从他衬衫口袋里拿出一支笔和本子,快速记下了顾客说的每一句话。5. At present, the whole world seems to be at a loss about how to cope with economic globalization. 目前,整个世界对应付经济全球化都不知所措。Unit63. Fill each of the blanks with an appropriate word.Arriving alone in a new city late at night can be a difficultexperience and even more so if it is in a foreign country with a foreign culture . Here the writer, herself a woman, remembers her luck in meeting Nagat, one of the few women taxi drivers in Cairo. During herstayin the city, Nagat became her driver and guide taking her to visit many of the impressive sights such as mosques, museums and the pyramids . Along the way the writer was deeplyimpressed by Nagats friendliness, determination, effectiveness and independence .5. Fill the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.Approach方式,方法Core核心Counterpart对方,对手Economy经济Efficient有效的Exception例外Invite邀请Relief放松Punctually守时的Vague模糊的1. The mayor is scheduled to meet his American counterpart during his 7-day visit to San Francisco.美国市长的日程表上7天之内会见三藩市市长。2. Mr. Wilson is quite satisfied with his new secretary because shes much more efficientthan the former one.Mr. Wilson先生对他的新秘书非常满意,是因为他比之前的那个更为有效率。3. I felt great reliefwhen I heard I had passed the examination.当我听说我通过考试的时候我非常放松。4. The regulations are so vague that they lead to misinterpretation. 这个规章制度非常模糊以至于他们误解。5. Chinese and mathematics have always been the core subjects in primary and secondary schools in China.语文和数学在小学课程里总是核心课程。6. You are expected to get to the interview punctually or a few minutes early.你在做采访时应该早几分钟到。7. Getting tired of her partners all-talk-no-action approach , she decided to take the action all by herself.烦了她的伙伴光说不做,她决定自己做这件事情。8. For the purpose of economy , Mary decided to take lunch box to work every day.为了经济的目的,Marry决定每天都带着盒饭去上班。9. You could not be exempted from the punishment because there can be no exception to the rule.你不能免于被惩罚,对于规定来讲是没有例外的。10. Strife at home would invite dangers from abroad.内忧引起外患。6. 1.We hope the special loan from the bank will pull our company through the crisis.我们希望来自银行的贷款可以帮助我们的公司度过这次危机。2. It is believed that the car the police found at the parking lot of the airport terminalbelongs to the gunman.据悉警察找到了这辆车的主人在机场停车场。3. He founded the company five years ago and has been managing the business ever since .他五年前成立了这家公司。4. The five candidates will speak in turn to introduce themselves to the voters.这五个候选人轮流向选举者介绍自己5. At the wedding party, guests milled aboutwith cocktails in hand, talking and laughing.婚宴的派对上,客人拿着鸡尾酒转来转去,边说边笑。汉译英：一、Translate the following sentences into English.1. 年轻人有时会抱怨无法和父母沟通。Young people sometimes complain of being unable to communicate with their parents.2. 能在中国XX的一个苗家村落住下来一直是玛丽长久以来的梦想,现在她终于梦想成真了。 It has been Marys long cherished dream to take up residence in a Miao village in Yunnan, China. Now her dream has finally come true.3. 家养的动物习惯于依赖人,因此很难能在野外活下来。 Domestic animals are used to depending on humans, so it is difficult for them to survive in the wild.4. 他突然有种恐惧感,觉得自己会因为经济不景气而被公司裁员。 He was suddenly overtaken by a fear that he would be laid off by the company because of depression.5. 我估计公交路线上堵车了,因为我都等了30分钟也没见一辆车开过去。I figure that there is a traffic jam on the route of the bus, for Ive waited for 30 minutes without seeing one passing by.二、1. 记者敦促发言人就此次军事打击作出解释。 Reporters pressed the spokesman for an explanation of the military attack.2. 他的竞选演讲未能使选民相信他就是参议员的合适人选。His election speech failed to convince the voters that he was the right person for the Senate seat.3. 尽管我承认有问题存在,但我并不认为这些问题不能解决。While I admit that there are problems, I dont agree that they cannot be solved.4. 他在电视上的第一次辩论给观众留下了深刻的印象。His first debate on TV made a deep impression on his audience.5. 一切事物都是互相联系又互相作用的。All things are interrelated and interact with each other.三、1. 思想是通过语言来表达的。 Thoughts are expressed by means of language.2. 我今年买的新书多得难以数清。I have bought so many new books this year that its really difficult for me to keep count of them.3. 这位老太太确信,今天她儿子会回家来为她庆祝生日。The old lady feels assured that her son will come back home today to celebrate her birthday.4. 他妈妈坚持说他每月的零用钱不能超过100元。His mother insisted that his pocket money should not exceed 100 yuan per month.5. 上个月我们买了一辆车,是用我的名字登记的。 We bought a car last month, which was registered under my name. 四、1.这支乐队20世纪80年代凭借那张专集一举成名。 The band shot to fame in the 1980s with that single album.2冒一下险吧,你可能还是会输,但赢的机会却增加了。 Take a risk, and you may lose again, but you would have improved your chances to win.3科学家正极力研究治愈艾滋病 的良方。 Scientists are pushing themselves to the limits in their research for finding a cure for AIDS.4现在我们知道了网络的意义：鼠标一点就能知晓天下大事。 Now we see the point of the Internet: we can get information from all over the world just by clicking the mouse.5.一些人认为政府迟早会将克隆人类的研究纳入规范。Some people believe the government will regulate the research of human cloning sooner or later. 五、1. 知道原理是一回事,但要付诸实践又是另外一回事。Its one thing to understand the principle, its another thing to put it into practice.2.据报道,慢跑 可将患心脏病的可能性减少三分之二。It is reported that jogging makes you three times less likely to su
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