2. I remember feeling annoyed at this dense collection of humanity.3. Then the truth struck me. He was blind.4. As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said, "The music seems out of tune to our Western ears,but it has charm."5. They are motionless, waiting for the performance to start.6. The first performance ended just as we finished dessert, and I excused myself and went to talk tothe theater manager.7. A few minutes later he was standing next to one of the dancers, her little crowned head hardlyreaching his chest.8. About a week after our trip, the chairman told me the Chinese executive had called to express greatsatisfaction with the trip.Vocubulary III.1. skimmed 2. steer 3. chartered 4. angle 5. veil6. magic 7. realm 8. annoy 9. dense 10. highlighted
IV.1. Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India, England, and China.2. The other players in the team are better than me, but I\'m slowly catching up.3. 1 was loaded with many parcels, unable to walk any faster.4. The place was deserted and there was no sign of human beings living there.5. These instruments should be switched on and checked before we start our work.6. My friend was dressed in a black coat whereas I was in jeans.7. All those connected with the mission were in prayer for her, but her life was not spared.8. May I excuse myself for a while, Mr. Davis?9. Have you ever noticed that at yesterday\'s concert one of the violinists was out of tune?10. All too soon it was over and we left feeling we had just skimmed the surface of this fascinatingtopic.
unit 4Section AVocabularyIII.1. investment 2. disposal 3. condensed 4. strategic 5. revenue6. scratch 7. utilities 8. invested 9. nowhere 10. transmissionIV.1. is lagging far behind 2. are stuck with 3. going for 4. remain in contact5. keep pace with 6. at your disposal 7. dates from 8. scratched the surface of9. stuck in 10. choose betweenV.1.L 2.N 3.D 4.E 5.H 6.1 7.F 8.0 9.1 10.BCollocationVI.1. exchange 2. growth 3. opportunities 4. understanding 5. benefits6. peace 7. development 8. career 9. will 10. statusWord BuildingVII.1. superpower 2. superabundant 3. supermarket 4. super-speed5. supercomputer 6. superman 7. superstar 8. super-efficientVIII.1. auto-timer 2. auto-focus 3. autograph 4. auto-reverse5. autobiography 6. automakers 7. autoloading 8. autocriticismsentence structureIX1. Concentrate on indoor delights rather than outdoor fights and you\'ll be much better appreciated.2. As a result of the development of computer technology many people may eventually be able towork at home rather than go to the office.3. Some people say that the pupils\' achievements this term will be measured by a formal test ratherthan their teacher\'s assessment.4. They argued that their products should be developed on the basis of need rather than profit.5. During weekends the businessmen may spend time establishing friendship and mutual trust ratherthan discussing any particular item of business.X.1. Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.2. Theirs is about three times as big as ours.3. Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America.4. the fee for cell phones is typically twice as much as for calls made over fixed lines5. can transmit 250,000 times as much data as a standard telephone wireTranslationXI.1. Rather than invest in my education, my parents spent their money on a new house.2. Today, people are spending twice as much on entertainment and relaxation as they did in the past.3. In order to be successful, a business must keep pace with developments in the marketplace.4. Her fluency in English gave her an advantage over other girls for the job.5. For students, nowhere is better than the library, where all the books are at their disposal.6. We should make full use of the platform to strengthen communication, expand cooperation in moreareas and seek further development through joint efforts.XII.1,发展中国家认为信息技术是促进经济发展的途径,但一些国家在估算成本与选择技术方面缺乏经验。2.据说地球拥有的地下水量大约是其拥有的河流和湖泊水量的三千倍,而且地下水要干净得多。3.任何人都能照出好照片—问题只是你是否在合适的时间和地点。4.通过在他们的学校和图书馆安装计算机,这些社区的领导们表明他们决心不在技术上落后。5.当他开始创办这家公司时,他想他将能在市场上与那些顶级公司并驾齐驱,可是他现在失望了,因为他没有成功。6.佛罗里达的一对夫妇在建造一座他们称之为未来之家的房子,它既能抵御咫风,又与周围环境十分协调。ClozeXIII.1 .C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. D11.A 12.C 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.D 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.CStructured WritingXV.Compare the new welfare system with the old one and you would find a world of difference betweenthe two. Under the new welfare system, the law encourages welfare clients to work on their own for agradual shift away from welfare, and this is not the case in the past. Welfare clients now can developtheir talents to make money. In the past, they often cheated to bleed the system for a few extra dollars.Now caseworkers will gladly help their clients find appropriate jobs rather than act like detectives totry to seek out any unreported properties. Today many welfare clients have made a choice to live a lifeof complete honesty and they tell the truth to caseworkers and declare any extra income they make.In cases like this, caseworkers will feel greatly relieved because they don\'t need to search for anycheating as in the past.
Section BReadinq SkillsI.1. Your home computer or TV can provide whatever you need whenever you like.2. You can learn language easily via computer over distance.3. Poor people must also have access to high technology as it is essential for their education, work anddaily lives.4. Some companies provide the technology of information highway to the rich first as that is business.5. Advocates of universal access have already launched a number of projects of their own for the poor.Comprehension o f the textII.1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F 6.T 7.T 8.TVocabularyIII.1. transmit 2. insure 3. crucial 4. feedback 5. correspondence6. specialized 7. tutor 8. hence 9. portion 10. filesExercises on Web course only:11. format/file 12. dose 13. terminal 14. correspondentIV.1. differ on 2. refer to 3. Compared to 4. specialize in5. make routine 6. come up with 7. has access to 8. Some steps should be taken9. signed up for 10. in the hands of
unit 5Section AComprehension o f the textI.1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an overwhelming phenomenon in theUnited States.2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with others.4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends\' temporary leaving will be received as awelcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave themwith a feeling of emptiness.5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television,or even to strangers.7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait foranything happy that may happen.8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people\'s solitary life differs from that of great minds (like poetsand philosophers), they should cherish the thought that "since we are here, we may as well accept itand make the best of it".VocabularyIII.1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitaryExercises on Web course only:1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodityIV1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one sitting6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time beingV.1.K 2.H 3.M 4.B 5.A 6.0 7.J 8.D 9.F 10.1CollocationVI.1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4. standard 5. coordination6. sense 7. career 8. quality 9. supply 10. accuracyWord Cjuifdin8VIl.1. underestimated 2. underpaid 3. overslept 4. Underdeveloped5. overestimated 6. overcharged 7. underweight 8. overloadedVIll.1. simplified 2. electrician 3. recovery 4. childlike5. autobiography 6. underline 7. terrorist 8. overreactsentence structureIX.1. The distance between them is not so great as to be unbridgeable.2. The unity of the masses with the party is never so strong as it is now.3. The punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her position, but it was not so bad as losingher pay.4. I\'ve heard the terrible noise once or twice before, but never so loud as this one.5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with each other as they are now.X.1. You might as well go there to see whether there is the information you need.2. We might as well call it freedom.3.You might as well ring and tell them you\'re going to visit them.4. We might as well walk home.5. We might as well find an easier one to read.TranslationXI.1. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.2. There\'s nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that thecooperation can be furthered.4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted.On the other hand, it will "encourage people to speak their minds and come up with constructivesuggestions".5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his petsand the television.6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.XII1.新的机制并不像他们预期的那样有效,因为数月过去了,但管理效率并没有明显改进。2.我不想不必要地吓唬你,可你最好还是面对事实,看看一些数字吧。3.孤独的特点是一种与世隔绝感,而独居则是独自一人却不感到寂寞的状态,它能引发自我意识。4.孤独是一种消极的状态,你会感到失去了某种东西。你可能与别人在一起仍然感到孤独—这也许是孤独最痛苦的形式。5.独居是一种与自我相约的积极的状态。独居是值得向往的,是独自一人、享受自我愉快而又充实的陪伴的一种状态。6.梭罗说,一个人即使身处同伴之中,如果不对他们敞开心扉,仍会感到孤独。ClozeXIII.1 .B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.C 7.D 8.D 9. B 10. A11 .C 12. B 13.A 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.C
Structured WritingXV. Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have to live alone for one reason or another.Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that no companion is more companionable thansolitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and Henry Thoreau enjoyed livingalone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as they venture out to tame the great wildareas. On the other hand, there are some other people who have to live alone due to various reasons:being divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitter to live in solitude. They have noone to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselves and to their pets and to the television.
Section BReading skills
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.CComprehension o f the textII.1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.T 7.T 8.F
VocabularyIII.1. abstract 2. holy 3. Nevertheless 4. odds 5. complicate6. tolerate 7. depression 8. resorting 9. exclaimed 10. disorderExercises on Web course only:11. chew 12. vibrate 13. stale 14. juryIV1. When he received the admission notice from the university, he knew it was time he struck out on his own.2. I had to keep the video camera readily accessible in case I saw something that needed to be filmed.3. Every time she tried to argue with her identical twin Katie, she would end up crying her eyes out.4. Serious violence has sprung from the conflict over insignificant, irritating differences.5. There are many people who believe sincerely that you can train children for life without resortingto punishment.6. Alan signed a dorm contract with his roommate to head off possible conflicts.7. He was required to fill in a form before the job interview.8. Her major concern is how she will make sure the people on the teams get along with one another.9. Against all the odds, it has worked, and this is a measure of just how strong they both were asindividuals when they came to the marriage ten years ago.10. What I\'d like to do is to help them to see that they don\'t need to give up on the computer, that theycan actually be the master of it.
Unit Six
Section AvocabularyIII.1. Substantial 2. concerning 3. negotiation 4. exaggerate 5. withdrawn6. commissions 7. financed 8. secure 9. impose 10. donationIV1. by 2. in 3. of 4. to 5. up6. on/upon 7. with 8. in 9. in 10. betweenV1.O 2.E 3.G 4.1 5.J 6.B 7.K 8.N 9.M 10.DCollocation
VI.1. approaches 2. reward 3. protection 4. honor 5. advice6. access 7. advantages 8. help 9. sympathy 10. understandingWord BuildingVII.1. foresight 2. forewarned 3. foreground 4. postgraduate5. post-race 6. foresaw 7. post-Christmas 8. post-electionVIII.1. e-shopper 2. e-merchant 3. e-journal 4. e-classroom5. e-commerce 6. e-mail 7. e-dictionaries 8. e-cashsentence structureIX.1. It\'s pointless to go there next Monday-there\'s a public holiday.2. It is easy to talk about having high moral standards, but, in practice, what would one really do insuch a situation?3. It is interesting to see different cultures and ways of life.4. It is really astonishing that she refuses to talk to you.5. It is important that she come straight to me when she arrives.X.1. Suppose you object to carrying out a particular managem_ent order and you are afraid of themanager, what would you do?2. Suppose you have just got married and you are about to work abroad for three years, how