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1、Vocabulary 11. My job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoyingly busy. ? I think Im happier during the really busy times; no time to think about how bored I am.2. It is the nature of the wise to ? pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.3. I figure out a good team of dogs, hitc

2、hed to a light sled, can ? 1,000 pounds of goods.4. In the story, the little girl has a ? stepmother, who makes her life a misery.5. Nothing ever becomes real till it is experiencedeven a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has ? it.On balanceresisthaulwickedillustrated6. Nowadays almost all

3、 libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remain within their ? .7. You can increase a tyres grip in winter by slightly ? its pressure.8. Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are shared by the United States and Canada, and form part of the ? between the two countries.9. The police are

4、investigating the three men allegedly ? in organizing and carrying out the bank robbery.10. I do not doubt in the lest tat inflation leads to ? decline.11. A blizzard was ? great drifts of snow across the lake.12. Tim says ? everybody will be affected by the tax increases, but Im sure hes exaggerati

5、ng.budgetloweringboundaryinvolvedeconomicblastingjust aboutVocabulary 21. In an effort to feel better, I started to make small changes in my life and _ from 20 cigarettes a day to a mere three or four. (cut)2. If I wasted electricity as you do at home, my dad would make me _ the bill. (pick)3. We ca

6、n _ with four computers at the moment, but well need a couple more when the new staff arrive. (get)4. It is impossible to_this course just by working hard around exam times. (get) cut back/downpick upget byget through5. Unless they quickly _ their mistakes, they will miss a unique opportunity to set

7、tle the problem once and for all. (face)6. The students were instructed to do the experiment carefully and to _ their reports at the beginning of next week. (turn)7. I didnt travel much when I was younger, but Im certainly lost time now.8. Successful people are the ones who_ things for the rest of t

8、he world to keep busy at. (think)face up toturn inmaking up forthink upVocabulary 31. Benneker continued steadily with his mathematical studies and taught himself astronomy when he was still a farmer.While farming, Benneker _. (pursue) pursued his mathematical studies and taught himself astronomy. 2

9、. Misleading thoughts are often caused by words that are misused.Misused words _. (generate) often generate misleading thoughts3. Great importance is attached to a combination of theory and practice in our work.We . (combine)attach great importance to combining theory with practice in our work. 4. P

10、eople tend to believe that a person who thinks money will do everything may do everything for money.A person who thinks that money will do everything may well _. (suspect) be suspected of doing everything for money5. Before one comes to the end of life, there are surely a good many bitter disappoint

11、ments that he has to face.A person surely has to face a good many bitter disappointments _ _. (get through) before he gets through lifeVocabulary 4previousnextindexbreakover1. Seeing that more and more people are concerned about the quality of _ environment, John is considering starting an interior

12、decoration business. It seems certain to earn _ , but he does not yet have enough money _ it. (profit, invest, indoor) a profittheir indoor to invest inbackpreviousnextindexbreakover2. This _ is primarily used for _ of the sound quality of electronic media. It was invented in the US, but now it is u

13、sed on a global _ . (improvement, scale, device) the improvement devicescalebackpreviousmoreindexbreakover3. When the first settlers came to America, _ utensils（器皿）（器皿）consisted of a few pots, pans and some bowls _ in one corner of the house. There wasnt much material _ around them. They _ in a rest

14、aurant as we often do nowadays. ( household, temptation, dine out, stack)their household stacked intemptation backnever dined outConfusable Words1.home: a place where one lives; a dwelling place together with the family that occupies it. e.g. My home is in Shanghai. The nurse visits patients in thei

15、r homes. house: a building for people to live in e.g. The Smiths used to live in a big house in the country.family: a basic social group consisting of parents and their children and/or other members related by blood or marriage e.g. The little girl was welcomed into the family as if she had been the

16、ir own child. household: the occupants of a house regarded as a unit e.g. To count the number of households in the country, a national survey will be conducted soon. 2. suspect: believe to be true or probable; believe to be guilty; have doubts about or distrust e.g. I suspect that rain is going to s

17、poil our picnic. The police suspected him of stealing the money. They suspected his words because he had lied before. doubt: consider unlikely; feel uncertain or undecided about e.g. She said she would help me with my work, but I doubt whether she was I earnest. It is raining so hard. I doubt that J

18、ohn will come. No one doubted his ability to lead his people through the crisis. Now put a proper word into each gap in the following sentences:1. home, house, family, household1) I live in my _ as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful and more attractive skins, but it would seem to me unnatu

19、ral to exchange them for mine.2) _ is the place where we are treated the best, but complain the most.house Home3) The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at _ in the bosom of my _ .4) The number of cars owned by each _ in the local area averaged 1.5 in 2001.home househo

20、ldfamily2. suspect, doubt1) Mary has been told by her boss to finish two reports within 24 hours. I _ if she can finish the work in time.2) My neighbor was arrested this morning because the police _ him of carrying out two bomb attacks. doubt suspected 3) People never _ his sincerity as a public ser

21、vant; for he had long devoted himself to the struggle for the independence of his nation.4) I considered Roy my friend and never _ that he was just taking advantage of me to obtain his selfish goals.5) Dont employ someone you _ , nor suspect someone you employ. doubtedsuspected suspectWord Formation

22、1. For the past two decades there has been a _ in the number of single-parent families because of the ever-rising divorce rate in the country.2. As one of the best football teams in the country, our team got all the way to the _ before being beaten.3. My father is a _ in that restaurant, and all of

23、the waiters know him. risefinal regular4. Most hotels allow their own guests to _ their checks for small amounts, but guests have to go to the banks for larger ones.5. To protect our environment, it is important to let everyone know the _ and _ of recycling.6. Inflation has _ the price of everything

24、 from food to industrial products. cash hows whys upped7. Professor Smith is reading a very old book, the pages of which are _ from age.8. This wine was produced in France, but it was imported in large containers and _ in China before it was sold.9. He needed money but would not _ himself to picking

25、 up coins on the street.10. Life is a _ for the true self and there is no easy access to that kind of truth. yellowedbottled lower searchCloze 1 Jim Doherty may not be a born farmer, but he _ _ (1) without too much trouble. Not that he has had it easy. That first hard winter he faced must have left

26、him with the _(2) to give up and go back to the city. But he managed to_ _ (3) it without losing heart. Hes picked up a lot of skills since then and made some real _ _(4) to his farm, though without much laborsaving machinery, _ _ (6) that old rotary gets by temptationget throughimprovementsaside fr

27、omcultivator. I _ _(6) he doesnt make all that much, though he does have his writing to _(7) what little_ (8) he makes from the farm. I guess he does it primarily for the quality of life. Certainly, they seem a happy family and you can often see them out working together, one day spraying apple tree

28、s, the next _ (9) firewood .suspectsupplementprofitstackingCloze 2 A homesteader（自耕农）（自耕农）is a person who lives a self-reliant lifestyle with major emphasis on home production. While the Industrial Age is being _ (1) by information and electronics, some people try to seek an escape from the social,

29、environmental, and economic madness of the modern age and begin to _ _ (3) returning to the country. As this lifestyle is so enjoyable, satisfying and rewarding, more and more people are prepared to _(3) their job in the city and start a new and more meaningful life on their various farms. considerr

30、eplaced quitFor some it has become not only a way of life, but also a way of looking at the _ (4) . Of course, life in the country can be pretty _ (5) . While it is an enjoyment to be so close to Nature, you may have to reduce your dependence on _ (6) by cutting back on your daily consumption. You m

31、ay also have to cook your own meals every day and _ (7) your own low-cost entertainment without the _ (8). that are common in cities. On _ (9), living in the country has long been a part of the American Dream. Generations of Americans have considered the country an _ (10) setting in which to live an

32、d raise a. worldtoughfuelsprovideluxuriesbalanceidealTranslation 11. We have a problem with the computer system, but I think its fairly minor.2. My father died when I was too young to live on my own. The people of my hometown took over (responsibility for) my upbringing at that point.3. The toys have to meet strict/ tough safety requirements before they can be sold to children.4. Radio and television have supplemented rather than replaced the newspaper as carriers of news and opinion.5. When it comes to this magazine, it is/ carries a digest of articles from the