厦门大学2012英语二级用书,主编李荫华,夏国佐
II Confusable Words
1. 1) house 2) Home 3) home, family 4) household
2. 1) doubt 2) suspect 3) doubted 4) suspected 5) suspect
III. Word Formation
1) rise 2) final 3) regular 4) cash 5) hows, whys
6) upped 7) yellowed 8) bottled 9) lower 10) search
Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze
1. Text-related
1) get by
2) temptation
3) get through
4) improvements
5) aside from
6) suspect
7) supplement
8) profit
9) stacking
2. (Theme-related)
1) replaced
2) consider
3) quit
4) world
5) tough
6) fuels
7) provide
8) luxuries
9) balance
10) ideal
II. Translation
1. We have a problem with the computer system, but I think it’s 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