厦门大学2012英语二级用书,主编李荫华,夏国佐
3. According to a recent online survey, a lot of consumers say they may be motivated to consider buying products shown in TV commercials.
4. Having spotted a truck driver dumping contaminated waste alongside the river, the old man reported to the police at once.
5. Some scientists hold to the firm conviction that people will come to like genetically modified crops someday since they can increase yields and help combat hunger and disease in the developing world.
Shortly after he achieved freedom Henson became intent on assisting fugitive slaves. He secretly returned to the United States from Canada several times to help others to travel the Underground Railroad to freedom. Once some slave catchers closed in on the escaping slaves and Henson when they were on the run. He disguised them and successfully avoided capture. Later he built a small settlement in Dresden in Canada for escaped slaves, setting up a chapel and a school. He held to the conviction that slavery would be abolished, and the day was bound to come when racial discrimination no longer existed.
UNIT 3
Vocabulary
I.
1.1) threatens 2) by a small margin 3)civilize 4)closed up 5)wandered 6) paste 7) without so much as 8) sideways
9) hook up to 10) universal 11) chart 12) Bathed in
2. 1)narrowed down 2)looked back on 3)cut off 4)fit into
5)wear(the other) down 6)lies in 7)put up 8)stand for
3. 1)...which is likely to make people vulnerable to asthma has been found by researchers at the Department of Clinical Medicine in Oxford.
2)...with mirrored doors had to be built in so as to make their small bedroom look larger.
3)...feature the space shuttle Challenger blowing up in January 1986---killing all seven crew.
4)...threatened to keep the pupils in after school, they were quieted at once.
5)... are a major barrier to the country's economic growth due to the fact that/because imported oil has absorbed 40% of its foreign exchange.
4. 1) looked back on/ atmosphere/urban life
2)era/ hooked up to the / the electronic
3) the suburb / a sophisticated / system / analyze / make errors
II. 1) away 2)inside/in 3)forward/through 4)back
5)off 6)home 7) back down 8)in...out
III. 1) Internet is not such an unusual word as it used to be
2) Most men do not look unattractive in them
3) Wealthy as she is, she is not unconcerned by her sudden unemployment