Unit 1 - 5 -
1. Taxes are an obligation which may fall on everybody.
2. We applauded the authority's decision not to close the hospital. 3. The doctor's instructions must be fulfilled exactly; the sick man's life depends on it.
4. Do these opinion polls really mirror what people are thinking? 5. I prefer to think of memorization as a steppingstone to flexibility in use of words and phrases.
6. In her office memos she tended to. devalue the work done by her staff.
7. The history of train transport has partly been a history of striving for greater efficiency and profit.
8. He took on the new post without having the faintest idea of what it entailed. 9. He is supposedly one of the greatest experts in this field. 10. Absolute secrecy is essential. Consequently, the fewer who are aware of the project the better.
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1. This period is usually referred to as the postwar period. 2. It would be a setback at best if we were denied the use of their software.
3. We make people mentally old by retiring them, and we may even. by the same toke make them physically old. 4. I know that the public at large, aren't interested in this issue. 5. My sister was always held up to me as a model child. - 8 -
1. With his promotion, he has taken on greater Responsibilities. 2. He felt he didn’t have to make a commitment to john any More. 3. Mary likes to go shopping in her spare time, as opposed to Lucy who prefers to stay at home reading.
4. At best he’s ambitious, and at best a power-seeker without conscience and qualification. (at worst) 5. We have striven to the full to convince him, but we have made no headway.
Unit 2 - 5 -
1. Countless fossil discoveries allow us to trace evolution of today’s organism from earlier forms.
2. All legislation, all government, all society is formed upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness and courtesy. 3. Several euro-zone governments object to the arrangement, which they said put them at disadvantage.
4. It could take decades before people finally accept that everything they believed to be eternally true was merely a temporary set of measures that worked for a limited period of time.
5. Researchers have found that artificial substitutes for the natural sweeteners actually increase One’s appetite and make him eat more.
6. Indeed, many college students do not select their ultimate career path immediately after they graduate.
7. We can not attach too much importance to self-discipline in one’s success.
8. An electronic dictionary has an edge over a printed one — all its information can be refreshed constantly. 9. Advertising adds to societal definition of beauty and makes many of us aspire to resemble models that grace the cover of magazines. 10. In most of the Western world, suicide is not a crime, but helping another commit it is. - 6 -
1. It permits us to take for granted the sense of the worth of our persons and turn our energies to higher and nobler ends.
2. The number of schools and districts that were newly identified as. in need of improvement is unprecedented.
3. “ In the end, this is what New York has been waiting for,” Wu said. “Here there is a huge Asian population groups, which (Lin Shuhao) is something that we’ve been waiting to happen, ultimately this is what we expect.” 4. For several decades to come, China will still be dependent on coal, the only fossil fuel in abundance.
5. Their divorce grew out of mutual distrust and constant quarrels.
6. The forms of architecture in history were not only. based upon the structures, materials and styles, but also upon the financial capacity.
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1. The Constitution provides for citizen’s freedom of speech.
2. Our constant quarrels grew out of the diverse ideas on how to bring up children. 3. We have learned some words long before we can read. 4. Many Chinese parents think that the earlier children go to school, the better. (the more...the more) 5. The new tax law is not to punish the rich. Rather it is to bring justice and opportunity to the poor.
Unit 4 - 5 -
1. It is well known that photographic paper is highly sensitive to light. 2. The first part of Law School Admission Test evaluates skills in reading comprehension, in figure classification and in the evaluation of written material.
3. Because they are not sufficiently literate and job-prepared, some young people can’t hold a job for long.
4. The boss managed to steer the discussion away from the subject of money and into the topic of environmental protection.
5. Sam’s familiarity with pop music is so astonishing that he can sin-g a large number of pop songs.
6. His car broke down on the way and consequently he was late for the meeting with his clients.
7. One reward of doing this social work is that I can learn to be independent, tolerant and get to meet people from different parts of the country. 8. Mary has got all the right qualifications for the job but is temperamentally unsuitable for it.
9. As college students, we should have a command of the fundamentals of not only social sciences bu-t also natural sciences.
10. The personnel manager said that he couldn’t evaluate Mike’s ability without actually seeing him at work.
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1. Our trip was a disaster. . As for the hotel, it was very dirty, wet, and cold. In addition, it was miles away from the city center.
2. All of the participants are trained to focus their minds on details. 3. Students of psychology will benefit greatly .from the study of literature as it provides insights into human behavior.
4. When I was a college student, I never. failed to write to my parents every week.
5. The judge asked the witness to supply the facts directly. relevant to the case.