(7) Since the early years of the industrial revolution, the issue whether technical change is the engine to _ sustain ____ economic growth has generated intense controversy.
(8) The property-rich but credit-starved homeowners are easy targets for second-mortgage companies, whose salespeople use phone directories or _ canvass ____ door-to-door in targeted zip codes.
(9) Conditions beyond your reach---and your craving for change—are urging you to let go of the
past and _forge ahead___ toward the great unknown. (10) In America, kids who are moving out of home beyond some young age are seen as a
_boon____ to the family and those who live at home walk around with a great big “L” (for “loser”) on their forehead.
Unit 8 Crisis Management Text A A Crisis Made in Japan
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. change the form when necessary. botched grossly reinvigorate circumspect mitigate avert culpability override ring hollow forthcoming own up to shortchange inept staggering sully (1) _1) Inept ____management forces one to work twice as hard as others for half the results. (2) Famine and debt are two _2) staggering ____ problems that Africa faces, pointing to a
broader need to overcome underdevelopment in the third world. (3) Experts are beginning to denounce the _3) culpability ____of institutional investors and
question whether they could have done more to prevent the catastrophic consequences of an overleveraged global economy.
(4) An easy and intuitive way to cut expenses is to target those non-revenue-generating parts of
the company, so many organizations are simply _4) shortchanging ____their customer service.
(5) A wise negotiator is therefore _5) circumspect ____and perceptive because he thinks before
he leaps.
(6) If a small proportion of the taxes paid by the nuclear industry were used to further develop the technology, genetic disease due to radiation caused by the nuclear industry would be _6) averted ____.
(7) For an auto-making business, a concern for safety issues _7) overrides ____all other
considerations. (8) The phone company has _8) owned up to ____to a design defect of its latest product that
can lead to dropped calls. (9) The Philippine police came in for a hail of criticism today after a _9) botched ____raid on a
hijacked bus left the perpetrator and eight of his hostages dead. (10) It is believed that the way to _10) reinvigorate ____Europe’s R and D innovation lies in a
collaborative approach, featuring both public and private parties.
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Unit 9 Internet and Our life
Text A How Long Will Google’s Magic Last?
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. conventional deride Behemoth
1. Together with the lower than expected _1) flotation _______ price of the raw materials, the
ten companies have earned ten percent more profit than they did last year. 2. The great advantage of the new instrument over _ 2) conventional ______techniques is
that it only needs very small samples: typically 1,000 times smaller. 3. Ether and her sister had much in common: conceit, fame,_ 3) unorthodox _______ pulpit
manners and a trenchant belief in women’s liberation. 4. For those of us who _4) fret ________ about ways in which modern technology distances us
from human affection, this program was a consolation. 5. I do not seek to __5) deride _______ your intelligence, but whit one side of the argument
apparently lacking, how can I possibly come to any firm, reasoned conclusions? 6. It is not possible for our economy to simply _6) stagnate _______ for a while; it may lag
behind the world trend forever if our system is not reformed. 7. Luck knew that her easygoing, constantly good-humored husband had to be in _7) caustically _ ______ pain to be behaving so caustically, but it was still a bit of a relief when the nurse said she had to go home because visiting hours were over. 8. The divorce of the two famous movie stars __8) made headlines ______, especially when
he came to blows with a columnist during an interview.
9. Even though Plato wrote these words over hundreds of years ago, our modern Western readers are only just beginning to _9) resonate _______ in harmony with his tune of truth. 10. Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, they produced this fun-filled __10) quirky ________ romantic film of two very opposite people.
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Unit 10 Career Planning
Text A How to Change The World
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1) The findings have led scientists to speculate that all galaxies might go through a quasar phase, then a less active phase, and finally _1) settle into _______ the stability like that of our own galaxy.
2) Figures on this spreadsheet have been embellished. Otherwise the company’s financial difficulties may __ 2) deter _____potential investors.
3) The young man will become a creative artist, and will 3) dazzle ______ world as a musician,
a dramatist or a novelist. 4) A good salesperson should not only be _4) passionate _____ about the product he is
selling, but also have a thorough understanding of his customers. 5) I was told that he _5) made a mint _____ on the stock exchange last year and that’s why he
squanders so much on luxury goods. 6) The seller bragged about his jewels, trying to _6) stun _____ his victim into believing his
suggestions and remarks. 7) Many customers felt a _7) searing _____ resentment against the store as a result of its
deceptive advertisement. 8) With 20 years of sailing experience __8) under his belt _____, he was chosen as the
training supervisor of the navy.
9) She finally quitted the position of chief engineer as her views on the construction of the bridge didn’t quite _ 9) chime _____ with the board.
10) People of _ 10) reflective ______ thinking type tend to be more introversive and quite, and
are inclined to observe the details normally neglected by others.
Unit 11 Financial Crisis Text A Cinderella’s Moment
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(1) While strategic alliances are intended to reduce insecurity and_1) volatility ____, they are also designed to increase the competitiveness of the companies involved.
(2) There is no room for __2) complacency ___even though 72 percent of parents in the survey rate private high schools as good or better.
(3) The companies actually had more chances to recruit new talents after the 1998 financial _3) turbulence ____, which it has all regretfully missed.
(4) People here have their own local way of speaking and then they speak a different way to other folk. But then they _4) lapse ____back into the local way of speaking when they’re on their own.
(5) He vaguely felt some icy and a _5) pliable ____rope against his neck and set up immediately.
(6) According to the new law, the mother would be _6) eligible ____for financial assistance as
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(7) The external consultants saw clearly that our business was suffering because our plant’s manufacturing capability was by its nature inflexible, _7) cumbersome ____and slow.
(8) One of the things most likely to _8) exasperate ____staff and reduce hygiene standards of the working environment is that the kitchen and the toilets are very difficult to clean. (9) The tapes provided by the employee have been carefully _9) vetted ____for sensitivity of content or for materials which can lead to the identification of speakers.
(10) When the envoys first met for real the fierce, cold, _10) autocratic ____,heroically
self-made emperor’s beady eyes, they knew immediately the hardships they were going to suffer in this nation.
UNITE 12 Entrepreneurship
Text A Can Red Wine Help You Live Forever
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Complete the following sentences with the words giving in the box. Change the form when necessary. retard untenable husky (1) Whether it is the academics’ interests in the livings that come _1) in the wake of ______a research career or the industry’s wish to produce a new type of insecticide, the entrepreneur is determined to commercialize on these findings.
(2) Some scientists became rather worried, and some claimed that the multiplication of 2) therapeutic _____trials was diverting resources away from more basic research.
(3) With her “charismatic” personality and _3) disarming ____frankness, the new financial controller won the staff’s respect and trust immediately.
(4) As some of his friends became _ 4) prolific ____writers, Jason became so jealous of their reputations that he began to scorn what they wrote.
(5) “At least--”his voice held a _5) husky ____tinge of wry amusement “--you will not lose your job as your father is one of the board members of our company.
(6) Proud though he was of his wife, the king could not help noticing that the queen was stealing the__6) limelight ___.
(7) Wilson appointed Larry Walkman the CEO of Asian area, and encourage him to _7) spearhead ____some 20 projects, up and down the different regions, to develop new products and markets.
(8) “Tony Scott was a great director, a genuine friend and it is _8) unfathomable ____to think that he is now gone.” said Denzel Washington, who worked with Scott on five films.
(9) Nutrient availability is thus enhanced, but such scavenging also results in the trapping of pollutants, which can __9) retard ___growth.
(10) Residential area built at such a _10) frenetic ____tempo on farmlands will finally result in devastating effect on the countryside life.
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