2. All of Southern Africa is suffering from a severe drought with Mozambique and Zimbabwe among the worse-hit countries.
3. The Europe Summit in Paris is drawing to an end with USA in danger of being completely isolated.
4. With the King in prison, the chief commander came to power and ruled the country.
5. With democracy itself under threat, the reforms deserve all the support they can get.
Part Ⅹ, p. 225
1. In some western countries there are parents who are ready to clone children with nonfatal transplants in mind.
2. The book on cloning she asked for was not within my reach, so I referred her to the school library.
3. For Mary‘s sake, I can lend you my car to get around your transport problem. 4. In the first place the couple didn‘t want to clone a child, and in the second place they couldn‘t afford to.
5. In theory it‘s possible to clone a child to harvest organs, but in practice it would be psychologically harmful to the child.
6. He published an article under the name of ―Braver‖ which stresses the idea that the process of cloning animals would work for humans as well.
7. As the author of this article warns us, human cloning might be something that makes men sadder than happier.
8. To some people, the question to clone or not to clone, in a sense, could be comparable to the question to be or not to be.
Section B. Who Will Take Advantage of Human Cloning
XVI. Read the following statements carefully, and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.
1. F 2. F 3. T 4.F 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. T Part XVII, p. 236 1. resigned 2. consent 3. resumed 4. panic 5. prefaced 6. constituting 7. reflection 8. queue
Part XVIII, p. 236
1. She came up with a new idea for increasing sales. 2. It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version.
3. If the day turns out wet, we may have to change our plans.
4. She decided on reflection to accept his offer after all.
5. For the sake of the exhibition we should try our best to collect more famous paintings.
6. We reserved two tickets in the name of Brown.
7. We had to resign ourselves to making a loss on the sale. 8. They disposed of the dictator during the revolution
Unit 9
Section A. Premarital Agreements Part II, p. 249
1． First, a future husband wanted to be sure that he could keep his treasured ice-cream collection if his marriage failed. Second, a woman wanted to make clear who would walk the dog. Third, one man wanted to be entitled to a divorce if his future wife gained more than 15 pounds once she married him.
2． A prenuptial agreement, or prenup, negotiated by lawyers and signed before a marriage, is mainly designed to deal with financial problems when divorce is insisted on by one party.
3． Because more and more states began passing laws based either on “splitting evenly” or on “whatever a judge thinks is ‘fair’”.
4． First, a wealthy man who has been stung once may want to avoid such future problems. Second, protecting children from a previous marriage is a strong reason. Third, when one future partner is extremely rich while the other is poor.
5． First, any language mistakes in a prenup, even a misplaced preposition, can be disastrous. Second, a prenuptial agreement signed under pressure can cause problems. Third, there can be a dispute over premarital accords if a couple decides to divorce while living abroad, or when they have different passports.
6． Prenuptial agreements are almost ignored by British courts because English law says that circumstances of a marriage aren’t static, and therefore a judge should decide how financial assets will be divided.
7． For one thing, divorce rate in the US is very high, which is often accompanied by money problems. For another, laying bare all one’s finances can sometimes save a couple from a terrible marriage.
8． Because many people just put the prenup in a drawer and never look at it again after signing it. Part Ⅲ, p. 249 1． verified 2． justification 3． sting 4． enforced 5． cite
6． awkward 7． headline 8． dispute
.Part Ⅳ, p. 250
1. She has certainly gained in confidence over the last couple of years. 2. The actor made the headlines when he was accused of eating a pet dog.
3. Greg‘s parents are worried about his exposure to the kind of people they don‘t approve of while he‘s at college.
4. The opposition parties are calling for the minister‘s resignation over the scandal. 5. I‘ve drawn up a list of candidates that I‘d like to interview.
6. She‘ll end up penniless if she carries on spending as much as that. 7. She lays bare her three unhappy marriages in her autobiography.
8. Hoping that he might be able to shed light on the problem, I asked Mario to look at the engine. .Part Ⅴ, p. 250 1. present 2. anniversary 3. service 4. band 5. album 6. dress 7. photos 8. celebration Part VI, p. 251
1. a tradition perfected by the Elizabethans 2. an exhibition of fine Victorian furniture 3. dance music with African roots 4. lots of shops run by Asians
5. make the British feel more European 6. watch Italian football very often 7. produce some Hollywoodian films 8. write some novels of Jamesian style Part VII, p. 251 1. Premarital 2. premature 3. pre-game 4. preplanned 5. pre-school 6. preexist 7. presuppose 8. prehistoric Part VIII, p. 252
1. He always listens to the radio while driving to work.
2. He works in an American company while giving lectures on economics in a college in the evening.
3. In some societies women are treated as professional equals on the job while being treated as servants at home.
4. We should be pupils while serving as teachers.
5. The two professors will exchange their views while in Paris attending a meeting.
.Part IX, p. 252
1. Not even once did this thought come to her mind.
2. No sooner were they released by order of the court than they were rearrested by the police.
3. Least of all did he understand the weakness of his own.
4. Seldom did the couple go to the theatre together during their stay in the USA. 5. Not unless we understand the person who has the disease can we understand a disease.
Part Ⅹ, p. 253
1. It has made the headlines that the president‘s wife threatened her husband with public exposure.
2. The wealthy lady‘s repeated demand on a premarital agreement greatly stung her future husband‘s pride and ended up in his refusal to get married.
3. He got the money dishonestly, by forging his brother‘s signature on a check, which was exposed by the media.
4. He cited a classic example to show that the police officer shot the man with justification because the man had shot at him first.
5. Make no mistake about it, some women would insist on the right to get a divorce if their husbands did not work and save money as much as they did.
6. The casual discovery of the fingerprint shed some light on the murder he had been sent to look into.
7. Unwilling to lay bare her private thoughts to a stranger, Mary only gave him an awkward smile.
8. What matters is not whether the engaged couple have faith in each other, but to view the marriage as it is, which has no bearing on romantic love.
Part XI, p. 253
1. 自20世纪80年代初以来，婚前协议在美国被越来越多的人接受，因为当时越来越多的州开始通过关于离婚财产分配的法律。
2. 名人的婚前协议总是头条新闻： 杰奎琳·肯尼迪·奥纳西斯的律师在亚里士多德·奥纳西斯死后拿出两人的婚前协议对簿公堂，据说后来在庭外和解中赢得了2,600万美元。
3. 典型的欲签订婚前协议的人是那些积存了大量财富的男性，他们曾吃过苦头，因而想减少自己日后的麻烦。
4. 保护自己的资产，使之能传到儿子和孙子手中，这种努力使婚前契约在已退休并丧偶、又准备再婚的六七十岁的老人当中更为常见。
5. 另一种要求签立婚前协议的情形是，未来的丈夫或妻子已经或即将继承巨额遗产或家庭产业，尤其是在未来伴侣家资不多或一贫如洗的情况下。
6. 律师们援引的一个经典例子是： “婚礼那天，某人——通常是‘她’——面前突然出现了一份协议，于是，她看都没看一眼就签了字。”
7. 有一位律师回想起一件尴尬事：男女双方还在修改协议，争论哪些该保留，哪些该删除，此刻却有150名宾客陆陆续续来参加婚礼。
8. 伦敦一家法律公司的一名律师经常为分处英美两国的夫妇处理离婚事宜。他注意到，在英国，法院“几乎忽视”婚前协议。
Section B. Is the Traditional Family Structure at Risk?
XV. Please read the following multiple-choice questions to decide what types of questions they belong to. Take care that you are not required to make your choice now.
1. specific detail question 2. inference question
3. logic structure question 4. specific detail question 5. specific detail question 6. inference question
7. guessing unknown word question 8. inference question
XVI. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. B
Part XVII p. 267 1. undergo 2. dissolved 3. adequate 4. overtaking 5. maintain 6. contribute 7. vary 8. burden
Part XVIII, p. 267 1. on 2. about 3. to 4. to
5. between 6. away/off 7. in 8. to
Unit 10
Section A. The Bermuda Triangle Phenomenon Part II, p.281
8. A