Lesson 5 KEY
I. 1 ~5 .CCBAD 6 ~10 DBCAC 11~15 ADBDB16~20 CBADC21~25 DACDB 26~30 BCABD II.1.Scientists are exploring the sea water out of the need of obtaining the ocean’s great supply of minerals, food and so on. 2. When the southern areas were stricken by flood, people from all over the country came to their aid.
3. All his relatives and friends congratulated him on having passed the entrance examination. 4. Whenever there is an urgent task to finish, they pitch in without the least hesitation.
5. Under such circumstances, a small company like ours has no choice but to follow others like
sheep. 6. The advertising campaign didn’t have much effect on sales. 7. As a matter of fact, most of the gifted are turning their early promise into practical reality. 8. The secret of life is not to do what one likes, but to try to like what one has to do. 9. The main street looks more beautiful than ever with all the lights on. 10. There are actually many ways we could help the disabled. 每课一练
Lesson 6 The Man in the Water
I. Vocabulary & grammar: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. One American consumes three times more food than the average person who comes from
places that ______ for two thirds of world’s population.
A. occupy B. account C. assign D. overload 2. Please remind me _____ taking my medicine after supper, you know, I’m so forgetful.
A. with B. of C. for D. in
3. Without a whole-hearted _____ to a keen forward-looking vision and a deep insight, you
cannot be a leader.
A. commitment B. duty C. resolution D. determination 4. As the director can’t come to the reception, I’m representing the company ______.
A. on his account B. on his behalf C. for his part D. in his interest
5. It is a tradition on Wall Street to _____ periods of sustained economic loss and recession as “bear” markets.
A. make out B. look out C. go over D. refer to
6. We usually buy flowers for _____ reasons; there is really nothing of the practical in the
purchase.
A. academic B. distinct C. aesthetic D. curious
7. The police received a(n) _____ call giving them valuable information that led to an arrest. The
caller refused to give his name out of fear of reprisals. A. anonymous B. private C. obscure D. public
8. Even as the local climate changed from humid to arid --- a change that caused other animals
to become extinct --- our ancestors _____ by learning how to use the new flora.
A. survived B. migrated C. anticipated D. labored
9. Getting to know potential romantic partners requires the awkward and time-consuming
process called dating. At this stage, relationships are new, unstable, and often ______. A. striking B. chaotic C. strategic D. smart
10. Behind the group’s desire to paint the Canadian landscape lay the genuine conviction that it
was the northern landscape that ______ and expressed the country’s unique character. A. nominated B. supported C. supervised D. represented
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11. The astonishing distrust of the news media isn’t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily ______ of world views between reporters and their readers. A. claim B. clap C. clash D. clasp
12. Since all the pre-election reports showed his challenger in the lead, the governor’s reelection
was a ______ victory.
A. submitted B. supervising C. summarized D. stunning
13. Although it must be admitted that hard drugs can never be _____ defeated, there are a number
of steps that should be taken to reduce their use.
A. exclusively B. modestly C. mainly D. totally
14. All of the social sciences are interested in patterned regularities in human social behavior; the
_____ among the social sciences are chiefly in the kinds of regularities of interest. A. distinctions B. contrasts C. contradictions D. collisions 15. In winter drivers have trouble stopping their cars from _____ on icy roads. A. skating B. skidding C. sliding D. slipping 16. If Bernard wants to call me or _____, I’ll be here all day.
A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
17. I think it is high time we ____ the fact that environmental pollution in this area getting more
serious than before.
A. wake up to B. must wake up to C. woke up to D. are waking up to 18. An old woman was badly hurt in ____ the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack.
A. that B. what C. whatever D. which
19. China’s economic reform is aimed at separating enterprises from the government. It has been
implemented for almost 20 years, but breakthroughs _____.
A. have yet to be made B. have yet to make C. have been made yet D. to have yet made 20. ______ considered the human body aesthetically satisfactory.
A. Nor prehistoric cave man or late-industrial urban man B. No prehistoric cave man or late-industrial urban man
C. Neither prehistoric cave man nor late-industrial urban man D. Neither prehistoric cave man or late-industrial urban man
21. Hiram Revels, the first Black member of the United States Senate, served as senator from
Mississippi, an office _____ he was electedin1870.
A. on which B. and which C. to which D. being which
22. The annual worth of Utah’s manufacturing is greater than _______.
A. that of its mining and farming combined B. mining and farming combination C. that mining and farming combined D. of its combination mining and farming 23. She was trying ______ by the teacher in class. A.avoiding questioning B.avoiding to question
C.to avoid being questioned D.to avoid questioning
24. Noise in a room may be reduced by carpeting, draperies, and upholstered furniture, _____
absorb sound.
A. which they all B. all of which C. of them all D. of all which
25. A bridge must be strong enough to support its own weight ____ the weight of the people and
vehicles that use it.
A. as well B. so well C. as well as D. so well as
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26. ___ all rainwater falling from a cloud reaches the ground; some of it lost through evaporation. A. Nowhere B. No C. None D. Not
27. Studies of the gravity field of the Earth indicate ______ yield when unusual weight is placed
on them.
A. although its crust and mantle B. that its crust and mantle
C. its crust and mantle to D. for its crust and mantle to 28. His failure was due to ______ he had never taken his study seriously.
A. that B. the fact of C. why D. the fact that
29. Although the Earth’s chemical composition had been studied for years, only toward the end of
the nineteenth century _____ as a discipline in its own right.
A. was geochemistry recognized B. when geochemistry was recognized C. then recognized as geochemistry D. as geochemistry was recognized
30. The fossilized remains of a type of camel ______ a dog have been found in the Bad Lands of
South Dakota. A. no more large B. not larger C. no larger than D. which no larger II. Directions: Translate the following sentences into English.
1.旅行社负责安排我们在欧洲期间的观光及食宿。(to be responsible for)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 2.人们对一个人的爱好和嫌恶都是无法解释的。(to account for)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 3.吉姆写作时，身边总是放一部字典。(at hand)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 4.有个骗子卖给苏珊一只不走的表，骗走了她100美元。(to cheat somebody of something) _______________________________________________________________________________ 5.如果要维持这块美丽土地的使用价值，我们必须作出果断的抉择，不管这抉择是多么艰难。(no matter how)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 6.20年前我看的那场话剧到现在还铭记在心。(to stick in one’s mind)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 7.地球和月球相互吸引这一事实，仅仅是万有引力定律的一个实例。
_______________________________________________________________________________ 8.几个世纪过去了，在这期间很多实用的和装饰用的物品都是由玻璃制成的，因此，几乎找不到一个不使用这种材料的家庭。
_______________________________________________________________________________ 9.很多世纪以前，古代中国人就发现了天然磁铁具有吸引的特性。
_______________________________________________________________________________ 10.虽然有不少人认为考试能衡量一个人的知识水平，但实际情况恰恰相反。
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Lesson 6 KEY
I. 1 ~5 .BBABD 6 ~10 CAABD 11~15 CDDAB 16~20 ACBAC 21~25 CACBC 26~30 DBDAC II.
1. The travel agency was responsible for arranging our travel and accommodation while we were
in Europe. 2. No one can account for people’s having different likes and dislikes. 3. When he writes, Jim always keeps a dictionary at hand.
4. A swindler cheated Susan of one hundred dollars by selling her a watch which did not work. 5. No matter how difficult they may be to arrive at, choices will have to be made if we want to
preserve the beauty and usefulness of the land.
6. The play which I saw twenty years ago still sticks in my mind.
7. The fact that the earth and the moon attract each other is only one example of a very general law of universal gravitation.
8. As centuries passed, many useful and ornamental things were made of glass, and hardly a family could be found that didn’t make some use of this substance.
9. Many centuries ago the people of ancient China made the discovery that natural magnets have attracting property.
10. Though some people believe that exams could weigh one’s knowledge level. The truth is just
the opposite. 每课一练
Lesson 7 The Greatest Invention
I. Vocabulary & grammar: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. This article ______ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language
teaching and learning.
A. cares for B. applies for C. allows for D. calls for 2. The French pianist who had been praised very highly turned _____ to be a great
disappointment. A. up B. in C. out D. down
3. When he hears music whose rhythm ____ to him, he may dance in time to the tune.
A. appeals B. revives C. reclaims D. amuses
4. As one of the great killers until barely 50 years ago, tuberculosis seemed a ____ rather than
the long-term chronic illness it was. A. plague B. epidemic C. ailment D. flux
5. The poor man, bruised and bleeding, lay upon the floor without a friend to _____ his misery. A. alarm B. baffle C. irritate D. soothe 6. The little boy is very ambitious; he’s filled with _____ for knowledge.
A. aspiration B. inspiration C. respiration D. expiration
7. The government has, for the most part, done a poor job of _____ business to come up with
breakthroughs.
A. incurring B. sustaining C. spurring D. seeping
8. Pollution is caused either by the release of completely new and often _____ substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of natural substance. A. artificial B. false C. unnatural D. unreal
9. She sat there________ on whether life was worth living, having suffered misfortunes one
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after another.
A. considering B. brooding C. thinking D. puzzling 10. The murderer tried to _____ the judge into convicting him of being unguilty.
A. alter B. compensate C. threaten D. bribe
11. The king’s daughter threatened to drink the ____ chemical if he refused her request.
A. dead B. deadly C. death D. deathly
12. Because of its excellence in quality, for the last two years, Audi car has ______ Germany’s
Touring Car Championship.
A. contested B. dominated C. conquered D. determined
13. When people become unemployed, it is _______ which is often worse than lack of wages. A. laziness B. poverty C. idleness D. inability
14. Establishing a language camp is a very nice way for students to learn foreign languages. It
requires _____, program planning, and staffing.
A. opportunities B. advantages C. facilities D. possibilities
15. Students who are skeptical ______ Internet course often complain about the potential loss of
spontaneous questioning of the instructor. A. in B. at C. to D. of
16. Eugene O’Neill, who is typically regarded as America’s greatest playwright, received critical
acclaim for The Iceman Cometh, a play _____ a group of outcasts seeks salvation.
A. where B. that C. in which D. for which
17. ______ the First World War, the United States became the dominant force in the motion-picture industry.
A. It was during the advent under B. To follow the advent in C. Upon the advent at D. With the advent of
18. In the north of the country, the sun always shines _____ the vast prairie land in summer. A. brightly on B. bright in C. bright on D. brightly in
19. The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for me _____ she could remember who last borrowed it.
A. ever since B. much as C. if only D. even though 20. But for your advice, I ____ by our business partner.
A. would be taken in B. would have been taken in C. will be taken in D. had been taken in 21. ______ devised to lessen the drudgery of washing clothes that the origin of the washing
machine in unclear.
A. So numerous were the inventions B. Were the inventions so numerous
C. The inventions so numerous D. The inventions that were so numerous
22. Clara Bow, a popular actress in the 1920s, retired ______ she was unable to make the
transition from silent films to sound films.
A. nevertheless B. in spite of C. because D. and for
23. ______ completely harmless to the environment is very difficult and usually economically
unsound.
A. Cleaning products are B. Cleaning products that
C. Cleaning products are made D. Making a cleaning product
24. _____ usually thought to end in northern New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains really extend
southward to the frontier of Mexico.
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