【U1】
1. disaster 2. compelled 3. historical 4. disciplined 5. destruction 6. output
7. retreat 8. abandoned 9. trace 10. eternal 11. investment 12. transfer
13. justify 14. nonetheless 15. contributions 16. accelerate 17. threaten
1. show signs of 5. slow down 2. called upon 3. off limits 4. in fear of
6. cut down 7. from head to foot
8. come by 9. lost out 10. As yet 11. reside
1. collective individual l2. consistent contradictory
6. natural synthetic 7. nearby distant
8. optimistic pessimistic
3. constructive destructive 9. replaceable 4. irrational rational 5. modern primitive
irreplaceable 10. small enormous
1. She wished us health and success in the new year. 2. He asked how we were getting along with our work. 3. Jack said to me that I would be happy to know that his condition had improved. 4. Rose asked Jack whether he was sure his mother would like the idea.
5. He asked John how long he had been waiting for them. 6. She said I needn't have done all that myself.
2. He promised that he would give us whatever assistance we needed.
3. He agreed (that) that was the best solution to the problem.
4. My sister admitted that it was she who had broken the glass.
5. He declared that he meant what he said and would never go back on his word.
6. The man insisted that we give an explanation of what had happened.
7. Mrs. Don't complained that no one showed concern for the elderly in that country. 8. The sales manager explained that he couldn't give us a definite answer because he had
not received instructions from his company.
(1) realm (2) elemental (3) obtain (4) stubbornly (5) transferred
1. The village is so close to the border that the villagers live in constant fear of attacks from the enemy. 2. In only twenty years the country was transformed into an advanced industrial power.
3. This company has evolved into one of the major chemical manufacturing bases in this region.
4. Given the current financial situation, it is inevitable that the US dollar will be further devalued. 5. The government's call for suggestions about the control of water pollution produced very little response from the citizens.
6. The weather showed no signs of getting better so the government called upon us to get prepared for floods. 7. At one time scientists thought that there was nothing
(6) transformed (7) subdued (8) expansion
(11) dynamic (12) verge (13) moderate
(9) irreplaceable (14) ecological (10) extinct
(15) rational
smaller than an atom but now most people know that an atom consists of even smaller particles.
8. The students were all very much concerned about the World Cup, spending at least two hours every day watching the live matches on TV.
9. The department store lost out because loans were very hard to come by and it could not start business on time. 10. We can't go there for a walk because there is a navy base there, which is off limits to tourists. 【U4】
1. (1) mass (2) gambled
(7) division (8) senseless
(13)recommends/ recommended (14)moderately
(3) voluntary (9) fashions (4) hunted
(10)coordination (15) slightest
(5) classified (11) declarations (6) abolished (12) spanned
2. (1) stands/stood a chance (3) worthy of (2) ruled out
(4) gone through
(5) in the strict sense (8) coincide with (6) At a guess
(7) earns a living
(9) gone in for
(10) got their teeth into
1.(1) imaginary (2)
congratulatory
(3) Migratory (4)documentary (5) legendary
(6) introductory (7) contradictory (8) explanatory
2. (1) vocation (4) job (2) posts (3) trade
3. (2)lawyer (3)electrician
(5) musician (6) engineer (5) work (6) profession
(7)career (8) position
(8) cashier (9) photographer (10) biologist
(4) philosopher (7) surgeon Grammar
1(1) I don’t remember having borrowed/ borrowing anything from you.
(2) She’ll stay here for a couple of weeks before going on to New York.