I. Infer from the context the meaning of the underlined words and write it (either in English or in Chine) in the blanks given.
A. reviewing material
1. To be accepted onto the Stunt Register, you have to be between 18-30 years old, and be a full member of Equity, the actors’ union
Meaning: __________________________________________________________________
2. After five months of training, Sarah’s completed application was accepted by the Stunt Committee ( the governing body which has the final say as to whether you are accepted or not).
Meanning: __________________________________________________________________
3. “I was t alight for London’s Burning ( a TV programme about the London Fire Service). It was a full fire job, which meant that my whole body was t alight.
Meaning: __________________________________________________________________
4 a. Mr. Sheridan believes that a small explosive charge was fitted under the neck of each dolphin.
Meaning: _________________________________________________________________
b. The theory is crazy. It is a fantastic story. But it fits the facts.
Meaning: _________________________________________________________________
c. To do the job, you have to be physically fit, and mentally strong.
Meaning: _________________________________________________________________
5. Margie hated school, but now she hated it even more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing wor and wor.
Meaning: __________________________________________________________________
6. Whether we like it or not, English as an international language of communication is here to stay for the foreeable future.
Meaning: __________________________________________________________________
7. Beside the British and American versions of the language, other brands of English are spoken in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, and various part
s of Africa and Asia.
Meaning: __________________________________________________________________
8. The machine teacher calculated Margie’s homework in no time.
Meaning: __________________________________________________________________
9．So widely spoken is English that it is often described as the “lingua franca” --- the common language --- of the world.
Meaning: __________________________________________________________________
10. What is the name of the science that deals with the study of weather? It’s meteorology (1), a word made of the two Greek words: meteoros (2), meaning “high in
the air,” and logos (3), meaning “word”, “thought” or “speech.” Therefore, a person who job is to think and talk about what is going on high in the air is a meteorologist(4). We usually call him a weatherman (5).
Meaning:
(1) __________________________________________________________
(2) __________________________________________________________
(3) __________________________________________________________
(4) __________________________________________________________
(5) __________________________________________________________
11. She was particularly worried about her SAT---the Scholastic Aptitude Test---which she has to pass to get to the university she was interested in.
Meaning:
__________________________________________________________________
12. In 1976, a terrible earthquake killed thousands of people in China. After so many years, today people still fear an earthquake will recur.
Meaning:
____________________________
B. reference answer:
1. the actors’ union
2. the governing body which has the final say as to whether you are accepted or not
3. a job in which an actor’s or actress’ whole body was t alight.
4. (1) put / fix something somewhere
(2) agree with / match
(3) healthy and strong
5. many tests 6. near / can be foreen
7. version 8. very quickly
9. common language
10. (1) the name of the science that deals with the study of weather
(2) high in the air
(3) word, thought, speech
(4) a person who job is to think and talk about what is going on high in the air / a person who job is to study the science of weather / weatherman
(5) meteorologist / a person who job is to think and talk about what is going on high in the air
11. the Scholastic Aptitude Test
12. to occur again / to happen again
II. Multiple Choice:
1. Two of the glass were broken when they ____________.
A) was being washed B) were washed
