Unit 1
A) assd B) accesd C)rituals D) convention E) perception F) distinction
G) means H) process I) dilemma J) relation K) interaction L) appropriate
M) convenient N) leisurely O) abrupt
As a foreigner doing business in the United States, I feel very rushed. I am ud to friendly opening exchanges when doing business. Here in Chicago, things are different. There is no time for getting to know one another. This does not em __1__ to me. There is no chance to develop a n of trust when people meet to talk over issues. There are no __2__ like tea or coffee before discussing business, though this is a(n) __3__ in my country. When we discuss business it starts with a(n) __4__ chat. I think that it is important for business partners to get familiar with each other first and to feel relaxed. If the exchange is too __5__ , there is a risk that something will be forgotten. Some possibilities go without being __6__ when there is too much pressure. I don't believe this is the best strategy for proper communication. Besides, the __7__ is that they just don't care about you as an individual here. You are basically just another __8__ of making money.
bleachedAll of this ud to create a real __9__ for me. At first, it caud me to have as little __10__ with American business partners as possible. Gradually, though, I have come to understand the cultural differences between our two countries. This has really helped me to feel more comfortable doing business here.
Unit 3
A)overcome B) deny C) defy D) conclude E) accomplish F) attend G) related
H) appropriate I) realistic J) efficient K) amazing L) hostile M) protests N) distrust O) rervations
18hourAt first, my dad was not in favor of me marrying Will becau Will is black. I guess my dad was a bit of a racist. Unfortunately, no arguments could counter dad's beliefs. Despite his __1__, though, Will and I decided to go through with our wedding. On a marvelous June day we were married in the park. The wedding went off without any __2__ words or embarrassing exchanges. It was actually quite beautiful. There was just one problem. Many of our friends and relatives didn't __3__ our wedding. I had to __4__ that my dad was not the only prejudiced person we knew. Other than my father, no one had come out to speak against my relationship with Will. It did not em __5__ for them to show their resistance to our marriage in this way. My dad had strong __6__ about my marria
ge to Will, but at least he was there. Will and I decided to __7__ this burden by showing everyone how wrong they were. We wanted not only to love one another, but also to __8__ racial hatred by loving one another. We probably weren't being all that __9__, but we did succeed with one person. My dad and Will have developed a(n) __10__ friendship. My dad says he has forgotten why he ever had any doubts about our marriage.
A) inten B) uncertainty C) demands D) commands E) nourishes F) comforts G) connections H) affect I) alter J) defy K) isolated L) parated M) forbidden N) committed O) created
What do we know about love? Is it, as some people would suggest, a mysterious force? Or can it be explained and possibly even __1__? Well, even in this scientific and reason-driven age, love ems still to __2__ total understanding. We can, however, know something about love and make stronger __3__ between individuals.
One thing that ems to __4__ love is distance. The common idea is that the love between people grows as they are __5__. Sometimes it is true that longing for someone who has gone overas becomes more __6__.
Something that __7__ love is danger. Send both lovers to dangerous places and they will end up lovi
ng each other more. This could be caud by the worry it develops. It could also be that feelings of __8__ or need transform into love with time.
Love gives us warmth, courage, and a feeling of being safe, but it also __9__ lfless devotion and sacrifice. If you are truly __10__ to finding true love, you should make yourlf more interesting. Do things that you enjoy and try to meet people who share identical interests.
Unit 5
A) solution B) explanation C) behavior D) objections E) bunch F) appreciable G) noticeable H) identical I) package J) cead K) rebelled L) defied M) skipped N) deny O) forbid
My son has started to hang out with the wrong type of boys. He is fifteen years old and until recently I had always been grateful for how easy he has been to rai. Lately, though, he has __1__ to listen to what I say. He ud to be such a sweet boy, but being in high school ems to have hardened him against authority figures. The change in his attitude has been very __2__ even to his teachers.
The other day I asked him to come straight home after school, but instead he __3__ and stayed out until ten o'clock. Later I found out that he had __4__ school completely that day. I found out that he
was with a(n) __5__ of boys who often cau trouble. I decided to __6__ him to do anything with tho boys, but he didn't listen to me. In spite of my __7__ to him being with tho boys, he was with them the very next day.
A friend of mine has a son who is having __8__ problems. She decided to give him a change of scenery and nt him to a private school. I'm not sure this is the best __9__, though. You can't just change a boy's __10__ by changing his school every time he does something wrong. It is better to help a kid establish a good t of core values.
A) conceded B) cead C) embarrassing D) presumed E) realized F) labeled G) reward H) compensate I) contrast J) conflict K) confu L) assigned M) characteristic N) peculiar O) converly
My name, Bobby, is ud both for boys and girls. Girls spell it "Bobbie". It is __1__ for little boys to be given a name with a "y" sound at the end. For example, I often had a Jimmy, Johnny or Billy in my class. In my cond grade, I also had a Bobbie. In order not to __2__ us when she called our names, our teacher __3__ us the names "Bobbie Girl" and "Bobby Boy". This caud me a lot of trouble on the playground. There, my friends __4__ me "Bobbie Girl". For my friends, the apparent __5__ between my name and my x was the source of much laughter. The fact that they labeled m
e as a girl was very __6__. I had a tendency to __7__ for my name by acting more like a boy than I might have otherwi. I threw more rocks and yelled louder than the sum of all of the other boys added together. The real "Bobbie Girl", __8__, acted more like a girl. When my teacher __9__ she had made a mistake, she stopped calling us "Bobbie Girl" and "Bobby Boy". Unfortunately, my friends never forgot or __10__ calling me "Bobbie Girl". Third grade was an improvement; the original "Bobbie Girl" was in a different class. Also, I requested the teacher just call me "Bob".
Unit 7
A) priority B) favorite C) jam D) yell E) react F) counter G) complain H) moan I) focus J) destructive K) financial L) warned M) threatened N) overwhelmed O) accompanied
My family, my boss, even my doctor had told me this would happen, but I didn't listen. They said I was getting __1__ and focusing too much on the negative things that happened to me. "If you don't learn to control how you __2__ to bad things that happen in your life, you are going to cau damage to your heart," said my doctor. "So many of the situations you __3__ about are beyond your control. Getting caught in them is very __4__ for you physically and emotionally. You have to learn to let the things go and __5__ on things you can actually change." I, undoubtedly, should have made
his advice my number one __6__ right then. Unfortunately, I got caught in a traffic __7__ that very same day while driving home from work. This was the tting for the heart attack my doctor had __8__ me about. Instead of looking for a better outlet for my stress, I began to __9__ at the car in front of me. Then the muscle fibers of my heart began beating like a bag of worms instead of pumping blood. Fortunately, it was only a mild heart attack. Someone came to my aid and then __10__ me to the hospital. I have definitely learned that life is too short to worry about things you can't control.
A) competitive B) inten C) keen D) fascinated E) persuaded F) motivated G) delivering H) listing I) enrolling J) ast K) benefit L) journalist M) concessions N) deductions O) prospects
Nobody has ever had to tell me to get out of bed. My number one __1__ has always been that I am much more ambitious than most. The way I e it, life is too short to make periodical __2__ to comfort and fun. If you want to accomplish something remarkable, you've got to stay __3__ and constantly work toward your goals. My goal has been to become a(n) __4__ since I was a young boy. When I was eight, my father said, "That field of work is too __5__ for you. You should be more realistic about your __6__ and abilities."
I didn't want to deceive mylf about how hard it would be, so I started that day by getting a job __7__ newspapers. I departed from home every morning at 4:30 to do my work before school. I was __8__ with the printing machines so I always arrived to work early to ask questions. I wasn't much of a scholar, so I eventually ended up __9__ in an average university. Still, I was __10__ on becoming a reporter and did not give up my dream. I wrote for the school newspaper and when I graduated, took a job sorting mail with a local media company. I later convinced them to give me a chance to write some simple articles. That's how I got my start.
Key
Unit 1
1.L
2.C
3.D
4.N
5.O
6.A
7.E
8.G
9.I 10.K
Unit 3
1.M
2.L
3.F
4.D
5.H
6.O
7.A德州翻译
8.C张九龄 望月怀远
9.I 10.K Unit 4
1.O
2.J
3.Gweller
4.H
5.L
6.A
7.E
8.B
9.C 10.N Unit 5
1.J
2.G
3.K
4.M
5.E
punisher6.O
7.D
8.H
rfa9.A 10.C
Unit 6
1.M
2.K
3.L
4.F
5.I
6.C
7.H
爱词霸下载8.O
9.E 10.B Unit 7
1.N
定语从句练习题2.E
3.G
4.J
5.I
6.A
7.C
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9.D 10.O Unit 9
1.J
2.M
3.F
4.L
5.A
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7.G
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