1.Vocabulary
1 Underline the prefixes of the following words and give the meaning of each prefix. Then write down as many words as possible in the blanks provided.
1) reshape: ______
2) interact: ______
3) disadvantage:______
4) desynchroni:______
5) synchroni:______
6) unclock:_____
7) unison:______电力系统自动化技术
正确答案:
(1) again; again in a better way; back to a former state react, reassure, reenter, reevaluate, reform, reclaim, regain, repay, replace, reproduce, re-read, retrain, reunite
(2) between or among international, interchange, interpersonal, intergovernmental, interstate
(3) not; the opposite of dishonest(y), discourage, disobey, disagree(ment), disorder(ly), disabled, dinchantment, disprove, disapproval, disregard, disproportionate(ly), disability, dislike
(4) opposite of; removal of deform(ity), demerit, defrost, deforest, decode, debug, devalue
(5) (also sym-) together; similar synthetic, sympathy, sympathize, symphony, synonym
(6) not; reversal or cancellation of an action or state unaccustomed, unaided, unappreciated, unattached, unattractive, unaware, unbearable, unbroken, unchallenging, uncommon, undiscovered, uncover, unlock, unload, unttle, unfair, uncertain, unhappy, unfortunate
财源滚滚(7) having or consisting of one unicycle, unicellular, uniform, unilateral
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2 Choo the best explanation for the italicized part in each ntence.
1 He nd his guests were bored, although they were listening politely. ______
A guesd
B perceived
C predicted
D remarked
2 Let’s not just dismiss the idea before we think about it. ______
A ignore
B delete
C diminish
D withdraw
3 Many Western economies are now encountering competition from the emerging nations of Asia and Africa. ______
A dynamic
B appealing
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C urgent
D developing
4 It is important for families to obrve their traditions even as their children get older. ______
A follow
B celebrate
C watch
D notice
5 I don’t recall ever meeting her. ______
A imagine
B suppo
C claim
D remember
6 They u special chemical substances to accelerate the growth of crops. ______
A warm up
B keep up
C speed up
D look up
7 You’ll have to have the dress altered for the wedding. ______
A modified
B replaced
C converted
D mended
8 They did it in respon to external pressures. ______
A outside
B enormous
dparkC primitive
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D previous
9 Our anxieties can also be controlled by isolating thoughts, feelings and memories. ______
A parating
快肌纤维B disposing
C abandoning
D undermining
10 He is complaining of all the usual symptoms of flu—a high temperature, headache and so on. ______
A troubles
B signs
C clues
D flaws
正确答案:
(1)B
(2)A
(3)D
(4)A
(5)D
(6)C
(7)A
(8)A
(9)A
(10)B
3 Complete the following passage with appropriate words from the box.
realization rents verely complains recovered appreciation afford restored
understand constantly priorities enormously analyze capabilities concentrate
Just as people become addicted to drugs, food, or cigarettes, people get addicted to the go-go lifestyles we all em to live the days. My neighbor with three teenagers is 1) ______ speaking proudly about her ability to manage multiple schedules and tasks and get them all done. Unfortunately, in the next breath,she also 2) ______ about never having enough time,about her day being totally fragmented to the point she can never 3) ______ on anything fully, and about never being able to spend“quality time”1 with her family
嫩模帮 It wasn’t until recently that she came to 4) ______ , unfortunately the hard way, that she needed to better control her schedule instead of allowing it to control her. You e, the stress finally got to2 her and she became 5) ______ ill—the result, according to the doctor, of being on the go3 too much. Of cour, not only did she suffer the illness (she has 6) ______ nicely, thank you), but so too did her family suffer.
And it did not need to happen!
She ud this “event” to 7) ______ her lifestyle and daily routine and decided she needed to get a better handle on4 it. She now confess to being a “reformed” time-a-holic. But it was too dramatic an event in her life to bring her to this 8) ______ . Many of us cannot 9) ______ such a dramatic event. So just as an alcoholic does, it’s time to asss—or reasss—our 10) ______ .
