Unit 1
1. permanent 2. had asmbled 3. discharging 4. meekly 5. apprentice 6. partiality 7. alted 9.intruding 10. cordially11. ambition 12. gallantly
1. transient 2. faded out 3. blew up 4. ruthless 5. trivial 6. in a twinkling 7. under way8. tranquil 9. gorgeous 10. for the time being11. conspicuous 12. exalted
1. His dream of becoming a football star faded out as time went by.
2. A Boeing 747 aircraft didn't gain enough height to clear the mountain. In a twinkling, it crashed into the mountain and blew up. No one survived the accident.
3.Students have easy access to the resources in the library, so they are suppod to make the best of it.
4. Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world at that time, hit an iceberg when she was under way to the US. Conquently, the ship sank into the Atlantic Ocean and thousands of people died in this shipwreck.
5. Every summer, all the tourists pour into this famous beach. They lie packed like sardines on the beach to enjoy the sunbathing.
6. They have been to St. Louis once and have a vague general knowledge of its wonders, but the day of their glory is over now. They lap into a humble silence and learn to disappear when the ruthless engineer approaches.
A l. A 2.B 3.C 4.A 5. B 6.C 7. C 8. C
B l.B 2.D 3.C 4.C 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. B
Unit 2
i1. advocated 2. extravagant 3. vulnerable4. guru
5. potential 6. dispel 7. shunned 8. acclaimed
9. enthusiasts 10. stave off 11. attendant 12. ventured
ii.1. eradicated 2. enthralled 3. obsolete 4. disproved
5. foster 6. ludicrous 7. apparent 8. avert 9. displaced 10.deavors 12. hailed
IV. Translation
1. Some cyber gurus claim that the Internet will prevent wars, reduce pollution, and combat various forms of inequality.
2. Although the Internet undeniably fosters communications, it will not put an end to war, since wars are by no means caud simply by the failure of different peoples to understand each other adequately.
3.The Internet can help reduce energy consumption and pollution only if doing things online genuinely displaces real-world activities
4.The poor are not shunning the Internet becau they cannot afford it. The problem is that they lack the skills to exploit it effectively. Therefore, it makes more n to aim for universal literacy than universal Internet access.
5.Thanks to the Internet, income inequality between people doing similar jobs in different countries has been reduced. However, the inequality between information workers in poor countries and their poorest compatriots has been incread.
6.If human nature remains stubbornly unchanged, despite the claims of the techno-prophets, humanity cannot simply invent away its failings.
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Unit 4
i 1.Physical 2.accumulation 3.diversity 4.precipitated
5.muscular 6.pathological 7.symptomatic 8.vigorous 9.freshed
ii1.sume 3.quence
5.diver 6.a skimpy 7.taxing 8.prolong 9.overlooked
10.vigor 11.enhanced 12.relap
1. I find that walking along the quiet lake in the evening can provide refreshment from a day’s dentary job.
2. Exercising and relaxing yourlf is often prescribed as an effective cure for fatigue.
3. The less active you are, the faster this aging process accelerates, and the more vulnerable you become to physical and psychological problems.
4. Even if you keep up dieting, you cannot reduce to the point where you achieve the kind of body-shaping you want.
5. People thought he had happy late years during which time he did little but sleep and ate, yet he was often tired and depresd.
6. In the past when hay was baled by hand and laundry scrubbed on a washboard, people ldom complained of tiredness. However, people feel dragged out and complain a lot in the modern time of labor-saving devices and convenient transportation.
Unit 5
i1.uniform2.distinguish/recognize3.ascertained
4.recognized 5.unique 6.outlet 7.tactile 8.rigid
9.cure 10.acquisition 11.fruitful 12.foundation
ii1.determined 2.cumulative 3.innate 4.warped
5.st8.impod 9.precept
10.a marked 11.forbidding 12. consistency
Supplementary Readings
A 1.A 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.C
