Part?II?Language?Focus?

Vocabulary

Ⅰ.

1. respectable?

1. agony?

2. put…down?

3. sequence?

4. hold?back?

5. distribute?

6. off?and?on?

7. vivid?

8. associate?

9. finally?

10. turn?in??

11. tackle??

1. has?been?assigned?to?the?newspaper’s?Paris?office.?

2. was?so?extraordinary?that?I?didn’t?know?whether?to?believe?him?or?not.?

3. a?clear?image?of?how?she?would?look?in?twenty?years’?time. ?

4. gave?the?command?the?soldiers?opened?fire. ?

5. buying?bikes?we’ll?keep?turning?them?out. ?

1. reputation,?rigid,?to?inspire?

2. and?tedious,?What’s?more,?out?of?date?ideas ?

3. compose,?career,?avoid?showing,?hardly?hold?back?

Ⅱ. ?

1. composed?

2. severe?

3. agony?

4. extraordinary?

5. recall?

6. command ?

7. was?violating?

8. anticipate?

Ⅲ. ?

1.at?2.for?3.of?4.with?5.as?6.about?7.to?8.in,?in?9.from?10.on/upon ?

Comprehensive?Exercises ?

Ⅰ.?Cloze ?

1. ?

1. hold?back?

2. tedious?

3. scanned?

4. recall?

5. vivid?

6. off?and?on?

7. turn?out

8. career ?

2. ?

1. last?

2. surprise?

3. pulled?

4. blowing?

5. dressed?

6. scene ?

7. extraordinary?

8. image?

9. turn?

10. excitement?

Ⅱ.?Translation??

1. As?it?was?a?formal?dinner?party,?I?wore?formal?dress,?as?Mother?told?me?to.

2. His?girlfriend?advised?him?to?get?out?of/get?rid?of?his?bad?habit?of?smoking ?before?it?took?hold. ?

3. Anticipating?that?the?demand?for?electricity?will?be?high?during?the?next?few?months,?they?have?decided?to?increase?its?production. ?

4. It?is?said?that?Bill?has?been?fired?for?continually?violating?the?company’s? safety?rules.?/Bill?is?said?to?have?been?fired?for?continually?violating?the?company’s?safety?rules.

5.?It?is?reported?that?the?government?has?taken?proper?measures?to?avoid?the? possibility?of?a?severe?water?shortage.?/The?local?government?is?reported?to? have?taken?proper?measures?to?avoid?the?possibility?of?a?severe?water?shortage. ??

Susan?lost?her?legs?because?of?a?car?accident.?For?a?time,?she?didn’t?know?how?to?face?up?to?the?fact?that?she?would?never?(be?able?to)?walk?again.?Oneday,?while?scanning?(through)?some?magazines,?a?true?story?caught?her?eye?/shewas?attracted?by?a?true?story.?It?gave?a?vivid?descriptionof?how?a?disabled?girlbecame?a?writer.?Greatly?inspired,?Susan?began?to?feel?that?she,?too,?would?finally?be?bale?to?lead?a?useful?life. ?