10 experimentation ______ 11 prosperity ______ 12 disastrous ______
正确答案: (1) invent (2) avail (3) innovate (4) adapt (5) discover (6) accept (7) evolve (8) objective (9) observe (10) experiment (11) prosper (12) disaster
2.Complete the following sentences with the words from Exercise 1. Change the form if necessary. Note that there are more words than blanks.
1 She was admitted to hospital for ______ after complaining of chest pains. 2 Have you any rooms ______for next weekend? 3 New scientific ______ are being made every day.
4 There is now a general ______ that the war will eventually have to end through negotiations. 5 Extensive ______ is needed before new drugs can be used.
6 ______such as the radio and the dishwasher brought communication and automation to the ordinary home.
7 Research on insects suggests that bacteria play a vital part in animal ______. 8 The survivors seem to be those who are ______ to change.
9 Susan’s design ______ saved the company a great deal of money. 10 The reporter doubted the ______ of the corrupt (营私舞弊的) judge. 正确答案: (1) observation (2) available
(3) discoveries (4) acceptance
(5) experimentation (6) Inventions (7) evolution (8) adaptable (9) innovation(s) (10) objectivity
3.Complete the following sentences with appropriate words or phrases from the list. Change the form if necessary. contradict convert precede prosperity disastrous have in mind negative
out of the ordinary to be exact propose give birth to
catch one’s breath
1 In my grandfather’s time it was quite ______ for a woman to go to college. 2 George Bush (Senior) ______ Bill Clinton as President of the U.S. 3 It’s six o’clock now. ______ , it’s 6:10.
4 Your actions ______ your declared moral principles.
5 A country’s future ______ depends, to an extent, upon the quality of education of its people. 6 The extraordinary experience ______ his latest novel. 7 After running to the bus stop, we sat down to ______ . 8 It’s a nice house, but it wasn’t quite what we ______ . 9 He ______ a new method to increase the work efficiecy. 10 They ______ the old barn (谷仓) into a holiday home.
11 Lisa and Mike decided to rebuild their house after the ______ fire. 12 The fact that he’s having difficulty breathing is a ______ sign
正确答案:
(1) out of the ordinary (2) preceded (3) To be exact (4) contradict(ed) (5) prosperity (6) gave birth to
(7) catch our breath (8) had in mind (9) proposed (10) converted (11) disastrous (12) negative
4.Complete the following passage with appropriate words from the list. wonders posed addition production effectively existence acceptance highly caused transport others influenced convert diagnose Ancestors
Everything in the universe has its uses and abuses. The same applies to science. Science has revolutionized the human 1) ______. It has made man’s life happier and more comfortable.
Electricity is one of the greatest 2) ______of modern science. The growth of fast modes of 3) ______ and communication has changed the world into a global village. In the field of agriculture, science has helped in increasing the crop 4) ______and improving quality.Science has enabled man to 5) ______ and treat many dangerous diseases.Information technology and computers have revolutionized our lifestyles. Much of the progress that mankind has made in different fields right from the stone age to the modern age is due to the progress made in the field of science. Not only material progress but also the mental outlook of man has been 6)______ by it. Agriculture,business, transport, communication and medicine, to name a few, are all 7)______ indebted to the wonders science has produced. We have become scientifically more advanced from our 8)______ . But, the boon (裨益) of science, in many cases, has been turned into bane (祸根) because of its misuse. Science has 9) ______a threat to the very existence of mankind with weapons—nuclear, biological, atomic, chemical, etc.Cyber crime (网络犯罪) is the latest 10) ______ to crimes’ list. Misapplication of science has brought mankind to the path of destruction
正确答案: (1) existence (2) wonders
(3) transport (4) production (5) diagnose (6) influenced (7) highly (8) ancestors (9) posed (10) addition
5.Translation
Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets into English. 1. ______(她刚刚坐下) when the phone rang.
2. You need to book your ticket in advance, ______(特别是如果你想要订一个好位子的话). 3. Anger ______(并不一定是最有用的) or acceptable reaction to such events. 4. ______(你心里觉得什么样的人适合) for the job? 5. ______(有时间限制) you have to take the test.
6. Woodhead ______(度过部分童年时光) in a small town in Italy. 7. There were ______(女孩是男孩的三倍).
8. I travel to London every day, ______(就像住在这个村子里的大多数人一样).
9. On the one hand, expansion would be good, ______(但是另一方面，失去家庭氛围也是很悲哀的)
10. ______( 虽然有来自国际上的压力) , progress has been made in the peace talks.
正确答案:
(1) Hardly had she sat down
(2) especially if / when you want to reserve a good seat (3) is not necessarily the most useful
(4) What sort / kind of person do you have in mind (5) There’s a limit on / to the time (6) spent part of his childhood
(7) three times as many girls as boys
(8) as do most of the people who live / living in this village
(9) but on the other hand it would be sad to lose the family atmosphere (10) Despite / In spite of international pressure
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