about through

23. Thomas has always been, nothing else, a diligent and responsible student.

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24. I find it inconceivable that anyone could turn a free trip to the Caribbean.

Your answer out

Correct answer down

25. Jordan bought three cases of bottled water fear that the storm would cause serious

damage.

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Correct answer for

26. all means, please make yourself at home.

Your answer By

Correct answer By

27. Stephen looked in horror as the fire consumed his apartment building.

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28. After such a long day of work, I want to go home and treat myself a big piece

of chocolate cake.

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29. We're all the same boat; so let's try to be nice to one another.

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30. His question came of the blue and caught me by surprise.

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out out

二、

(31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38) (39) (40)

Your answer loan aimless landlord advocate slump hassle honesty heal financially Fortunately

Correct answer slump aimless landlord client hassle loan honesty sympathize financially Fortunately

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UNIT 2

作文

Suggested answer

Mo Yan's recent novel Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out is a bizarre fantasy of a rich landlord and his family set against 50 years of social change in rural China. This fascinating novel is translated into English in 2008.

The landlord Ximen Nao is executed early in the Chinese Revolution. In hell, he refuses

to admit his wrongdoing, and Yama, the King of Hell, allows him to return reincarnated in the successive forms of five animals—a donkey, an ox, a pig, a dog and a monkey—so that he can find out his guilt. The animals, each connected to Ximen's family, see the changes in rural China over 1950–2000, but cannot help the family. One strength is how Mo Yan creates exaggerated and absurd scenes which are vivid and humorous, and gives a tragic insight into past situations: When pigs get ill and die villagers try many methods to get rid of the bodies and finally put them in the river. When the donkey dies in the great famine, it is instantly turned into pieces of meat; in more recent times, the monkey has a short life while people ride in luxury cars and wear Rolex watches. This scene shows typical humour: \farmer's wife had a miscarriage, a pig ran headlong into a wall and knocked itself out, a whole roost of laying hens took to the air, and local dogs barked themselves hoarse.\

The main characters are hard-working, stubborn, human and independent; other characters are shown through satire. Ximen's final reincarnation is as a big-headed boy with an unusual memory and a gift for language—possibly an ironic reference to the writer who has appeared in a mocking manner in several scenes in the novel.

Unit text

1. Can we the formalities and get right down to business

Your answer neglect

Correct answer forego

2. The actress spoke in such a heavy northern that I could barely understand her.

Your answer dialect

Correct answer dialect

3. There's nothing left to do now but the results.

Your answer await

Correct answer await

4. I love going on vacation, but I always in a sea of work when I return.

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cited drown

5. After three huge successes, George became one of the most people in Hollywood.

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6. There have been far too many disappearances in this town for my taste.

Your answer mysterious

Correct answer mysterious

7. It drives me crazy that Steve can sit around and be when there's so much work to do!

Your answer drowned

Correct answer idle

8. His shifty eyes and smarmy personality do little to a trustworthy character.

Your answer foster

Correct answer foster

9. She brings her lunch to work, but today she decided to eat out.

Your answer normally

Correct answer normally

10. The of alcohol as an illegal drug will only make the problem worse.

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11. \

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12. It's difficult for someone of his to go out in public unrecognized.

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13. My interview with a panel of professors is the only left before I earn my degree.