1. It's pointless to go there next Monday-there's a public holiday.

2. It is easy to talk about having high moral standards, but, in practice, what would one really do in such a situation?

3. It is interesting to see different cultures and ways of life. 4. It is really astonishing that she refuses to talk to you.

5. It is important that she come straight to me when she arrives. X.

1. Suppose you object to carrying out a particular managem_ent order and you are afraid of the

manager, what would you do?

2. Suppose you have just got married and you are about to work abroad for three years, how would

you explain it to your newly-married wife?

3. Suppose someone couldn't understand why you didn't arrest Harry, would you explain to remove the doubts?

4. Suppose your tenant fails to pay the rent in time, would you throw him out?

5. Suppose you are a very heavy smoker and are anxious to break the habit, where could you get help? Translation XI.

1. Suppose you found out that your colleague takes bribes, would you just ignore it?

2. We've given up on him because he is so stubborn. It is pointless to argue with him.

3. He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinions differed among members of the group on it.

4. Today I'm able to square my profession with my interest, which I wasn't able to do before.

5. The ability to visually distinguish between red and green is essential to becoming a driver.

6. The team consisted of seven people who met on a regular basis to share their information with each

other. XII.

1.假设有人向你行贿，要换取一种承诺，你会怎么做？是接受呢，还是 坚持自己的原则？

2.现在人们不会忍受那些糟糕的境况，可是在那些日子里却只能接受那 样的现实。

3.大学校园里形形色色的作弊现象越来越多，我已不记得这学期有多少 学生因作弊而被捉住孔

4.当艾奇先生被披露曾受贿时，他不得不退出州长职位的竞争。

5.虽然他原先完全支持改革政策，可后来却开始抨击这场改革运动了。 6.这位教授肯定不会同意翻译基本是在词典里查生词的观点。 Cloze XIII.

1 ．A 2. D 3．C 4.B 5．B 6. D 7．A 8.C 9.C 10.A

11 ．B 12.D 13.B 14.A 15．C 16.D 17.B 18.C 19.D 20.B XV

Typically there are two kinds of people who choose to live alone on purpose. The first group of people

is artists. They believe in the inspiration in solitude. One of my friends is a writer. He enjoys the time

when he is alone because he can stay up late to read and, above all, concentrate on his writing without

fear of being interrupted by others. On his wall he posts a quotation from Thoreau: \

the companion that was so companionable as solitude.\consists of people who

are disappointed with their marriage or family life. A woman I know has been living alone since her

husband left her five years ago. She is not waiting for his return but she is just disappointed with life. SECTION B Reading Skills I.

1. They act out various types of situations to bring the people in the training camp into some real life situations.

2. Because the journalists are inexperienced in deciding whom to shoot, whether or not to shoot and

when to shoot. As a result, they \innocent people because of mistakes of judgment.

3. They probably don't want to take on more responsibilities.

4. They want armed officers to ensure social security instead of protecting themselves by carrying guns.

5. The policeman has been so much occupied with some extra duties that they wouldn't have time

even for answering questions. Comprehension o f the text II.

1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.T 7.F 8.T Vocabulary III.

1. tackle 2. imitating 3. dimmed 4. fake 5. impressive

6. encountered 7. ccluivalent 8. widespread 9. priority 10. residents Exercises on Web court only:

11. temporary 12. apparently 13. innocent 14. prosperous IV.

1. up 2. away 3. up 4. up 5. up 6. out 7. to 8. on 9. up 10. from Exercises on Web course only: 11. of 12. of 13. in 14. to

unit 7 Section A Vocabulary III.

1. discounted 2. biased 3. variation 4. potential 5. Confronted 6. migrate 7. descended 8. distinct 9. superficial 10. extensive IV

1. to date 2. in effect 3. nothing less than 4. As of

5. in combination with 6. In addition to 7. shed new light on 8. is... confined to

9. serve as 10. adapt to V.

1.K 2.0 3.C 4.F 5.J 6.1 7.G 8.A 9.M 10.E Collocation
VI.

1. awards 2. challenges 3. component 4. advances 5. changes 6. advantage 7. influence 8. effect 9. objective 10. threat Word Building VII.

1. privacy 2. intimacy 3. frequency 4. fluency

5. secrecy 6. urgency 7. consistency 8. dependency VIII.

1. politics 2. classics 3. electronics 4. economics

5. psychology 6. methodology 7. technology 8. biology sentence structure IX.

1. Being healthy is more than a question of not being ill.

2. I was more than a little upset at not being invited to the wedding. 3. This story is more than interesting; it is educational as well.

4. Hepworth is more than a filmmaker; he had learnt to find stories that would have genuine popular appeal.

5. Compared our achievements today with what we started out to be, it is more than a miracle brought

about by years of exceptionally hard work. X.

1. What was needed was nothing less than a new industrial revolution.

2. This is nothing less than a call to restore the vitality of the American Dream.

3. Their dream was nothing less than a revolutionary project to bring computers and ordinary people together. ,

4. The experience of sightseeing in the wonderful island is nothing less than exciting and I am moved to tears.

5. He was very concerned that she should not be tired or bored; he wanted to make sure that the