Unit7 A

1. You have to be a born______to be able to do this hard job and not despair.

2. Economic______in the country must begin with the recovering of agricultural production. 3. Her speech failed to______her colleagues into supporting the plan.

4. Jack never allowed himself to be bullied into doing anything that went against his______. 5. I felt disgusted and wandered how I could have ever been so______. 6. The director insisted that the conditions of the contract must be exactly. 7. Local government______will take place in May next year.

8. The doctor who performed the______gave Aikman an 85% chance of full recovery by September.

9. Mother was a______of strength to us when our situation seemed hopeless. 10. The students complained about the______rules and regulations at the school.

1. optimist 2. reconstruction 3. sway 4. principles 5. gross 6. fulfilled 7. elections 8. surgery 9. pillar 10. rigid

1. The family crisis really______; she was a competent mother and a successful career woman at the same time.

2. The interesting thing about him is that he is one of those who always______to be lucky no matter what they do.

3. If the traffic plan______, it will be applied to other cities too. 4. ______; the police will soon come to rescue us.

5. It's not like Catherine to be rude; she's polite______.

1. brought out her best 2. turn out 3.works out 4. Hang in there 5. by nature

1. 他并不后悔说过的话，只是觉得他完全可以不用这种方式表达。(could have done) Answer:He did not regret what he had said but felt that he could have expressed it differently.

2.我们最好等到12月14日。那时大卫已考完试，就能和我们一起去度假了。(will have done) Answer:We’d better wait till 14 December. David will have had his exam by then, so he’ll be able to go on holiday with us.

3. 他正在做一个新项目，年底前必须完成。(work on)

Answer:He’s working on a new project which has to be finished by the end of the year.

4.他们让我们使用他们的实验室，作为回报，我们则让他们分享研究成果。(in return)

Answer:They are letting us use their lab, and in return, we are sharing with them the results of our research.

5.诸如打电话，听电话一类的事情占用了这位秘书的大部分时间。(take up)

Answer:Such things as making and answering telephone calls take up most of the secretary’s time.

Unit7 B

1. It was raining but they played the game______.

2. He took one sip of the wine and______it out, for it tasted a bit sour. 3. ______to the tropical heat was more difficult than they had expected.

4. As he is out of work these days, we should certainly visit him______to cheer him up. 5. Their relationship was decidedly______after the argument.

6. If you do not go to school______, you will not learn your lessons properly.

7. Anne felt helpless, only able to wipe her mother's face and______her hands, praying for some relief for her.

8. We both kept______ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream. 9. He______his car when he drove through the narrow gate.

10. Don't you worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to______or walk. Sooner or later, she'll pick it up.

1. anyway 2. spat 3. Adjusting 4. frequently 5. chilly 6. regularly 7. grip 8. pinching 9. scraped 10. crawl

1.You can't see her now—she is ______.

2.He was no longer able to swim______the fall from the horse. 3.I ran______along the street until I found the small hidden door. 4.They live just______---so we see them all the time.

5.She managed to______her job when several of her colleagues lost theirs.

1.on the phone 2. as a result 3. back and forth 4. around the corner 5. hold onto

1.他们把房子卖了后就到加拿大和女儿住在一起。 (go off)

They sold their house and went off to live in Canada with their daughter.

2. —— 你下星期这个时候会在干什么？

—— 还是像平常一样干活。(will be doing) --- What will you be doing this time next week? --- I’ll be working as usual.

3.他既聪明又勤奋，不久就接管了杂志的编辑工作(editing)。(before long)

He was intelligent and hard-working and before long he took over the editing of the magazine.

4.你话还没说完别人就挂断电话，难道你不恼火吗？(hang up)

Don’t you hate it when someone hangs up on you before you finish speaking?

5.让他们感到惊恐的是，他们的房顶着火了。(to one's horror) To their horror, the roof of their house caught fire.