suitor a man wishing to marry a particular woman mortal a human being warrior a soldier
crafty cunning hostile unfriendly merry cheerful tame not wild content satisfied
resume to take again gloom darkness
despise to look down on with contempt
dismay a strong feeling of fear, anxiety and hopelessness dusk the time just before night
Semantic Variations 1-6 CAAAAC Stems
13. tendency: movement or prevailing movement in a given direction
2. conservative: favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change 3. preserve: to keep in perfect or unaltered condition; tending to oppose change 4. valuable: of great importance
5. available: present and ready for use; at hand; accessible
6. prevail: to be most common or frequent; to be predominant
Antonyms
1. forbid 2. clarify 3.sorrow 4.remain 5.conceal
Cloze
name place arrows wandered power mischief won neglected celebrate expedition
Section B
1-5 CCACD 6-10 TTFFF 11-15 TTBBC
Section C
1-5 CADBA 6-8DCC
Unit 8 Attitude Towards Life
Section A
Word Pretest: BACBA BCA
Reading Comprehension: CABBC BBB
Vocabulary Building
Word match astonishing surprising considerate thoughtful of other persons’ wishes, needs or feelings preach to advise or urge others to accept (sth. one believes in) strenuous taking or needing great effort or strength arena an enclosed area for sports, public entertainments, etc.
adversity bad fortune, trouble batter to damage, break, or cause to lose shape reverse the opposite, the other way round
penetrate to see into or through self-esteem one’s good opinion of one’s own worth
doom to cause to suffer sth unavoidable and terrible emerge to come out or appear from inside or from being hidden blessing a gift from God or anything that brings happiness and good fortune mess up to get into disorder; to spoil, etc. devastating completely destructive
common denominator a quality or belief shared by all the members of a group odds the probabilities that sth will or will not happen stack to arrange dishonestly so as to give oneself an unfair advantage motive to provide with a strong reason for doing sth. falter lose strength or effectiveness; weaken
Semantic Variations: CBBACB
Stems
1 prescribe to advise the use of a medicine 2 description an account of a person in words 3 terrain a stretch of land, with regard to its natural features 4 subscribe to pay regularly in order to receive a magazine, newspaper, etc. 5 territorial of a country’s territory
6 extraterrestrial of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere Antonyms appear ready hide s skillful careless
Cloze intelligent activities workout attitude off reducing seem aside Section B
CCCCC TFTFT TTFFT Section C
FTFTF TFTTT
Unit 9 First Aid
Section A Word Pretest 1.B. 2.A. 3.C 4.B. 5.B. 6.B. 7.B. 8.A. 9.C. 10.B Reading comprehension 1.B. 2. C. 3. D. 4. B/D/A/C. 5.C. 6.C. 7.A. 8.C/A/B/D Vocabulary Building Word Search 1.ambulance 2.urgent 3.emergency 4.massage 5.yell 6.vein 7.artery 8.fracture 9.blister 10.tetanus Use of English
1.The government has come in for a lot of criticism.
2. It’s hard to come to terms with the government’s defense policy.
3. After retiring in 1980 he has decided to make a comeback to the political scene.
4. The situation has come to the boil now that the government has to face a vote of confidence. 5. The tax cuts announced in the Budget do not come into effect until next year. 6. The miners came out on strike against the government’s privatization plans. Stems 1. solo: a composition or passage for an individual voice or instrument, with or
without accompaniment 2. series: a number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in
succession
3. isolate: to set apart or cut off from others 4. desert: to withdraw from, especially in spite of a responsibility or duty; to forsake 5. peninsula: a piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the
mainland by an isthmus 6. exert: to put to use or effect; to put forth 7. insulate: to prevent the passage of heat, electricity or sound into or out of somewhere,
especially by surrounding with a non-conducting materials 8. insert: to put or set into, between or among Synonyms 1. give 2. stop 3. antiseptic 4. block 5. penetrate Cloze
Pedestrians adults declining avoid signals case impaired fatalities
Section B 1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.T 10.F 11.F 12.F 13.T 14.T
Section C 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.F 8.F 9.F 10.T
Keys to Reading Course 2
Unit 10 Marriage
Section A Word Pretest
1.C 2.C 3.C 4.C 5.A 6.A 7.A 8.C Reading Comprehension
1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5. B 6.C 7.A 8.A
Vocabulary Building Word match quotation a sentence or passage taken from a book artificial not natural anguish very great pain or suffering, esp. of the mind anniversary a day which is an exact year or number of years after something has happened superstition a belief based on association of ideas instead of reason or fact
bouquet a bunch of flowers heed to give attention to escort to accompany confetti small pieces of colored paper thrown on weddings conceal to hide
consent agreement asunder apart vow a solemn promise or declaration of intention rites forms of behavior with a fixed pattern for a religious purpose
sermon to talk usually based on a sentence from the Bible and given as part of a church
service
Use of English
7. Will you please keep me company for a while?
8. I couldn’t keep a straight face when he told me of his plan.
9. The staff are going to be kept in the dark about the firm’s plans for the future. 10. I’ll keep an open mind until we’ve discussed it.
11. I’ll keep away from her until she’s feeling more optimistic.
12. Try to keep your head even if you don’t know what’s going to happen.
Stems
14. briefly: for a short time; in as few words as possible
15. astronaut: a person trained to pilot, navigate, or otherwise participate in the flight of a spacecraft
16. abridge: to reduce the length of (a written text); to condense 17. fuse: to blend thoroughly by or as if by melting together
18. astronomy: the scientific study of matter in outer space, especially the positions, dimensions,
distribution, motion, composition, energy and evolution of celestial bodes and phenomena 19. confusing: unclear or difficult to understand
20. abbreviate: to reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full
form Synonyms
1. naughty 2. divine 3.break 4.give 5.seize
Cloze
wrong dislike midnight standard homelife convinced meantime capital
Section B
1.T 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.C 10.D 11.F 12.T 13.F 14.A 15.C 16. B
Section C
1.T 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.T 8.F 9.F 10.T
Unit 11 Creativity Section A Word Pretest 1-5: B, A, A, B, A 6-8: B, A, A
Reading Comprehension 1-6: A, C, A, A, C，C Vocabulary Building ---Word Match glow to give out heat or light instinctive (of ideas, behaviors) natural, not based on learning or thinking exemplify to serve as example funnel a wide-mouthed tube used for pouring liquids into a narrow-necked container prelude a short piece of music that introduces a large musical work applaud to praise by clapping one’s hands flash to shine suddenly and brightly attend to to direct one’s interest and effort to potential the ability to develop, achieve or succeed impulse a sudden wish to do something doze to sleep lightly evaluate to judge the value or degree of resurgence a return to power, life and activity stuck unable to go sketch to describe roughly Use of English
1. The Austrians made peace with Napoleon.
2. They couldn’t make out what the enemy were trying to say. 3. Seeing the enemy’s guns facing him made hi hair stand on end. 4. The onset of winter made things worse for the troops.
5. While they were on leave the sailors made the most of their freedom. 6. I make no secret of my loathing for war. Stems
1. accordance: agreement; conformity
2. disclose: to make known (something heretofore kept secret); to reveal
3. inclusive: including the specified extremes or limits as well as the area between them
4. core: the hard or fibrous central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or the pear, containing
the seeds
5. enclose: to surround on all sides; to close in