he had mentioned in his letter.
15. All her relatives were under no illusion that her husband could be one of the three lucky survivors in the recent plane crash.
16. In the west many people remain single because they don?t want to tie themselves down (to be tied down) to responsibility.
17. If nothing interferes the school sports meet will be as scheduled.
18. With Vincent playing baseball is a means to an end, the best way to get acquainted with those stars. CLOZE
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When I had progressed to really serious reading every night at about ten P.M., I would be outraged with the “lights out”. It always seemed to catch me right in the middle of something engrossing.
Fortunately, right outside my door was a corridor light that cast a glow into my room. The glow was enough to read by, once my eyes adjusted to it. So when “lights out” came, I would sit on the fool where I could continue reading in that glow. At one-hour intervals the night guards paced past every room. Each time I heard
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the approaching footsteps, I jumped into bed and feigned sleep. And as soon as the guard passed, I got back out of bed into the floor area of that light-glow, where I would read for another fifty-eight minutes-until the guard approached again. That went on until three or four every morning. Three or four hours of sleep a night was enough was enough for me. Often in the year in the streets I had slept less than that.
Lesson Three
QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
I. A. 1—6 A D D C D A 7—12 D B C D A C Ⅲ. A. 1.testify 2.fold 3.axion 4.attributes 5.vicinity 6.enervated 7.hard-boiled 8.succinct 9.kindred 10.deadening 11.scathing 12.inclinations 13.counteract 14.deadwood 15.tenets 16.old-timers 17.anesthetized
F. 1. These gifts had got thoroughly mixed up and needed to be sorted into three
different sets.
2. The Security Council would take issue with the proposals put forward by the warring states.
3. Because of repeated defeats the enemy troops? morale sank low and their discipline broke loose.
4. In a bid to host the Olympic Games, what really counts is not the winning but the spirit to compete and to take part.
5. In designing the office building, due attention should be paid to people who will
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work inside it.
6. The well-groomed young man is impatient to wait for the bride to arrive and the wedding ceremony to start.
7. For several weeks, the city was in (a) turmoil. The rebels had surrounded the City Hall, hailing stones, wielding sticks, and shouting slogans.
8. After the success of the experiment, for several days, he indulged himself in the luxury of sleeping late and getting up late.
9. I?m not the type of person who thrives on city life. I am more accustomed to (the) life in the peaceful countryside.
10. Having weathered wind and rain for hundreds of years, these buildings of European style are barely recognizable as they were.
11. Before the interviews, the hoary-headed father patted him on the shoulder in an extremely reassuring manner and wished him every success.
12. Some people believe that the Monroe Doctrine means that European should no longer interfere with American nations or try to acquire more territories in the Western Hemisphere.
13. As a remedy for the blight of mediocrity, our society should show greater respect for excellence in education.
14. The young mother lamented that it was her own lack of concern that had driven her boy from the house that night.
15. His enthusiasm ebbed away when he learned how troublesome it was to go through the red tape in order to go abroad for further studies.
16. As prices are skyrocketing, workers are determined to go on strike, regardless of
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(its) consequences.
17. It is absurd to wear a pair of torn blue jeans at such a formal dinner.
18. The educational qualifications of intellectuals should entitle them to higher salaries. CLOZE
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Lesson Four
QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
Ⅰ. A. 1—5 B C B D C 6—10 C A D D C VERBAL PRACTICE
Ⅲ. A. 1.correlate 2. camaraderie 3.obviated 4.supersedes
5.crucial 6.heinous 7.appalled 8.be extirpated 9.immutable 10.monolithic 11.paramount 12.facile 13.proselytize 14.attended to 15.equalled
B. in on at of on to during to with
as to in for in on of
C.1. John remained motionless without even blinking, because he knew who the
chairman?s remark was leveled at/against.
2. The message/file/document was delivered to the wrong department owing to a mistake on the part of a clerk.
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