书城教材教辅《21世纪大学英语》配套教材:词汇1
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第17章 PartⅠ(16)

2. She worked and kept an eye on the sick child at the same time.

3. There is a suspicious-looking man outside the house; I??ve had my eye on him

for some time.

4. I??ve never set eyes on that man before.

5. They turned a blind eye to the sufferings of the people.

6. I know that Tom has his eye on this digital camera,but I haven??t yet made

up my mind to part with it.

7. He didn??t believe that it was important to write between the lines until our

recent discussion on its advantages opened his eyes.

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. The old man would sit for hours feasting his eyes on the picture.

Ⅲ. Prefix : thermo-

The pref ix thermo- means “ heat”. Write down the meaning of the

following words.

1. thermometer 温度计,寒暑表

2. thermoplastic

3. thermostat

4. thermochemistry

5. thermocurrent

6. thermomagnetic

7. thermos bottle

8. thermotherapy

Ⅳ. Word-building

A. Complete the chart below by filling in the missing forms of the words.

Verb Noun Adjective

global

synthesis

revise

reversion

irrigative

accumulate

radiate

comparable

consider

definite

B. Complete the sentences with words from the chart. Change the form where

necessary.

1. He a large fortune by buying and selling used cars.

2. Let??s fix a date for the next meeting.

3. I can see I will have to my opinions of his abilities now.

4. On a scale ,AIDS may well become the leading cause of infant

death.

5. This dress material does not crush.

6. She her answer with the one given in the book.

7. When his father died,John became head of a very business

empire.

8. The direction of the movement of the machine can be by pressing

that button.

9. Nowadays agriculture utilizes solar to a certain extent.

10. The doctor showed her how to her nose and throat with hot

water.

unit Nine

Text B

Ⅰ. Find from the text a synonym or an antonym for each of the

following words or expressions. The number of the paragraph is

given to help you.

1. considerably (para. 1 )

2. success (para. 1 )

3. control (para. 1 )

4. nutrition (para. 1 )

5. apart f rom (para. 2 )

6. disastrous (para. 2 )

7. treasure (para. 2 )

8. adapt to (para. 3 )

9. hospitable (para. 3 )

10. optimist (para. 4 )

Ⅱ. There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence

there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one

answer that best completes the sentence.

1. I have heard some bad news which has me very much.

A. disrupted B. discovered C. disturbed D. discarded

2. the claim about German economic might ,it is somewhat surprising

how relatively small the German economy actually is. (CET 6: 1996/ 1)

A. To give B. Given C. Giving D. Having given

3. A budget of five dollars a day is totally for a trip round Europe.

(CET 6: 1999/ 1 )

A. inadequate B. incapable C. incompatible D. invalid

4. My camera can be to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

(CET4: 1990/ 1)

A. treated B. adjusted C. adopted D. remedied

5. People were surprised to find that he had the ability to everything

he was involved in. (CET 6: 1996/ 6)

A. precede B. dominate C. effect D. instruct

6. The work was almost complete when we received orders to no

further with it. (CET 4: 2003/ 6)

A. progress B. proceed C. march D. promote

7. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue

that the power of the medium is. (CET 4: 2000/ 6)

A. granted B. implied C. exaggerated D. remedied

8. According to the American federal government ,residents of Hawaii have

the longest life : 7 7.2 years.

A. rank B. scope C. scale D. span

9. The number of demonstrators in front of the municipal office

building was 900.

A. appropriate B. appreciate C. approximate D. apparent

10. Crime is increasing worldwide ,and there is every reason to believe the

will continue into the next decade.

A. trend B. pace C. rate D. step

Ⅲ. A linking word or phrase is missing in each of the following

sentences. Choose one of the words or phrases listed below so that

the relationship between the two statements is made clear.

unfortunately to say nothing of what??s more

in addition to anyway nevertheless

consequently for my part contrary to

. I know it??s difficult. ,you can try,even if there??s not much

chance of success.

2. They lost their way in the mountains. ,they had to pass the night

in a deserted shed.

3. There??s no society page in most of our newspapers. ,comic strips

are rarely found,too.

4. There are newspapers and magazines that cater for different tastes of

people. ,I prefer a paper that covers a little of everything.

5. I had wanted very much to attend the lecture on the resources of the sea.

,I had a high fever and couldn??t go.

6. John is writing his composition in the music room. That??s what he

always does on Tuesday afternoon.

7. The coach of a football team is the commander- in- chief in a ball game;

,the players are crucial.

8. He passed the examination,what I expected.

9. gene ,intelligence also depends on an adequate diet,a good

education and a decent home environment.

10. He hasn??t enough money for food,amusements.

unit Ten

Text A

Pre-clas s activity

Ⅰ. Find in Column B descriptions that fit the words in Column A.

A B

1. trigger A. to cause to melt in great heat; to cause to join by melting

2.medication B. to f ix deeply in the body or mind

3. disclose C. concerned with producing young or copying

4. transform D. to start (a chain of events)

5. fuse E. exactly like

6. implant F. medicine used to cure illness

7. opponent G. to make known; to show by uncovering

8. reproductive H. to declare unlawful

9. outlaw I. to change completely in form,appearance or nature

10. identical J. a person who acts against sb. or sth. or who takes the

opposite side

Ⅱ. Spell the following words with the help of their definitions and the

first letters.

1. b a photographic copy in white or blue paper

2. a a remarkable achievement

3. f to move steadily and purposely forward

4. t very great in size,amount or degree

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. a to ( cause to) become different

6. p a small group of people chosen to do sth.

7. c to become pregnant (with a child) ; to think of or imagine

8. i to force the acceptance of ; to establish ( an additional

payment) officially

9. f causing death; very dangerous and unfortunate

10. o existing somewhere across the sea; foreign; to ,at ,or in

somewhere across the sea

Ⅲ. Cross out the word that does not belong to the group.

1. reveal disclose expose explode

2. alter vary choose change

3. believe conceive imagine think

4. vital curable deadly fatal

5. involve include exclude contain

Clas s activity

Ⅰ. There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence