unit One
Text A
Pre-clas s activity
Ⅰ. Find in Column B descriptions that fit the words in Column A.
A B
1. concentrate A. a short piece of writing by a student on a particular subject
2. ignore B. to give all your attention to the thing you are doing
3. assign C. a plan of activities or events and when they will happen
4. recall D. bring back to the mind
5. missing E. to give someone a job to do
6. essay F. a strong feeling of wanting to find out about something
7. schedule G. two things or people of the same type
8. curiosity H. not to consider something or not let it influence you
9. cut down on I. to reduce
10. a couple of J. that cannot be found
Ⅱ. Spell the following words with the help of their definitions and thefirst letters.
1. i to say or do something to stop someone when they are
speaking or concentrating on something
2. f to concentrate on something and pay particular attention toit
3. a someone who is good at sports，and takes part in sports
competitions
4. m to learn something so that you remember it perfectly
5. e completely necessary
6. d be expected ( to happen)
7. d a specific time or date by which you have to do something
8. r important and directly connected to what is being discussedor considered
9. s to look at something very carefully，because you hope orexpect to see a particular person or thing
10. p to take part in something
Ⅲ. Cross out the word that does not belong to the group.
1. ignore neglect overlook retain
2. critical trivial essential vital
3. player sportsman giant athlete
4. remember recall revise recollect
5. focus concentrate distract center
Clas s activity
Ⅰ. There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentencethere are four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the oneanswer that best completes the sentence.
1. The early pioneers had to many hardships to settle on the newland. ( CET 4 : 2000/ 6)
A. go along with B. go back on
C. go through D. go into
2. He his studies and not on his home.
A. pulled on B. took on
C. concentrated on D. went on
3. The student the teacher by raising his question.
A. interrupted B. interpreted
C. interviewed D. interfered
4. The terrible incident ，which was the worst terrorist incident in theAmerican history，made the well-known World Trade Center theof attention in the world.
A. focus B. concentration
C. key D. core
5. American women were the right to vote until 1920 after manyyears of hard struggle. (CET 4: 1991/ 6 )
A. ignored B. neglected
C. refused D. denied
6. All her energies are upon her children and she seems to have littletime for anything else. (CET 4: 2002/ 12)
A. guided B. aimed C. directed D. focused
7. Generous public funding of basic science would considerablebenefits for the country??s health，wealth and security. (CET 4:1999/ 1)
A. result from B. settle down
C. lie in D. lead to
8. I remember seeing it years ago ，but I can not where it was.
A. remind B. recall C. recognize D. memorize
9. On her way home she found her necklace.
A.miss B.missed C. losing D. missing
10. It seems to me you have been your studies.
A. ignoring B. overlooking
C.missing D. neglecting
11. Summer rains came almost on as the crops needed them.
A. list B. plan C. arrangement D. schedule
12. Having finished their morning work，the clerks stood up behind theirdesks，themselves. (CET 6: 2000/ 1 )
A. expanding B. stretching C. prolonging D. extending
13. Americans may have to the number of privately owned cars anddepend more on public transportation systems.
A. get down B. break down
C. drop down D. cut down
14. His height isn??t to whether he can be a good secretary.
A. particular B. relevant C. suitable D. bound
15. Young people are not to stand and look at works of art; they wantart they can participate in. (CET 4: 2000/ 6)
A. conservative B. content
C. confident D. generous
16. My nephew was recently a case of this kind.
A. involved in B. participated in
C. taken in D. led in
17. I??ll have to buy trousers.
A. a B. two C. a pair of D. a couple of
18. When John was elected president ，his country was facing ancrisis.
A. economical B. economic
C. economics D. economy
19. One new to learning a foreign language is to study the language inits cultural context.
A. approach B. solution C. manner D. method
20. A to this problem is expected to be found before long. (CET 4 :1998/ 1 )
A. result B. response C. settlement D. solution
Ⅱ. Choose a suitable word from the groups to complete the followingsentences and try to figure out the difference in meaning.
1. recall remember memorize recite
recall [ from/ to ] ( formal) to bring/ summon back to the mind
remember [ v-ing/ to-v] to keep in memory that may be effortless or unwilled
memorize to commit to memory; to learn by heart
recite to repeat or utter aloud ( something memorized ) ，especially
before an audience
( 1) He his poem in front of the whole school.
( 2) I can that day as though it were yesterday.
( 3) I was able to read a whole page and it in less than three minutes.
( 4) the misery of the past and contrast it with the happiness of today.
2. scan skim skip
scan to look through quickly to f ind important or interesting information
skim to read through quickly without looking at the details
skip to pass over or leave out (something in order )
( 1) I the papers for all presidential news.
( 2) Don??t read the report word for word now; just it.
( 3) She the hard words when she reads.
Ⅲ. Complete the following sentences with a phrase from the list.
Change the forms where necessary.
( be) due to an approach to count for anything/ nothing/ little/ muchconcentrate on participate in lay one??s hands on put downmake the most of (be) essential to ahead of/ on/ behind schedule
1. It??s a beautiful day today. Let??s it.
2. Stop talking and your work.
3. The case go to court next month.
4. We need a fresh sports in education.
5. Can you your phone number in the book ?
6. I couldn??t a copy of the book.
7. They made me feel my views didn??t.
8. He had acquired the skills his later success in politics.
9. The task will be finished if nothing prevents.
10. The rebels have agreed to the peace talks.
Pos t-clas s activity
Ⅰ. Decide whether the following pairs of words are synonyms orantonyms. If they are synonyms，circle the S. If they areantonyms ，circle the A.
1. recall memorize S A
2. high-achieving low-scoring S A
3. relevant irrelevant S A
4. missing lost S A
5. essential vital S A
6. ignore notice S A
7. curious indifferent S A
8. stretch shrink S A
9. schedule timetable S A
10. due overdue S A
Ⅱ. Verb + through