Change the form where necessary.
1. He tried various jobs and in the end became an (account).
2. This is a scientific discovery of (profundity) significance.
3. All along we thought Sue was older than Bill，but just the
( irreversible) was true.
4. (define) should not be more difficult to understand than the words
they define.
5. The two men had been drinking too much and they ( threat) to set
fire to the restaurant if they were not offered more wine to drink.
6. Contributions for the autumn ( issuable ) of the school magazine
should be sent in no later than August 1st.
7. We??d better take a ( globalization) view of the government??s plans
for dealing with unemployment.
8. There seems to be an ( visibility) wall between the father and son.
9. Some fish are very ( fertilizer) ; they lay thousands of eggs.
10. I was so tired at that moment that there seemed nothing in the world
( compare) to sleep.
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. exactly (para. 1 )
2. increase (para. 1 )
3. immense (para. 1 )
4. enough (para. 1 )
5. abundance (para. 2 )
6. smog (para. 2 )
7. overflow (para. 2 )
8. spacious (para. 3 )
9. disturbed (para. 3 )
10. pleasing (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. The survival of some wild animals is not very high as they are
ruthlessly hunted for their skins.
A. scale B. pace C. span D. rate
2. Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply.
A. approximated B. appreciated
C. appealed D. approached
3
. Failure is the mother of success，so hers hasn??t her，but
encouraged her to redouble her exertions instead.
A. disrupted B. discouraged C. disturbed D. discarded
4. that they??re inexperienced ，they??ve done a good job.
A. Giving B. To give C. Given D. Having given
5. The government is trying to do something to better understanding
between the two countries.
A. promote B. progress C. proceed D. precede
6. If people feel hopeless，they don??t bother to the skills they need to
succeed.
A. adopt B. acquire C. accumulate D. assemble
7. In the Chinese household，grandparents and other relatives play an
role in raising children.
A. incapable B. inadequate C. indispensable D. indefinite
8. The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of
money could.
A.make room for B.make up of
C. make up to D. make up for
9. The editor required me to cut short my article because of space.
A. confined B. limited C. restricted D. scoped
10. It is di ff icult，impossible ，for scientists to find a new approach to
cancer treatment.
A. not to say B. to say nothing of
C. let alone D. if not
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.
on the other hand in fact furthermore
in this way in spite of after all
incidentally undoubtedly generally speaking
in my opinion
. Thomasville is a beautiful town，which，，is where they filmed
The French Lieutenant??s Woman.
2. She nodded and shook her head at the right places. ，she
understood what the professor was talking about.
3. ，I like taking a walk after dinner ，but not in a dusty environment.
4. I know he hasn??t finished the work ，but ，he??s done his best.
5. ，your new coat is not worth that much money.
6. He always did well at school having to do part-time jobs every
now and then.
7. I have a desire for a job which pays more ，but I quite enjoy the
work I??m doing at the moment.
8. The house is too small ，and ，it??s too far from the office.
9. We thought she was arrogant ，whereas she was just very shy.
10. A day is usually started by reading the papers. ，people are
informed of what is going on in the world.
unit Ten
Text A
Pre-clas s activity
Ⅰ. Find in Column B descriptions that fit the words in Column A.
A B
1.meanwhile A. a young sheep ; the meat of a young sheep
2. tremendous B. a living being; a whole made of special parts
3. offensive C. to become pregnant (with a child) ; to think of or imagine
4. exception D. during the same period of time
5. lamb E. a small group of people chosen to do sth.
6. attempt F. very great in size ，amount or degree
7. organism G. to limit all or most of one??s study，business，etc.，to
particular things or subjects
8. specialize H. to make an effort at; to try
9. panel I. causing offense; unpleasant
10. conceive J. a particular thing，person，or situation that is not
included in a general statement ，judgment ，or rule
Ⅱ. Spell the following words with the help of their definitions and the
first letters.
1. d the act of donating or sth. donated
2. i exactly alike
3. o to declare unlawful
4
.m medicine used to cure illness; the act of medicating
5. s the performing of a medical operation
6. i to force the acceptance of ; to establish ( an additional
payment) officially
7. f move steadily and purposely forward
8. t start (a chain of events)
9. d to argue about sth. with sb.，usu. in an effort to persuade
other people
10. c the child of one??s uncle or aunt
Ⅲ. Cross out the word that does not belong to the group.
1. announce declare proclaim confirm
2. technique method technology skill
3. disease measles ailment illness
4. prospective proposal promising potential
5. competition match copy equivalent
Clas s activity
Ⅰ. There are 20 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. may make something appear more beautiful than it is when seen alone.
A. Contain B. Contrast C. Contact D. Contract
2. Ann never dreams of there being a chance for her to be sent very soon.
A. abroad B. overseas C. foreign D. aboard
3. There??s a through train to New York，so you needn??t.
A. transform B. transport C. transfer D. transmit
4. National interest outweighed local to building this new airport.
A. objectives B. objects C. objections D. objectors
5. Under the present system，state enterprises must all profits to the
government.
A. turned in B. turned off C. turned down D. turned up
6. The questionnaire aims to highlight some of the major issues raised during
the.
A. argue B. discuss C. reason D. debate
7. We rotate the night so no one has to do it all the time.
A. alter B. shi ft C. switch D. vary
8. The project by the end of 2006 will expand the city??s telephone