under lowered eyelids when he entered the nursery.
B
1. Because of his daily strenuous training for a whole year, he finally surpassed the goal he set for himself in the match.
2. He was left stranded in an alien land when he lost all his money and belonging.
3. At nightfall on the marshes, the things seemed eerie and weird to look at .
4. We cannot afford to underestimate his potential ability to take advantage of his influential relatives in controlling the situation. 5. The man scraped some paint off the newly bought piece of furniture when he carried it through the doorway.
6. The refugees’ shelters were littered with dirt everywhere and filled with a foul odor. 7. When she picked the rose in the nursery, the little girl pricked her finger on a thorn.
8. From the underground headquarters radiated the communications system which kept airfields informed of the movements of enemy aircraft.
9. The office boy dissipated the smoke by opening a window of the meeting room and letting some fresh air in.
10. As people approach old age their energy may diminish.
11. The campers decided to pitch a canvas tent in the open field for the night.
12. Climbing the snow-capped mountain single-handed required a superhuman will and endurance.
Unit5 A
1. Children with an apparently mild form of disease can be difficult to diagnose in the early stages. 2. She has seen him in the little town, so immersed in looking up at the old buildings that he ran into a lamppost.
3. It has taken Warren Ogden nearly 30 years to compile the information on these machines which first appeared in the mid-1950s. 4. Greenhouse crops are susceptible to greenfly, whitefly and red spider mite which all feed on the leaves.
5. During the interim period the prison authorities had taken his favorite visitor off his visiting list, causing him to drift into despair. 6. There may be a latent period of 30 days before the disease actually erupts.
7. If we go public with these allegations, do you think he will sue? 8. It has become a commonplace for women to be managers of big enterprises.
9. Mind is that capacity of individuals to correlate past experience with current reactions.
10. Let us be exact in what we say so as to preclude any possibility of misunderstanding.
11. One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization is called a pirate. 12. A doctor writes the prescription and a chemist makes it up for you. 13. The police spokesman cautiously revealed that Thursday's bombs, which contained homemade explosives that only partly detonated, bore resemblance to the attacks last month. 14. As far as some abolitionists are concerned, the just and humane prescription for crime is not punishment but therapy, not correction but compassion, not judges but psychiatrists.
15. Believe it or not, the easiest to maintain a calm disposition is to take slow, deep breaths, rather than the fast, shallow breaths that usually accompany an emotional outburst.
16. Besides some latent ethnic tension in the South, this is one of the safest countries in this most troubled part of the world.
17. The premise that a biological father does not have the right to deny paternity and the duty to provide financial support to his child is firmly rooted in historical legal tradition.
18. “Instead of seeing significant criticisms of my book that would refute my theory,” the author notes, “most of the new studies that I have seen since my book came out actually support my hypotheses.”
B
1. The mother of a five-week-old girl was critically ill but improving last night after undergoing a liver transplant made possible by a television appeal.
2. There were some practical considerations to be taken into account before the work could actually commence however.
3. It is felt that if the government did lift the veto, it would be obliged to allow any company to bid for Jaguar.
4. Tourism industry leaders have called on the government to compensate them as well as the airlines. 5. A short flight of stairs adjoins each entrance door and leads down to the central sleeping area.
6. When you want to borrow on a mortgage, the prospective lenders will have the property valued at your expense.
7. There is a tendency for senior officers to suppress research findings and to advise those who see it as useful and important to stop. 8. From the underground headquarters inhibit the communications system which kept airfields informed of the movements of enemy aircraft.
9. He will be moved to the intensive care unit, into a ward that is adjacent to the operation room where he may see some doctors going in and out.
10. Although chemists have tried to duplicate essential oils in the laboratory, the copies are not the same.
11. However, do ask an instructor or a pilot experienced in your type of glider for advice or any adverse behavior to look out for.
12. Reading is also one of the means by which we interact with the society in which we live.
Unit6 A
1.
Peace and quiet are to be found in abundance here, with the
lovely narrow streets being totally traffic-free. 2.
Moral standards in China imposed a further and more subtle restriction on women. 3.
Democracy signified/s a particular type of society, and not
merely a particular form of government. Or of choosing a government. 4. A white mist obscured the view, giving the high-rise buildings a ghostly look.
5. Reporters try to establish what the unfolding events mean to the principal actor concerned.
6. Morality and accountability are conspicuously absent in the period of that social chaos and disturbance.
7. The final result, however, is an irrational tax system that defies understanding.
8. The state apparatus has become so corrupt and exploitative that the
Unit1 A
1. On the awarding ceremony, the young writer extended his heart-felt gratitude to his enthusiastic readers and claimed that this prize-winning work was dedicated to his late beloved teacher. 2. Cheongsam, formerly a traditional close-fitting dress with high neck and slit skirt for Manchu women, displays the unique gentleness and elegance of the Oriental females.
3. Starting from a small fast-food stand, now this restaurant is well-known far and near, catering for individuals, parties and weddings.
4. China, a rising power in world economy is viewed by many multinational corporations as a market with infinite potential, in terms of her large population and people’s gradually growing purchasing power.
5. In the past twenty years, the small coastal city has witnessed great changes in the local people’s lives, while playing mah-jong still remains a major diversion, especially among the old folks.
6. This training centre, dedicated to the education of blind children was conceived and built by a German woman alone 10 years ago, but now the centre is receiving donations from all over the world.
7. In this South Asian country, many street barbers are drafted into an effort to free the citizens, especially those in the poverty-stricken areas, of the ignorance of AIDS prevention.
8. As a talented architect, musician and business woman, Cher’ artistic temperament finds way into the unique layout and decoration of the tea house.
9. It is said that everybody has a sweet teeth and maybe this can partly account for why sweet food is so addictive to people of different age groups.
10. Jolin’s first music album is such a hit that all the stores in the town run out of copies in a single day and new copies won’t be available until next Sunday.
11. For her part, Charlotte firmly believes that it always pays to contemplate what you want to achieve and where you are heading for before you get down to something.
12. Being the only witness to the bloody assassination, Monica was in perpetual inner struggle, whether she should speak out or just keep silent till the very end of her life.
13. The war, an arbitrary decision made by the king for the fulfillment of his swelling ambition for expansion is doomed to be a failure. 14. As we all are mortal beings, death is our common destiny and it won’t discriminate against anyone.
15. Intoxicated with narcissism, the speaker talked on and on , totally ignoring the perplexed looks of his audience who knew little about his field of study.
16. The Olympic Games, conceived in the days of ancient Athens, brings the young from every corner of the globe every four years in the pursuit of glory. 17. I cannot conceive of anyone wanting to disturb the excellent relationship that has been built up with our allies.
18. We are a national charity, founded in 1988, dedicated to providing care at home for men, women and children with AIDS/HIV related illnesses.
19. Morning and afternoon chats, regular instruction sessions and water games when the winds drop, all aim to addict you to windsurfing in the most pleasant way possible.
20. It appeared to be a city which could cater to anything one’s heart desired: all varieties of food from the six continents and restaurants and bars open twenty-four hours a day.
21. Understanding in this sense means being able to perceive structure amongst a set of observations that were at first sight perplexing and confusing.
22. Questions and comments, feelings and comparisons kept interrupting his attempt at contemplating the work. 23. He is interested in traveling, sightseeing, climbing and other diversions. 24. Their relationship is still unresolved, as wise heads had foreseen in 1960: but their marriage has gained a lease of life.
25. The diet imposes overall calories limits, but daily menus are arbitrary. B
1. The infamous robber escaped the police and is still, presumably, stalking along the streets looking for more victims.
2. People’s moods tend to alternate between happiness and gloom. 3. The piece of wood was carved into the shape of a bird. 4. People in swimsuits or shorts and tops strolled at liberty on the wide sand.
5. He is the loving one, who is always the same, rejoicing without end, in infinite happiness.
6. He was sitting on the side of the bed, his head slightly tilted , his eyes closed.
7. What a coincidence that I was in London at the same time as you. 8. Nothing can extinguish your faith in human nature. 9. Lucy managed a laugh that shattered the silence like a dropped mirror. 10. Since political bias is so much a characteristic of the press, we might expect its influence to be more apparent in terms of attitudes than perceptions, however.
11. The police charged him with possession of a deadly weapon. 12. Job market used to offer jobs faster than the candidates could blink, and companies even had to seek human resources in the international channels.
Unit2 A
1. Everyone was pushing and shoving to see the princess.
2. Over the same period, more than 400,000 immigrants have come to Britain and millions of people have emigrated to other countries. 3. We saw the lights of the small town gleaming in the distance. 4. I slept for a couple of hours and was awakened while it was still dark by a gentle rapping on my door. 5. The main problem was that everyone seemed to assume that Gouzenko was an expert on every facet of Russian intelligence operations.
6. He dreams of publishing a concise , comprehensive survey of English literature in the form of examination questions.
7. The debate should not be distracted from the main issue of giving ordinary people easier access to the courts and making legal aid available to the 10 million people.
8. It is reported that the drug traffickers were beheaded yesterday for smuggling heroin into the kingdom. 9. In the Roman Empire, as now, dress could serve as an eloquent expression of social rank, ethnic origin, political allegiance, or religious
belief.
10. They used to bully him and tease him; then one day on his way back from school they attacked him.
11. Abruptly the ground fell away from our feet; an awesome void opened before us.
12. She went back to the corner and across to the nearby pub, where she sat sipping beer, munching a cheese sandwich, and waiting. B
1. He complains there is a stabbing pain in his side. 2. Even pedaling a bicycle is difficult because of the big wind. 3. The patient's agony was removed after the successful operation, which had been done by a famous doctor. 4. The sailors braced themselves for a rough sea.
5. If Justin received radiation for treatment, he would have to walk with a cane in his later life.
6. It took him quite a few hours to get the doctor's address from a directory of doctors. 7. The surgeon decided to deduct his fee from the bill, but the hospital still charged the patient a lot of money.
8. The moon cake is very big. It dwarfs any others moon cakes I've ever seen.
9. The teacher strode into our classroom and said loudly: \
begins.\
10. Tears streamed down the mother's cheeks; both the mother and the doctor were extremely happy.
11. In the gloom of the thick forest, they nearly lost their way. 12. My best friend has to walk with a cane because he was hurt by a bicycle on his way to school.
unit3 A
1. To make a watertight plan, we have to take everything into account. 2. When a manuscript has been accepted for publication, it is passed to an editor for a detailed examination.
3. The university wants to expand from 6,800 students to 15,000 by 2030 and it is clear some private fee-paying would be instrumental in that expansion.
4. He had made an attempt to overthrow the eighteenth-century system of materialism, and this attempt, with Coleridge’s help, succeeded.
5. Twenty years ago, when the crackdown came, our film-makers got much verbal encouragement from the West but no real support at all. 6. New research stresses empirical work, using controlled experiments to see how people behave in real bargaining situations.
7. Curiously, she was of Irish descent , a Roman Catholic, and so they grew up influenced by her form of Christianity.
8. He should not have played since 1 October, when temporary clearance from the English Basketball Association expired. 9. Riot policemen arrived and fired tear-gas canisters, rapidly dispersing the crowd, which included news photographers.
10. He said the clock in the local post office was busted and maybe Mitch would drop by and fix it sometime.
11. They drag what they find into the tunnel, eat some of it and deposit the rest, which then rots and helps to feed the plants. 12. The functional qualities of a product are very much the same everywhere and transcend most boundaries.
B
1. The sun was beginning to float down on the mountain, and the sea glittered at the foot of their ashy, opaque shadows. 2. Traveling by horse and camel caravan, they would have to be self-sufficient for all of their needs as they traversed vast plains and mighty forests, mountain passes and arid deserts, experiencing great extremes of heat and cold.
3. The geology and geography courses tend to overlap. 4. On those weekend trips to the garden center, have you ever longed for a car that is stylish, luxurious and spacious?
5. Last year Philips petitioned for this price rise, without even telling Sony, the Japanese company that helped it develop the digital disc
system.
6. Janet quickly tanned to a gold brown under the hot Spanish sun. 7. Formal systems provide a periodic summary of the collection, analysis and recording of information about the way that an individual is working.
8. Western nations have had older and dwindling populations since they entered the 21st century, and their fluctuating birth rates have also posed problem.
9. In 1996, the government pegged the grant for future years to the 1995 level in real terms, while expecting a comparable service to be maintained.
10. His work on the cause of SARS is of premier importance to the whole world.
11. He asked us if we were all well and healthy; three of the Frenchmen started talking to him and the rest of us giggled and joked in English about this ridiculous figure who appeared to be out of touch with everything we were doing.
12. Struggling not to blush, Erika went into the room for the interview.
Unit4 A
1.
In the countryside people are used to using a tree stump as a
table; around which the whole family sit and happily have their dinner. 2.
You should get up early and go to the open field to sniff the fresh morning air. 3.
When the news of the Russian Revolution came through, it sent
a thrill of excitement through every revolutionary country. 4.
4. After a shower of rain, I caught the scent of wild flowers mixed with the fresh smell of grass through the window. 5.
I am greeted by a timid and frail old man who, clutching his
hands nervously, thanks me for coming: a greeting he continues to offer throughout my stay. 6. 7.
Pie crust should be crisp and golden brown.
. Two masked gunmen menaced the young girl with their
weapons and forced her to give up her jewel. 8.
8. During the Spring Festival, Chinese people always feast their
friends and relatives on all types of delicious dishes and food. 9.
The two men stood glaring drunkenly at each other, while the
crowd looked on with amusement. 10.
Physically he is unusually sturdy and has not fallen prey to
illness during his long confinement. 11.
Girls kissed with their eyes closed and raising themselves up on
tiptoe, because there was the cute shot in American movies. 12.
The girls darted an interested glance at the newcomer from
common man sees it as an enemy.
9. Environmentally-conscious consumers should seek to boycott the use of plastic.
10. With the theatre now under financial siege, these are the only shows now possible to make ends meet.
11. The abuse in using drug can overturn an individual’s innate instincts and cherished beliefs.
12. The terrible day will be forever embedded in my memory.
B
1. I was flattered that I’d been chosen for the national speech contest, but at the same time pretty cared.
2. When discussing about the difference between man and woman, she said that women do not indulge in criminality to the same extent as men.
3. The high mortality rates could simply be seen as nature playing its part in curbing hare numbers. 4. If events contradict the way see things, we may either turn a blind eye to them or resist fervently.
5. The best way o impress politicians is to mobilize public opinion to such a volume, which is too massive to be ignored.
6. The ambassador said such a country was not at all in a position to preach human right to other countries. 7. The dual aim of most dieters is to become slimmer and fitter by following a vegetarian diet and a healthy lifestyle.
8. Women pay more attention to detail, but are less democratic; men relish change and are more competitive and ambitious.
9. The banks have decided that the company defaults on its loan agreements.
10. Whenever he smokes, he sucks the smoke in with an addictive appetite and a strong appreciation.
11. The two countries have signed a memorandum in order to arrange further negotiation on terms of reciprocal agreements to abolish customs duties.
12. The globalization began much earlier than its academic term, which was coined in 1970s, in practice, it can be traced back to the colonial times since the discovery of the new world.
