6. Areas once regarded as rural; 7. as they do in China
8. As he was brave and loyal as well
Comprehensive Exercises I.
1. mood; 2. tragic; 3. in the…aftermath of; 4. chaos;
5. toppling; 6. solidarity; 7. take revenge on; 8. thinking back on;
9. mourning; 10. perished
1. crashed; 2. horrible; 3. harsh; 4. protect; 5. remove;
6. utterly; 7. truly; 8. justify; 9. rewarded; 10. devastating; II. 1.
26) Some high-ranking officers of the armed forces started to a coup, toppling the
government and throwing the country into chaos.
27) The falling market shattered her illusion about getting rich quickly.
28) Thinking back on the history of World War II, we can see that the formation of
the Allies was the natural product of the development of political and military circumstances then.
29) Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religious fanatic. But as he was in no
mood for a quarrel/not in a quarreling mood, he simply pretended not to bear it.
30) People say that time heals all wounds. But for those who have lost their loved
ones in the event, will time fill up the void in their hearts? 2.
Today, long after the earthquake shook/hit my home town, I can still recall, in crystal detail, what I saw as I ran out of my home with my parents. The building just across the street toppled right before our eyes, debris flew everywhere and a cloud of choking dust blotted out the sun. Horror-stricken people ran in all directions, crying and screaming.
Now, many years after that tragic event, a new town has risen on the wreckage of the old one. In the town square, a memorial has been built to remember those killed in the disaster. It seems the wounds in people’s hearts have healed, but the memory will linger. UNIT8
Vocabulary I.
1. heap; 2. was smeared; 3. warmed; 4. dissolve; 5. thrash;
6. out of the way; 7. hollows; 8. tangled; 9. get his hands on;
10. opaque; 11. at the edge of; illumined; 12. hop;
1. take apart; 2. result from; 3. run out of; 4. feed on; 5. come forward;
6. woke up; 7. focused on;
26. was dying to see the movie based on it
27. as a rule, the sheer distance mutes all sounds from the ground 28. fuss too much over details
29. slumped into an armchair, (feeling) completely exhausted 30. was reputed to be the wittiest woman of her time
1. swarmed to; the spectacular; paddled; 2. in the heart of; out of the range of; trailing over; gliding
in;
3. Day after day; strip; the heaving; slap; II.
1. worth; 2. worthy; 3. worthwhile; 4. worth; worth; 5. worthwhile; 6. worthy;
1. lone; 2. alone; 3. alone; 4. lonely; 5. lonely; 6. alone; lonely;
III.
1. ice-cream; 2. teas; 3. wines; 4. cloth; 5. soap;
6. beer;
7. fuels; 8. soils; 9. sugars; 10. grass;
Comprehensive Exercises I.
1. are dying to?; 2. in the heart of?; 3. tangled; 4. paddles; 5. loop; 6. out of sight; 7. in flocks; 8. hopping;
9. gliding; 10. opaque; 11. thrashing; 12. darting; 13. swarms; 14. spectacular;
1. running; 2. fancy; 3. incorporate; 4. exploring; 5. guide;
6. adventure; 7. rarely; 8. diverse; 9. survive; 10. lucky; II. 1.
31) Janet was just the kind of girl Mike knew he could trust, so he bared his heart
to her on their first date.
32) At first the girls played on the fringe of the dark forest, now laughing, now
screaming, but before long they were out of sight.
33) The moment the football players disembarked from the plane, they saw a fleet
of cars waiting for their arrival.
34) Carson condemned his opponent for using misleading information to smear his
character.
35) Alex gave the policeman a wallet stuffed with banknote. He said he had found
it on the curb when he hopped off his school bus. 2.
Last Wednesday, my classmate Caroline and I visited Zhouzhuang, a well-known town looped all around by streams. When we arrived at the town, Caroline was so excited that she darted towards the first bridge she saw and began singing loudly there. Suddenly her voice hushed when she found that she had startled a flock of ducks not too far from us. Now as Caroline was dying for a boat ride, we decide to tour the town by boat. Now loud, now soft, Caroline talked to all the creatures in the stream and was fussing about everything while I looked at the boats gliding over the water in silence. Though we did not see anything spectacular, we enjoyed every minute in the town that lies out of the range of the heavy traffic and noise of the large city. Zhouzhuang is worth visiting and, time permitting, I’d like to go there again.
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