【正文】 Unit 1 Vocabulary exercises Ⅰ . Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. 1. ... I came down here at your Head Master39。s kind invitation in order to cheer myself... 2. ... can anyone sitting here this afternoon ... not feel deeply thankful for what has happened in the time that has passed and for the very great improvement in the position of our country and our home? 3. We had the unmeasured menace of the enemy and their air attack still beating upon us... 4. 。 They do not always expect that each day will bring up some noble chance of war... 5. There was no flinching and no thought of giving in... 6. I want to do so last year, but I did not venture to... KEY: , circumstance sudden small movement because of pain or fear to express at the risk of denial Ⅱ .Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the given words. 1. By the end of 2022, the corporation had to sell all products cheaply, price had fallen _____(catastrophe), as advanced economies had under gone a profound transition. 2. Johnson isn39。t tired of Tokyo, it seems, but appearance can be _____(deceive). 3. Although a step forward had been taken, their religious _____(convict) prevented them from taking up arms. 4. Many young man are not allowed to go out, _____(apparent) because of fears that they may join the army in exile. 5. The ability of _____(persevere) despite of obstacles and setbacks is the quality people most admire in others. 6. Now these are people who have lived with war for no more than two decades, and nobody____(flinch) when when they hear gunfire unless it39。s very close. 7. Few Europeans who____(venture) beyond the Himalayas have returned to tell the tale. 8. Whoever this woman is, she made of____(stern) than a man is when facing unpredictable hardships. KEY: Ⅲ . Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or a phrase taken from the box in it39。s appropriate form. ups and down go through close an account misfortune put through throw one39。s mind back to address oneself to yield to 1. She wouldn39。t want to ____ them ____ the suffering of a huge ceremony. 2. The famous orator ____ the public to his newlypublished book which could add to his reputation. 3. At that period, South Africa ____ a period of unchangeable events as the Black were fighting for equality. 4. _____ 1978, we should not be surprised about some of Mrs. Thatcher39。s ments, bearing in mind the party she belong to. 5. Parley ____ general pressure from the society and bitterly took the child to a specialist. 6. The world is changing rapidly, our plans must change accordingly. Otherwise, we should ____ with the harsh market economy. 7. Martin39。s upbringing shaped his whole life, with so many ____ every now and then. 8. Julia has been made to undergo physical and psychological _____ for her inability in having children KEY: ... Through himself to going through our minds back to to an account and downs Ⅳ Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. 1. After a molecule has lost an electron, it has a positive charge 2. It has not until almost the end of the nieenth century that a virus was proven to be the cause of a disease. 3. Pure feldspar is a colorless transparent mineral, but impurities monly make it opaque and colorful. 4. I39。ve been a bit down this week, especially after our team lost in game. 5. Because you have not found the summer job yet, you have to step up your efforts. 6. She is a good student and absorbs new idea quickly. KEY: harder in Grammar exercise Ⅰ . Note the use of parallel construction in the following sentences. were poorly armed. We are not so poorly armed today。 but then we were very poorly armed. 2. We had the unmeasured menace of the enemy and their air attack still beating upon us, and you yourselves had had experience of this attack... we must learn to be equally good at what os short and sharp and what is long and tough. 4. They do not expect to move from crisis to crisis。 they do not always expect that each day will bring up some noble chance of war... 5. Never yield to force。 never yield to apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. 6. All this tradition of ours, our songs, our schools history, this part of the history of this country, were gone and finished and liquidated. KEY: Omitted Ⅱ . Improve the following sentence. 1. Skateboarding is both exciting and there is danger in it too. 2. The school teaches shorthand, bookkeeping and to use business machines. 3. The nurse wrote down my name, my address, and how old I was. 4. The sentence is difficult to understand not because of the technical vocabulary but because the syntax faulty. 5. Marian could not decide wether she should start college right after high school or to get job first, 6. The Allies decide to invade Italy and then that they would launch a massive assault on the Normandy coast. 7. The actor was not only stunned by the noise of booting but also by the sight of flying tomatoes. 8. Smoking cigarettes can be as dangerous as to play Russian roulette. KEY 1. Skatebording is both exciting and dangerous. 2. The school teaches short hand, bookkeeping and the use of business machines. 3. The nurse wrote down my name, address and age. 4. The sentence is difficult to understand not because of the technical vocabulary but because of the faulty syntax. 5. Marian could not decide wether to start college right after high school or to get a job first. 6. The Allies decide to invade Italy and th