【正文】 ave been seriously injured in the accident.X.1. He tried sending her flowers, but it didn39。，很遺憾地告訴你，我們目前沒有適合你的工作機(jī)會。，卻經(jīng)受了巨大的痛苦—貧窮與誤解。m slowly catching up.3. 1 was loaded with many parcels, unable to walk any faster.4. The place was deserted and there was no sign of human beings living there.5. These instruments should be switched on and checked before we start our work.6. My friend was dressed in a black coat whereas I was in jeans.7. All those connected with the mission were in prayer for her, but her life was not spared.8. May I excuse myself for a while, Mr. Davis?9. Have you ever noticed that at yesterday39。s assessment.4. They argued that their products should be developed on the basis of need rather than profit.5. During weekends the businessmen may spend time establishing friendship and mutual trust ratherthan discussing any particular item of business.X.1. Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.2. Theirs is about three times as big as ours.3. Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America.4. the fee for cell phones is typically twice as much as for calls made over fixed lines5. can transmit 250,000 times as much data as a standard telephone wireTranslationXI.1. Rather than invest in my education, my parents spent their money on a new house.2. Today, people are spending twice as much on entertainment and relaxation as they did in the past.3. In order to be successful, a business must keep pace with developments in the marketplace.4. Her fluency in English gave her an advantage over other girls for the job.5. For students, nowhere is better than the library, where all the books are at their disposal.6. We should make full use of the platform to strengthen munication, expand cooperation in moreareas and seek further development through joint efforts.XII.1，發(fā)展中國家認(rèn)為信息技術(shù)是促進(jìn)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的途徑，但一些國家在估算成本與選擇技術(shù)方面缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)。，他想他將能在市場上與那些頂級公司并駕齊驅(qū)，可是他現(xiàn)在失望了，因?yàn)樗麤]有成功。 temporary leaving will be received as awele change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave themwith a feeling of emptiness.5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television,or even to strangers.7. To stay rational, settle down in a fortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait foranything happy that may happen.8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people39。s nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that thecooperation can be furthered.4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted.On the other hand, it will encourage people to speak their minds and e up with constructivesuggestions.5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his petsand the television.6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.XII，因?yàn)閿?shù)月過去了，但管理效率并沒有明顯改進(jìn)。你可能與別人在一起仍然感到孤獨(dú)—這也許是孤獨(dú)最痛苦的形式。ClozeXIII.1 ．B 5．C 7．D 8．D 9. B 10. A11 ．C 12. B 13．A Structured WritingXV. Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have to live alone for one reason or another.Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that no panion is more panionable thansolitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and Henry Thoreau enjoyed livingalone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as they venture out to tame the great wildareas. On the other hand, there are some other people who have to live alone due to various reasons:being divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitter to live in solitude. They have noone to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselves and to their pets and to the television.Section BReading skills Comprehension o f the text VocabularyIII.1. abstract 2. holy 3. Nevertheless 4. odds 5. plicate6. tolerate 7. depression 8. resorting 9. exclaimed 10. disorderExercises on Web course only:11. chew 12. vibrate 13. stale 14. juryIV1. When he received the admission notice from the university, he knew it was time he struck out on his own.2. I had to keep the video camera readily accessible in case I saw something that needed to be filmed.3. Every time she tried to argue with her identical twin Katie, she would end up crying her eyes out.4. Serious violence has sprung from the conflict over insignificant, irritating differences.5. There are many people who believe sincerely that you can train children for life without resortingto punishment.6. Alan signed a dorm contract with his roommate to head off possible conflicts.7. He was required to fill in a form before the job interview.8. Her major concern is how she will make sure the people on the teams get along with one another.9. Against all the odds, it has worked, and this is a measure of just how strong they both were asindividuals when they came to the marriage ten years ago.10. What I39。s a public holiday.2. It is easy to talk about having high moral standards, but, in practice, what would one really do insuch a situation?3. It is interesting to see different cultures and ways of life.4. It is really astonishing that she refuses to talk to you.5. It is important that she e straight to me when she arrives.X.1. Suppose you object to carrying out a particular managem_ent order and you are afraid of themanager, what would you do?2. Suppose you have just got married and you are about to work abroad for three years, how wouldyou explain it to your newlymarried wife?3. Suppose someone couldn39。m able to square my profession with my interest, which I wasn39。