【正文】 the whole winter holiday in Hainan Island. Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) amazing 12. Despite being by neighboring countries, the president insisted on paying respect to the dead capitalists. Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) condemned 13. The short man was taken away by the police last night on of stealing. Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) suspicion 14. I am never interested in any . Seeing is believing. Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) rumor 1. Natasha made herself stand out in the group interview by playing the role of the leader in her group. (act as) Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) Natasha made herself stand out in the group interview by acting as the leader in her group. 2. To be successful, you need a careful plan, good luck, help at the right time, and most importantly hard work. (above all) Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) To be successful, you need a careful plan, good luck, help at the right time, and above all, hard work. 3. They are not doing this to gain recognition or money。 they are doing this to benefit the society. (for the sake of)Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) They are not doing this to gain recognition or money。 they are doing this for the sake of society. 4. It was actually what he said, not what he did, that made me sad. (rather than)Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) It was actually what he said rather than what he did that made me sad. 5. Once my mother decides to do something, it will be very hard to stop her. (set one39。s mind on)Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) Once my mother sets her mind on something, it will be very hard to stop her. 6. Years of research had prepared them for success in their field. (set the stage for)Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) Years of research had set the stage for their success in their field. 7. Local people are quite familiar with the phenomenon, so they are not surprised at all. (be used to)Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) Local people are used to the phenomenon, so they are not surprised at all. 8. Today at this meeting we are going to direct all our attention to the question of air pollution. (focus on)Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) Today at this meeting we are going to focus on the question of air pollution. 9. He never expected that his best friend would openly say that he had cheated in the exam. (charge with)Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) He never expected that his best friend would charge him with cheating in the exam. 10. His parents were so strict with him in his studies that he had little time to take part in any activities outside of class. (participate in)Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) His parents were so strict with him in his studies that he had little time to participate in any activities outside of class. 11. I was interested to see the elephants removing leaves from the trees with their long trunks (象鼻). (strip... of...) Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) I was interested to see the elephants stripping trees of leaves with their long trunks. 12. I had told you again and again to find a more suitable person for this position, but you simply wouldn39。t follow my advice. (not hear of it) Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) I had told you again and again to find a more suitable person for this position, but you simply wouldn39。t hear of it. 13. A trained dog can fulfill the purpose of a guide to a blind person. (act as) Your answer: Your answer(s) Correct answer(s) A trained dog can act as a guide to a blind person. 1. Beppe Severgnini finds some people quite enjoying listening to the pop music during the election campaign. Y N NG Your answer Correct answer NG 2. There is the graduation ball for Hope University, a convention of churchbell players and a Welsh football team that decided there was no point in waiting for the match in order to celebrate. Y N NG Your answer Correct answer Y 3. These people are not only ignorant of Harold Wilson39。s sojourn in the hotel, but most seem oblivious to the fact that a general election is only days away. Y N NG Your answer Correct answer Y 4. Maybe people in this city have are interested in the election campaign, and that39。s why they don39。t bother with politics. Y N NG Your answer Correct answer N 5. Ms Ellman39。s constituency has one of the lowest turnouts in the country. Y N NG Your answer Correct answer Y 6. Wally Edwards isn39。t happy to talk about his days in the navy. Y N NG Your answer Correct answer N 7. Harold Wilson tells me he39。s got two daughters married to Italians. Y N NG Your answer Correct answer N 8. Derek Hatton39。s Trotskyite militants were running in the 1980s. Your answer: Suggested answer: the city council 9. Mr. Hatton, for all his faults, inflamed Liverpudlians, who loves a good argument. In Naples, and all over Italy, people are , before a big vote. Your answer: Suggested answer: at each other39。s throat 10. This morning, Mr. Edward must brief a group of volunteers who are about to in the area. Your answer: Suggested answer: deliver leaflets 1. According to the passage the author mainly tells us that the man