【正文】 it was for this strange, deathdealing thunderstick that he had yearned for months。 the fittings of the room were simple, but in excellent taste9. Perhaps had one been there to point them out to us, we might have noted 【indentations】 in the mud, but they were countless, one overlapping another into a confusion that would have been entirely meaningless to us.10. Their arms were rather longer and their legs shorter in proportion to the torso than in man, and later I noticed that their great toes protruded at right angles from their feet—because of their arboreal habits, I presume.Vocabulary Check BFill in the blanks with the best choice.1. The sea laughed and flashed and preened and allured, like a beautiful, coquettish woman.A. coquettish B. vulnerable C. weird D. shrewd2. He has done me no harm, poor wrench, but he is an eyesore to me now, for he is Driscoll, the young gentleman, and I am a—oh, I wish I was dead.A. eyelash B. eyewitness C. eyesore D. eyeopener3. Does any secret repugnance, or any hereditary dislike, exist between you and her family? A. hysterical B. hereditary C. incredible D. incredulous4. And so the sailors fled into the stern and crowded bemused about the rightminded helmsman, until suddenly the lion sprang upon the master and seized him。 he threw it to the ground and said, My friends, the lot is mine, and I rejoice, for I shall 【vanquish】 Hector.6. “Now, it is of no use, Peak,” said Sir John, raising his hand in 【deprecation】 of his delivering any message。 and as the North American backs off the South American thinks he’s being 【standoffish】Vocabulary Check BFill in the blanks with the best choice.1. There was so much pain there, inadvertently caused by both sides over the years. I didn’t want to hurt them, nor they me, but the harm had been done and it was irreversible.A. inappreciably B. inadvertently C. inarticulately D. invisibly2. Strengthening regional economic cooperation is a top priority for many Asian countries. Interdependence among these different countries is being stronger thanks to the adoption of a more open economic model. And now, Asian countries are making efforts to promote regional_ integration, and in turn realize mon prosperity.A. integration B. diversity C. petition D. integral 3. When people can’t explain a new phenomenon using their knowledge, they will firstly try to understand the new phenomena using the logic reference of_ analogy.A. parison B. analysis C. counterpart D. analogy4. If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.A. wonder B. worried C. whine D. pester 5. The system was redesigned to embrace the network and eventually steer it in a profitable direction. A. adapt B. control C. install D. steer6. The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow obsolete, particularly in western Europe. A. obscure B. obsolete C. optional D. overlapping7. From busy homemakers to professional people, many Americans enjoy the convenience of prepackaged meals that can be ready to serve in 10 minutes or less. On the other hand, many Americans recognize the value of culinary art. A. cookie B. culinary C. cuisine D. cook8. The chairman of the board pressed on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ. A. pelled B. posed C. pressed D. tempted9. I am not patible with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live. A. concerned B. patible C. considerate D. plied good education should train students to think for themselves. However, most of them are trained in the technique of examination under duress. A. duly B. duty C. duress D. obligationU 4Vocabulary Check A Choose the appropriate word or phrase from the list to plete the following sentences. Reme