【正文】 PracticeⅡ. Comprehension Questions1. d 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. c 7. d 8. d 9. d 10. bⅢ.Vocabulary Activities1.1. dense 2. acpanied 3. theses 4. disorderly 5. evoked 6. voluntary 7. intellect 8. in sequence 9. deterioration 10. distinguished himself 11. deviated from up 13. over the hill 14. talking shop 15. put…back together 16. uncertain2.1. was confined to 2. distinguished himself 3. irresistible 4. acpany 5. accurately 6. (a year) to the day 7. reigned from8. overwhelmed 12. clumsy 3. e to anything 14. over the hill 15. broke down3. 1. To my great surprise, they agreed to all our demands.2. They had to overe formidable obstacles if they want to finish the task on time.3. She managed to maneuver her car into the parking space.4. The manager’s explanation evoked even greater anger from the employees.5. When the doctor told him he had lung cancer, Jim was overwhelmed. new method deviated sharply from the traditional approach and the results were far more satisfactory.4.1. When I was a kid, I was so fascinated with the idea of travelling round the world that I would spend hours in my grandfather’s spinning the globe and dreaming of the places I would like to visit.2. A time bomb exploded this afternoon in one of London’s biggest supermarkets, evoking a great panic among the population.3. Acpanied by his father, Bill went to the police station ago confessed to the police officer that he had robbed an old man of his gold watch two weeks before.4. After getting engaged to Jane, Stephen started working hard for the first time in his life. And before long he distinguished himself as a young theoretical physicist.5. Prof. Stone is distinguished for his sternness. But, to everyone’s surprise, the speech he made at his daughter’s wedding last Saturday was full of wit and humor.6. It’s amazing that so many people are willing to do voluntary work for the benefit of the munity.5. 1. broke up 2. broke out 3. have broken through 4. break down 5. broke in 6. broke down 7. had been broken into 8. broke away from 9. broke in 10. breaks up 11. turn into 12. turned in 13. turn up 14. was turned down 15. turning out 16. have turned over 17. turn down 18. had turned over 19. turned out 20. turned over 21. turn in 22. turned upⅣ. Cloze1. first 2. wheelchair 3. height 4. weigh 5. suffered6. worsening 7. harmed 8. things 9. is 10. difficult11. those 12. down 13. hold 14. take 15. if 16. details17. at 18. to 19. books 20. progress 21. conferences 22. disease 23. stay 24. law 25. difficult 26. simplestⅤ. ErrorCorrection1. hadwas/had been 2. progressprogressive 3. (carry) on4. satisfysatisfying 5. apparentapparently 6. the/7. beliefdisbelief 8. annoyedannoying 9. havehaving10. nursenursesReading ActivityExercise A1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. c 7. d 8. dExercise B1. e 2. g 3. c 4. h 5. i 6. b 7. j 8. a 9. f 10. d1. petty 2. Compassion 3. dormant 4. subtleties5. chronic 6. impending 7. accustomed 8. quiver9. pulsory 10. phasePassage Translation(漢翻英)Unit 1Mastering a large number of words is essential to achieving fluency in a foreign language. An unofficial, but often quoted, figure for the Cambridge First Certificate examination suggests that students with a vocabulary of less than 3,500 words are unlikely to be successful in the exam. Current research also suggests that native English speakers who have been educated up to 18 years old or beyond know at least 16,000 English words. And unless you already speak a language like Spanish or German, there are no shortcuts to a large vocabulary in English: you just have to rely on diligence and dedication. Of course you can figure out from the context the meanings of some new words you e across in your reading, but more often than not you have to look them up in a dictionary in order to be clear about their accurate meanings. A practicable way to pick up new words is, perhaps, to read a lot, preferably stories that you find interesting or exciting. It often pays to read the same book over and over again: each time you read it you will learn different new words, and the familiar context helps to fix them in your mind. Unit 21. I don’t think it is realistic to turn to him for help. As a matter of fact, he himself is in need of help.2. More and more people are being awakened to the urgent need of bating air pollution.3. There are visible signs that some of the timehonored old traditions and values are no longer cherished by the young people.4. Many of us find the notion of a boundless universe hard to grasp. 5. There being so many loopholes in the laws and regulations, it is little wonder that a handful of speculators got rich overnight.6. An unprecedented boom in tourism brought sudden prosperity to the small border town, which was formerly inhabited by only three hundred people.7. In the light of this information, that country already has the capabilities to make nuclear weapons.8. Regardless of repeated warnings from his friends, he staked all his money on highrisk ventures.Unit 3If you started on some venture and failed, do not despair/lose heart. There is a world of difference between “ I have failed three times” and “I am a failure”. So long as you do not hold a negative concept of self or identify with failures but try to learn from them, you stand a good chance to succeed in the future. Does it ever occur to you that those who fail repeatedly are often victims of a poor selfimage? Often their failures are due to internal causes rather than external causes. Numerous cases have borne it out that if they can be induced to change their viewpoint and construct a positive selfimage, miraculous