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(B2 M1) 比較: She dieted for several weeks to lose weight.Decide the meaning of underlined word in the following sentences.1) He shouldered his responsibility to look after his parents.2) The train headed towards west and disappeared in the distance.3) We must value every day in our life.4) We sat in the stand to watch the football match.5) He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted.6) He has pleted the first leg of a fivenation tour. 3. By the late 1890s he had moved to Galveston, where he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane struck. (B3 M3)Find out the sentence, in which the word “strike” has the same meaning with the above one.1) A heavy snow struck most parts of southern China before the Spring Festival in 2008. 2) He struck a match and lighted a cigar.3) The majority of Hollywood’s playwrights are striking for higher pay.4) The clock has just struck 12.5) A good idea struck the scientist. 6) The ship struck (on) a rock.【實(shí)戰(zhàn)練習(xí)】Make the right choice.1. After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor in the countryside. A. set out B. took over C. took up D. set up 2. Don39?!咀灾饔懻摗縁ind out the different meanings of “cover” in the passage.Last night, Tom was reading a novel in his study. The novel was about the magic power, on whose cover there was a blueeyed boy with a broom in his hand. Tom had already covered 80 pages of it. In fact, he loves reading very much and his reading covers a wide range of subjects. Tom’ mother was busy in doing some housework in the kitchen. She put a cover