【正文】 . protection 4. honor 5. advice 6. access 7. advantages 8. help 9. sympathy 10. understanding Word Building VII. 1. foresight 2. forewarned 3. foreground 4. postgraduate 5. postrace 6. foresaw 7. postChristmas 8. postelection VIII. 1. eshopper 2. emerchant 3. ejournal 4. eclassroom 5. emerce 6. 7. edictionaries 8. ecash sentence structure IX. 1. It39。s hands. Comprehension of the Text II. 1. The stacks of paper bore witness to a huge amount of work waiting to be done, even though I had been working seven days a week. 2. I remember feeling annoyed at this dense collection of humanity. 3. Then the truth struck me. He was blind. 4. As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said, The music seems out of tune to our Western ears, but it has charm. 5. They are motionless, waiting for the performance to start. 6. The first performance ended just as we finished dessert, and I excused myself and went to talk to the theater manager. 7. A few minutes later he was standing next to one of the dancers, her little crowned head hardly reaching his chest. 8. About a week after our trip, the chairman told me the Chinese executive had called to express great satisfaction with the trip. Vocubulary III. 1. skimmed 2. steer 3. chartered 4. angle 5. veil 6. magic 7. realm 8. annoy 9. dense 10. highlighted IV. 1. Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India, England, and China. 2. The other players in the team are better than me, but I39。 close XIII. 1 ．B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5．B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B 11 ．D 15．D 19:D structured Writing XV It is difficult to get a welfare client’s wheelchair repaired．Once my wheelchair needed repairing， and I notified my caseworker. She gave me a lecture that I hadn’t taken good care of my wheelchair. Then she told me that I must have the patience to wait until she had the time to report my wheelchair conditions to my medical worker. Then the medical worker called the wheelchair repair panies to get the cheapest bid and informed the main welfare office at the state capital．It took them another several days to consider the matter. When they finally got my wheelchair repaired，I had been confined to bed for more than half a month． Section B Reading Skills I. 1. The stacks of paper is being personified as someone who can bear witness to something. 2. Western ears symbolize people from Western countries. 3. A gallery of human faces symbolizes a gathering of people of different origins. 4. As we know a portrait does not have life. It is in a figurative way to say a living portrait. 5. The word like tells us that this part is a simile, paring hats to small crowns. 6. Two tiny birds are clearly a metaphor for the girl39。 ，我打電話向警察求助，20分鐘后他們趕來(lái)幫我。 ，相反，我反駁了那個(gè)婦女，結(jié)果她竟然是我們的新經(jīng)理。s advice and going back to work. Now they are again faced with the threat of losing their jobs. 3. You only need to fill out a form to get your membership, which entitles you to a discount on goods. 4. Their car broke down halfway for no reason. As a result they arrived three hours later than they had planned. 5. The official got involved in a scandal and was forced to resign weeks later. 6. The man living on welfare began to build up his own market, one step at a time and his business is thriving. XII ：“許多救濟(jì)對(duì)象在欺騙我們，因此，作為補(bǔ)償，我們有權(quán)讓他們對(duì)我們點(diǎn)頭哈腰。t have any effect. 2. I don39。s patients. 8. Ms. Mbogo39。 ran for mayor of Embu, Kenya, and won 2. F? It is basically a fact though the sentence contains some words for opinions. Words representing opinions: even more surprising Words representing facts: was voted in by her colleagues on the District Council, all men 3. O. It is basically an opinion though the sentence contains some words for facts. Words representing opinions: suddenly became a symbol of the increasingly powerful political force Words representing facts: thousands of women in this farming area two hours northeast of Nairobi 4. F. It is basically a fact though the sentence contains some words for opinions. Words representing opinions: many women had not been taught the basics of political participation Words representing facts: One veteran female political activist said What the veteran female political activist said was a fact. So the sentence is basically factual. 5. O. It is basically an opinion though the sentence contains some words for facts. Words representing opinions: not a new phenomenon Words representing facts: political activity among Kenyan women Comprehension of the 5ext II. Vocabulary III. 1. fierce 2. launched 3. colleagues 4. illegal 5. funded 6. jealous 7. refresh 8. substantial 9. sow 10. ridiculous IV. 1. Could we take a walk? I feel like a little exercise. 2. Ms. Mbogo had made a bold decision: to run for mayor of Embu, Kenya. 3. Some leaders in Kenya were afraid of losing their power, so they tried everything to shut39。 Cloze XIII. 1 ．C 2. B 3．C 5．A 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. C 11 ．D 12. A 13．A 15．B 16. D 17．A 18．C 19. B 20. A Structured Writing XV. Charlie Chaplin is a great ic for his native l