Unit one
XI
1.Americans tend to define people by the jobs they have/do. Such characteristics as their family and educational backgrounds are considered less important.
2.His uncompromising personality explains why he could no longer put up with his employer and eventually submitted his resignation.
3.If you really want to learn English well, you must put in a lot of time and energy, or you'll go nowhere. The same can be said of other subjects.
4.Some actors’ fame is built on their innate beauty, but despite his short stature, Dustin Hoffman rose above and it is his excellent acting that set him apart.
5.After he took charge, we discovered that there were striking differences between him and his predecessor. He had the drive and passion, came up with many new ideas, and focused his work on how to raise our morale.
6.Deng Xiaoping made history when he declared China's reform and opening-up policy. Despite tremendous obstacles, he made lasting contributions to our country's modernization with his unrelenting efforts.
7.Why could someone with a genius IQ be left behind by a hardworking person with an average IQ? It has to be acknowledged that besides one's IQ, many other factors have much to do with one's achievements.
8.This teacher is really remarkable in first motivating her students so she
can really teach them something. It's not that she is talented, it's that she focuses completely or drawing their full attention in class.
unit two
X
1.He glared at John and was annoyed by his refusal to cooperate.
2.John's sincere speech shows his gratitude to the people who rendered him generous help when he was in difficulty.
3.He is something of a stamp collector. The fact that once he saved up for two years to buy a rare stamp is proof of it.
4.The beauty of these roses could not be overstated. They took/caught all the visitors fancy in one way or another.
5.At first he took it for granted that they should build more highways in this area. Then a careful calculation of the expenditure compelled him to think twice before he made the final decision.
6.Each time he receives a gift from me, no matter how small, my friend Bill never fails to acknowledge it.
7.The journalist has decided to trace the young man referred to in the old couple's letter, which is a tribute to the young man's effort at improving their living conditions.
8.Though he was fed up with the salesmen who knocked at his door and boasted about their products every day, he refrained from slamming the
door in their face.
unit 3
XI
1.Tom was hung up on the problem but could do nothing about it until he learnt to solve it with different tactics.
https://www.doczj.com/doc/9a3608766.html,teral thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which had seemed to reach a dead end.
3.The framework of our latest construction plan has been affirmed by the local government. Whether it will be carried out on time is of the utmost significance to the development of this coastal city.
4.While trying to find a solution to the problem, Edward reached an impasse in his thinking, but later he changed his point of view and solved the problem in an entirely unexpected fashion.
5.Many people believe that computer labs will eventually take over from the libraries and students who want to take in new knowledge will end up learning everything in the computer lab.
6.Yesterday his car crashed into a truck almost head-on. If he does not stop driving so carelessly, I am sure he will wind up in the emergency room of a hospital.
7.There is a flaw in the structural design of the painting. Why don't you
erase the vertical lines and simplify it a little bit?
8.John should have given up smoking a long time ago. After all, health is of the utmost importance to everybody.
unit 4
XII
1.Schools should avoid deciding who is superior only in terms of students' exam results and treating them accordingly. Instead, a good educational system should enable every student to measure up to good standards as well-rounded people.
2.As often as not, when college students have questions after class, their teachers are not readily available except during office hours. This is due to teachers' busy academic research, rather than their indifference to the students.
3.This class consists of forty students, most of whom used to be labeled average in terms of English level. But as this teacher has never shown any verbal impatience, the students have reacted positively to his teaching methods and lived up to his expectations.
4.Teaching is becoming increasingly demanding in the United States, due in part to the diversity of students' racial background and the
complexity of educational technologies that require additional training. 5.The English are, as often as not, labeled conservative. Obviously this label is prejudiced. In reality, Britain is not very different from other European countries in terms of national characteristics. The British are polite, neat, orderly and confident.
6.Some young people grow up with a strong desire for independence. They would rather try hard to go through life on their own than turn to their parents for help with a sense of guilt.
7.Your friend treats you sincerely, so you should respond accordingly and mustn’t deceive him or talk about his setbacks with irony(ironically).
8.The neighbors' irritation/annoyance was due to the noise they made. However, because of reassurances that they would stop working at night, they went through with the decoration of this apartment.
UNIT5
1.As you can imagine, reading has opened a new world to me and changed forever the course of my life.
2.He had demonstrated an unusually intense interest in books since childhood. So fascinated with books was he that he never let a day pass without doing some reading.
3.Every time he takes the subway to and from work, he has with him a book that he wants to read. That is the way he has read nearly a hundred books in the past three years.
4.When he was in high school, he used to read deep/far into the night in his own room. Each time he heard the approaching footsteps of his mother, he would turn off the light and feigned sleep. But as soon as his mother passed, he would turn on the light and begin reading again.
5.There is hardly anything about China he's not curious about. And to satisfy his curiosity he has decided to go there in person to see as much as he can.
6.I don't know/ I have little/no idea what made your son envy that pop singer and try to emulate him in everything. You might as well ask him in person.
7.As soon as he checked out the book from the library, he thumbed through its pages by the corridor light.
8.I don't think anybody ever learned more in the countryside than I did. In fact, those three years in the countryside enabled me to study far intensively than I would have if I had attended some college.
UNIT6
1.He was disabled from birth, but he never felt frustrated, nor did he give in to any difficulty.
2.Tom had been holding out for a promotion. When the opportunity showed up, he grabbed it at once.
3.He distrusts all standardized tests and believes that there should be
something better to substitute for them.
4.My thesis is that we should carry out a survey of these controversial issues one by one right now.
5.Betty is diligent and dependable. She never shies away from any difficulties. In short, she is the kind of student that we are all proud of.
6.It is ill-advised to keep the gas tank in your house for it ignites easily and may burn up all your hard-earned wealth in just a few minutes.
7.Doctor Smith's lecture amounts to saying that a child who displays high EQ early on in life will succeed eventually in the face of all kinds of difficulties.
8.Since many marriages end in divorce in the United States, psychologists have suggested that couples in all families communicate with each other more often and solve their problems before it becomes too late.
UNIT7
1.As I grew up, I made my peace with the fact that I would never fulfill my dream of becoming a writer.
2.Michael had got stuck trying to figure out the word essential to the word puzzle for two days before he threw up his hands in frustration.
3.The singer was taken aback by the pirated editions of his songs on the market, and he vowed not to let the thieves off.
4.Thank you for purchasing our furnace. In return we will get rid of your