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1、Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise A,Choose the appropriate word or phrase from the list to complete the following sentences.ambiguity recuperation preconception prone connotation preferential ethnocentrically scrutiny deterrent stumbling block1.We have a certain stereotypical _ of a person from a culture an
2、d we interpret his/her behaviour according to this preconception,whether or not the reason for the behaviour is what we think it.,Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise A,2.According to Dr.Helfand,Pakistan built nuclear weapons as a _ against India.India wanted them as a _ against China.3.The European _ Committe
3、e assesses the legal and/or political importance of each EU document,decides which EU documents are debated,monitors the activities of UK Ministers in the Council,and keeps legal,procedural and institutional developments in the EU under review.4.A major _ in handling criticism is that we believe the
4、 criticism to be unfair and untrue and that we should defend ourselves against such criticism.,Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise A,5.Many Americans who are learning Chinese think that the term“Lao Wai”is somehow an insult,and in fact the term“Lao Wai”doesnt have a negative _ in Chinese.6.China has no plan t
5、o change its _ treatment policies for foreign investment in the near future in order to reassure foreign investors who have been worried that China might cancel its _ policies and give foreign investors the same national treatment as their domestic counterparts now that the country is in the WTO.,Un
6、it1:Vocabulary Exercise A,7.Restorative yoga is especially helpful for anxiety-_ people because it allows the nervous system to rest and heal.8.Students should develop the ability to weigh evidence without bias,tolerate_,and use ethical principles in their academic and personal lives.9.Members slate
7、d for peacekeeping duties over 180 days are eligible for up to 15 days of rest and _.,Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise A,10.The norms of our own culture are not necessarily wrongoften they are very goodbut we should learn not to judge other cultures ways of acting and thinking _ only because they differ fr
8、om our own.Keys:1.preconception 2.deterrent;deterrent 3.Scrutiny 4.stumbling block 5.connotation 6.preferential;preferential 7.prone 8.ambiguity 9.recuperation 10.ethnocentrically,Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise B,Fill in the blanks with the best choice.1._implies an active choice to cling to something,no
9、t passively being carried along out of inability to imagine anything else.A.Tenancy B.Tenacity C.Tendency D.Tenure2.In Egypt,I saw the pyramids and the damaged face of the Sphinx,smiling a(an)_ smile.An amazing journey!A.inscrutable B.sweet C.incredulous D.incurious 3.The elimination of _ was believ
10、ed to be a prerequisite for any successful intercultural exchange.A.generalizations B.judgments C.doubts D.stereotypes,Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise B,4.The Pentagon was planning to launch a 24-hour satellite television channel based in Baghdad to make it easier to _ the news media“filter”that Bush Admi
11、nistration officials believe is misleading the public by emphasizing bad news about the occupation of Iraq.A.circumnavigate B.circulate C.circumvent D.curriculum 5.This class will provide you as a parent with age appropriate songs and activities to enjoy music at home with toddler that will develop
12、coordination,balance and _ relationship skills as well as communication and cooperation.A.scrutiny B.spacious C.stereotype D.spatial,Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise B,6.It is a _ to say that the women who teach in India must know the language,the religion,superstitions and customs of the women to be taugh
13、t in India.It ought to be the very same case for England.A.truism B.genuine C.tenacity D.similarity7.The _ of“white”in Chinese includes something unhappy.At funerals,Chinese pay respect to the dead and express their sorrow by wearing white and writing elegiac couplets in white paper.In the West,howe
14、ver,white is the traditional color for the bride at weddings,and to wear white at funerals would be offensive.A.configuration B.conjunction C.connotation D.connection,Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise B,8.The just-concluded election in Pakistan is simply a _ for continuing military rule,according to Selig H
15、arrison,a leading US authority on South Asia,Afghanistan and the region.A.inflection B.faade C.ambiguity D.fabrication9.As television,and to an extent the internet have _further through our society,the effects are perhaps more significant than even we realize.A.perpetuated B.pervasive C.permanent D.
16、permeated,Unit1:Vocabulary Exercise B,10.Theres this new girl coming to my school,and I like her a lot.I want to _ our friendship before I start a serious relationship.A.cement B.lime C.clay D.concreteKeys:1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C.5.D 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.A,Unit3:Vocabulary Exercise A,Choose the appropriate wo
17、rd or phrase from the list to complete the following sentences.sabotage pester standoffish casserole delectable backfire duress siblings therapy smoothie,1.China is the first market for KFC to launch its new product.Targeting trendy young people,KFC D&D features new flavors like the _ series,crushed
18、 ice of different tastes and hot drinks like Hong Kong-style milk tea.Its a wider choice of drinks and desserts than those on the regular KFC menu.2.My sister Ellie,who recently lost 20 pounds,has been pressuring me to lose weight too.And when I asked for a second helping of the low-fat _she served
19、for dinner the other night,she totally went off on me.,3.Most little children want a dog or a cat,and they continually _ their mothers and fathers until they get one.It is only when the sweet little thing has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on“Rover”o
20、r“Bonze”.4.Nigerian President Obasanjo said Sunday that he is not excluding _ as the cause of last Sundays bomb explosions at the Military Cantonment in Lagos,which led to the death of more than 1,100 people.,5.An obviously biased judge made derisive decisions throughout the trial.The strain of the
21、trial also placed Barries marriage under_,which ultimately led to his wife divorcing him,and led to Barries children being derided and physically attacked by their classmates.6.The G.O.P.hopes to gain votes by attacking her as a radical feminist who prefers the boardroom to the kitchen.But the ploy
22、could _by alienating working women,7.Both Luo and Guang admit their drugs,while effective in combating AIDS and alleviating its syndromes,may not be the final answer to solving the AIDS crisis.Rather,they believe,combined _ is the likely ultimate answer.Luo said his drugs,when combined with Western
23、medicine,such as the AZT,have shown double the effectiveness for treating AIDS patients.8.This _ TV programme is suitable for those half-educated people.,9.“John has no_.So when his parents passed away,he inherited everything from the familyproperties,bank savings,stocks and a big house.Hes really l
24、iving on easy street.”10.Anthropologist Dr.Edward T.Hall points out that,for two unacquainted adult male North Americans,the comfortable distance to stand for private conversation is from arms length to about four feet apart.For as the South American moves in,the North American feels hes being pushy
25、;and as the North American backs off the South American thinks hes being _.,Vocabulary Check A 1.smoothie 2.casserole 3.pester 4.sabotage 5.duress 6.backfire7.therapy8.delectable 9.siblings 10.standoffish,Vocabulary Exercise B,1.There was so much pain there,_ caused by both sides over the years.I di
26、dnt want to hurt them,nor they did,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 becoming stron
27、ger-thanks to the adoption of a more open economic model.And now,Asian countries are making efforts to promote regional_,and in turn realize common prosperity.A.integration B.diversity C.competition D.integral,3.When people cant explain a new phenomenon using their knowledge,they will firstly try to
28、 understand the new phenomena using the logic reference of_.A.comparison B.analysis C.counterpart D.analogy4.If you mess up,its not your parents fault,so dont _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 _
29、it in a profitable direction.A.adapt B.control C.install D.steer6.The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow _,particularly in western Europe.A.obscure B.obsolete C.optional D.overlapping,7.From busy homemakers to professional people,many Americans enjoy the convenience of prepac
30、kaged meals that can be ready to serve in 10 minutes or less.On the other hand,many Americans recognize the value of _ art.A.cookie B.culinary C.cuisine D.cook8.The chairman of the board _ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.A.compelled B.posed
31、 C.pressed D.tempted,9.I am not _ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her,because I have nowhere else to live.A.concerned B.compatible C.considerate D.complied10.A good education should train students to think for themselves.However,most of them are trained in the technique of examina
32、tion under _.A.duly B.duty C.duress D.obligation,Vocabulary Check B 1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C.5.D 6.B 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.C,Unit 4:Vocabulary Exercise,thwart optimize infrastructure vestige warrant entail offset symptomatic aggregate retard,thwart optimize infrastructure vestige warrant entail offset symptomatic a
33、ggregate retard 1.More studies on rigorous data are _.2.The progress of studies comes from hard work and is_by frivolities(轻浮）.3.Unforfunately,what the farmers had gained in the autumn harvest was _by the heavy losses caused by a snowstorm in the winter.4.The renewing of the _ needs greater fiscal i
34、nvestments from the government.5.The _of planned economy is being erased step by step.,warranted,retarded,offset,infrastructure,vestige,6.The newcomer has gradually learned what is_in the position as a qualified salesperson.7.The disagreements in the nuclear negotiation are _of the tensions between
35、America and Iran.8.The policy by EU that imposes serious constraints on textile imports from China will definitely _the bilateral trade in other areas.9.The Labour Party under Tony Blair won a(n)_ number of 356 seats in the presidential election.10.Policy makers and economists shoulder the responsib
36、ility of_the use of resources.,entailed,symptomatic,thwart,aggregate,optimizing,1.warranted 2.retarded 3.offset 4.infrastructure 5.vestige 6.entailed 7.symptomatic 8.thwart 9.aggregate 10.optimizing,Unit5:Vocabulary Exercise A,Choose the appropriate word or phrase from the list to complete the follo
37、wing sentences.abortion earmark cassava cyclone incineration collateral anecdotal impropriety fetus afforestationEven the increase proposed will put pressure on Congress to hold down other spending or dip into funds for Social Security.Since Pain was paying no attention to him,he decided that he mig
38、ht without _ ignore Pain.“The harassments of daily life looming nuclear,rude waiters have driven people to cocooning.They have gone to ground in their dens.to keep at bay the modern world”(George F.Will)Operation Rescue was an organization notorious for its confrontational tactics and its implacable
39、不饶人的opposition to under all circumstances.confrontational对抗性的；挑起冲突的,Unit5:Vocabulary Exercise A,Since then we have had,wars,floods,so many things to add and subtract.Coconuts are being scraped and the juice is squeezed on pounded taro or for puddings.The psychological advantages or disadvantages on
40、woman and must be addressed and researched so that informed decisions can still be made.Not all silvicultural practices森林作业法are as extreme and the character of the ground flora will also depend on the land-use prior to.,Unit5:Vocabulary Exercise A,The firm pledges its inventory财产清单,（商店的）存货，库存as for
41、a short-term loan,but the lender has no physical control over the inventory.There is no apparent conclusive scientific study,but the _ evidence is strong that the herb is useful.,Unit5:Vocabulary Exercise A,1.earmark 6.cassava2.impropriety 7.fetus3.incineration 8.afforesation4.abortion 9.collateral5
42、.cyclone 10.anecdotal,Unit5:Vocabulary Exercise B,1.The decision to opt for composting was made largely in order to reduce the need for water for flushing the toilet.A.sew B.sewerage C.sewage D.sewn2.The end product of such a course of evolution is an obligate that is inextricably linked to a partic
43、ular host.A.paradiseB.parasitic C.endoparasite D.parasite3.The situation for teachers without varies according to the circumstances surrounding the dismissal.A.tenure B.tent C.tendency D.tenured 4.Garth doesnt work;he just lives off his.A.inheritor B.inherent C.inheritD.inheritance,Unit5:Vocabulary
44、Exercise B,5.It causes many complications,including small placenta size,and low birthweight.A.stillborn B.stillbirth C.stillageD.stillman6.The market will goods that yield social benefits in excess of private benefits and will consequently produce too few of these goods.A.undervalue B.devalue C.unde
45、rweightD.value7.The alert library media specialist will have recognized at once that is,after all,a kind of integration.A.majorityB.maintenance C.mainstreamingD.mainframe,Unit5:Vocabulary Exercise B,8.The new decoder uses an amplitude locked-in combination with a phase locked _ to achieve this break
46、through.A.loopy B.loophole C.loony D.loop9.Geometrically,the inner product of two can be considered a measure of their similarity.A.carriers B.vectors C.agentsD.mediums10.They include a new way of controlling diseases,and of administering drugs to people with chronic diseases.A.waterborneB.aquatic C
47、.waterbedD.enhydrous【矿】含水的,Unit5:Vocabulary Exercise B,1.C6.A2.D7.C3.A8.D4.D 9.B5.B 10.A,Unit7:Vocabulary Exercise A,Choose the appropriate word or phrase from the list to complete the following sentencesindentations encroach tarnish impervious vanquish obliterate deprecation valances torso remit,Un
48、it7:Vocabulary Exercise A,1.The distance was not great enough to details,it only made them little,and mellow,and dainty,like landscapes and towns seen through the wrong end of a spy-glass.2.The water,however,will little by little on the shore,the island becoming lower and smaller,and the space betwe
49、en the inner edge of the reef and the beach proportionately broader.3.To the punishment of such crimes was,he said,to encourage them.4.Elizabeth also wept and was unhappy,but hers also was the misery of innocence,which,like a cloud that passes over the fair moon,for a while hides but cannot its brig
50、htness.5.When Ajax saw his mark he knew it and was glad;he threw it to the ground and said,My friends,the lot is mine,and I rejoice,for I shall_ Hector.,Unit7:Vocabulary Exercise A,6.“Now,it is of no use,Peak,”said Sir John,raising his hand in _ of his delivering any message;“I am not at home.”7.In
