Unit 1

TEXT A

Language focus

Word in use

[3]

1.whereby

2. pursuit

3. inhibit

4. maintain

5. patriotic

6. transcend

7. endeavor

8. dedication

9. prestige 

10. nominate Word building

[4]

[5]

1.resultant

2. tolerant

3. pollutants

4. inhabited

5. participants

6. descendants

7. attendants

8. respectful

9. contestants 

10. neglectful 

11. resourceful

12. boastful

Banked cloze

[6]

1.eventually

2. premier

3. endeavor

4. bypass

5. handicaps

6. committed

7. attained

8. transcend

9. feats 

10. slightest Expressions in use

[7]

1. removed from

2. failed in

3. in pursuit of

4. deviated from

5. precluded from

6. triumph over

7. work their way into

8. written off

TEXT B

Understanding the text

[2]

CBADBBCD

Language focus

Word in use

[4]

1.indulge

2. propelled

3.aggravated

4.dazzled

5. alleviated

6.renowned

7.eloquent

8. destined

9.scorns 

10. Applause Expressionin use

[5]

1.up

2.in

3.on

4.up

5.to

6.on

7.as

8.out

sentence structure

[6]

1.He prefers to start early rather than leave everything to the last minute

2.She prefers to be the boss, to be in charge andto organize others rather than be organized bysome whom she may not even rate very highly.

3.My brother prefers to take the whole blamehimself rather than allow it to fall on the innocent.

[7]

1. Try as he would

2. Search as they would

3. Hard as we work

Try as we might

Collocation

Warm-up

1. repeated

2.overwhelming

3.immense

1.heroic

2.sound

3.substantial

1.attained

2.fueled

3.achieved

[8]

1. sudden opportunities

2. immense obstacles

3. amazing determination

4. profound difficulties

5. overwhelming failures

6. poverty-stricken

7. substantial hardship

8. repeated misfortunes

9. sheer persistence

10. dazzle audiences 

11. achieve fame 

12. strong will

Unit 2 Language focus

Word in use

[3]

1.intervene

2.underestimate

3.recede

4.deem

5.bleak

6.appraise

7.paralyzed

8. symptoms

9. dismay 

10. brink Word building

[4]

dominate dominance

avoidavoidance

rely reliance

acquaintacquaintance

clearclearance

annoyannoyance

admitadmittance

resemble resemblance

assure assurance

borebored

privilege privileged

distractdistracted

[5]

1.bored

2.priviledged

3. assurance

4. dominance

5.aviodance

6. acquaintance

7. reliance

8. clearance

9. distracted 

10. annoyance 

11. admittance 

12. resemblance

Banked cloze

[6]

1.characterized

2.aspects

3. amount

4. recede

5. exposed

6.vicious

7. challenge

8. excessive

9. reaction 

10. paralyze

Expressions in use

[7]

1.pulled to a stop

2. black out

3. pop up

4. stopped short

5. plowed through

6. threw himself into

7. let yourself go

8. grabbed for

Language focus

Word in use

[4]

1.vertical

2.evaporate

3.plight

4.intent

5.abort

6.vulnerable

7.proximity

8.evoke

9.lofty 

10.necessitate

Expression in use

[5]

1.in the event of

2.immuned to

3.settled back

4.on board

5.in/into position

6.was…stunned by

7.for sure

8. hint of

Sentence structure

[6]

1.Nothing excites me as much as a brilliant movie with an interesting plot, fantastic acting ,wild visual and a strong script.

2.Over the course of her entire life, she’d longed for nothing as much as knowledge about her mother.

3.Her daughter is at a state hospital and wants nothingas much as to be part of a family.

[7]

1.In teaching practice, it is essential that we (should)teach students proper grammar, sentences structuresand writing skills.

2.It is important that students should be given opportunities to express their perspectives to cultivate theirresponsibility and independence.

3.It is crucial that the younger generation should pursue an active and positive role in promoting environmental protection. Collocation

Warm-up

1.massive

2. incredible

3. terrible

4. relaxed

5. absolutely

6. unremarkable

[8]

1.emotionally impossible

2. amazing power

3. visibly frightened

4.incredible impact

5.impromptus rescues

6.instantaneously hysterical

7. calm confidence8. true courage 9. massive waves

10. would-be rescuer 11. vicious waves 12. rough water

Unit3

Language focus

Word in use

[3]

1.integral

2. cherish

3. afflicted

4. noteworthy

5. portray

6. compliment

7.domain

8. anonymous

9. conscientious

10. perpetual

Word building

[4]

general generalize

normal normalize

public publicize

minimum minimize

mobile mobilize

invest investor

dictate dictator

conquer conqueror

investigate investigator

moderate moderator

elevator elevate

[5]

1.normalize

2. moderator

3.immunized

4. investors

5. mobilize

6. conqueror

7. elevate

8. publicizes

9. investigator

10. minimized 

11.generalize 

12.dictator

Banked cloze

[6]

1）domain 2 ) define 3 ) popularity 

4 ) mentally5 ) diplomatic 6 ) committed 

7 ) devote 8 ) surviving 9 ) embarked 

10 ) humanitarian

Expressions in use

[7]

1.embark on

2. be deprive of

3. turn down

4. taken captive

5. live on

6. share in

7. was stricken by 

8. led by example

Word in use

[4]

1.skeptical

2. coincidence

3. mounted

4. contrive

5. simulated

6. manifest

7. divert 

8. infected

9. upgraded 

10.temperament

Expressions in use

[5]

1.on

2. in

3. as

4. into

5. to

6. to

7. with

8. under/on

Sentence structure

[6]

1.It is not his carefree attitude that made him seemeccentric; it is his conspicuous interest in filmthat made his classmates shun and mock him.

2.It is not his experience in filmmaking thatsabotaged transfer attempts; it is his poor gradesthat forced film schools to withhold acceptance.

3.It is not because things are difficult that we fail todare; it is because we do not dare that things aredifficult.

[7]

1.see things as they are

2.understand the world as it is

3.accept people as they are

warm-up

1.internationally famous

2. rigorous schedule

3.jeopardize hope

4.emotionally draining

5. physically dangerous

6. overwhelming misery

7. perpetually signify

8. conspicuous interest

 9. repeatedly try

[8]

1.repeatedly

2.thrill

3.terrific

1.overwhelmingly

2.desperate

3.physically

4.rectified

1.personal

2.emotionally

Unit4 Language focus

Word in use

[3]

1 )compulsory 2 )contemplate 

3 ) imprisoned 4 ) globalize 

5 ) offset   6 ) groan

 7 ) stubborn 8 ) cluster

9 ) ambiguity 10 ) consoled

Word building

[4]

respect respectable

negotiate negotiable

distinguish distinguishable

avail available

profit profitable

renew renewable

memory memorize

author authorized

visual visualize

stable stabilize

social socialize

[5]

1) profitable 2) renewable 3) authorized 4) negotiable

 5) visualize 6) socialize 7) attributable 8) respectable 

9) avail 10) stabilize 11) distinguishable 12) memorize Bank cloze

[6]

1) contemplate 2) comfort 

3) sparked 4) ventured

5) diverse 6) witnessed 

7) stunning 8)glimpse

9) positive 10) dictate

Expression in use

[7]

1)settle for 2) more often than not 

3) mingled with 4) traded for 

5) was saturated with 6) are open to 

7) endowed with 8) make up for

Words in use

[4]

1）ethnic 2) conceive

 3)presumed 4) despised

5) irritate 6) disregarded

 7) downside 8) venerable

9) susceptible 10) suppress

Expression in use

[5]

1)from/against 2) from 

3) with 4) into 5) to

6) into 7) for 8) off

Sentence structure

[6]

1)The day following was, as it turned out, the last of Mr. Wraxall’s stay at Raback.

2)As it turned out, the war went on for more than four years, with horrible losses ofpersonnel and material on both sides.

3)Madigan had been studying Mr. Barrett for a couple of month, as it turned out theman was rather mysterious.

[7]

1.took his behavior with a smile.

2.took it with gratitude

3.took it with a deep bow

Collocation

warm-up

overly fearful disorienting diversity solo travel

swap stories globalized world foreign travel

[8]

1. exotic places

2. lovely dream

3. multinational excursions

4. pleasant experiences

5. foreign travel

6. valuable open-mindedness

7. ample opportunities 

8. disorienting diversity 

9. local folklore

10. swap stories 

11. modern aviation 

12. credible insights

Unit5

Understanding the text

Word in use

[3]

1) gauged 2) dedicate 3) commonplace

4) suffice 5) revenue 6) simultaneous

7) incentive 8) prone 9) innovations

10)fostered

[4]

realrealism

imperialimperialism

commercialcommercialism

humanhumanism

terror terrorism

recruitrecruitment

resentresentment

enrollenrollment

refreshrefreshment

ship shipment

enforceenforcement

[5]

1) refreshment 2) shipment 3) enforcement 

4) commercialism 5) realism6) recruitment

7) enrollment 8) imperialism 9) resentment 

10) Terrorism 11) humanism

Banked cloze

[6]

1) employees 2) notion 3) primary 4) foster

5) reflects 6) motivation 7) monetary 8) aspects 

9) gossiping 10) miserable

Expression in use

[7]

1) correlate with 2) refrain from

 3)count down 4) slaving away 

5) coincide with 6) contented with 

7) be designated as 8) conformed to

WORD IN USE

[4]

1) Rash 2) specialty

 3) ponder 4) utilize

5) pierce 6) bias

 7) ensue 8) impart

9) infectious 10) hospitality

Expression in use

[5]

1) out 2) on 3) away 4) to

5) to6) in 7) away 8) up

Sentence structure

[6]

1.Although I am already very tall, I wear high heel all of the time,be it day or night.

2)A lower euro will actually help European exports become affordable and more competitive around the world, be they German automobiles or Italian leathers.

3)Every time there is a major new event , be it a natural disaster ora historic moment, we take it for granted that there will be pictures and videos.

[7]

1) find himself eating foods he never heard of before.

2) found herself faced with a math test.

3) found herself standing in front of Tom’s company.

collocation

warm-up

1) prideful 2) high 3) special 4) trivial 5) sole

6) friendly 7) cheerful 8) instant 9) charitable

[8]

1) unhappy 2) personally 3) optimum 4) truly

5) monetary6) sole 7) personal 8) trivial

9) special 10) high 11) friendly 12) cheerful

Unit 6

Language focus

Word in use

[3]

1）evacuated 2) stray 

3) diluted 4) gigantic

5) standpoint 6) nutrition 

7) inflicted 8) pervasive

9) naive 10) permeated

[4]

moment momentary

supplementsupplementary

custom customary

visionvisionary

missionmissionary

disciplinedisciplinary

complexcomplexity

fatalfatality

available availability

feasible feasibility

authenticauthenticity

desirabledesirability

[5]

1) visionary 2) fatality 3) availability 4) customary 

5)feasibility 6) momentary 7) disciplinary 8) supplementary 

9) missionary 10) authenticity 11) complexity 12) desirability Banked cloze

[6]

1) appalling 2) innumerable 

3) distinction 4) casualties 

5) unrecorded 6) massacres 

7) foster 8) stage

9) decline 10) stabilize

Expression in use

[7]

1) flew at 2) wove her way through 

3) radiated from 4) conceive of 

5) was lined with 6) dive into

7) next to nothing 8) stayed down

Words in use

[4]

1) supervise 2) petitioned 

3) clutching 4) vicinity 

5) fragrance 6) dispatched 

7) dwelling 8) haunted 

9) timid 10) encloses Expression in use

[5]

1) to/into 2) in 

3) together 4) apart 

5) with 6) off

7) with 8) off

Sentence structure

[6]

1) Henry refuses to change his mind because he holds that our advice is worth next to nothing to him.

2) Once a gambler is addicted, all the efforts to help him getrid of the bad habit will be worth next to nothing.

3)Your recommendation is worth next to nothing to those whodo not want to listen.

[7]

1) looks like it is going to burst.

2) looks like the work would stretch well into next year.

3) looked like they planned to invade within the following few days Collocation

Warm-up

1) A 2) C 3) B 4) B5) C6) B

[8]

1) emotional intensity 2) brilliant sky 3) walked briskly

4) helplessly wandering 5) trembling voice 6) tremendous roar

7)desertedroad 8)violently dipping 9)inevitable death

10)profound fatigue 11) pervasive threat 12) dangerous evil

Unit7

Language focus

Word in use

[3]

1) donate 2) spiral 

3) termination 4) layoff

5) subsistence 6) spectrum 

7) complied 8) reclaimed

9) originated 10) expired

Word building

[4]

emit emission

omit omission

suspend suspension

predict prediction

distribute distribution

corruption corrupt

generous generosity

formal formality

local locality