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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 block 1. We have a certain stereotypical _ of a person from a culture
2、 and 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
3、_ Committee 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 tha
4、t we believe the 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
5、. 6. China has no plan to 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 c
6、ountry is in the WTO.,Unit1: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 p
7、ersonal lives. 9. Members slated 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 thinki
8、ng _ only because they differ from 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. _im
9、plies an active choice to cling to something, not passively being carried along out of inability to imagine anything else. A. Tenancy B. Tenacity C. Tendency D. Tenure 2. In Egypt, I saw the pyramids and the damaged face of the Sphinx, smiling a (an)_ smile. An amazing journey! A. inscrutable B. swe
10、et C. incredulous D. incurious 3. The elimination of _ was believed 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
11、 in Baghdad to make it easier to _ the news media “filter” that Bush Administration 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 appropri
12、ate songs and activities to enjoy music at home with toddler that will develop 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
13、must know the language, the religion, superstitions and customs of the women to be taught in India. It ought to be the very same case for England. A. truism B. genuine C. tenacity D. similarity 7. The _ of “white” in Chinese includes something unhappy. At funerals, Chinese pay respect to the dead an
14、d express their sorrow by wearing white and writing elegiac couplets in white paper. In the West, however, 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 Exercis
15、e B,8. The just-concluded election in Pakistan is simply a _ for continuing military rule, according to Selig Harrison, a leading US authority on South Asia, Afghanistan and the region. A. inflection B. faade C. ambiguity D. fabrication 9. As television, and to an extent the internet have _further t
16、hrough our society, the effects are perhaps more significant than even we realize. A. perpetuated B. pervasive C. permanent D. 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
17、. cement B. lime C. clay D. concrete Keys: 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 word or phrase from the list to complete the following sentences. sabotage pester standoffish casserole delectable backfire duress siblings therapy smooth
18、ie,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 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.
19、 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 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 fa
20、thers 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” or “Bonze”. 4.Nigerian President Obasanjo said Sunday that he is not excluding _ as the cause of last Sundays bomb explosions at the Milita
21、ry 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 trial also placed Barries marriage under_, which ultimately led to his wife divorcing him, and led to Barries children being derided a
22、nd 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 could _by alienating working women,7.Both Luo and Guang admit their drugs, while effective in combating AIDS and alleviating its
23、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 medicine, such as the AZT, have shown double the effectiveness for treating AIDS patients. 8.This _ TV programme is suitab
24、le 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 living on easy street.” 10.Anthropologist Dr. Edward T. Hall points out that, for two unacquainted adult male North
25、 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; and as the North American backs off the South American thinks hes being _.,Vocabulary Check A 1.smoothie
26、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 didnt want to hurt them, nor they did, but the harm had been done and it was irreversible. A. inappreciab
27、ly B. inadvertently C. inarticulately D. invisibly 2. Strengthening regional economic cooperation is a top priority for many Asian countries. Interdependence among these different countries is becoming stronger - thanks to the adoption of a more open economic model. And now, Asian countries are maki
28、ng 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 understand the new phenomena using the logic reference of_. A. comparison B. ana
29、lysis C. counterpart D. analogy 4. 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 _ it in a profitable direction. A. adapt B. control C. install D. s
30、teer 6. 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 prepackaged meals that can be ready to serve in 10 minut
31、es or less. On the other hand, many Americans recognize the value of _ art. A. cookie B. culinary C. cuisine D. cook 8. 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 C. pressed D. tempted,9. I am not _ w
32、ith 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. complied 10.A good education should train students to think for themselves. However, most of them are trained in the technique of examination under _. A. duly B. d
33、uty 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 aggregate re
34、tard 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 inves
35、tments 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 A
36、merica 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 respon
37、sibility 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
38、 following sentences. abortion earmark cassava cyclone incineration collateral anecdotal impropriety fetus afforestation Even 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 t
39、hat he might 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 tact
40、ics and its implacable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 a
41、dvantages or disadvantages on 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 it
42、s inventory财产清单, （商店的）存货，库存as for 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. cassava 2. impropriety 7. fetus 3. incine
43、ration 8. afforesation 4. abortion 9. collateral 5. 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. sewn 2. The end product of such a course of evo
44、lution is an obligate that is inextricably linked to a particular host. A. paradise B. parasitic C. endoparasite D. parasite 3. 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 l
45、ives off his . A. inheritor B. inherent C. inherit D. inheritance,Unit5: Vocabulary Exercise B,5. It causes many complications, including small placenta size, and low birthweight. .A. stillborn B. stillbirth C. stillage D. stillman 6. The market will goods that yield social benefits in excess of pri
46、vate benefits and will consequently produce too few of these goods. A. undervalue B. devalue C. underweight D. value 7. The alert library media specialist will have recognized at once that is, after all, a kind of integration. A. majority B. maintenance C. mainstreaming D. mainframe,Unit5: Vocabular
47、y Exercise B,8. The new decoder uses an amplitude locked-in combination with a phase locked _ to achieve this breakthrough. A. loopy B. loophole C. loony D. loop 9. Geometrically, the inner product of two can be considered a measure of their similarity. A. carriers B. vectors C. agents D. mediums 10. They include a new way of controlling diseases, and of administering drugs to people with chronic diseases. A. waterborne B. aquatic C. waterbed D.