Unit 1
After You Read
Language Focus
2.1) begrudge 2) enmeshed 3) swear
4) entrusted with 5) haunt 6) stammered out
7) stifle 8) scented 9) scorned
10) scrutinized
3.1) emerge — emerging/emergence 2) when — that
3) was — were 4) escaping — had escaped
5) by — with 6) which — that
7) was — was not 8) magnitude — multitude
9) listen — listen to 10) inclusively — exclusively
5.1) are
2) is
3) was
4) are
5) is
6) is 7) was 8) are 9) are 10) is
Unit 2
Before You Read
The First World War The Second World War
Central Powers the Allies and the Axis
the Sarajevo assassination the Normandy landings
Zimmermann Telegram atomic bombing
Treaty of Versailles concentration camps
After You Read
Knowledge Focus
1.1) T 2) F 3) T 4) T 5) F 6) F 7) F 8) T
Language Focus
2.1) make head or tail of
2) triumph over
3) in store
4) in need of 5) hold on to 6) rule out
7) the other way around 8) left out
3.1) brutal 2) damage 3) unreasonable
4) publicize 5) brief 6) proverb
4.a.1) No sooner had he begun to speak, than I sensed that something was wrong.
2) Never has Susan seen a more beautifully decorated room.
3) Had I known what was going to happen, I would never have left her alone.
4) On the road lay an old beggar.
5) Only by shouting was he able to make himself heard.
b.1) A child — Child 2) you can — can you
3) Here she comes! 4) does a hermit live — lives a hermit
5) does — did
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1.1) useful 2) the team spirit 3) cut off
4) doubted 5) sadder 6) before
7) seventeenth 8) careless
Unit 3
After You Read
Language Focus
1.1) hereditary
2) roamed
3) peel
4) nourishment 5) attach 6) stingy
7) languishing 8) eccentric 9) mortgage
10) indispensable 11) rational 12) protruding
2.1) on 2) in; for 3) of 4) for 5) between 6) up 7) for 8) in; in
4.1) B 2) A 3) D 4) C 5) D 6)A 7) C 8) C 9) B 10) D
Unit 4
After You Read
Language Focus
2.1) exposure 2) enclosure 3) exposure
4) disclosure 5) disclosure
1) courageous 2) outrageous 3) courageous
4) advantageous 5) advantageous 6) outrageous
1) Sympathetic 2) emphatic 3) sympathetic
3.1) fantast 2) unconvincing 3) perceptible
4) insistent 5) prosperity 6) informative
7) expansive
5.1) had been used 2) could have gone 3) leave
4) come 5) came 6) knew
7) had studied 8) be sent; was feeling 9) hadn’t
Unit 5
After You Read
Language Focus
2.1) substances 2) substantial 3) substance
4) substantial 5) substantive
1) inquired 2) requires 3) acquired
4) required 5) inquired
1) variably 2) invariably 3) invariably
3.1) assembly 2) scarcity 3) confidentiality
4) respectful 5) salutation 6) refusal
7) voluntary
5.authority; unequalled; as; when; literary; when; compelling; though; unsympathetic
Unit 6
After You Read
Language Focus
2.1) exclaiming 2) besieged 3) was confronted with/by
4) subdued 5) marked 6) extricate myself
7) contented 8) screwed 9) snatched
10) resembled
3.1) armful 2) complaint 3) readiness
4) drowsiness 5) protest 6) intention
7) monotony 8) womanly 9) expectations
10) endanger
5.1) D 2) B 3) D 4) D 5) D 6) C 7) A 8) B 9) B 10) C
Unit 7
After You Read
Language Focus
2.1) trot 2) hobble 3) staggered
3.
4.1) brilliance 2) motionless 3) dreadful 4) dignify
5) untie 6) supposition 7) rescue 8) accompaniment
6.1) That 2) that 3) Whether 4) What 5) Who
6) whether 7) that 8) that 9) what 10) who
Unit 8
Before You Read
1.C T T C T C
After You Read
Language Focus
1.1) (content) being content with everything
2) (typical) to be a typical example of...
3) (enchant) losing one’s belief; being disenchanted
4) (wit) a witty remark
5) (forest) the action of clearing an area of forest
6) (pacify) a person who believes in peace
7) (rogue) fond of playing tricks
8) (right) being morally good and right
3.1) with — without 2) well-ordering — well-ordered
5) that — when 6) Unless — If
7) does — do 8) on — in
9) only — but 10) thousands — thousand
4.1) more — much 2) worst — least
3) larger — largest 4) oldest — eldest
5) any other∧boy
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1.1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) T 7) T 8) T 9) F 10) T
Unit 9
Before You Read
1) A Madman’s Diary 2) Kung I-chi
3) Medicine 4) My Old Home
5) Village Opera 6) The New Year’s Sacrifice
After You Read
Knowledge Focus
2.426135
Language Focus
2.1) did me a good turn 2) fill it up 3) dropped out
4) blot out 5) falls short of 6) clung to
7) conform to 8) infected us with 9) resort to
10) gone from bad to worse
3.1) irrevocable 2) suffocation 3) uncongenial
4) unaccountable 5) indestructible 6) penniless
4.b.1) worse 2) any 3) that
4) as 5) Of 6) to live
7) times more 8) no 9) as
10) better
Comprehensive Work
3.flashed; suspended; grasping; thrusting; dodged; escaped
Unit 10
Knowledge Focus
Language Focus
2.1) rumbling 2) toss 3) preconceived
4) drifting 5) recalled 6) acquired
7) insisted 8) qualify 9) approach
10) glimmering
3.1) to — in 2) done — did 3) in — of
4) best seller — bestseller 5) publishes — published 6) at — in
7) frustrating — frustrated 8) occurring — occurred 9) to — with
10) broken out — break-out
5.1) have taken place 2) will be sentenced; death
3) is being shown 4) has been sold out
5) were bought 6) had been sent
7) were left 8) was asked
9) be borrowed 10) to be killed
Unit 11
After You Read
Language Focus
2.1) avenge 2) revenge/vengeance 3) avenge/revenge
4) revenge 5) vengeance
1) transparent 2) diaphanous 3) transparent
1) obliterated 2) eliminated 3) obliterate
4) eliminated
3.1) competitors 2) recklessness 3) rebel
4) habituated 5) leaden 6) ferocity
7) imaginary
5.was; cried; makes; looked; can swear; is; was; were living; would tear; would plant
Unit 12
After You Read
Language Focus
2.1) convoked 2) disembarked 3) penetrated
4) dilacerate 5) disconcerted 6) profane
7) moulded 8) consecrated 9) caressing
10) exhausted
3.1)wears — wearing 2) on — from 3) off — of
4) entire — entirely 5) divined — divining 6) unrealistic — unreal
7) pale — paleness 8) unfocusing — unfocused 9) that — what
10) took — take
5.1)dare not ask 2) used to be 3) can watch
4) may come 5) won’t go 6) can’t finish
7) shouldn’t be 8) could be 9) can it be
10) can return