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Unit1
his index
finger,Patterson pointed toward a plain color-
coded box
beneath
（在
低于……的位置、在……之下）
a long
wooden table.
disguised
（伪装物、伪装、假扮）
himself as a waiter
and watched what was going on around.
often
whistles
（吹口
哨）
a tune during the morning tea break
when his boss is not around.
again
she shouted in a high-pitched voice,word by
word,with no attempt to
restrain
（克制、抑制）
herself,“I
cannot stand any
more.”
were
certain people in that room,like Peter and
John,who had failed to
grasp
（明白、抓住、抓紧）
what I was saying.
that
time I was overwhelmed with
longing
（渴望
0
for those
innocent days of early childhood.
7.I
?
m
just
praying
（祈
祷）
that
the board of directors will take steps before it
is too late.
was the
director
?
s
faithf
ul
（忠诚的、忠实
的）
assistant in whom he could have absolute
confidence.
developers
pledge
（保证、承诺、协
定）
to build low-income housing units when the supply
of affordable housing for po
or people
continues to shrink.
have been
mobilized to build defenses and
drain
（使疲劳、使筋疲力尽、
使排走、使流出）
flooded land as heavy rains continue to
fall.
Unit3
1. Education
should aim to
cultivate
（培养、耕种）
children
’
s mind to its
utmost potential.
2. We
have tried to make the questions simple but
comprehensive
（综合的、全面
的）<
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so that it won
’
t
take many minutes to fill in but your answers will
give us a good idea of what is wan
ted
and what is not.
3. This.
c
ontroversial
（有争论的、有争议
的）
book was widely discussed but whether it was read by artists I leave to further re
search.
4.
Three independent daily newspapers had been
ordered to
suspend
（暂停、中止）
publication on Aug.
5. The
children were expected to do well, carefully
encouraged, but never laid under
strain
（负担、压力、扭伤、拉伤、使关系紧张）
to do or be the best.
。
6. Finally, it became clear
that no preliminary _
conference
（会议
0
would be
possible without widening the discussions.
7. They must know how to make use of
and when necessary to discard the old _
conv
entional
（传统的、常规的）
__
rules.
is made
quite clear in the report that China will stick to
its
reform
（改革、改
进）
and opening-up policy.
of
the things many of us hope for is a chance to
contribute something
worthwh
ile
（值得做的）
to the world.
reports have attracted considerable
publicity
（关注、宣传、推
广）
although only a tiny proportion of the
reports have been debated in the House.
Unit 4
means they have been
_
inspected
（检查、视
察
）
_ by a team of professional experts
and the standard of their work has been
appr
oved.
2.
The Statue of Liberty had just arrived from and
was being _
_ assembled
（组装、
装
配、集合、聚集）
__ so it was not in New York harbour
when they arrived.
3. This reaction to
the event is rather____
exaggerated
（夸张、夸