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Text comprehension
I. C
II
1.
F
2.
F
3.
F
4.
T
5.
F
III
1.
For Mayblum, the WTC was a symbol of
power
–
for its height and
steadiness, and the force
of storms was
actually nothing to the WTC.
2.
The author
means that the survival of the people inside the
WTC would simply depend on
their
locations, i.e. where they were at that moment.
3.
Ramos
went
to
help
the
panicked
workers
into
a
stairwell
(on
the
78
th
floor),
helped
the
heavyset man down one
more flight to an elevator (on the
53
rd
floor), helped the man
toward
the last bank of elevators (on
the 44
th
floor), and
reassured the man he would be staying with
him (on the 36
th
floor).
4.
They
helped the heavyset man 17 floors down the
building.
5.
the
sentence implies that
Ramos
’
s wife refused to
believe that Ramos did not make it out of
the building.
IV
1.
On
that
morning
thousands
of
people
in
the
WTC
were
thrown,
all
of
a
sudden,
into
a
condition of terrible suffering and
uncertainty. Mayblum was one of them.
2.
It seemed that
the tremendous sound of the collapse of the South
Tower destroyed the man
’
s
hope of climbing down the remaining
stairs, and thus took away his remaining energy.
Vocabulary
I
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
II
burning
a situation or circumstance relating to
sth.
in an intermittent
manner
help sb.
Things are satisfactory up
to this point
1.
scoffed
2.
dilemma
3.
collapsed
4.
pandemonium
5.
reassuring
6.
rumble
7.
glancing at
8.
meet up
with
III
1. Chris became more and more panicky
(panic), as the day of the examination drew near.
2.
The
spacecraft
descends
/
descended
(descent)
through
the
atmosphere
at
a
speed
of
17,000
mph.
3. Good teachers try to
make their lessons more enjoyable (enjoy) by using
varied activities.
4. For years they were
living with their suitcases packed in constant
expectation (expect) of being
given
permission to leave the country.
5. There was a lot of
public debate about the morality (moral) of the
invasion.
6.
I
managed
to
get
him
to
lend
me
the
money,
but
I
had
to
use
all
my
powers
of
persuasion
(persuade).
7. His desire to
make his son a pianist was so strong (strength)
that he spent nearly all his savings
to
buy him a piano.
8.
After
a
break
you
should
feel
energetic
(energy)
and
confident
enough
to
tackle
another
assignment.
IV
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
A
D
C
B
D
C
A
8.
D
V.
1. Others faced the ultimate moral
dilemma: Save yourself, or save another.
Antonym:
amoral, nonmoral
2. But as hard as she tried, as many
questions as she asked, the picture began to fade
on the 36th
floor.
Synonym
: disappear
3. The drawstrings on his window shades
would appear to sway slightly, but it was an
illusion.
Antonym
: wildly
4.
He
ripped his
T-shirt
into
pieces,
soaked
the
pieces in
water
and
gave
them
to
colleagues
to
cover their faces.
Antonym
: uncover, disclose,
reveal
5. Hong and Ramos tried to
persuade him to continue.
Antonym
: dissuade
6.
“
I
left,
”
Hong says
sorrowfully.
Antonym
:
happily, joyfully, joyously
7. Mayblum
would be one of thousands cast into extraordinary
purgatory that morning.
Antonym
: ordinary, common
8. On the 53rd floor, he came across a
heavyset man whose legs just
wouldn
’
t move any more.
Antonym
: small, thin,
slender
VI.
1. help
helpful /
helpless
2. child
childish / childlike / childless
3. act
active
4.
persistence
persistent
5. revolution
revolutionary
6. success
successful
7. woman
womanly
8.
lady
ladylike
Grammar
I.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
II.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
III.
1.
2.
3.
would
would
used
to, would
used to
used to
used to
would
would
used to
would, would, would
used to
travel
was not used to accepting
was not used to receiving
used to think
used to living
used to say
didn
’
t use to eat
am not used to driving
insistence
habitual action
probability