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Unit1
1. With his index finger,
Patterson pointed toward a plain color-coded box
beneath a long
wooden table.
2. He disguised himself as a waiter and
watched what was going on around.
3. He often whistles a tune during the
morning tea break when his boss is not
around.
4. And again she
shouted in a high-pitched voice, word by word,
with no attempt to restrain
herself,
5. There were certain
people in that room, like Peter and John, who had
failed to grasp what
I was saying.
6.
During
that
time
I
was
overwhelmed
with
longing
for
those
innocent
days
of
early
childhood.
7. I'm
just praying that the board of directors will take
step before it is too late.
8. She was
the director's faithful assistant in whom he could
have absolute confidence.
9.
These developers pledge to build low-income
housing units when the supply of affordable
housing for poor people continues to
shrink.
10.
People
have
been
mobilized
to
build
defenses
and
drain
flooded
land
as
heavy
rains
continue to
fall.
11. I got a postcard
from a friend which says
happy New
Year.
12. It was a very
emotional time in the delivery room and I
certainly shed a few tears when
Andrew
was born.
13. She shook with
terror whenever she was about to fly in a
plane.
14. Victims want to
see justice done not just for themselves, but for
the greater good of
society.
Unit2
1. Church
Mill, although of fairly moderate size compared
with some of its neighbors, is a
delightful two-story building of
stone.
2. If your weight
remains constant you must be using up all your
calories, but if you are
gaining weight
then some of the calories you consume are being
stored as fat.
3. I don't
think it advisable that Tim be assigned to the job
since he has no experience.
4. Meals also have to be modified from
their original state so that they will have a
beneficial
effect on the
body.
5. His face was very
red, which was clear evidence of his
fever.
6. Families with
children tend to be restricted as to when they can
take their vacations.
7.
They calculate that the aging population is adding
one per cent yearly to health service
costs.
8. In the
case of a polluted river, the remedy lies in the
hands of the national government.
9. The change in leadership will have a
huge impact on government policy.
10.
Given sufficient time with other things remaining
unchanged, prices and wages would
eventually be adjusted and full
employment may be achieved.
11. It's very important that parents
select the right school for a child with learning
difficulties.
12. It may not
be your regular practice to explain yourself, but
I typically explain what I mean
to
others.
13. My daughter-in-
law said that I was interfering, but I was only
trying to help.
14. Some doctors
believe that vitamin supplements are largely
unnecessary.
Unit3
1. Education should aim to cultivate a
child's mind to its utmost potential.
2. We have tried to make the test
simple but comprehensive so that it will give us a
basic idea
of what you do and do not
understand.
3. This controversial book
was both praised and criticized, but whether it
was read by artists
I leave to further
research.
4. Three
independent daily newspapers have been ordered to
suspend publication.
5. They
offered me only $$5 for a whole day's
work
—
I felt really insulted
6. The lab director said that the
experiment was at its preliminary stage and they
would need
more time to come to a final
result.
7. They must know how to make
use of and, when necessary, to replace the old
conventional
rules.
8. It is
made quite clear in the report that China will
stick to its reform and opening-up policy.
9. One of the things many of us hope
for is a chance to contribute something worthwhile
to
the world.
10. The
reports have attracted considerable publicity
although only a tiny proportion of the
reports have been debated in the House.
11. It was with a mixture of excitement
and pity that we watched, as some of the escaping
rabbits were shot.
12. Are
people who work till 10 o'clock in the evening
more energetic than those who stop at
5
o'clock?
13. He exhibited high
intelligence and had a powerful memory, but was
unpopular because he
was often rude.
14. He cursed his bad luck in arriving
just after she'd left.
15. The children
were expected to do well and they were carefully
encouraged, but they were
never put
under strain by demands to do or be the best.
Unit4
1. This
means they have been inspected by a team of
professional experts and the standard
of their work has been approved.
2. The Statue of Liberty had just
arrived from Paris and was being assembled so it
was not in
New York Harbor when they
arrived.
3. This reaction to
the event is rather exaggerated but on the other
hand there's something
in
it.
4. Police had trouble
understanding who was responsible for the
accident, because everyone
who saw it
made different
5. It is an almost
universal truth that the more we are promoted in a
job, the less we actually
exercise the
skills we initially used to perform it.
6. His appointment has not been
formally approved yet.
7. It's getting
more and more difficult to recruit experienced
staff.
8. He insisted that the idea
evolved out of work done by British scientists.