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第一单元
Words in use
shrewd
radiant
discern
stump
conversion
surpass
proposition
crumble
ingenious
distort
1.
As
the
gender
barriers
________,
the
number
of
women
working
as
lawyers,
doctors,
or
bankers began to increase
significantly from the mid-20th century.
2. With the data collected
each year, the owner of the shop can ________
customer trends and
how things like
weather and economic indicators affect sales
performance.
3. His
supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a
positive manner that he is not only able to
reach but to ________ his personal
goals.
4.
He
is
a
man
with
a(n)
________
business
sense.
He
has
built
his
initial
investment
into
a
substantial and even excessively large
fortune.
5. The ________ of
nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an
exciting possibility that was
being
vigorously explored in many laboratories in the
1950s.
6. I was not only
shocked but also disgusted that the report tried
to ________ the scientific facts
in
such a manner that even some highly-educated
people were fooled.
7.
Sixty-two
and
blessed
with
his
mother's
skin,
the
fisherman
had
withstood
a
lifetime
of
exposure to the sun and looked as
________ as a man in his forties.
8. French educator Louis Braille
invented a simple but ________ code which has had
an impact
on the lives of generations
of people who are blind.
9.
The senators didn't expect us to ask such tough
questions, and when we finally did, they got
________ and didn't know what to say.
10. This newly established
university supports the ________ that a more
diverse higher education
system is
desirable since it would enhance opportunities for
lifelong learning.
1.
随着性别壁垒的瓦解，从
20
世纪中期开始，从事律师、医生或银行家工作的妇女人数开
始显著增加。
2
。通过每年收集的数据，店主可以辨别顾客的
趋势，以及天气和经济指标如何影响销售业
绩。
3
。他的上司以一种积极的方式推动和激励他，使他不仅能够达到，而且能够
超越他的个人
目标。
4
。他是个有精明商业头脑的人。他把最初的投资变成了一笔可观的、甚至过多的财富。
5
。核辐射直接转化为电能是一种令人兴奋的可能性
，
20
世纪
50
年代，许多实验室正在积
极探索这种可能性。
6
。报告试图歪曲科学事实，甚至一些受过高等教育的人也被愚弄了，我不仅
感到震惊，而
且感到厌恶。
7
。这位渔夫六十二岁，有着母亲的皮肤，他经得起一子的日晒，看上去像四十多岁的人一
样容光焕发。
8
。
法国教育家路易斯
·
布莱叶发明了一种简单而巧妙的密码，它对
几代盲人的生活产生了影
响。
9
。参议员们没想到我们会问这么难的问题，当我们终于问出来时，他们被难住了，不知道
该说什么。
10
。
这所新成立的大学支持这样一个主张：
一个更加多样化的高等
教育体系是可取的，
因为
它将增加终身学习的机会。
Word building:
Practice-2
delicacy
bankruptcy
accountancy
secrecy
vacancy
urgency
atmospheric
magnet
metallic
gloom
guilt
mastery
1.
Contrary to the predictions of some local
economists, who always warned that higher wages
and benefits would lead to slower
growth and business ________, these policies had
exactly the
opposite effect.
2.
There
are
growing
concerns
about
the
climate
effects,
such
as
melting
ice
caps,
droughts,
floods, etc., due
to rising ________ greenhouse gas concentrations.
3.
Long
considered
one
of
the
great
________,
goose
liver
most
commonly
appears
on
the
menu of
French dishes in high-end restaurants.
4.
For
the
sake
of
the
world's
future
prosperity
and
for
its
elimination
of
hunger
and
disease,
reforms and
innovations must be pursued with ________.
5. Many smart people became
accountants instead of scientists because the
science they were
exposed to in school
made ________ seem more attractive by comparison.
6.
Despite
the
deepening
economic
________,
he
believes
automobile
sales
will
likely
grow
vigorously over the next three years as
long as loan interest rates remain low.
7. The nearby high-tech
park helps the university become a(n) ________ for
some of the most
ambitious young
business minds from around the country.
8. Photographs of this
quality are rare among UFO
photographs, but in this particular
shot you can clearly see a disc-shaped ________
object.
9. Since the scope
of agriculture is wide, the administrators and
information personnel involved
in it
must have a good ________ of the field.
10.
Employers
decide
to
create
a(n)
________
only
when
the
expected
profit
of
a
filled
job
exceeds the hiring costs
for a new employee.
11.
Parents often suffer deep feelings of ________ if
their children fail to succeed, or don't turn
into responsible and law-abiding
members of society.
12. I
respect the need for ________ at a particular
point in family life. But I do believe that family
members do better when they can speak
openly about things that really matter.
一。
与一些当地经济学家的预测相反
，
他们总是警告说，
工资和福利提高会导致增长放缓和
企业破产，而这些政策的效果恰恰相反。
2<
/p>
。由于大气中温室气体浓度的上升，人们越来越担心气候效应，如冰盖融化、干旱、洪水<
/p>
等。
三。鹅肝一直被认为是美味佳肴之
一，最常见的出现在高档餐厅的法式菜肴菜单上。
四。为了世
界未来的繁荣，为了消除饥饿和疾病，必须进行改革和创新，进行改革。
5
个。许多聪明人成为会计而不是科学家，因为他们在学校所接触的科学使会
计相比之下更
具吸引力。
6
。他认为，尽管经济衰退加剧，但只要贷款利率保持在较低水平，未来三年汽车销量可能
会强劲增长。
7
号。
附近的高科技园区帮助这所大学成为吸引一些来自全国各地最有抱负的年轻商业头脑
的磁石。
8
个。
这种质量的照片在不明飞行物照片中很少见，但在这张照片中，你可以清楚地看到一
个圆
盘状的金属物体。
9
号。
由于农业的范围很广，
从事农业的管理人员和信息人员必须对这一领域有很
好的掌握。
10
个。只有当一个职位
的预期利润超过新员工的招聘成本时，雇主才会决定创造一个（
n
）
空缺。
11
号。如果孩子不能成功，或者不能成为负责任、守法的社会成员，父母往往会有深深的
负罪感。
12
岁。我尊重在家庭生
活中某个特定时刻保密的必要性。但我相信，当家庭成员能够公开
谈论真正重要的事情时
，他们会做得更好。
Expressions in use
flare up
be dripping with
appeal to
in exchange for
make an analogy between
make
a pact
make … out of
set a date for
1. The brick walls of the
ruined buildings 1)________ green mold and
moisture, and she shivered
involuntarily, looking down to avoid
the sight.
2.
As
urban
populations
exported
finished
goods
2)________
raw
materials
from
neighboring
populations, organized trade grew
substantially.
3. Knowing
just how quickly a wildfire can spread, some
residents of the village decided to leave
their homes after the flames 3)________
nearby.
4. Biology teachers
often 4)________ the heart and a pump in order to
help students understand
how the heart
works.
5. They would like
to 5)________ their wedding and announce their
engagement to their families
and
friends as soon as possible.
6. He was determined not to sour a
perfectly good day with the memory of one jealous
classmate
trying to 6)________ a fool
7)________ him in front of the entire class.
7. The couple
8)________ never to work at the same time, so that
one of them was always on
full-time
parenting duty, and their child wouldn't have to
be looked after by strangers.
8.
The
president
said
that
it's
the
worst
earthquake
ever
to
hit
the
country,
and
that
he
9)________ the world for
help, asking in particular for heavy-lift
helicopters able to carry relief
supplies into the isolated mountain
areas.
一。
被毁坏的建筑物
的砖墙上滴着绿色的霉菌和湿气，
她不由自主地打了个寒颤，
低
头避开
视线。
2
。随着城市人口出口制成品以换取邻近人口的原材料，有组织贸易大幅增长。
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