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Unit 2:

V ocabulary

Part A. Complete the sentences with words given below, making sure that each word is used in the right form.

maxim roam hound vulgar

preposterous vengeance defect status quo

gaudy exquisite concede satire

1. In the summer, I prefer _______ on the field with my friends and enjoying the sunshine to staying at home alone

2. We felt sorry for his trouble. He ____________ by many creditors, losing all his property and being discarded by his family.

3. Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more ___________ the idea, the more eager they are to die for it.

4. I was so shocked when I found that the ______ imitation of the president and other officials

did please the well-educated audience and an understanding laugh broke out in the hall.

5. Although many of us want to be perfect in all aspects, we need to admit that everyone has

his/her _______ and no o ne is impeccable

6. To take __________ on Germany, at the end of World War II, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics bombed Berlin severely.

7. To be a successful artist, you need not only to have a(n) ________ sense of color but also to keep practicing as much as you can.

8. When we visited the famous hall, we found that the ______ decorations revealed the vulgar taste of the house owner, who was a tycoon of housing industry.

9. We all believe in the ______ that actions speak louder than words.

10. As a member from the conservative group, this nominee was chosen since it had been widely known that he would fight tooth and nail to maintain the __________ and make no change to the current policies.

Part B. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1. Don’t interrupt him. He is now working seriously on his dissertation that is due at the end

of this semester.

A. buckling down to

B. buckling under

C. buckling up with

D. buckling to

2. He has a bad temper and always falls into a fury for the slightest reason, which makes him extremely unwelcome among all the friends.

A. sadness

B. depression

C. an extreme anger

D. great disappointment

3. Through reading the novel, the students realized that the hunchback’s hideous appearance could not conceal his noble characters.

A. spectacular

B. ugly and unpleasant

C. impressive

D. striking and terrible

4. When the World War II broke out and the area was bombed severely, many city dwellers had to move to the sticks and led a totally different life.

A. small towns

B. country areas

C. surroundings

D. neighborhoods

5. In the general conference, his coarse speaking tone irritated the delegate from the neighboring country and then everyone was involved in a fierce debate.

A. ironic

B. sarcastic

C. angry

D. rude

6. The police had to keep track of all the actions of the suspects in order to identify the real criminal.

A. be informed about

B. be contacted with

C. follow up with

D. take notice about

7. Confronted with all these evidences and the witnesses, the drunk driver conceded that it was he who caused the fatality of the 3 victims in the traffic accident.

A. surrender

B. grand

C. admit

D. yield

8. When famine and drought became more severe, the president said he could not size up the whole situation and take any action unless he had received a complete report.

A. bring up

B. come up with

C. make up

D. make a judgment about

9. Gaping at the TV screen and watching the fire and smoke, the whole world was startled and could not b elieve the World Trade Center turned into ruins.

A. Looking

B. Staring

C. Glancing

D. Watching

10. When thousands of bodies, including those of women and children, were discovered in the forest, everyone and all the media took the same side, criticizing the monstrous mass murder with full bullets.

A. tremendous

B. incidental

C. famous

D. evil

Translation

Part A T ranslate the following sentences into English.

1. 尽管已历经无数失败，凯瑟琳仍然相信她能把儿子培养成为世界冠军。

Although she has gone through numerous failures, Katherine still believes that she could make a world champion of her son.

2. 这个培训项目其实不算糟糕，但如果它的课程再实用一点就更好了。

This training program is not really a bad experience. But I would have liked it better if the courses had been a bit more practical.

3. 你应该没这么笨，竟然会打开一个可疑的附件。

Y ou should have known better than to open a suspicious attachment.

4. 他不幸在一次意外的交通事故中丧生，留下尚未做完的实验。

Unfortunately he died from a sudden traffic accident, leaving the experiment half-done.

5. 那个街角的食品市场能改建成花园，岂不是更好吗？

Wouldn’t it be better if the food market on the street corner could be turned into a garden?

6. 尽管我竭力想讨好每一个人，但说话却好像总是不合时宜。

Much as I am eager to please everyone, I seem never be able to speak out the right thing at the right time.

7. 这个小玩意儿是送给老年人的好礼物，它能精确地跟踪血压。

This little gadget makes a good present for the elderly，for it can keep accurate track of one’s blood pressure.

8. 简总是在为下一项成就而努力，从来没有时间坐下来欣赏自己已经取得的成绩。

Jane is always working so hard to achieve the next thing and she never has time to sit back and pat herself on the back about the things that she has already done.

9. 汤姆审时度势，决定缩小企业规模，后来证明这是明智之举。

Tom sized up the situation, and decided to downsize his business, which turned out to be a wise decision.

10. 我们学校仅仅维持现状是不够的，它应该加速发展，力争成为中国最好的大学之一。

It is not enough for our university to resign itself to the status quo; it should speed up its development, and make itself one of the best universities in China.

Part B T ranslate the following selected sentences into Chinese.

1. Onward and upward was the course she set. Small progress was no excuse for feeling satisfied with yourself. People who stopped to pat themselves on the back didn’t last long. Even if you got to the top, you’d better not take it easy. “The bigger they come, the harder they fall” was one of her favorite maxims. (Para.21)

进取、进取、再进取，这是母亲给我设定的方向。小小的进步是不足以自我满足的。那些因成功而沾沾自喜停下来欣赏自己的人是不会持久的。即使你已经到达顶峰，你也最好不要放松。“爬得越高，摔得越痛”是母亲的至理名言。(Para.21)

2. It wasn’t the gin that was shouting. It was my mother. The gin only gave me the courage to announce to them that yes, by God, I had always believed in success, had always believed that without hard work and self-discipline you could never amount to anything, and didn’t deserve to. (Para.32)

其实不是杜松子酒在吼，是我的母亲在吼。酒只是借给了我勇气向他们宣布那个想法。是的，上帝可以作证，我一直相信成功，一直相信如果没有辛勤的劳动和严格的自律，一个人不可能有任何成就，也不配有成就。(Para.32)

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