2. She worked and kept an eye on the sick child at the same time.
3. There is a suspicious-looking man outside the house; I??ve had my eye on him
for some time.
4. I??ve never set eyes on that man before.
5. They turned a blind eye to the sufferings of the people.
6. I know that Tom has his eye on this digital camera，but I haven??t yet made
up my mind to part with it.
7. He didn??t believe that it was important to write between the lines until our
recent discussion on its advantages opened his eyes.
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. The old man would sit for hours feasting his eyes on the picture.
Ⅲ. Prefix : thermo-
The pref ix thermo- means “ heat”. Write down the meaning of the
following words.
1. thermometer 温度计，寒暑表
2. thermoplastic
3. thermostat
4. thermochemistry
5. thermocurrent
6. thermomagnetic
7. thermos bottle
8. thermotherapy
Ⅳ. Word-building
A. Complete the chart below by filling in the missing forms of the words.
Verb Noun Adjective
global
synthesis
revise
reversion
irrigative
accumulate
radiate
comparable
consider
definite
B. Complete the sentences with words from the chart. Change the form where
necessary.
1. He a large fortune by buying and selling used cars.
2. Let??s fix a date for the next meeting.
3. I can see I will have to my opinions of his abilities now.
4. On a scale ，AIDS may well become the leading cause of infant
death.
5. This dress material does not crush.
6. She her answer with the one given in the book.
7. When his father died，John became head of a very business
empire.
8. The direction of the movement of the machine can be by pressing
that button.
9. Nowadays agriculture utilizes solar to a certain extent.
10. The doctor showed her how to her nose and throat with hot
water.
unit Nine
Text B
Ⅰ. Find from the text a synonym or an antonym for each of the
following words or expressions. The number of the paragraph is
given to help you.
1. considerably (para. 1 )
2. success (para. 1 )
3. control (para. 1 )
4. nutrition (para. 1 )
5. apart f rom (para. 2 )
6. disastrous (para. 2 )
7. treasure (para. 2 )
8. adapt to (para. 3 )
9. hospitable (para. 3 )
10. optimist (para. 4 )
Ⅱ. There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence
there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the one
answer that best completes the sentence.
1. I have heard some bad news which has me very much.
A. disrupted B. discovered C. disturbed D. discarded
2. the claim about German economic might ，it is somewhat surprising
how relatively small the German economy actually is. (CET 6: 1996/ 1)
A. To give B. Given C. Giving D. Having given
3. A budget of five dollars a day is totally for a trip round Europe.
(CET 6: 1999/ 1 )
A. inadequate B. incapable C. incompatible D. invalid
4. My camera can be to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.
(CET4: 1990/ 1)
A. treated B. adjusted C. adopted D. remedied
5. People were surprised to find that he had the ability to everything
he was involved in. (CET 6: 1996/ 6)
A. precede B. dominate C. effect D. instruct
6. The work was almost complete when we received orders to no
further with it. (CET 4: 2003/ 6)
A. progress B. proceed C. march D. promote
7. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue
that the power of the medium is. (CET 4: 2000/ 6)
A. granted B. implied C. exaggerated D. remedied
8. According to the American federal government ，residents of Hawaii have
the longest life : 7 7.2 years.
A. rank B. scope C. scale D. span
9. The number of demonstrators in front of the municipal office
building was 900.
A. appropriate B. appreciate C. approximate D. apparent
10. Crime is increasing worldwide ，and there is every reason to believe the
will continue into the next decade.
A. trend B. pace C. rate D. step
Ⅲ. A linking word or phrase is missing in each of the following
sentences. Choose one of the words or phrases listed below so that
the relationship between the two statements is made clear.
unfortunately to say nothing of what??s more
in addition to anyway nevertheless
consequently for my part contrary to
. I know it??s difficult. ，you can try，even if there??s not much
chance of success.
2. They lost their way in the mountains. ，they had to pass the night
in a deserted shed.
3. There??s no society page in most of our newspapers. ，comic strips
are rarely found，too.
4. There are newspapers and magazines that cater for different tastes of
people. ，I prefer a paper that covers a little of everything.
5. I had wanted very much to attend the lecture on the resources of the sea.
，I had a high fever and couldn??t go.
6. John is writing his composition in the music room. That??s what he
always does on Tuesday afternoon.
7. The coach of a football team is the commander- in- chief in a ball game;
，the players are crucial.
8. He passed the examination，what I expected.
9. gene ，intelligence also depends on an adequate diet，a good
education and a decent home environment.
10. He hasn??t enough money for food，amusements.
unit Ten
Text A
Pre-clas s activity
Ⅰ. Find in Column B descriptions that fit the words in Column A.
A B
1. trigger A. to cause to melt in great heat; to cause to join by melting
2.medication B. to f ix deeply in the body or mind
3. disclose C. concerned with producing young or copying
4. transform D. to start (a chain of events)
5. fuse E. exactly like
6. implant F. medicine used to cure illness
7. opponent G. to make known; to show by uncovering
8. reproductive H. to declare unlawful
9. outlaw I. to change completely in form，appearance or nature
10. identical J. a person who acts against sb. or sth. or who takes the
opposite side
Ⅱ. Spell the following words with the help of their definitions and the
first letters.
1. b a photographic copy in white or blue paper
2. a a remarkable achievement
3. f to move steadily and purposely forward
4. t very great in size，amount or degree
5
. a to ( cause to) become different
6. p a small group of people chosen to do sth.
7. c to become pregnant (with a child) ; to think of or imagine
8. i to force the acceptance of ; to establish ( an additional
payment) officially
9. f causing death; very dangerous and unfortunate
10. o existing somewhere across the sea; foreign; to ，at ，or in
somewhere across the sea
Ⅲ. Cross out the word that does not belong to the group.
1. reveal disclose expose explode
2. alter vary choose change
3. believe conceive imagine think
4. vital curable deadly fatal
5. involve include exclude contain
Clas s activity
Ⅰ. There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence
