10. We are prepared to a little to them on minor problems，not on
major questions of principle.
A. give away B. give off C. give out D. give way
11. He is the most unpleasant man that I??ve ever had the of meeting.
A.misfortune B. unfortunate C. fortune D. fortunate
12. As university students，we should the temptation to focus on
exams alone.
A. oppose B. fight C. resist D. refuse
13. The government is taking emergency to deal with a housing crisis
in some big cities of the country.
A. actor B. action C. act D. active
14. It will be Helen??s 20th birthday tomorrow. Do you have anything
mind for her as a present ?
A. in B. on C. to D. with
15. Your community officer can give you on how to prevent crime in
your area.
A. advisable B. advise C. adviser D. advice
16. In 1981 ，an unknown woman appeared in a TV commercial and
became immediately popular.
A. older B. elder C. elderly D. eldest
17. Sue ran out of the room in tears，followed，at a more pace ，by her
husband.
A. slowly B. leisurely C. relaxedly D. hurriedly
18. If you tell him what happened I??m sure he??ll understand - he??s a
man.
A. reasonable B. reliable C. wise D. intelligent
19. My great-great-grandmother began brewing in 1905 and there has been
family of brewing ever since.
A. way B. tradition C. habit D. hobby
20. An elderly live next door and they always complain about the
noise when we have a party.
A. pair B. double C. two D. couple
Ⅱ. Choose a suitable word from the groups to complete the following
sentences and try to figure out the difference in meaning.
1. rise raise arise arouse
rise to move upwards
raise to cause to rise or become bigger or better
arise to happen; to appear
arouse to cause someone to have (a particular feeling )
( 1) Nancy is a quali fied teacher who knows how to her students??
interest in foreign languages.
( 2) With more and more cars on the road，pollution levels are steadily.
( 3) New problems as we went further into the case.
( 4) I had to my voice in order to make myself heard over the noise in
the classroom.
2. elder older elderly
elder used for person in the same family who was born earlier
older used for any person who was born earlier or anything that came
into being earlier
elderly rather old; esp. past middle age
( 1) This museum is much than that one.
( 2) In Unit Four，we??ve got to know an washwoman，who possessed a
determination to fulfill whatever task she had undertaken.
( 3) My sister seems to know much about some of the most elementary
science.
Ⅲ. Complete the following sentences with a phrase from the list.
have a high/ low/ good/ bad opinion of have the right to (do sth.)
be/ go on one??s feet sort out go off be active in
( be) content to horse race
1. Would you please all the clothes you want to throw away and give
them to me ?
2. His gun accidentally as he was climbing over a fence.
3. Under the influence of her father and elder brother，she local
politics all these years.
4. John is quite watch television for hours at a stretch.
5. You remain silent.
6. Everyone in the country receive compulsory education.
7. He was so keen on that he spent a lot of money on it.
8. She him as an actor long before he won the Oscar Prize.
Pos t-clas s activity
Ⅰ. Decide whether the following pairs of words are synonyms or
antonyms. If they are synonyms，circle the S. If they are
antonyms ，circle the A.
1.married single S A
2. name call S A
3. opinion view S A
4. leisurely hurriedly S A
5
. resist accept S A
6. vivid bright S A
7. ordinary special S A
8. order sequence S A
9. arise appear S A
10. unfortunately luckily S A
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the following phrases with“mind”.
be in two minds about change one??s mind come into one??s mind
have...in mind get sb./ sth. out of one??s mind
make up one??s mind keep sth. in mind have sth. on one??s mind
take one??s mind off sth. keep/ have an open mind (about)
1. I couldn??t concentrate on my work - I my mother??s illness
.
2. I was going to vote for him，but I and voted for Reagan.
3. When Galileo maintained that it was the sun not the earth that was the
center of the space ，most people thought he.
4. I was so angry that I just said the first thing that.
5. I some horrifying pictures on the news last night.
6. Once he to do something，there was no stopping him.
7. We university students should all the school regulations.
8. We about whether to sell the house or not.
9. Many years after my graduation from the university，I just can??t
that teacher.
10. Nowdays more and more young people in China about *** before
marriage.
Ⅲ. Suffix : -ic
The suff ix - ic is used to form adjectives. Study the pairs of words below
and then fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
energy - energetic atom - atomic history - historic
period - periodic organ - organic electron - electronic
economy - economic irony - ironic academy - academic
1. The country has been in a very poor state ever since the decline of
its two major industries.
2. More money is needed for the preservation of buildings and monuments
.
3. We take checks to ensure that high standards are maintained.
4. Our local supermarket stocks a limited range of fruit and vegetable.
5. It is that although many items are now cheaper to make ，fewer
people can afford to buy them.
6. I tried aerobics but it was too for me.
7. An mailbox is the place where the computer stores the messages.
8. Peace-loving people all over the world are against the use of
weapons.
9. This university is noted for its high standards.
Ⅳ. Word-building
A. Match the words from Column A with those from Column B to form compound
words.
A B
1. swimming A. pill
2. sleeping B. speech
3. parking C. room
4. opening D. pool
5. waiting E. time
6. commuting F. lot
B. Fill in the blanks with the above compound words in their proper forms.
1. She has been suffering from insomnia for years and can??t fall asleep without
taking a every night.
2. The hospital was so crowded that it took me a long time in the
before I f inally saw the doctor.
3. There is an indoor in the neighbourhood I live. I go swimming
every day all around the year.
4. I have to spend longer every day after I moved farther away from
the university I work in.
5. More and more residents in Shanghai have bought cars for family use. The
problem is that there aren??t so many in the downtown.
6. I??m nervous about having to make an at my best friend??s wedding.
unit Five
Text B
Ⅰ.Translate into Chinese the underlined parts in the following sentences
from the text.
1. The place was crowded with people. A high-school girl was along behind
