the counter. (para. 1 )
2. She continued to unburden herself as she packed our ice-cream. (para. 4 )
3. Dealing with difficult people is a part of everyday life... ( para. 5 )
4. You pick up and the caller launched into a complaint. ( para. 8 )
5. Don??t bother explaining that half the staff is out with the f lu. ( para. 9 )
6. Well-intentioned though they may be，such explanations usually add to the
complainer??s anger because they come across as excuses. (para. 9 )
7. Agree to disagree. (para. 10 )
8. Saying“ hey，we both want the same thing” can get you out of the
quarrelsome mode and get you working together again. (para. 14)
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. There??s apple pie ，ice-cream，cheesecake or fruit for.
A. dessert B. desert C. deserts D. desertion
2. His daughter is a very naughty girl，pulling the head off her
sister??s doll.
A. five-years??-old B. five-years-old
C. five-year??s-old D. five-year-old
3. Since he got his license he has spent all his free time the wheel of
his parents??car.
A. around B. behind C. above D. under
4. My car was damaged in an accident yesterday，but on one was
hurt.
A. at best B. at most C. at least D. at worst
5. The council haven??t yet chosen the for the new hospital.
A. site B. spot C. position D. scene
6. There is a strong for lowering the price.
A. quarrel B. discussion C. argument D. debate
7. He had enormous charm and a great sense of which were a source
of inspiration to others.
A. security B. direction C. humour D. responsibility
8. Jerry to join the company as they offered me a large salary and a
company car.
A. was tempted B. tempted C. was attempted D. attempted
9. If we don??t attach importance to education，we will in the
technology race with our opponent.
A. stay behind B. leave behind C. be behind D. fall behind
10. If you are not satisfied with the service，go and the manager,
rather than having an argument with the waiter.
A. complain of B. complain to
C. complain with D. complain about
Ⅲ. Study the collocations with“lose”and fill in the blanks with the
following lose- phrases.
lose one??s balance lose one??s head lose heart
lose one??s mind lose one??s nerve lose one??s patience
lose one??s shirt lose one??s temper lose one??s way
1. You just spent all that money on a pair of shoes ? Have you completely
?
2. The toddler wobbled and and fell off the low wall.
3. When I told my boss that I hadn??t f inished the work I was supposed to have
done today，he really.
4. Even though they were under threat ，they didn??t.
5. If we cannot understand that there??s an issue of principle here，then we
have.
6. He said he??d on that race and he was penniless at that moment.
7. In the end，I and began to shout at her.
8. After he failed for countless times，he still didn??t.
9. I went parachuting once but I just before the jump and stayed in
the airplane.
unit S ix
Text A
Pre-clas s activity
Ⅰ. Find in Column B descriptions that fit the words in Column A.
A B
1. pursue A. of the usual or ordinary kind
2. intelligence B. to state or agree to the truth of (usu. sth. bad)
3. elementary C. to make continual efforts to gain (sth.)
4. admit D. to change so as to be suitable for
5. system E. in place of
6. average F. to waste ( time) lazily
7. adapt to G. a group of related parts working together
8. do away with H. ( good) ability to learn and understand
9. idle away I. to abolish; to cause to end
10. instead of J. concerned with the beginnings，esp. of education
and study
Ⅱ. Spell the following words with the help of their definitions and the
first letters.
1. c to try to win sth. in competition with sb. else
2. a concerning teaching or studying，esp. in a college or university
3. u a university student who has not yet taken his first degree
4. t a word or phrase used to express an idea，esp. a specialized
concept
5. d to give or devote ( one??s time，energy，life，etc. to a noble
cause or purpose)
6. e of or about education; providing education
7. i to speak or act in a way that hurts or is intended to hurt the
feelings or dignity of (sb.)
8. s to cause unpleasant or angry surprise to (sb.)
9. l a group of people who lead
10. p to choose ( one thing or action) rather than another; to like
better
Ⅲ. Cross out the word which does not belong to the group.
1. nerd geek freak genius
2. cooker performer actor painter
3. prestigious respected admired notorious
4. educate cultivate treat train
5. portion shade share part
Clas s activity
Ⅰ. There are 20 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. Socrates，the Greek philosopher，believed that one should to the
law no matter how imperfect it was.
A. obey B. conform C. concede D. observe
2. She said that the treatment she had received in the hospital had completely
her of her dignity.
A. deprived B. designed C. depressed D. denied
3. As its name shows，the Green Party is dedicated to the environment
.
A. protect B. protection C. protected D. protecting
4. Marathon runners often have to push themselves beyond the of
their endurance.
A. range B. level C. extent D. quantity
5. In the Declaration of Independence ，Thomas Jefferson said that human
rights included the preservation of life，liberty and the of
happiness.
A. search B. pursuit C. seeking D. chase
6. The Minister promised to give a written answer the MP??s detailed
question.
A. to B. about C. on D. with
7. -“Why did you want to talk to me ?”
-“Well ，it??s to a complaint that??s been made about your work.”
A. do with B. get away with
C. do away with D. make away with
8. She was overcome with joy when her new trainer promised to make an
olympic athlete her.
A. about B. to C. of D. for
9. This afternoon the Prime Minister was with his advisors and we
are expecting an announcement shortly.
A. insulting B. interviewing
C. consulting D. interfering
10. Unfortunately，the two sides in the negotiations have come to an
agreement.
A. failed in B. failed with
C. failed at D. failed to
11. It??s a pleasant surprise to me that my daughter would like to read English at
home going out.
A. no more than B. rather than
C. not more than D. other than
12. I became a teacher because I books and people to politics.
A. favored B. liked C. preferred D. enjoyed
13. The United Nations has a resolution that calls for sending UN
observers to Iraq.
. adepted B. adapted C. apted D. adopted
14. Clean water has become a very commodity in many parts of the
world.
