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1、U1acquisitionthrustspecificallydistinguishadjustfunctionconcentrationevidentlydistinctivediminish1. The risk from viruses certainly hasn't diminished ; on the contrary, it has mushroomed and people can easily get infected with virus.2. I like wild sunflower not because it has a(n) distinctive No

2、rth American flavor but because its image is closely connected with our continent's early history.3. One of the main characteristics that distinguish the male bird from female bird is that the former has beautiful feathers.4. He went to apply for hundreds of jobs with a master's degree in co

3、mputer science but ended up with nothing. Evidently , it's because he was disabled.5. Some books are specially designed to tell us information about the social, cultural or professional life of the country.6. I was embarrassed as an American for having thrust such an awful concept upon the Frenc

4、h, saying that the French hated the idea of the theme park, Euro Disney.7. In places where it does not rain very often, thefunction of canals is to drain water fromrivers or lakes and carry it to fields.8. There is also evidence of slower acquisition of language and a higher frequency of learning di

5、fficulties for these physically disabled students.9. If you must sit facing the desk, shift your chair slightly as you sit down oradjust your bodyin the chair slightly so that you can be right in front of your interviewer.10. Clever readers focus their attention, keeping theirconcentration on the ma

6、terial theyknow best and answering questions quickly because they are confident.assemblymoistearnestdestinationmoistureproclaimassetrallyexclaimquest1. Last Saturday, about 5,000 people held a protest march and rally against social discrimination against all people with AIDS.2. When appearing in cou

7、rt, my friend Debra exclaimed in anger to a judge to defend her actions, "I wasn't hurting anyone!"3. Human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief, which has beenproclaimed as thehighest aspiration of the common people.4. Henry Ford was one of the first to apply assembly line

8、manufacturing to the mass production of affordable automobiles.5. Unless you have a heated greenhouse, you will have difficulty in keeping the plant indoors for very long because they need a really warm and moist atmosphere.6. In dry weather, you'd better water your vegetables, flowers, and plan

9、ts in the morning before the earth loses too much moisture .7. When you are faced with a difficult situation, you may rely on some of yourassets such asfamily, friends, skills, education, money, and good health.8. After many years' searching of the world, her quest for her missing brother finall

10、y succeeded when she found him in Africa9. She decided long ago that she would study the subject of physics inearnest as soon as shewas accepted by the school.10. He regretted that he hadn't followed his friend's suggestion. If he had taken the short-cut across the river, he would have arriv

11、ed at the destination much earlier.A. fluentB. acquisitionC. diverseD. reverseE. competentF. competitiveG. skimH. beneficialI. enhanceJ. engageK. comprehensionL. confusionM. proficiencyN. exposureO. efficiencyTesting has replaced teaching in most public schools. Instead of teaching reading or writin

12、g skills which are beneficial to students, now teachers are somehow encouraged to reverse the learning process. For instance, they ask students to read the questions at the end of a reading text first, and then teach them to skim the text for the answers with various test-taking skills. We wonder wh

13、ether the test-taking skills really help improve their language proficiency .The ability to read or write should enhance the ability to do reasonably well on comprehension of reading texts or fluent writing. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through learning test-taking skills. Te

14、achers must be careful when they teach students how to read and write to avoid any false language acquisition . Too many discussions on test-taking skills will only end up with more confusion in learning because students have become more interested in test-taking skills rather than concentrating on

15、the nature and quality of what should be taught.As a result, students may be competent in taking tests while they have little or no exposure to serious reading or thinking. They are unable to understand or talk about what they read, which is definitely disastrous to their academic preparation.U2pers

16、istboostinvestorientevaluateaccumulateacceleratecalculatespeculateundertake1. The United Nations official said to undertake a new peace move in the Middle East when there is a chance to reach an agreement.2. We might speculate further from the story and say that these people probably lived very clos

17、e to the well because of the importance of water to life.3. As they are not sure about the situation in the flood-stricken area, they will first send trained nurses there to evaluate the needs of each patient.4. If the extremely hostile relationships tend to persist , the conflicts between the two p

18、arties make it difficult to recognize that they share common needs and goals.5. As more students are inclined to choose business as their major, the college has to offer more courses that are business- oriented .6. If workers believe inflation is likely to accelerate , they will demand higher wages

19、to compensate for expected increases in prices.7. If you have a good planning to set aside 500 dollars per month, it would take two years to accumulated the minimum sum needed for your child.8. If the population continues to rise at the present rate, scientists havecalculated that theworld's pop

20、ulation will double by the end of the century.9. The cost of repairing damaged public facilities is so high that some local governments are unwilling to invest in the rebuilding projects.10. According to recent research reports, learning a new dance step mayboost the brain in thesame way that learni

21、ng a language does.liableliberalunconsciousobjectivepromisingrealisticsufficientdominantcynicaldestructive1. Both parents and teachers are very concerned about the destructive effects that violent films may have on children.2. If you keep interrupting me, it is unlikely that I will havesufficient ti

22、me to give you thecomplete picture which you are so anxious to get!3. The new method is both reliable and objective ; furthermore, it has benefited greatly from the development of computer technology.4. Of all the media, the Internet is clearly dominant , with television a close second, at least as

23、a source of news and other information.5. Body movements are often unconscious forms of expressions, and they can convey certain information to the audience.6. The school principal has some liberal views about what his students should wear and how much freedom should allow them.7. Word meanings are

24、especially liable to change because people learn them by hearing them in context rather than by looking up the standard definition.8. The company seems promising because the electronic and printing unit alone has annual sales of about $80 million.9. During the time of economic depression, many peopl

25、e may seem to becynical about whatthe government might do, and they just cannot believe the wealthy officials.10. The bottom line is that I have tried to be true to myself at all times and in all situations, andI simply don't think it is realistic to expect anything else.enrollbotherinstallinves

26、trecruitreformreviseshrinkacknowledgeconfirm1. Steve Jobs has been acknowledged as a genius in business; his greatest skills are his insight, creative mind, and his management ability.2. To keep the companies going, firms need to recruit candidates frequently to replace those who choose not to conti

27、nue their contracts.3. I believe I have to revise my ideas about my boss he's stubborn sometimes but very clever and creative in many cases.4. In order to improve their job skillsto get new jobs or to advance in the ones they alreadyhave, many enroll in some forms of continuing education courses

28、.5. In business settings, email is best used to convey some keyinformation,to confirm appointments, to document decisions, or to contact a decision maker directly.6. Wetland losses have caused populations of some bird speciesstarved for water, food, andnesting sites to shrink by 60 to 80 percent.7.

29、Better technology means you can install more sensitive alarm systems in your home and carry less cash on the street.8. The name Joe particularly bothers me as some think it makes me more qualified to be a baseball player rather than an art critic.9. We can surely reform our public health care system

30、, but it still gives us, for all its flaws, the best health care in the world.invested him with a strong will and10. The manual labor in the countryside for 10 years had perseverance to overcome difficulties.A. calculateB. assertsC. distinguishD. literallyE. securedF. broadenedG. performsH. insightI

31、. accumulateJ. insertsK. justL. extremelyM.boundN. perceiveO. sightWhy study the humanities? The 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Millasserts that,instead of places for pure learning, universities ought to be places thatliterally encouragestudents to become good human beings.This asserti

32、on may sound out-of-date since most college students today arebound to learnknowledge and special skills. According to Mill, human beings arejust human beings beforethey are lawyers or doctors. Mill further explains that a strong liberal arts curriculum will make lawyers or doctors see differently w

33、ith broadened horizons.But can someone be a successful lawyer of great inner insight without studying the humanities? Yes. Can someone succeed in business or medicine without the liberal arts? Sure. But we ought to distinguish"the goodness of the operation" from the "goodness of theop

34、erator". How well someoneperforms in a specialized field is not necessary to do with howwell a person behaves as a good human being.The study of the humanities, therefore, prepares students for their future "philosophic habit of mind" something extremely different from an Internet and

35、 Information Age which values speed and instant satisfaction. On the contrary, studying the humanities enables us to accumulate slow, on-going knowledge to respond to the basic questions of our age, a means of human betterment.U3witnessacquaintdeceivedistractconfusehesitatesnaprouseaffirmsurrender1.

36、 More and more unexpected stress and pressure began to get to her, and one morning she just snapped as she could no longer bear them.2. The young and handsome speaker was standing in front of a large crowd of people, attempting to rouse the crowd with a cry for action.3. No matter where we are, we m

37、ust not let cultural, racial, or social barriersdistract us fromthe job that must be done on our responsibility.4. The government has surrendered itself to the pressure from big business and companies and eventually brought down interest rates.5. The fresh air and bright sunlight deceived me into th

38、inking I might still have some youthful energy left in these old bones of mine.6. The man denied having witnessed the accident because he was afraid of getting himself involved in a long process of investigation.7. The press gave a completely different version of the events, which greatlyconfused th

39、osewho tried to understand the truth.8. He continued to affirm that the introduction of divorce would make it more difficult for people to lead "good moral lives".9. Staff members were asked to acquaint themselves with what had been discussed and covered if they were absent from the meetin

40、g yesterday.10. The young writer hesitated , reluctant to destroy any part of his own work, for which he had devoted all his time for quite a few years.equivalentstaticchaoticalertfeasiblecoarsestableimplicitrefinedsensible1. It's understandable that at 15,000 feet, no pilot who is already suffe

41、ring from the effects of lack of oxygen will be able to make sensible decisions.2. English law says that circumstances of a marriage aren't static , and therefore a judge should decide how financial assets will be divided in cases of divorce.3. Contrary to young people, mature adults would prefe

42、r to choose some professions that are stable and could bring prestige and economic benefits.4. The new manager of the company complained several times that he could not work effectively under such chaotic conditions.5. She didn't openly attack the plan, but the fact that she was against it wasim

43、plicit in hersilence when others were saying things in support of it.6. Reserved speaking style and refined manners are always considered characteristic of English gentlemen.7. I respected her because she was very polite and, like the rest of her people, never laughed if an outsider said something c

44、oarse .8. Now that we have the extra resources from the local government, the long-term project started a year ago seems economically feasible .9. Passengers on the plane were told to stay alert at all times and report any suspicious packages to the crew members immediately.10. Several games based o

45、n the "Star Wars" movies require players to choose between the light and dark sides of the Force, equivalent to good and evil.A. mysteriousB. previousC. fluidD. liquidE. indispensableF. stableG. miserableH. labeledI. shiftJ. implicitK. exploitL. exploreM. tendsN. intendsO. frameI don't

46、 want any sort of traditional stability in my life right now. The thought of marriage, staying in one place and doing one thing, will make me feelmiserable because there are too manythings on my to-do list. Don't take me wrong that I won'tshiftto marriage, but certainly notyet.The previous f

47、our common life phases, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age, are now added with two more, labeled "odyssey" and "active retirement". Of the new ones, the less understood is odyssey that frequently occurs between adolescence and adulthood.For our parents' generation,

48、 adulthood tends to be defined by achieving certain things. We all know them owning a house, having a stable career, getting married and ultimately having children.We use "finding ourselves" to frame the concept of the odyssey years, but it's more important for us to understand the imp

49、licit meaning: the pursuit of knowledge and making use of the accessibility of information and experiences around us.In a time when everything is fluid , it seems that the old recipes and time frames for accomplishing things don't apply. We don't have the same expectations as we once had. We

50、 explore to find our own meanings to things and give voices to our hearts. It seems it becomes more important to find out why we are here before we choose to settle.A. diminishedD. radicalB. demonstratedE. surrenderC. alertF. surviveG. affirmsH. affordI. affectJ. effectK. soakedL. soapedM. sensitive

51、N. sensibleO. somehowTeenagers are different from people of other age groups. The differences can be demonstrated from how they behave. In fact, the brains of teenagers are very different from those of children or adults.Once people believed it was sensible that the human brain was fully developed b

52、y the age of three. According to this theory, teenager behaviors like risk-taking, a lack of sensitivity to how their actions affect both themselves and others, increased aggressive deeds, diminished concentration and a negative attitude were thought to be due to bad parenting or changes in body che

53、mistry.However, new technology has allowed researchers to examine the healthy brain at work. What they have discovered is something radical : Not only does the brain continue to grow beyond the age of three, but the research also affirms that the brain of a teenager is larger than that of an adult.A

54、s teen brains are soaked with chemicals during adolescence phase, the brain grows. However, only the cells that are used the most will survive the competition within the brain. Those that are used less begin to die off until the brain reaches what will be its adult size.The way that teens spend thei

55、r time somehow influences which connections remain and which disappear. On the basis of this knowledge, experts advise parents to bealert on howtheir teenagers spend their time. What teens do today will affect their brains for the rest of their lives.U4ambitiouscautiousimmunedynamicpreliminaryindiff

56、erentpessimisticsuperbweirdabnormal1. Even though the global economic situation is pessimistic , not everyone is so pessimistic about the future. They believe it will be recovered in a few years.2. The lab director said that the experiment was at its preliminary stage and they would need more time t

57、o come to a final result.3. The local people have been so realistic and cautious about any changes that the progress of reform has been very slow.4. The U.S. is definitely a telephone country. This is partly due to the fact that the telephone service is superb there, whereas the postal service is le

58、ss efficient.5. Although we did a lot better than most or even than our own expectations, we are not entirely immune to that criticism from those who are trying to find fault with us.6. While the occurrences in Bermuda Triangle have been reported that the area is f川ed with weird happenings, he was not apparently disturbed by what he had seen.7. I truly believe I would not be the strong andambitious person as I am today if I did nothave a hearing disability, an innate physical problem.8. Many reports show that earthqua