1、B3U1 新版習(xí)題 部分My job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoyingly busy. ? I think Im happier during the really busy times; no time to think about how bored I am.It is the nature of the wise to ? pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.I figure out a good team of dogs, hitched to a

2、light sled, can ? 1,000 pounds of goods.In the story, the little girl has a ? stepmother, who makes her life a misery.Nothing ever becomes real till it is experiencedeven a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has ? it.On balanceresisthaulwickedillustratedNowadays almost all libraries are fin

3、ding it increasingly difficult to remain within their ? .You can increase a tyres grip in winter by slightly ? its pressure.Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are shared by the United States and Canada, and form part of the ? between the two countries.The police are investigating the three men

4、 allegedly ? in organizing and carrying out the bank robbery.I do not doubt in the lest tat inflation leads to ? decline.A blizzard was ? great drifts of snow across the lake.Tim says ? everybody will be affected by the tax increases, but Im sure hes exaggerating.budgetloweringboundaryinvolvedeconom

5、icblastingjust aboutVocabulary 2Unit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B31. In an effort to feel better, I started to make small changes in my life and _ from 20 cigarettes a day to a mere three or four. (cut)2. If I wasted electricity as you do at home, my dad would make me _ the bill. (pick)3. We c

6、an _ with four computers at the moment, but well need a couple more when the new staff arrive. (get)4. It is impossible to_this course just by working hard around exam times. (get) cut back/downpick upget byget throughUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B35. Unless they quickly _ their mistakes, t

7、hey will miss a unique opportunity to settle the problem once and for all. (face)6. The students were instructed to do the experiment carefully and to _ their reports at the beginning of next week. (turn)7. I didnt travel much when I was younger, but Im certainly lost time now.8. Successful people a

8、re the ones who_ things for the rest of the world to keep busy at. (think)face up toturn inmaking up forthink upVocabulary 3Unit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B31. Benneker continued steadily with his mathematical studies and taught himself astronomy when he was still a farmer.While farming, Benn

9、eker _. (pursue) pursued his mathematical studies and taught himself astronomy. 2. Misleading thoughts are often caused by words that are misused.Misused words _. (generate) often generate misleading thoughtsUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B33. Great importance is attached to a combination of

10、theory and practice in our work.We . (combine)attach great importance to combining theory with practice in our work. Unit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B34. People tend to believe that a person who thinks money will do everything may do everything for money.A person who thinks that money will do

11、everything may well _. (suspect) be suspected of doing everything for moneyUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B35. Before one comes to the end of life, there are surely a good many bitter disappointments that he has to face.A person surely has to face a good many bitter disappointments _ _. (get

12、through) before he gets through lifeUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3Vocabulary 4previousnextindexbreakover1. Seeing that more and more people are concerned about the quality of _ environment, John is considering starting an interior decoration business. It seems certain to earn _ , but he do

13、es not yet have enough money _ it. (profit, invest, indoor) a profittheir indoor to invest inUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3backpreviousnextindexbreakover2. This _ is primarily used for _ of the sound quality of electronic media. It was invented in the US, but now it is used on a global _ .

14、 (improvement, scale, device) the improvement devicescaleUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3backpreviousmoreindexbreakover3. When the first settlers came to America, _ utensils器皿consisted of a few pots, pans and some bowls _ in one corner of the house. There wasnt much material _ around them. T

15、hey _ in a restaurant as we often do nowadays. ( household, temptation, dine out, stack)their household stacked intemptation Unit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3backnever dined outConfusable Wordshome: a place where one lives; a dwelling place together with the family that occupies it. e.g. My h

16、ome is in Shanghai. The nurse visits patients in their homes. house: a building for people to live in e.g. The Smiths used to live in a big house in the country.family: a basic social group consisting of parents and their children and/or other members related by blood or marriage e.g. The little gir

17、l was welcomed into the family as if she had been their own child. household: the occupants of a house regarded as a unit e.g. To count the number of households in the country, a national survey will be conducted soon. Unit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3 2. suspect: believe to be true or probab

18、le; believe to be guilty; have doubts about or distrust e.g. I suspect that rain is going to spoil our picnic. The police suspected him of stealing the money. They suspected his words because he had lied before. doubt: consider unlikely; feel uncertain or undecided about e.g. She said she would help

19、 me with my work, but I doubt whether she was I earnest. It is raining so hard. I doubt that John will come. No one doubted his ability to lead his people through the crisis. Unit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3Now put a proper word into each gap in the following sentences:1. home, house, family

20、, household1) I live in my _ as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful and more attractive skins, but it would seem to me unnatural to exchange them for mine.2) _ is the place where we are treated the best, but complain the most.house HomeUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3Unit 1: Changes

21、 in the Way We LiveNCE-B33) The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at _ in the bosom of my _ .4) The number of cars owned by each _ in the local area averaged 1.5 in 2001.home householdfamilyUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B32. suspect, doubt1) Mary has been told

22、 by her boss to finish two reports within 24 hours. I _ if she can finish the work in time.2) My neighbor was arrested this morning because the police _ him of carrying out two bomb attacks. doubt suspectedUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3 3) People never _ his sincerity as a public servant;

23、for he had long devoted himself to the struggle for the independence of his nation.4) I considered Roy my friend and never _ that he was just taking advantage of me to obtain his selfish goals.5) Dont employ someone you _ , nor suspect someone you employ. doubtedsuspected suspectWord FormationUnit 1

24、: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B31. For the past two decades there has been a _ in the number of single-parent families because of the ever-rising divorce rate in the country.2. As one of the best football teams in the country, our team got all the way to the _ before being beaten.3. My father is a

25、 _ in that restaurant, and all of the waiters know him. risefinal regularUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B34. Most hotels allow their own guests to _ their checks for small amounts, but guests have to go to the banks for larger ones.5. To protect our environment, it is important to let everyon

26、e know the _ and _ of recycling.6. Inflation has _ the price of everything from food to industrial products. cash hows whys uppedUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B37. Professor Smith is reading a very old book, the pages of which are _ from age.8. This wine was produced in France, but it was im

27、ported in large containers and _ in China before it was sold.9. He needed money but would not _ himself to picking up coins on the street.10. Life is a _ for the true self and there is no easy access to that kind of truth. yellowedbottled lower searchCloze 1Unit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3 J

28、im Doherty may not be a born farmer, but he _ _ (1) without too much trouble. Not that he has had it easy. That first hard winter he faced must have left him with the _(2) to give up and go back to the city. But he managed to_ _ (3) it without losing heart. Hes picked up a lot of skills since then a

29、nd made some real _ _(4) to his farm, though without much laborsaving machinery, _ _ (6) that old rotary gets by temptationget throughimprovementsaside fromUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3cultivator. I _ _(6) he doesnt make all that much, though he does have his writing to _(7) what little_

30、(8) he makes from the farm. I guess he does it primarily for the quality of life. Certainly, they seem a happy family and you can often see them out working together, one day spraying apple trees, the next _ (9) firewood .suspectsupplementprofitstackingCloze 2Unit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3

31、 A homesteader自耕農(nóng)is a person who lives a self-reliant lifestyle with major emphasis on home production. While the Industrial Age is being _ (1) by information and electronics, some people try to seek an escape from the social, environmental, and economic madness of the modern age and begin to _ _ (2

32、) returning to the country. As this lifestyle is so enjoyable, satisfying and rewarding, more and more people are prepared to _(3) their job in the city and start a new and more meaningful life on their various farms. considerreplaced quitUnit 1: Changes in the Way We LiveNCE-B3For some it has becom

33、e not only a way of life, but also a way of looking at the _ (4) . Of course, life in the country can be pretty _ (5) . While it is an enjoyment to be so close to Nature, you may have to reduce your dependence on _ (6) by cutting back on your daily consumption. You may also have to cook your own mea

34、ls every day and _ (7) your own low-cost entertainment without the _ (8). that are common in cities. On _ (9), living in the country has long been a part of the American Dream. Generations of Americans have considered the country an _ (10) setting in which to live and raise a. worldtoughfuelsprovideluxuriesbalanceidealTranslation 1We have a problem with the computer system, but I think its fairly minor.My father died when I was too young to live on my own. The people of my hometown took over (responsibility for) my upbringing at that point.The toys have to mee