unit16-20单词词组练习[下学期]

Unit 16 The United States of America
【词汇与短语】
A. fierce demonstrate depression recover
gather widespread greedy mental sacrifice
He gave his life as a ________ for his country.
The scientist ________ the laws of physics with laboratory equipment.
_______ fallout from a nuclear explosion can be tested everywhere.
He fell into a deep _______for losing his wife in an accident.
I am slowly_______ my strength after a bout of flu.
The famous boxer killed a _______ wolf with his bare hands.
Dark clouds are _______.
This experience caused him much _________ suffering.
The poor boy is looking at the cake with ________ eyes.
B. in vain / insist on/ in turn / have an effect on / on sale / aim at
He __________ his gun at the target , fired and missed it.
He kept __________ her innocence.
The girl called out their names __________.
The film ____ quite __________ her.
The new stamps are ___________ at your local post office.
The police tired __________ to break up the protest crowds.
C. The making of glass is a very old 1)i_________ —at least 4，500 years old. Glass has many extraordinary 2)q_______ and it is frequently being used 3)i____ new ways. One of the most interesting new uses for glass is in telephone communication. Scientists have developed glass fibres as thin 4)a_____ human hair which are designed to 5)c_____ light signals. When the light 6) r_____ the other end， it is first changed into electrical 7) s_____， which are in turn converted(转变) 8)i_____ sound messages. Called light wave communication， the new 9) s_____ was used successfully in an experiment in Chicago in 1977. During the experiment two glass fibres were able to carry 672 10) c________ at the same time.
Key :
A. 1.sacrifice 2. demonstrated 3. Widespread 4. greedy 5. recovering
6. fierce 7. gathering 8. mental 9. depression 10. former
B. 1. aim at 2. insist on 3. on sale 4. in vain 5. in turn
C. 1. industry 2. qualities 3.in 4.as 5. carry 6.reach
7. signals 8.into 9. system 10. conversations
Unit 17 Disabilities
【词汇与短语】
A. participate impair assists dignity shame motivate disable
The head teacher’s deputy _______ with many of his duties.
Today’s attack has seriously _______ the peace in this area.
She actively ________ in local politics.
An accident ________ him from playing football.
A teacher who can ________ her pupils to work harder is a good teacher.
Ladies and gentlemen should always act with great ________.
He ________ by how much more work the others had done.
B. get used to / feel great sympathy for / afford to/ adjust to/ get around
1. She___________ the homeless children and gave them shelter for the night.
2. After three weeks, he had__________ the extreme heat.
3. The body quickly __________ changes in temperature.
4. She doesn’t ___________ much these days.
5. He told me that the firm could not __________ pay such large salaries.
C. Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were 1)t_____ unfairly Have you ever bought something just 2) b_____ the salesman talked you into it Many people are 3) a______ to support themselves. Dr. Robert Albert， 4) a_____ of Stand Up， Speak Out， and Talk Back, thinks it s because their self-respect is low. “There s always a superior (长辈) around -a parent, a 5) t____， a boss—— who knows better. But Albert and other 6) s_____ are doing something to help people help themselves. They 7) o_____ “assertiveness(维护)training” courses——A.T. for 8) s_____. In the A. T. Course people 9) l_____ that they have a 10) r____ to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive (进攻的) without hurting other people.
Key
A. 1. Assists 2. impaired 3. participates 4. was shamed 5. motivate 6.dignity 7. disabled
B. 1. felt great sympathy for 2,. got used to 3. adjusts to 4. get around 5. afford to
C. 1)treated 2) because 3) afraid 4) author 5) teacher
6) scientists 7) offer 8) short 9) learn 10) right
Unit 18 Inventions
【词汇与短语】
A. deepen environment automatically attempt edible
productive partial reject involve inspire
The army doctor ________ several recruits as unfit.
The water ________ after the dam was built.
I'm very ________ to sweet foods.
Are these berries _______, or are they poisonous
The job ________ my living in London.
The new monitor apparatus is _________ controlled.
An astronaut will ________ to leave the stationary spaceship and then return to it.
The Lake District scenery ________ Wordsworth to write his greatest poetry.
The work hard, but their efforts are not very ________.
Building a new factory there would be ________ disastrous.
B. allow for be stuck be tired of break away from trial and error
I __________listening to your criticism.
It takes about two hours to get to their office building, __________ possible traffic delays.
We __________ in a traffic jam for several hours.
The science proved that it is useful to learn by __________.
The prisoner __________ his guards.
C. Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software 1) p_____ that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. Britain played an important part in 2) d______ the first generation(第一代) of computers. The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial(商业的)computers and talked about their work at home. As a child he would build models of computers from packaging 3) m______. After 4) g______ from Oxford University he went on to the real thing. In the 1980's,scientists were already using a primitive 5) v______ of E-mail. While working at a laboratory in Switzerland Tim Berners-Lee wrote a programme which let him 6) s______ these messages. In 1990 he wrote the HTTP(服务程序所用的协议)and HTML(超文本链接标示语言)programmes which 7) f______ the basis of the World Wide Web.
　　 The next year his programmes were placed on to the 8) i______. Everyone was welcome to use them and 9) i______ them if they could. Programmers used his codes(编码)to work with different operating 10) s______. New things like web browsers and search engines were developed. Between 1991 and 1994 the number of web pages rose from 10 to 100，000.
　　
Key
A. 1. rejected 2. deepened 3. partial 4. edible 5.involved
6.automatically 7. attempt 8. inspired 9. productive 10.environmentally
B. am tired of allowing for were struck trial and error broke away from
C. 1) programme 2) developing 3) material 4) graduating 5) version
6) store 7) form 8) internet 9) improve 10) systems
Unit 19
A. declare anymore envy conflict sworn weak justice merciful
1. I don't ________ you your journey in this bad weather.
2. We promised not to quarrel ________.
3. The ________ king saved the young officers from death.
4. All these actions ________ with the universally accepted international laws.
5. You have ________ to be faithful to me.
6. He ________ his intention to run for office.
7. He has a _________ for detective stories.
8. The subject is so complex that I cannot do ________ to it in a brief survey.
B. At the mercy of… Pay back Be seated On condition as far as
Offer up tear up
1. She __________ a prayer to God for her husband’s safe return.
2. The match was __________ the weather.
3. I'll certainly ______ you ______ for what you did to me!
4. He __________ at the piano, with is back to them.
5. I can let you have it ____very favourable ______.
6. They returned at nine, __________ we know.
7. She __________ all the letters he had sent her.
C. What is your favorite color Do you like yellow, orange, red If you 1) d_____, you must be an optimist(乐观者), a leader, an 2) a_____ person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you 3)p_____ grays(灰色)and blues Then you are 4) p_____ quiet, shy and you would rather 5)f_____ than lead. If you love green, you are strong-minded and 6)d______. You wish to succeed and want other people to see you are 7)s______. At least this is 8)w_____ psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color 9)p______, and the effect that colors have on human beings. They tell us that we don't choose our favorite color as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least 10)a_____ _____ _____ you could see clearly.
Key:
A. 1. envy 2. anymore 3. merciful 4. conflicted 5. sworn
6. declared 7. weakness 8. justice
B. 1. offered up 2. tore up 3. pay back 4. was seated 5.on conditions
6. as far as 7. at the mercy of
C. 1) do 2) active 3)prefer 4) probably 5)follow
6)determined 7)successful 8)what 9)preference 10)as soon as
Unit 20
A. precious decorate remind technical spare accompany
On holidays, we are used to _______ the streets with flags.
To build this machine，you must have ________ ability.
The candidate_______ by six burly bodyguards.
Please _______ me again nearer to the time of the interview.
She talked about nothing except her _______ car.
Do you carry a _______ wheel in your car
B. dig up have a hand in in terms of date back to
The old miner __________the ancient grave for gold.
It is cheap entertainment, but costly __________ time wasted.
Our partnership __________ 1960.
George would like to __________ arranging the entertainment.
C. Not everyone in the world 1)r______ the same amount of living space. The amount of space a person needs around him is a 2)c______ difference, not an economic one. Knowing your own psychological space needs is important because they strongly 3)a______ your choices, including, for 4)e______, the number of bedrooms in the home. If you were 5)b______ up in a two-child family and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms, the chances are if you have two children or 6)m______, that you also will offer 7)s______ bedrooms for them. In America, for example, they 8)t______ people to want to have their own rooms by 9)g______ them their own rooms when they are babies. This is very unusual in the world. In many other countries, the baby 10)s______ in the same bed with his parents or in bed near them.
　　
Key:
A. 1.decorate 2. technical 3. spare 4. remind 5. precious 6. was accompanied
B. 1. was digging up 2. in terms of 3. dates back to 4. have a hand in
C. 1)requires 2)cultural 3)affect 4)example 5)brought
6)more 7)separate 8)train 9)giving 10)sleeps
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