Vocabulary
1.
1) absolutely 2) available 3) every now and then
4) are urging/ urged 5) destination 6) mostly 7) hangs out
8) right away 9) reunion 10) or something 11) estimate
12) going ahead
2.
1) It seemed that his failure in the examination was still on his mind.
2) He was completely choked up by the sight of his team losing in the final minutes of the game.
3) She was so lost in study that she forgot to have dinner.
4) Something has come up and I am afraid I won’t be able to accomplish the project on time.
5) The cost of equipping the new hospital was estimated at $2 million.
3. Complete the sentences.
1) were postponed the awful is estimated
2) reference not available an kind of
3) not much of a teacher skips go ahead
Collocation
1. to 2.for 3.at 4.from 5.in 6.to on 7.on 8.with
Usage
1. more or less 2. kind of/ sort of 3. something 4. kind of/ sort of
5. more or less 6. or something 7. Comprehensive exercises
Cloze
1. text-related
1. choked up 2.awful 3.practically 4.neighborhood 5.correspondence 6.available 7.destination 8.reunion 9.Mostly 10.postponing 11.absolutely
2. Theme-related
1. how 2.savings 3.embarrassment 4.phone 5.interrupted 6.touch
7.envelop 8.signed 9.message 10.needed
Translation
1. Translate the sentences.
1) Half an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn’t come yet. We had to walk home.
2) Mary seems to be very worried about the Chinese exam because she
hasn’t learned the texts by heart.
3) Since the basketball match has been postponed, we might as well visit the museum.
4) He stayed in Australia with his parents all the way through World WarⅡ.
5) Since I graduated from Nanjing University in 1985, I have kind of lost touch with my classmates.
2. Translate the passage.
It is not easy to keep in touch with friends far away. This is true in my case. It has been a couple of years since I left my old neighborhood and all the
friends I had there. I have been meaning to write to them but things come up and I just don’t seem to find the time. They are always on my mind, however,
I think I will certainly make an effort to keep up correspondence with
them in the future.
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