Vocabulary

I. 

1.     1) fragment        2) terrific

3) scratched out     4) strode

5) presumably      6) token

7) tame            8) engagement

9) cursed          10) see through

2.

1) She blushed and lowered her head.

2) She keeps the dishes warm in the oven and waits up no matter how late it is.

3) Well, I heard fragments of their conversation in the office and it seems they’ve been contemplating a trip like that for some time.

4) She intends to make teaching her profession.

5) He plucked up enough courage to ask Ruth to marry him but she rejected his proposal.

3.

1) It fell to our lot/us to filter through the enemy defense lines and nobody knew if we would get back from the mission.

2) The latest news has confirmed the initial report that seven people have died in the storm.

3) There is a rare form of lung cancer distinguishable from the usual type only under the microscope.

4) For the sake of your health, it is important not to let yourself get overweight.

5) Miss Perkins was held in deep affection by all the children/had won all the children’s deep affection.

4.

1) prominent    genius for   Whoever

2) had a passion for    at random   no doubt   fill in  make an effort to

3) in particular  are trustworthy   applause   airing their own views

5.

1) take up

2) takes to

3) take over

4) take on

5) took off

6) taking down

7) took back

8) was taken on

9) take after

10) took…in

II Usage

1) as though it had come out of somebody’s attic

2) as if I had come from another planet

3) as if everyone is watching me, and noticing my blushes

4)as though nature were holding its breath

5) as though their dream had come true at last

6) as though her attention had drifted elsewhere

7) as though it were a lifeline

8) as though they would succeed

Comprehensive Exercises

I. Cloze

1. Text-related

(1) pluck up courage

(2) in mourning

(3) unexpected

(4) distress

(5) paradise

(6) token

(7) intrude

(8) no doubt

(9) foreseen

(10) fell to

2. Theme-related

(1) behaviors

(2) eliminate

(3) distance

(4) positive

(5) participating

(6) genuinely

(7) keen

(8) concern

(9) attentive

(10) respect

II. Translation

Henry, a frail-looking man of fifty, was older than his robust wife Mary by 20 years. Everyone assumed that she would outlive him. So no one, including Henry himself, had foreseen that Mary would die a sudden, unexpected death. For several weeks, he looked greatly distressed and became a completely changed person. He even speculated whether it would be better for him to rejoin his wife in paradise. Though each of us expressed our deep sympathy, no one thought it appropriate to intrude upon his family uninvited, in consideration of their need for peace and privacy at such a moment.