4. She is a TV addict and watches as much as she can.(addiction) 她是一个电视迷，总是尽可能多地看电视。
5. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom. (exaggeration) 这件连衣裙夸张地显示出她的蜂腰，并且使她的胸部变大
6. He never forgot the hardship he witnessed during the Great Depression of the 1930s. (depress)
他永远不会忘记在20世纪30年代经济大萧条期间所目睹的艰难困苦。
7. Cars are tested to see how much damage they suffer in simulated crashes. (simulation)
在模拟撞车事故中可以对汽车进行测试，看看它们会受到多大损害。 8. The news that they were well gratified us. (gratification) 他们身体很好的消息使我们很高兴。
Ⅳ. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each
sentence without changing its original meaning.
1. The president warned, \of economic binge we just went through,\prices that sent Americans streaming into the market.
A. indulgence B. speculation C. habit D. inflation 总统警告说：\美国必须摆脱我们所有的由于我们刚刚经历过的经济热潮所遗留
下的问题。\
2. There is a small difference in meaning between the two words. A. mild B. slight C. moderate D. minimal 这两个单词在一些方面稍微有些差异。
3. To lament his death, national flags all over the country were hoisted at half-mast. A. regret B. mourn C. depress D. dissatisfy 为了哀悼他的逝世，全国的国旗降半旗。
4. There's always intense media coverage of airplane crash and that can really play
into people's fears and skew their perceptions of how safe it is to fly. A. misconceive B. change C. distort D. preoccupy
关于飞机失事的媒体报道中是非常多，那么会让人们心存恐惧，并歪曲他们对乘
飞机安全的看法
5. A sheet of mental can be shaken to simulate thunder. A. pretend to be B. imitate C. reproduce D. unify 可以晃动一张金属板来模拟雷声。
6. This budget place short-term, political partisan gratification ahead of the nation's needs.
A. satisfaction B. pleasure C. nomination D. bonus 这个预算把政治党派人员的短期利益置于国家需求至上。
7. She gradually perceived that her parent had been right. A. noticed B. knew C. accepted D. realized 她逐渐意识到自己的父母是对的。
8. Reputation is important and a big international bank just can't afford to alienate client in countries around the world.
A separate B. give up C. discord D. distance 一个大型的国际银行承受不起使世界各国的客户离其远去。
Ⅱ. Translate the following passage into Chinese.
The Internet has launched us into a true information age and is enabling people around the world to interact with each other on a scale previously unimaginable. Whatever evolution course the Internet and the Information Superhighway take, the digital convergence of the telecommunications, television, and computer industries has forever altered the way we communicate and compute,
This convergence will enable companies to deliver service that were once beyond the technical limits. WebTV will viewers to access the Internet. Big screen, high-definition digital television and DVDs may change the way movies are shot. Satellite will help automobile find their own way home. Household will receive signals from satellite, microwave towers, fiber or copper lines. KEY
互联网已经把我们带入了一个真正的信息时代，而且正在帮助世界各地的人们在一个以前不可想象的范围内相互交流。无论互联网和信息高速公路走的是一条什么样的发展道路，电讯，电视，和计算机行业一致采用数码化的做法永远改变了我们的交际和计算方法。
这种一致将使大公司能提供以前因技术有限而不能提供的服务。网络电视将使观众能接触互联网。大屏幕、高保真数字电视和DVD有可能改变电影的拍摄方法。卫星将帮助汽车找到回家的路。家家户户将接收到卫星、微波发射塔、纤维或铜线传送的信号。
Unit 5
Vocabulary exercises
Ⅱ. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its
appropriate form.
1) At the critical moment of presidential election, the candidate urged his supporters to hang together.
在总统选举的关键时刻，那个候选人敦促他的支持者们同心协力。
2) Stop picking on each other like that. At this moment, what we should do is to find a way to get out of this total mess. 不要那样互相指责，在这个时候，我们应该做的是找到一个脱离这一大困境的方法。
3. From the age of 52 words, General Jackson was not engaged in soldiering at all. 从52岁后，杰克逊将军根本没上过战场。
4) He actually enjoys his newly-bought Jaguar and has decided to start showing it off. 他的确是喜欢他新买的捷豹，决定开始炫耀一下。
5) It is sad to see him go because it really will make a difference to the way we conduct our daily affairs.
看着他离开真让人伤心，因为这的确会对我们处理我们日常事物造成影响。 6. After the death of her only son, she went on occasional drinking binges. 她唯一的儿子死后，她偶尔会大喝一顿。
7. An invitation to have dinner together is usually treated as a means of achieving intimacy with another person in eastern culture.
在东方文化中，邀请别人一起吃饭通常被视为与其达成亲密关系的一种途径。 8. In his research, Professor Danes found the resiliency of human beings to fight after they've been defeated.
达内斯教授在其研究中发现人类失败后可以很快恢复斗志。
Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. When having a fall, old. people are more likely to be seriously injured because of the fragility of their bones.(fragile)
老年人摔倒后因为其骨骼脆弱更容易受重伤。
2. Foreign food aid has led to a drastic reduction in the number of people dying of starvation. (drastically)
外国的粮食援助使死于饥饿的人数大大减少。
3. The 18-year-old pilot made his virgin flight last week as a replacement for the injured Gordon Smith. (replace) 作为受伤的戈尔登·史密斯的替代者，这个18岁的飞行员上周进行了他的第一次飞行。
4. The teams superb athleticism compensated for their lack of international experience. (athlete)
这个团队的超级运动能力弥补了他们国际经验的不足。
5. This is a sensitive and often interesting portrayal of a friendship between an 11-year-old boy and an old man. (portray)
这是对一个11岁的少年和一个老人之间的友谊的敏感而又通常有趣的描绘。 6. Starvation and disease over much of Asia and Europe in the 1950s were Truman's inheritance as President. (inherit)
20世纪50年代并不像许多地区的饥荒和疾病是杜鲁门当总统遗留下来的问题。 7. If a friend takes you into his or her confidence, don't rush off to tell other people. (confident)
如果一个朋友将自己的秘密告诉你不要立马告诉别人。
8. The inability of diplomatic policy put the Bonn government in an embarrassing position. (embarrass)
外交政策的无能使波恩政府陷入一个尴尬的境地。
Ⅳ. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning.
1. When I took on the job of manager, I inherited certain financial problems. A. came into B. took over C. meet with D. succeeded to 我接手经理一职时，接过了某些经济问题。
2. On 1975 the portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of \A. describe B. played C. depicted D. revealed 1975年，他在洛杉矶《卡米洛特》的成员中饰演了国王。
3. Lauren was passing around photos that she had culled from the albums at home. A. cut B. obtain C. selected D. procured 劳伦正在传阅她从家里的相册里选出的照片。
4. The director has confessed himself puzzled by the company's losses. A. told B. acknowledge C. suggested D. procured 经理承认他对公司的亏损感到困惑。
5. Experts explain why people seem unable to let go of their stuff and share their smartest tricks.
A. primitive B. old C. antique D. early
专家们解释为什么人们似乎不能放手他们的东西并分享他们超越原始囤积本人的最聪明的技巧。
6. I must be coming down with flu because I've been feeling wretched all day. A. unhappy B. unpleasant C. unlikely D. unfortunate 我肯定是得流感了，因为我一整天都感觉难受。
