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Unit 2 Space Invaders

I. Vocabulary:

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1. drooping; loosened; slackened 2. tone; sound

3. already over-stimulated/ restless local people/ residents 4. unfriendliness; cold-shouldering

5. membership of a group or organization

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box in its 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1. annoying 2. intuition 3. relented 4. proliferates 5. lamentably 6. expansive 7. routine 8. shrinkage

IV. Choose the word that can replace the underlined part in each sentence

without changing its original meaning.

1.D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.B

V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in

the sense it is used.

1.Antonym: significantly, considerably, incautiously 2.Synonym: shrinking, receding, lessening 3. Antonym: private, personal, individual 4. Synonym: give; present, confer 5. Antonym: tightened, tense, rigid

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appropriate form. sidled up carve out attribute stake a claim tread on plowed into

is proportional to

breathing down their necks

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6. Synonym: recently, currently

7. Synonym: old-fashioned, odd, antiquated 8. Synonym: uncomfortable, nervous, upset

VI. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence. 1. promotion 2. endure 3. willingly 4. canceled

5. the most important thing 6. moderately warm

Grammar I. Fill in the blank in each sentence:

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. B

II. Correct mistakes:

1. Can he be given the job permanently?

2. It can’t be true. There must be some mistake. 3. Correct

4. Gold cannot be dissolved in hydrochloric acid. 5. Correct

6. Mary could have gone off with some friends.

7. It’s not fair. Joe can stay up till ten and I have to go to bed at nine.

8. Although Sue had a bad accident last year, she was able to take part in the hurdle races.

9. I don’t agree with you, but there may be some sense in what you say.

10. Despite yesterday’s snowfalls; we were able to drive home in less than an hour.

III. Rewrite the following sentences:

1. He is in poor health. He could/ may/ might/ can fall ill at any time. 2. John looks pale today. He may be ill. 3. Even experts can make mistakes. 4. John could swim when he was five. 5. Visitors could take photos of the castle.

6. Could/ Can/ Might/ May I borrow your phone?

7. Nobody knows where he is. He could/ may/ might be in the library or in the lab. 8. John may have read the book on WWII.

9. I looked everywhere but I couldn’t find my dictionary.

10. Ken’s car had been stolen, so he couldn’t have given her a ride. I. Complete the sentences: 1. so 2. not/ so

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3. does 4. so 5. one 6. so 7. do 8. did II. Combine every two sentences into one: 1. It is such a surprise that I can’t get over it.

2. It was such horrible weather that we spent the whole day indoors. 3. Poor Susan had such a bad headache that she couldn’t get to sleep. 4. Jack was so out of breath that he couldn’t speak at first.

5. The music was so loud that you could hear it from miles away. 6. The shirts became so stiff that he couldn’t put them on. 7. She made such a good meal that we all ate far too much. 8. There was so much to do that nobody ever got bored.

Translation exercises

I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. 在我看来，礼貌就是给别人空间，不冒犯别人，允许别人有隐私。

2. 个人空间基本上是一个公众场合的问题；私下里，我们是允许对个人空

间进行各种各样的侵犯的。

3. 就像我们国家拥有12海里领海权一样，个人空间就是我们的边界，只要

有陌生人穿过这个边界，就会使我们感到不安。

4. 说到底，个人空间是个心理上的问题，而不是个物理上的问题；与其说

它与我们的外部空间相关，还不如说它与我们的内心空间相关。

II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases

given in brackets.

1. The pigeon was wedged in the fork of a branch and it fell after a while.

2. The payment that the motorist will have to make is proportional to the amount of damage he has done to the other person’s car.

3. You can only enter the cave by inching through a narrow tunnel on your stomach. 4. She stammered some apology for entering my office without knocking as she sidled towards the door.

5. He took pains to explain to me that I was not being dismissed because I didn’t do

my work well but because the company was confronted by financial troubles. 6. The enlistment of young soldiers infused new hope and morale into the army.

7. Once the older boys stake a claim to the lawn, the younger ones had to give way to

them to avoid conflict.

8. The man following her made her uneasy and she couldn’t help quickening her

steps.

III. Translate the following passage into Chinese.

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