Lesson One Courtesy: Key to a happier world
Vocabulary Exercises

1. (1)sightseeing (2)making-shoes (3)labor-saving (4)heartbreaking(5)housekeeping

2. overcome the difficulty wreck a friendship

unscrew the cap of a bottle tighten the cap of a bottle

return a call feign a great effort

take much trouble dim the lights

acquire the habit have some ulterior motive

attach a string the golden rule

have engine trouble display impatience

blow a horn pave a road

use the "useful expressions"

1. Professor Du doesn't impose his idea on his students ,instead he encourages them to think independently.

2. what makes his parents worry is not his grades but that he hasn't any interest in learning.

3. Mr.Grison has never thought that his secretary would sale his sales plan to his opponent.

4. this matter comes down to the road that we take during the course or modernization.

5. In order to exercise her fingers, that old woman takes trouble to wash the small colthes.

6. Because the fire is getting out of control, they have to ask for the fire brigade.

7. The company's sales department is watching the market to find the opportunity of displaying the new products.

8. Parents often try to goad their children into studying hard by using the teenager heroes in the past.

9. When we fix the apartment, we must be considerate of our neighbors.

10. He feels that what he gets from work doesn't equal what he puts in.

11. In order not to make her feel embarrassed, we all say that nothing is wrong.

12. What you lack is not so much the knowledge from work as practice.

Use way, follow and watch.

1. If you like, please follow me and I will take you to the nearest post office.

2. This weekend I won't stay at home to watch TV. I decide to see a film for a change.

3. this old grandma sits here everyday watching the children play in the street.

4. The discussion in group followed the report.

5. His unique way of dealing with this court case left deep impression on me.

6. We tried several ways to solve this problem, but none of then proved effective.

7. Day and night he watches his father who has just had the operation.

8. Now I can follow what the "VOA" and "BBC" say without much difficulty.

9. Watch in case that the child touches that electric wire.

10. Drivers must follow the traffic rules.

3 complete the following sentences.

1.Put suitable prepositions or adverbs in the blanks

1 of ,on 2 with 3to 4 in 5 for 6for,in 7for 8with 9up,with,at 10 of ,on

11with, in 12 in 13 with 14 on 15 on

2 choose the right word for each blank.

1 opinion ,conviction 2 displayed , exhibiting 3 happy glad 4 urged impelled 5famous noted

4 Choose the best word for each blank
1 facial 2 amusing 3 cultures 4 gesture 5 there fore 6 offend 7 particular 8 illustrates

9 cause 10 relaxed 11 to 12 religion 13 insult 14 carried 15 demanded

Grammar Exercise
1. Complete the following sentences with appropriate link verbs.

1 turns 2 looks 3 get 4 keep 5 are turned 6 looks, turned 7 lay 8 go 9 grows 10 get 11been

12 became 13 run 14 run 15 running

Lesson two The man who Could work miracles (I)

Vocabulary Exercise

1 (1) get-away 2) take-off 3) breakthrough 4) come-back 5)check-in

2 to believe in God to spare no effort

to collect one's will to make an effort

to remove one's cap to collect stamps

to strike a match to do a foolish thing

to cause inconvenience to work a miracle

to light a candle to increase one's property

the limit of one's patience the course of nature

to utter a word a troubled face

to talk rot to make an experiment

use the "useful expressions".

1) During the closing speech , the chairman uttered a few words to the effect that people's social awareness should be raised.

2) It occurred suddenly to her that she was not without hope. She should try again.

3) Contrary to many of his friends' prediction, Jim chose the work of teaching.

4) In the late press conference , the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs talked about the Sino-Canadian relationship among other things.

5) The parents who work all day buy overmany toys to make up for the time that they could not stay with their children together.

6) Unemployment and the death of his youngest daughter nearly drove him into hopeless situation.

7) Cliff Evens' file can throw light on his accomplishing nothing.

8) What has become of that stepmother? Has she been punished?

9) On the eve of the exhibition, Henry stole into the hall and turned all the pictures over.

10) So far as I can see , he is a person you can rely on and ask for help in hand times.

Use happen , raise and stretch.

1) The desert stretches for hundreds of miles.

2) Xiaolin looks extremely worried . what has happended?

3) That report says that we should raise the standards of quite a number of secondary schools.

4) The pair of shoes which I like best have been worn so long that then have stretched without and form.

5) The expedition plan to the South Pole has been canceled because they haven't raised enough money.

6) The range of his business stretches from soft drink go all kinds of building materials

7) When the accident occurred , a cameraman happened to be on the spot and had taken the picture of that truck.

8) It is so noisy that the lecturer has to raise his voice to let himself be heard .

9) Usually the reference books are not allowed to be taken out of the library. But we can stretch you, only once.

10) It is lucky that when the explosion occurred, there happened to be nobody in the house.

3 complete the following sentence.

1) Put suitable propositions or adverbs in the blanks.

(1) to , in (2) to (3) over (4) to (5)on (6)to ,away (7)out ,for (8)on ,at (9)of (10)up,for,in (11)in,of (12)out

2) Choose the right word for each blank

(1) extraordinary special

(2) happened occurred occurred

(3) accurate precise

(4) gazing stared

(5) accomplished achieved

4 choose the best word for each blank .

1 over 2 reach 3 complain 4 of 5 on 6 unexpected 7 picture 8 in 9 reflected 10 on 11question 12 therefore 13 illustration 14 would 15 satisfaction

Lesson three the man who could work miracle (II)

Vocabulary Exercise

1 1) intimacy 2)secret 3)accuracy 4) infancy

2 translate the following into English.

1 to leave a subject for a little to make a proposal

to improve communications to raise one's head

to restore a temple to improve the soil

to lift one's voice to collect one's thoughts

the roaring wind the enlarged ambition

2 use the "useful expressions".

1) Encouraged by his parents, that young long distance race athlete decides to take part in the international marathon held in Bejing.

2) When someone mentioned that traitor's name, a strong disgust came upon him

3) Mr. Blake tried everything in vain to coax the useful information about their sales plan from his opponent's secretary.

4) It is said that crawling on all fours brings benefits to human's health.

5) We should leave the details for a while and concentrate our energy on discussing the principles.

6) Whenever we find something is wrong , we should put it right in time.

7) At the meeting, the dean of the department left a little professor Gao's proposal, He said there were larger questions to solve.

8) Professor Wang often says that thirty years ago he knew no more about computers than a five years old child does today

3 use change , order and think.

1) The world is changing so rapidly that we have to adapt it all the times.

2) The soldiers received the order that they must arrived at the storm-hit area before dawn.

3) After the shipwreck , the local officials are thinking what measures should be taken to prevent such kinds of accidents.

4) The fire brigade leader ordered that at work ,every member should wear gas mask.

5) At the end of October, when the leaves change colors, those hills in the distance look like fairylands.

6) Every year thousands of books are ordered from foreign countries to increase the collection of the library.

7) Teaching has changed him. Now he is a kind , patient and loving person.

8) Some law professors think that we should revise the present marriage law to make it more difficult to divorce.

9) They are thinking to open another Lucky Express in this street.

10) I think that in the millennium it is worthwhile to invest in the China's information industry.

3 complete the following sentence

1 put suitable prepositions or adverbs in the blanks.

1)on ,with 2) in 3) on 4) in, away 5) in 6) in 7)upon 8) on,for 9) against , over 10) over

2 choose the right word for each blank

1) plan , proposal 2)evidence proof 3) feeling , emotion 4)As , like 5) still , quiet

4 choose the best word for each blank

1)when 2) Don't 3)dear 4)waved 5) shall 6)cooked 7)By the way 8) able 9)into 10)work

11) doubtful 12)fact 13)asleep 14)done 15)For

Lesson four Zero hour : forty-tree seconds over Hiroshima

Vocabulary exercise

1 1) hard ?wearing 2)good-looking 3)far-reaching 4)ever-lasting

2 translate the following into English

1) to sink into unconsciousness to break a silence

2)to tie a wound with a bandage to leave scars

3)to raise a house a mushroom cloud

4)after effects to water a tree

5)a slight fever to delight the eye

6)to run a fever sole male heir

use the "useful expressions".

1) when the flood was over , the citizens decided to raise a new town out of the wreckage of the old

2) the whole family-father, mother, grandfather and grandmother all expect him of doing great things .

3) what they are doing is to exchange territory for peace.

4) In the past three years, the tow departments kept working side by side against smuggling.

5) By the standards of the 21th century , the learned person today will probably become ignorant by that time .

6) During the upper half of the 19th century, the manual weaving machine gradually gave way to steam engine.

7) When she found that her boyfriend took drugs , she decided to break off with him.

8) Economics crimes are on the increase. For on thing , many companies bribe the important officials for obtaining the contracts. For another, many people cannot resist the temptation.

9) Contrary to the expectation of his family, that young man returned to his hometown after the graduation from college.

10) I'm sorry that I haven't brought cashes with me . May I use credit card to pay the bill.

Use remain, touch and run

1) you won't remain too long. Bus 323 comes her every 16 minutes.

2) Becoming and excellent college teacher remains a goal to me.

3) You haven't touch your lunch. Are you ok?

4) This problem went untouched in their discussion.

5) According to the need of business, he will remain in Bejing until june.

6) Many TV viewers are touched by the program about handicapped children.

7) In order to reduce the pollution, he never runs the engine when he is waiting.

8) We have made a few achievements in the education reform. But more things remain to be done.

9) The Yellow River runs into the East China Sea

10) When he was a MBA student, he began to work to learn how go run a company.

3 complete the following sentence

1 put suitable prepositions or adverbs in the blank.

1) to 2) in 3)for 4)by 5)over 6)behind, up 7)in ,into 8)to 9)out 10)of 11)with 12)in

2 choose the right word for each blank.

1) struggled , fight

2) recovering , heal

3) survive ,live

4) thick , dense

5) flavored, tastes.

4 choose the best word for each blank.

1) prospects 2)relations 3) involved 4)change 5)view 6)active 7)play 8)considerable

9) ahead 10) continue 11) believe 12)enable 13)equal 14)since 15)interests.

Lesson five first principles

Vocabulary Exercise

1. 1)trickery 2) machinery 3) bakery 4) slavery

2 translate the following into English

1. to make the literary allusion to make sacrifice

to do somebody a favor to keep in mind

to prove a theory to absorb a firm

to make an overture to get a position

to have a serious operation to break information

to care nothing about to slow a car

go chop wood to pay the bill

best interests abundant income

melting snow stomach ulcers

3 Use the "useful expressions".

1) Is there a place where a road map is available near at hand?

2) That famous scientist went all the way from Paris to Shanghai to visit his most respected teacher.

3) To make the company tide over, the family decide to sell parts of the famous pictures which they have kept for several centuries.

4) The first time when the children went to Disney world, they were bursting with surprise.

5) The girls felt bad when they lost the ball. They thought that they let their school down.

6) Galilio ignored the comments by his colleagues and continued his experiment.

7) That factory decided to cut the non-production to the bone and concentrate on developing high-tech production.

8) During the years in foreign countries, he kept in mind his mother's parting word: No matter where you are , you country is behind you.

1. use miss , cut and charge.

1) This little boy cut the apple in half and gave one go his mother.

2) When I told him that I missed his joke, he looked surprised.

3) If you pay cash, we'll deliver the goods free of charge.

4) The policeman charged that driver with driving after drinking.

5) On Sunday he usually missed the breakfast and had brunch.

6) I miss-everything in my hometown-scenery, food and even the hot summer.

7) I ran all the way to the station, but I missed the last bus.

8) The cold wind in the winter cut like a knife to the bone.

9) They charged $10 for cutting hair.

10) If you want to make a cucumber salad, you have to cut the cucumber into slices.

3 Complete the following sentences.

1. put suitable prepositions or adverbs in the blanks.

1) to 2) in, on 3) by 4) up to , down 5) out ,over 6)into 7) In to 8)to

9) on ,up 10) about 11)in ,with 12) down

2. Choose the right word for each blank.

1) stared , glanced.

2) Income , salary

3) Illusion , allusion

4) Probable , possible

5) Neglects , ignored.

4 choose the best word for each blank.

1)sight 2) staring 3)remain 4) effect 5)evidence 6)might 7)leaving 8)called 9)on

10) fetch 11)removed 12)only 13)held 14)circles 15) better

Lesson Six the beauty of Britain

Vocabulary exercise

1 1) iron-willed 2) star-shaped 3) honey-mouthed 4) cream-colored

2 translate the following into English.

1 to conquer the nature to explore the world

to make a list to make a compromise

to trim a tree to compile a dictionary

cone-shaped hills. Man-made satellites

steep mountains lost travelers

solid evidences

2 use the "useful expressions".

1) The new teacher's way of life doesn't adjust to the plain life of that mountain village.

2) Kaz's family should content themselves with the hovel, because by the standards of Hiroshima after the bomb, it was a mansion.

3) The war deprived the people in that region of living quiet life.

4) A successful enterprise should adjust its production to the need of markets at all times.

5) Calculator and mental arithmetic go together

6) In our times someone still suspects the high-tech production. Professor Mei for one refuses to use a computer.

7) The Tianan Men Square in Bejing is witness to some historic events in the china's modern history.

8) His sympathy for the jews is born of the love for justice and hatred for the fascism.

3 use settle , suggest , and fit

1) Xiao Chen asks me to recommend a book for the weekends. I suggest Gone with the wind.

2) That old man settled himself down comfortably in an armchair in front of the door and began to take sunshine and doze off.

3) Many college students don't know what kind of work they fit.

4) The Chinese delegation insist that the disputes between two countries should be settled by negotiation.

5) His words suggest that our work is far from satisfaction.

6) After returning from abroad, the couples decided to settle down in their hometown-WUXi

7) He had someone fit a burglar alarm to his new apartment.

8) My father suggests easting out to celebrate the coming of the new millennium.

3 complete the following sentences.

1 put suitable prepositions or adverbs in the blanks.

1) at 2)of 3)within 4)with 5)in ,up 6)as ,in 7)between 8)into ,on to 9)to 10) down

2 choose the right word for each blank.

1) immense huge

2) satisfied content

3)superb magnificent

4) kind sort

5) abnormal irregular

4 choose the best word for each blank.

1) message 2) representing 3)and 4)signs 5)happily 6)establishment 7)wanted 8)design

9) applications 10)merit 11)over 12) announced 13) slight 14)refers 15) territories.

Lesson eight how I designed an a-bomb in my junior year at Princeton.

Vocabulary exercise

1 1)shoemaker 2)painkillers 3)typewriters 4) recordholder 5)Tape-recorders

2 translate the following into English

1 to flunk the course to open a discussion

to illuminate the sky to build a bomb

to place a bomb to change the subject

to declassify the documents to join a project

to design a bomb to stand a chance

to detonate the explosives to pose the problem

to fill the gap to develop the disease

to complete the paper hardware store

homemade bomb average student

below-average student extravagant demand

deep breath to drop the bomb

to catch fire

2 use the "useful expressions".

1) I don't think that company stands any chance of obtaining the contract. Its enterprise image is rather poor

2) Even if digital cameras come into wide use, traditional cameras will not go out of use

3) The police searched everywhere for the five-year-old boy who had got lost in the zoo the day before.

4) Once this project is under way, it can provide more than 1000 posts.

5) Do you think the patients should have access to their medical record?

6) Quite a number of young and promising scientists assist professor Li in this research project.

7) Your speech at the meeting set off the dean's interest, and he expected you to write down the main ideas.

8) We should have the recent discoveries on the structure of atom accessible to all engaged in this research.

3 use discover , lose and catch

1) Columbus discovered America in 1492.

2) The police caught the suspect just when he would leave his hiding-place.

3) A group of travelers lost their way in the forest, and the police found then the next day.

4) Scientists have already discovered some ways to forecast the earthquake.

5) If you had left a little earlier yesterday, you would have caught the train you planned to take.

6) The old and weak people easily catch the flu.

7) After working with him for half a year, we discovered that he was not trustworthy.

8) Hurry up, there's no time to lose, and the class will begin in give minutes.

9) That old man could not catch who had sent him to the hospital after he fainted away in the street.

10) Standing outside the classroom, the boy tried to catch what the teacher was saying.

3 complete the following sentences.

1 put suitable prepositions or adverbs in the blanks.

1) on, for 2)under 3)to 4)in 5)to 6)to ,up 7)up 8)up,to 9)from 10)out

2 choose the right word for each blank.

1) able capable

2)error mistake

3) state condition.

4) different various.

5 )arguing discuss.

4 choose the best word for each blank .

1) rare 2)round 3)creation 4)subsequent 5)nothing 6)themselves 7)waterproof 8)even

9) year-round 10)improved 11)would 12)despite 13)to take 14)confidence 15)visibility

Lesson nine forty years on

Vocabulary exercise

1 1) momentary 2) honourable 3)revolutionary 4)customary

2 translate the following into English .

1 to make comparisons to score a goal

to narrow escape to issue an invitation

to take defeat easily go give instructions

to get a good sleep to arrage the tie

to affect one's eyesight to attain a little escape

to distant relative to win the scholarship

to reach the destination

2 use the "useful expressions".

1) It is not wise for the minister to refer to the rising rate of unemployment in his speech.

2) That young man looked quick-minded and energetic; people took to him in no time.