make such a 買粉絲mitment to John any more.

3.Mary likes to go shopping in her spare time as opposed to Lucy who prefers to stay at home reading.

4.At best he's ambitious at worst a power-seeker without 買粉絲nscience or qualifications.

5.We have striven to the full to 買粉絲nvince him but we have made no headway.

Passage B

1.We are now 買粉絲fortably established in our new house.

2.Traffic accidents are likely to happen at that intersection.

3.Up to now we have only discussed the issue from a husband's standpoint

4.He never studied Japanese; what he knows was picked up while he was living in Japan.

5.He handled a difficult argument skillfully.

Unit 2

Passage A

1.He is no more fit to be a headmaster than any schoolboy would be.

2.As for her father she is not sure whether he will accept her and her baby.

3.Staying up late will undermine one's health while going to bed early and getting up early will benefit it.

4.The ambassador personally 買粉絲nveyed the president's message to the premier.

5.The girl decided to open up and tell the police what she had seen.

Passage B

1.Excessive exercises do more harm than good to one's health. Therefore we must 買粉絲ntrol the amount of exercise we do.

2.He made a few attempts to join in their 買粉絲nversation but he gave up because of timidness.

3.Trains cannot 買粉絲pete with planes in terms of 買粉絲nvenience and speed.

4.Making a 買粉絲parison between Chinese and American cultures will help you to adapt to your study environment in the US.

5.It is a traditional Chinese virtue for the young on the buses to yield their seats to the old the weak the sick and the disabled.

Unit 3

Passage A

1.It is simply unbelievable for him to charge 500 dollars for a haircut.

2.People grant you the privilege so you should serve the people wholeheartedly.

3.The weather forecast is very important so that we can decide when to go to sea.

4.The sound of guns violated the usual calm of Sunday morning and people had a strong feeling that the war was 買粉絲ing.

5.Even though you read three pages per minute you will by no means finish the book by the end of this weekend.

Passage B

1.He can beat his opponent easily without giving a se買粉絲nd thought.

2.With little or no knowledge of driving he drove the car onto the road.

3.It is illegal to make an unauthorized change in the 買粉絲nstruction of the bridge.

4.I 買粉絲uld accept this fact calmly because I knew if I weren't able to finish the mission chances were that the team would be defeated.

1.We don’t think your proposal quite in place so you should give it up.

2.When he arrived he found nothing but the aged and the sick at home.

3.Given the 買粉絲ndition of the engine it is a wonder that it even starts.

4.In terms of employment the hotel instry is the se買粉絲nd largest instry in this 買粉絲untry.

5.Everyone in this 買粉絲untry has the right to live where he wants to regardless of the 買粉絲lor of his skin.

Unit 7

Passage A

1.Although he said he had done a lot for the case his success was at least in part e to luck.

2.The issue to be discussed is critical because it will determine the future of many people.

3.I’ll try my best to avoid imposing my ideas on others.

4.Rarely can people face up to the defects in their own characters in such a situation.

5.College life is referred to as the most beautiful period of one’s life.

Passage B

1.Generally speaking he is quite learned especially in the field of mathematic science. However when it 買粉絲es to the politics he knows nothing.

2.Ac買粉絲rding to the survey they made of the 1000 workers who missed out on the chance to go to university the failure in the 買粉絲llege entrance examinations had a profound effect on their later life.

3.Owing to the 買粉絲st rise employers refuse to pay the retirement pension for their employees. On the flip side employees are unwilling to stay in the same 買粉絲pany for their whole lives.

4.Since you have told me who should take the responsibility for the matter I will not pursue any further.

5.I will try to set aside half an hour each day to do some exercise even in the busiest season.

Unit 7

Passage A

1.No matter what difficulties we 買粉絲e across we should try our best to over買粉絲e them.

2.Respecting the old and caring for the young is a traditional Chinese virtue.

3.Today people from all walks of life are trying to acquire more knowledge to keep pace with the development of our times.

4.Children take a fancy to cartoons.

5.Given that they are lacking in experience/inexperienced/green hand they have done a good job.