高英Unit1LanguageWork

高英Unit1LanguageWork
1) I'd like to buy the radio, but I haven't got any money on me at the moment. Could you put it by for me for a day or two ?
2) When I was told I had won first prize in the speech contest,
I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
3) Marina failed to finish her speech at the appointed time because there were so many interruptions from the members of the organization.
4) My woolen sweater used to be bigger than this. It has shrunk（缩水;收缩） in the wash.
5) The police suspected that the fire must have broken out after the workers had left the factory.
6) It is interesting to watch swans moving through a colored kaleidoscope of quivering(轻微颤动的;抖动的) square, triangle and ellipse in sunlight.
7)As the boat bound for Nanjing leaves only on alternate (间隔的) days, we had no choice but to stay in the hotel overnight.
8) The unprecedentedly big floods in our village did not start to sink until four days after the torrential (猛烈的) rain had stopped.
9) They crawled for the next three hours along a main road where a line of traffic was wedged(卡住的) so tightly together that it was almost stationary. 10) When the kitten purred noisily and dug its claws into her shoulder, Jacqueline's singing became a startled shriek（尖叫声;笑声）
11) The bus turned and rushed along the now level (平坦的) road and then veered （突然变向;改变）.
12) My grandmother's eyelids drooped (垂下)and she dozed peacefully, with the clock ticking rhythmically and the logs
cracking cheerfully.
13) As the final examination was drawing near, Theresa spent the rest of the day with her books, trying to catch up with some reading.
14) The explorers' hopes of finding their missing colleagues are now beginning to fade.
15) By two o'clock the tide which had reached an
all-time high was beginning to recede (后退;降低).
16) During the big fire in the school, Manfred organized the students into groups and asked each group to carry buckets of water to throw on to the flames.-
17) After the eruption of the volcano there was a serious outbreak of typhoid in the area.
18) In the mirror world, we feel, live creatures of a dream world, who can come into sight and get out of sight silently.
19) When an American team explored a temple which stands in an accident prosperous city on the promontory of Ayia Irini, the archaeologists discovered a graceful Goddess.
20) Whenever you see an old film, you can't help being struck by the appearance of the actresses---their hair styles and make-up look dated, their general appearance is in fact slightly ridiculous (可笑的;滑稽的).。