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Unite 1.A1.The company has planned to strengthen its corporate identity.2.The results of this survey demonstrate clearly the fact that younger people are the most mobile.3.More than 100 development groups throughout the world are working on the technology,many of them attempting to update old designs to work with modern engines.4.But to ignore the evidence of differences in performance between gender or ethnic groups can lead to unjust treatment of individuals.5.I am pleased with the progress to date and I believe that you are not finding the process too disruptive.6.The markets are smart enough to guests when a realignment is coming.7.You simply cannot assume that because the report has been well received that it will automatically produce action or a decision.8.Academic qualifications cannot be the only criteria in judging a person.9.If difficulties do arise during your time abroad，you may feel isolated and vulnerable to pressure both from local management and head office.10.Many museums employ specialists to offer teachers sample worksheets.B.1.The country is heavily dependent on\reliant on its oil exports.2.An alternative approach is to define\explain words according to the sentence contexts in which they occur.3.A second hospital has been accused of mixing up a baby’s name tag\label,making the mother fear she had the wrong child.4.The director will have to shift\alter his roles and expectations when he’s asked by the rest of the board to answer criticism of company performance.5.Japanese computer makers are turning to scientists overseas to help them develop software and applications for massively\immensely parallel supercomputers.6.There is also evidence that younger people expect to transfer\move...to the source of their main emotional support to their spouse when they marry.7.Psychometric tests which attempt to measure\assess students’ability to use the library have been developed and made use of primarily in the USA.8.Consequently,the neighborhood\residential district they live in,the interests they have,the lifestyle of their friends and colleagues,will necessarily determine what reality is for the child.9.The aim to help participants identify\recognize their own learning needs in this area and then to suggest ways in which they can increase their knowledge.10.As we shall see later,they have been one of the factors that have helped to tip\tilt the economic balance firmly against the nuclear option. ClozeI remember viewing half a dozen men in a chair factory whose job was to bend several pieces of steel and attach them so that a folding chair would result.The men knew they were good.When I talked with them,each expressed enormous pride in being a part of the fastest,best team.And this sense of belonging to an accomplished work group is one of the distinctive satisfaction of the world of work.Unlike many other aspects of life,relationships among people at work tend to be simpler,less compliance,somewhat less emotional.This is not to say there aren’t arguments and jealousies,but,on the whole,behavioral research discloses that human relations at work are just easier,perhaps because they are more regular and predictable and thus simpler to adjust to than the sporadic,the more intense and less regular relationships in the community.And the work group also gently pressures its members to learn how to adjust to one another so that the “rough edges”are worked off because people know they must do certain things with and through one another each day.Beyond the team and the work group,there is the organization,whether it be company or hospital or university.The same pride in being part of a well-coordinated,successful unit is derived from being part of a larger collectively.Working for a company that is thought of as being part of the best in the community can provide employees with both status and self-confidence.They assume,usually with good reasons,that othersregard them more highly,even envy them,and that they are more competent than the average because of this association with a “winner”,a prestigious institution.Unit 3.A1.As house prices plummet the new breed of renters escape the danger of falling into debt traps and save their spare cash for the future.2.Nothing could daunt me and I talked to everyone with the same message:”Cancer was absolutely great because it put you in touch with yourself and the world”.3.The 19-year-old model Saffron Domini needed little persuasion to appear in a harrowing film about racism and violence.4.Carefree and full of youthful enthusiasm his happy disposition attracted whites and Indians alike.5.In British political life of the previous twenty years,latent anti-Jewish feeling had been apt to surface in response to particular events.6.With standards often being poor,unregulated,and uncontrolled,disaster seems imminent.7.After walking for an hour,she wasn’t sweating,but there was a pleasurable sense of exertion.8.Particularly worrisome were the fruit drinks,which projected a wholesome image while containing sugar in some form or another. 9.With the rising tide and bad conditions it was possible that the strandedmany might not survive until the lifeboat arrived.10.One study estimates that the headquarters and related functions of big American companies gobble up almost a fifth of their annual profits.B.1.With an thriving network of committees,sports clubs and societies,each student is encouraged to play a full part in this aspect of student life.2.They may pick up ideas almost at random from skimming journals,ideas that may spark new trains of thought or fruitful new cross-connections.3.Being a good listener is not only useful because you will hear what others miss,but you will find that people will tell you things that they shield from others.4.What right did the have to come back into her life like this,trying to shatter it into small pieces that couldn’t be put back together for a second time?5.In many areas local services were provided by numerous different authorities,which often gave rise to acute co-ordination problems.6.The awful truth that he was suffering from lung cancer dawned on him,though his family members tried very hard to keep the secret.7.I suppose yoga enthusiasts would find it painless,but for most of us an hour spent in this position was an ordeal.8.But rules that strengthen banks in good times can cripple them in recessions.9.There are few more barren places one earth than the plains surroundinga volcano in the aftermath of its eruption.10.The minds of many of these young offenders appear to have been numbed by greed and indifference to violence.Unit 4.A1.His way of saying same was to compose poems in classical Chinese which he somehow kept with him.2.The children’s insatiable curiosity will be satisfied one ways or the other,as there are plenty of museums,libraries and children’s palaces in the city.3.Examination of the theory which purports to provide an answer to this question is nonetheless important for a number of reasons.4.It is impossible to forget the uplifting speech that the president gave at the commencement ceremony.5.The athlete,a devout Christian,like his parents,died in 1945 in a Japanese internment camp in Shandong province.6.The picture drawn is a static one,and it has been unable to provide a convincing account of how and why changes have occurred in the pattern of industrial relations.7.The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary.8.He listened in rapt concentration as Mr.Mercer described how one soldier shot off his leg and threatened to kill him until he shouted back at him.9.Respect for life is a cardinal principle od English law.10.Building a home is more demanding business compared with buying one.B.1.Her reputation suffered a mortal blow as the result of the scandal.2.In explaining this situation,it might be possible to point to sources inherent to the nation:its culture,mentality,religions,or geography.3.His perceptual difficulties may make it impossible for him to recognize you and his family.4.He had hever previously thought of himself as acquisitive or even as particularly materialistic.5.Like a dreamer.the young artist is absorbed in contemplation of something outside himself and dose not identify with it.6.The club,where I am staying,releases forgotten gusts of memory,like those lilies which only exhale their sweet perfume at night.7.If it is a technique which works for you then,use it by all means.8.You would take on some responsibility immediately for particular areas and additional responsibilities are available to those with the ability and enthusiasm to undertake.9.This raises the question whether the education of children in rural communities is prejudiced by the imposition of a curriculum devised for urban conditions.10.The weak point in the school is due to the folly of parents who remove their sons from the school at too early an age.Unite 8.A1.Slender and graceful in light furs,the model wore a jeweled girdle,fine clothes and a gorgeous hat.2.During these amazing years of unprecedentedly expansion,Greater London grew at a much faster rate than the national population as a whole and faster than the suburbs of any provincial city.plete your visit with a leisurely stroll around Cardiff Bay and enjoy the remarkable historic buildings and the delightful specially shops.4.As a judge who believed that there was either good or evil,with no gray area in between,he was stern with lawbreakers but generous to the poor.5.The new ruler was condemned for his introduction of a repressive political system that allowed no freedom.6.The pressure of population growth within the confines of a small island of only 29 square miles led to the development of an innovatory,intensive system based on very effective soil conservation techniques.7.Then I pretended to notice him for the first time and engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner.8.Roughly one-half of the world’s population,including almost all of East and Southeast Asia,depends on rice as its principal staple food.9.The banks planned to charge Cardiff holders a ten-yuan annual fee from next year,which invited strong opposition from its customers.10.Intrinsical motivating activities are those in which people will engaged for no reward other than the interest and enjoyment that accompanies them.B.1.While the new college was being built in Oxford Street,the students worked in a makeshift\temporary laboratory in apartments rented in a nearby Street.2.He has great zeal\eagerness for nature and dreams to be a biologist when he grows up.3.It is only when foreigh brands land one our doorsteps and peopleflock\gather to buy them that the local manufacturers will respond to the competitive threat.4.She refused to travel abroad unless accompanied by massive quantities of prescribed drugs because she could only survive the small hours\the early morning by swallowing incautious Numbers of sleeping tablets.5.Nearly everyone had a very positive outlook and the plans for action to revive\revitalize the area were discussed.6.When she stayed away from him,he would wander out into the stony streets,hoping to bump into\run into her,to glimpse her sitting in a bar or on a park bench.7.Many Fine Art graduates take up\adopt professional practice as artists,and this course encourages them to consider their roles as artists in the community by providing opportunities for short-term placements outside the Faculty.8.I was in some doubt as to whether the Corporal had stumbled upon\bumped into us accidentally on his way out of the town.9.She took the report,went out into the department and threw herself into\busied herself with her work with tight-lipped determination. 10.The statement said the people of Srebrenica appealed to\attracted the presidents of the United States and France to help halt the offensive. Unit 10.A1.The most women,diamond is irresistible temptation.2.Don’t worry.Even if the road is cut off by snow,we have sufficient food to last a week.3.Much should be taken into consideration when one budgets for a research project.4.People doubt whether prison is the best sanction against a crime like this throughout the country.5.I don’t think he is qualified for the position.He panics easily and is therefore useless in an emergency.6.With a 30-year effort,the company has built areputation of innovative desighs,and quality manufacturing.7.A suspected kidnapper was caught after a rush-hour police chase alonga London Underground tunnel yesterday.8.Intellectual property rights represent exclusive rights for intellectual wealth created in the field of science,technology,literature and arts.9.Since there is no better way to evaluate one’s intelligence,we have to place our reliance on IQ tests.10.I hereby affirm that all the information given in this form is true and correct.B.1.If someone is honest and firm in his moral principles,he is a man with integrity.2.The director tried to wave aside these issues.He said they are trivial details and could be settled later.3.The symbols and notations used in this document are essentially those in current use in North America.4.In China ginger is not only a spice for food but alse a remedy for colds.5.We can’t just wait for new technologies to solve our problem.We shall make optimal use of existing technology.6.I was intrigued by the report about a new plagiarism detection software.7.The taxis in this small town have no meters so it is essential to negotiate the fare before setting off.8.The organization aims to support projects which address the issue of campus integrity.9.You need to designate someone to take over your affairs while you are in hospital.ing another person’s phrases or sentences without putting quotation marks around them is considered plagiarism.。