10级商务英语精读3

one that is closest in meaning to the

1. Living on an isolated farm, they do not see anybody for weeks on end.

D. endlessly

D. announced

D. become excited

D. refused

I’ll not stand in

why you didn’t try for a university

D. I feel pity

8. Jack came to the party with a young woman, whom I assumed to be his girl friend.

D. granted

D. frightened

D. went away from me

D. particular about

“Yes” or “No”.

A. to continue

B. to start

C. to hold up

D. to stir up

14. Our time is running out and I think we ought to say something about the ending of the novel.

A. We have enough time

B. We have almost used up our time

C. We haven’t enough time

D. Our time is limited

15. These courses, if properly conducted, will stimulate the minds of the students.

A. refresh

B. renew

C. excite

D. encourage

Ⅱ. Complete each of the following sentences with a word or phrase chosen from the list below. Change the form if necessary: 10’

prescribed, communicative, stand in the way of, catch his breath,

complain, turn…against, risk, variety, present, once in a while

1. For my own part, everything is O.K. I have nothing to ________ of.

2. It was very clever of her to _______ his argument ________ himself.

3. The tired traveler stopped to _________ and make sure of his directions.

4. Yunnan Province, in southwest China, has a ________ of ethnic minority groups

(少数民族).

5. Most of the evenings we watch TV at home, but _________ we go to a concert.

6. For a time she looked sad and talked little, but recently has become cheerful and ________.

7. “Your ________ at the meeting will be a great support to our cause,” says the cable.

8. Mr. Price ________ defeat in running against Mr. Johnson in the last election.

9. Nothing can _________ the Chinese people in their resolve to modernize their country.

10. After a careful examination, the doctor ________ a new medicine and a three-day rest for her.

Ⅲ. Reading comprehension: 20’

(A)

Baths and bathing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In Greece there are the ruins (遗迹) of a bathtub (浴缸) and water system built over 3,000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some as many as 3,000 persons could bathe at the same time.

Treating disease by bathing has been popular for centuries. Modern medical bathing or hydrotherapy (水治疗法) , first became popular in Europe and by the late 1700’s also became popular in the United States.

For many years frequent bathing was believed to be bad for one’s health. Ordinary bathing just to be clean was avoided and perfume was often used to cover up body smells!

By the 1770’s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health. They believed that it was good for people to be cleaned. Slowly people began to bathe more frequently. During the Victorian Age of the late 19th century, taking a bath on Saturday night