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Unit 1 Western Political System

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PASSAGE A

Political Climate Change

KEYS TO EXERCISES

I. Reading Comprehension

1-5: AAADB 6-10: BCDCD

II. Vocabulary

1-5: BACDD 6-10: ACABA11-15: CDABB 16-20: ABDAC

III. Word Bank

1.beavering away

xness

3.chuck us out of

4.clamp down on

5.unsettled

6.proportional to

7.groveling

8.appealing

9.gritted his teeth

10.incontinence

IV. Cloze

1-5: ACCBB 6-10: CADCD 11-15: ABCAB

V. T ranslation

1.The man's long arms were not proportional to his height.

2.His ill-health rendered him in ineligible for membership of such societies.

3.Their house was repossessed when they couldn't keep up their mortgage payments.

4.These young people beaver away at school.

5.The snow was blowing in her face, but she gritted her teeth and went on.

6.Over the past century, the British have lost a lot—their empire, their military might, their

economic leadership and even their sense of superiority. But they still reckoned that they had one of the best parliaments in the world. The constitution might be a mess, the executive insufficiently checked, but compared with America's Congress and most of the European systems, Westminster seemed relatively clean.

Unit 2 Environmental Protection

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Passage A

Green Growth

KEYS TO EXERCISES

Ⅰ. Reading Comprehension

1-5:DDCDA6-10:CCBDB

Ⅱ. Vocabulary

1-5:CAABD6-10:DAACB11-15:BDADA16-20:CACAC

Ⅲ. Word Banks

1. degraded

2. accounted for

3. in conflict with

4. proliferating

5. use up

6. follow suit

7. deter from

8. square the circle

9. outfit 10. Exploit

Ⅳ. Cloze

1. C

2. D

3. A

4. C

5. C

6. A

7. C

8. A

9. B 10. A

11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. D

Ⅴ. T ranslation

1. Nothing can undermine their fast friendship.

2. This policy will be a brake to the fast-growing industry.

3. The term “special needs” covers a wide spectrum of issues.

4. Unlike the show from a disc, the show of life can never be reversed or replayed.

5. Compared with time, even the most skillful thief wouldn’t know as much as time does about how to move by stealth.

6. Lack of property rights can make it rational to overuse resources such as the open sea or tropical forests, leading to over-exploitation and collapse. A classic co-ordination problem appears in rented property. It should make sense for a landlord to insulate his house, since that would reduce electricity bills for a trivial outlay. But if his tenants pay the bills, they would capture the gains, so he does not bother.

Unit 3 Technology

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Passage A

Rethinking What Leads the W ay: Science, or New Technology?

KEYS TO EXERCISES

I. Reading comprehension

1. D

2. B

3. A

4. A

5. B

6. B

7. B

8. A

9. D 10. D

II. Vocabulary

1.A

2. A

3. B

4. B

5. B

6. C

7. D

8. B

9. C 10. A

11. D 12. A13.D 14.A15.A16.C 17.A18. B 19. A20. A

III. W ord bank

1.cautious

2. discrete

3. arrive at

4. prognostication

5. reassessment