loadingUnit 3 Understanding Science
I. Key words & phrases
accurate amount attitude audience background basis brief challenge civilization competition concept conclusion contact convey element ensure entertain evaluate evidence expert failure fiction frustrate gradual grasp hence initiative inquire minority moreover nuclear outcome precise process professional proportion propose rate series steady sufficient technology tend weapon yield genetic suppress at the moment bring about cut off do without fit into in terms of lie in
in the form of in two minds make sense put across put the clock back slow down wear down
Additional Vocabulary
Great minds think alike 英雄所见略同
To get ahead you will have to work long hours and take short vacations. 要出头，就要多流汗，少享受
Don’t bury your head in the sand. 不要逃避现实
Opportunity knocks at the door but once. 机不可失，时不再来 Set a thief to catch a thief. 以毒攻毒
To err is human, to forgive is divine. 犯错误是人之常情，宽恕是超凡脱俗
Tomorrow never comes. 明日复明日，明日何其多
If you insist. 恭敬不如从命 Genetic engineering 基因工程 Maternity and child care 妇幼保健
Attach importance to the problem of population aging 重视老龄化问题
Be geared to international standards; be brought in line with international practice 与国际接轨 A small proportion of the population 一小部分人
Ⅱ. Vocabulary & Structure
1.When he failed to pay his bill, the company ____ his electricity. A. cut off B. cut in C. cut out D. cut down
2. We secured the contrast in the face of ___ from several foreign films.
A. composition B. competition C. comparison D. comprehension 3. People’s _______ towards the skyscrapers varies widely. A. feeling B. attitude C. opinion D. idea
4. Education should not be considered to be a(n) ____ in a modern society. A. dominion B. power C. authority D. privilege
5. They _____ whether he would care to take the position of teacher of physics in a high school. A. instructed B. inspired C. inquired D. inspected
6. Personal _____ and private enterprise has been more and more stressed. A. indication B. income C. initiative D. incline
7. Coal miners get stomach cancer at a _____ 40 percent higher than the general public. A. rate B. speed C. price D. amount
8. These factors must be adjusted rapidly to _____ high efficiency. A. ensure B. encourage C. endure D. engage 9. He returned to the room and _____ Mary of his decision. A. reported B. informed C. told D. said 10. You must hold the gun ____ when shooting.
A. straight B. stiff C. sticky D. steady 11.People are trying to ____ the sun’s rays as a source of energy. A. control B. master C. take D. harness
12. _____ money they’re quite rich, but they are not happy in marriage.
A. In terms of B. According to C. On the basis of D. In accordance 13. He is always _____ in what he says and does.
A. accustomed B. accidental C. accurate D. actual 14. The audience could not ____ what he was trying to explain. A. gather B. grasp C. gaze D. generate 15. They have with them _____ equipment for a small laboratory.
A. subsequent B. sufficient C. sophisticated D. stable
16. If my letter _____ the impression that I was indifferent, please forgive me. A. conveyed B. transported C. carried D. concluded
17. He may be a very clever research worker, but he’s very poor at ______ the stuff to a class. A. putting into B. putting down C. putting aside D. putting across 18. I have had to take the whole _______ for everything, to decide on every step. A. command B. order C. responsibility D. charge
19.There I came into ____ with some of the finest craftsman I have ever met.
A. link B. communication C. contact D. connection
20. His _____ in life was to graduate from medical school and become a great surgeon. A. purse B. purpose C. proposal D. pupil
21. The only thing _____ is that you consult your lawyer about it.
A. which can suggest B. that can suggest C. which I can suggest D. that I suggest 22. For ten years he did not see her _____ to her.
A. nor having written B. nor write C. or write D. or to write
23. _______ she has got her own car she doesn’t get much exercise as she used to. A. For B. Now that C. While D. Just that
24. He feels _____ to be a sales manager in such a large enterprise.
A. it challenged B. challenging C. that challenging D. it challenging
25. Americans eat ______ as they actually need everyday.
A. twice protein as much B. twice as much protein C. protein as much twice D. protein as twice much
26. Mother always encourages her whenever she has trouble ____ something important to her. A. learning B. for learning C. having learnt D. to learn 27. With a face __ a pudding she behaves ____ she were a queen. A. like….as B. as… like C. like… as if D. as… as if 28. Only by shouting at the top of her voice ______. A. she was able to make herself heard
B .was she able to make herself heard C. was she able to make herself hear D .she was able to make herself hear
29. He must have had something wrong, or he _____ then.
A. would have been here B. should be here C. had been here D. would be here 30. ______, we’d better not disturb him.
A. Tired as he is B. As is he tired C. Tired as is he D. As tired as he is
Ⅲ. CET 4 Vocabulary
31. Don’t get into the bad ___ of smoking or drinking. A. habit B. custom C. hobby D. profession
32. I like your method of teaching and shall ____ them in my teaching. A. absorb B. adopt C. acquire D. afford 33. Feeling tired all the time is a _____ that you may be sick. A. mark B. sight C. sign D. trace
34. I take this medicine twice a day; it should ______ my cold. A. care B. cure C. restore D. recover 35. Music often ____ us of events in the past.
A. remembers B. memorizes C. reminds D. reflects
36.It is well-known that retired workers in our country are ___ free medical care. A. entitled to B. involved in C. associated with D. engaged in
37. The two boys _____ each other in that they both have reddish hair and a round face. A. like B. resemble C. similar to D. refer to
38. There is not much time left, so I will tell you about it ____.
A. in detail B. in brief C. in short D. in all
39. Large passenger planes often carry weather instruments with which to _____ storm. A. broadcast B. predict C. inform D. investigate 40. How many radios will this factory _____ this year? A. multiply B. measure C. manufacture D. publish 41. Tom told me that he would have to ____ her invitation to the party.
A. avoid B. refuse C. deny D. ignore
42. Many new ____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education. A. opportunities B. necessities C. realities D. probabilities 43. The rain was heavy and ____ the land was flooded.
A. consequently B. continuously C. constantly D. conversely 44. Children who are over protected by their parents may become _____. A. hurt B. damaged C. spoiled D. harmed
45. The police are ____ the road accident that occurred last night. A. looking up B. looking on C. looking out D. looking into
46. Important people don’t often have much free time as their work ______ almost all their time. A. takes away B. takes over C. takes up D. takes in 47. Very few scientists ____ with completely new answers to the world’s problems. A. come round B. come in C. come up D. come on
48. The _____ edition of the dictionary is far better than the previous ones.
A. late B. last C. lasting D. latest
49. I have been _____ to try these pills for seasickness. A. advised B. admitted C. recalled D. suggested
50. We did not send you an invitation, as we took it for _____ you would be coming. A. granted B. sure C. positive D. known
51. ____ the 1500’s ___ the first Europeans explored the coast of California.
A. It was not until…. Then B. It is until… that C. It is not until … when D. It was not until … that
52. The teacher was very strict and requested that we ____ TV on weekdays. A. not to watch B. did not watch C. not watch D. must not watch 53. I will not read that book _____ who recommends it. A. no matter B. for C. as D. since
54. No one lives in the room _____ windows are broken.
A. its B. which C. whose D. of those
55. During our visit to the factory, we ____ all the different ways of making whisky. A. showed B. were shown C. had shown D. had been shown
56. Only about one in twelve of the young men and women of this country ____ a college education.
A. receives B. is received C. are received D. receive 57. _____ to speak when the audience interrupted him.
A. Hardly had he begun B. No sooner had he begun C. Not until he began D. Scarcely did he begin
58. Mr. Smith _____ be in the bookstore because I saw him in his office a moment ago.