新视野第四册第二课(3)

3) shut …out of (L.33)

not include in an activity

她决定永远都不会让约翰进入她的生活。

She decided to shut John out of her life forever.

Some leaders in that country were afraid of losing their power, so they tried everything to ____. (杜绝妇女进入政界)

(shut women out of politics)

4) have the upper hand (L.35)

have or get the advantage or control over sb.

上半场结束时似乎意大利队占上风。

At half time, the Italian team seemed to have the upper hand.

After hours of fierce negotiations, _____________. ( 总统占了上风)

(the president had the upper hand)

5) fierce (L. 47)

a. strong and powerful

在上周激烈的战斗中有两百个士兵阵亡了。

Two hundred soldiers were killed during the fierce fighting last week.

__________________________ as they fought their way into the mountain village.

(他们遭遇猛烈的抵抗)

(They encountered fierce resistance)

6) break up (L.52)

(cause to)come to an end

警察到达时聚会已经结束了。

The party had already broken up when the police arrived.

___________ because there was no love between them. (他们的婚姻结束了)

(Their marriage broke up)

7) witness (L.55)

vt. see sth. happen because one is there when it happens

二十世纪目睹了全世界的政治经济和文化的巨大变革。

The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural transformation.

He _____________ and observed its growth and development at a crucial period in its history. (亲眼目睹了祖国的诞生)

(witnessed the birth of his country )

8) in earnest (L.58)

seriously and sincerely

她认真地承诺不会干涉我们的事。

He was in earnest in promising not to interfere in our business.

Now I shall have to ______________________, keeping one chapter ahead of the students each week.（认真学英语）

(study English in earnest)

9) refresh (L.67)

vt. give new energy and strength to sb.

在炎热的夏天喝一杯冰果汁会让人精神为之一振。

A glass of iced juice can be very refreshing on a hot summer day.

Having had a good sleep, ______________.（他感到精神抖擞）

(he felt thoroughly refreshed)

10) deliver the goods (L.69)

fulfill a promise

他满口诺言，事实上却难得兑现。

He's full of promises but in fact he rarely delivers the goods.

____________, they could well be looking for a new prime minister by next summer.

(如果他不兑现诺言)

(If he fails to deliver the goods)

3. Revision

3. 1 Multiple choice

1) If a ________ were to reach the gas it would go off at once.

A) spot B) spill

C) spark D) spray

2) After about an hour and a half the party ______ because there was not enough wine that evening.

A) broke off

C) broke up B) broke away D) broke through

3) House purchase is the biggest decision that most people make and the easiest one to _______ for various reasons.

A) postpone B) conduct

C) replace D) last

4) Somewhat to my _______, the police will soon eliminate her from their inquiries.

A) entertainment B) judgment

C) relief D) relaxation

5) The political weakness of these countries _________their economic weakness.

A) compromised with

C) communicated to B) competed with D) corresponded to

6) A series of tragic _______ made Mr. Terres feel he has to face up to his life.

A) accidents B) incidents

C) events D) occurrences

7) The foreign-born Chinese are thought of as yellow on the outside and white on the inside because they only look like Chinese but never think or ______ like Chinese.

A) direct

C) adjust B) accustom D) behave

8) For many young people, the late 1960s was a period of _______ against the moral values that had been the pride of the past generations.

A) revolt B) rebel

C) chaos D) challenge

9) I promised to_________ the others at 5 a.m.

A) rouse B) stimulate

C) motivate D) prompt

10) Prisoners are reported to have been deliberately _______ without trial.

A) murdered B) convicted

C) executed D) punished

11) This swimming costume is made of ______ material.

A) elastic

C) coarse B) clumsy D) delicious

12) Two drivers were killed in a head-on ________ down a car and a taxi last night.

A) collapse B) conflict

C) collision D) crush

13) A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease ______

A) for long B) before long

C) ever since D) for good

14) The citizens in the neighborhood all______for the local government's decision to close the small paint factory.

A) claimed

C) clapped B) cracked D) crashed

15) The government attempts to put down the______ of the president's sex scandal.

A) news

C) saying B) rumor D) proverb

16) The fact that we underestimated our ______ led to our bitter defeat.

A) opponent

C) colleague B) candidate D) advocate

17) The girls were all _____ of Grace because she was so pretty, with beautiful hands and a face like a film-star's.

A) greedy B) controversial

C) competitive D) jealous

18) The Watergate ______ was exposed by two investigative journalists working for the Washington Post.

A) shame B) conviction

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