Assignments:
1) Read and memorize the words and useful phrases
in New Words and Phrases &Expressions (p125-p127)
in your Intensive Reading textbook.
2) Preview the text.
3) Do the vocabulary exercise: Directions:There
are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there
are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that
best completes the sentence.
Key
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.D
6.B 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.C
1)
The importance of interior design becomes
____ when we realize how much time we spend surrounded by four
walls.
A:
certain
B:
attractive
C:
appropriate
D:
evident
2)
I was ____ that I had seen him before;
I couldn’t have been mistaken.
A:
undoubted
B:
positive
C:
uncertain
D:
hesitative
3)
Harry was ____ by a bee when he was collecting
the honey.
A:
stung
B:
bitten
C:
stricken
D:
hit
4)
In countries where there are still not
many schools, education is a ____.
A:
honor
B:
right
C:
privilege
D:
sincere
5)
We were fully aware that she had a(n)
____ desire to help us.
A:
honest
B:
warm-hearted
C:
open
D:
as a result
6)
She pulled ____ a sheet of paper from
inside the drawer.
A:
over
B:
out
C:
off
D:
in
7)
Each cigarette a person smokes does some
harm, and ____ he may get a serious disease from its effect.
A:
actually
B:
eventually
C:
constantly
D:
permanently
8)
The judge ____ him of giving false
testimony（证词）to the court.
A)
suspected
B)
doubted
C)
considered
D)
distrusted
9)
She has got the job because she has the ____ of
knowing several languages.
A)
benefit
B)
profit
C)
favor
D)
advantage
10)
To accomplish our task on time, we
cannot ____ the waste of a single minute.
