compromise 

contribution 

deliberately 

demonstrate 

economic 

employ 

financial 

frame 

impress 

promote 

steer 

self -induced 

1) Rules and regulations should be strictly followed;no one is supposed to _ on safety standards.

2) She can’t blame others. She must pay for her _ blindness.

3) He _ the boat carefully between the rocks.

4) An examiner must have some knowledge in testing;otherwise he cannot _ his questions clearly.

5) His last remark _ his lack of knowledge on his subject.

6) Finally the police had to _ force to break up the crowd.

7) He claims that the new teaching approach helps to _ students’ creative ability.

8) The teachers were most _ by your performance in the exam. You scored 98 marks whereas most of your classmates failed.

9) Among all the workers interviewed every one agreed that Martin had made an important _to the company’s success.

10) I know you did it _,just to annoy me.

11) We should try our best to help those who are in _ difficulty and cannot pay their tuition fees on time.

12) The fast _ growth of our country has attracted the attention of many economists, who all think that it is a miracle.

Text A

at hand 

in addition (to)

last but not least 

lead to 

make a point of doing sth.

refresh one’s memory 

take down 

work out 

be involved in 

in other words 

Text B

under pressure 

pay off 

point out 

1) Being a mother of two young kids, Sarah alway _ spending as much time as she can with them.

2) I looked up the word in the dictionary to _of its exact meaning.

3) The chairman warned yesterday that a pay rise for teachers would_job cuts.

4)Realizing that his retirement (退休) was near_, he looked for some additional income.

5) The famous actor keeps fit by _ for an hour every morning.

6) She is constantly _ and it is affecting her health.

7)_, I would like to thank all the people who have given us unselfish assistance throughout these years.

8)We've been trying to get back to you, Tom, but we think we _ your number _incorrectly.

9)_giving a general introduction to computer science, the course also provides practical experience.

10) All the students _making costumes and scenery for the show.

11)It was a perfectly ordinary day; _， I went to work and came home as usual.

12) Critics _ that the prince, on his income, should be paying tax.

13) Don't say it is profitless to do this. The effort will _ in the long run.

advantage 

apparently 

astonish 

character 

communicate 

confident 

enjoyable 

extreme 

helpful 

means

obtain 

particularly 

process 

relevant 

1) I like that singer a lot, but I haven't been able to _his latest CD anywhere.

2) Jim said he was very _ that the project (项目) would be successful.

3) Nowadays people prefer to _ with one another by e-mail.

4) Being tall gave him a(n) _ over the other players.

5) He based his article on the _ information he had gathered.

6) Role-play (角色扮演) is _ in developing communication skills.

7) Sometimes she eats a lot and sometimes nothing at all; she just goes from one _ to the other.

8) My trip to Australia proved to be a most  _ experience.

9) It is assumed that the Internet is an efficient _ of communication.

10) I'm afraid that getting things changed is a slow _.

11) Traffic is terribly bad nowadays,_ in the city center.

12) There are too many _in this novel; could you spare a few minutes and help me clear up my confusion?

13) Her behaviour of smoking in public really _ us.

14) All the students are interested in his lectures;_ he is a qualified teacher.

Text A

be worth sth./doing sth.

in one’s opinion 

it’s no use doing sth.

let alone 

no doubt 

or else 

relate…to…

to a certain extent 

vice versa 

Text B

at all costs 

clear up 

rid…of…

sure enough 

find out 

in one’s hurry 

1) It is not that I don't like this singer. The fact is that I'm not very _country music.

2) The cost _directly _the amount of time spent on the project.

3)The story is so interesting that I cannot help reading the next chapter to _ what's going to happen.

4)_, it was my fault that we lost the match.

5)Girls may bring their boy friends to the party and _.

6) He is always ready to help others; _ he'll be willing to help you, too.

7 The new vaccine （疫苗）may _the world _one of its most terrifying diseases.

8) I assume that the misunderstanding between the two sides will be _soon.

9) You must pay $2,000; _, you will have to go to prison.

10) We must fight pollution and protect our environment (环境) _.

11) I said he would forget, and _ he did.

12)He cannot ride a bicycle, _ a motorbike.

13)_ to leave the room he left his gold watch on the desk.

14)_ worrying about Jim; he is now with his aunt who loves him and will no doubt take good care of him.

15)He wants to improve his English by reading dictionaries, but _it is not an effective method of learning.

16)I called Linda last night and asked her if the exhibition of Chinese paintings in her university _ seeing.

occur

disturbing

awkward

treat

swallow

pause

scatter

release

wipe

relief

option

recall

1) There was a(n) _moment when she didn't know whether to shake his hand or kiss his cheek.

2)She breathed a sigh of _ when she found out she had passed her exam.

3)Parents should really take extra care of their babies as many accidents actually _ at home.

4)The government has two _:to reduce spending or to increase tax.

5)The following program contains scenes that may be _ to some viewers.

6) When the doctor told her that it was only a minor case, she  _her husband's arm.

7)The woman felt panicky and she spoke almost without _ for breath.

8)The policeman blew his whistle and the protesters _ in all directions.

9) He put a grape into his mouth and _ it whole.

10)Don't _ your nose on your sleeve, kid — that's what your handkerchief's for!

11)I took my son to the zoo as a birthday _.

12)As I_, it was you who suggested this idea in the first place.

Text A    turn out     turn into     take sb. by surprise 

    soak up     hem/hum and haw     gather one’s thoughts 

    keep sb. from sth.    become/be acquainted with 

Text B     run away     fight back     take care of 

    hang up (on)        

1) In just a few days he _all his new classmates.

2)Jane has locked herself up in her room for the whole day. She _when she came out with her hair dyed red.

3)Let's sit down quietly and_ first before the discussion.

4)To my surprise, the stranger _to be an old friend of my mother's.

5)Seeing Jim wearing a funny hat, Maggie tried hard to _a desire to laugh.

6)Don't_ me — I need to talk to you.
7)After quarrelling with his step-father, Colin_ and hasn't been heard of ever since.

8)They've hired someone to_ the children for a week.

9)When I asked him how he was doing, he _before telling me that he had just lost his job.

10)Once a very shy boy from a small mountainous village, he_ a competent engineer in a matter of six years.

11)The newspaper refused to_ the facts_ the public.

12)As we sat on the beach_ the sunshine, she started to tell me her childhood stories.

frown     survive     overcome     attend 

conflict     insurance     terrify     adapt 

survey     wander     guilty     sustain 

1)She finds herself in _ with her parents over her future career. 

2)The two parties finally _ their differences on the matter of interest rate（利率）.

3) Some strange customs _ from earlier times.

4)Please let us know if you can _the meeting scheduled(事先安排)for the coming Thursday.

5)She _ with displeasure as she was reading her son's school report.

6) Students are likely to let their minds _ if the teacher's lectures are dull and boring.

7)I always feel so _ about not visiting my parents more often, but I do have lots of things to cope with every day.

8)The local farmers _ heavy losses during the flood season.

9)The next morning we all went out to _ the damage caused by the fire.

10)The sudden appearance of a tiger from the woods _ us all.

11)International students are required to carry medical _ as a condition of enrollment（注册）.

12)_ to a new culture is no easy task because there are lots of cultural differences to overcome.

Text A    choke back     be sick of     in the midst of     

    in one’s own right     fit in with     compare with     

    would give a lot/anything/the world (to do sth.)

    settle into sth.    work out         

Text B     be annoyed with     no wonder     stay up     grow apart 

    in trouble     be scared of     for instance     

1) The old man _ having arguments all the time with his wife.

2)"You really can't imagine what I have gone through," Mary said, _ her tears.

3)_ growing up in primitive societies, growing up in today's world is in some ways harder.

4)When I first _ teaching in this small town, I felt very awkward, for my neighbors wanted to know everything about me.

5)The boys _to meet that football star.

6)Tom rushed into the room when Jane and I were _a conversation.

7)It's true that his father is a world-famous movie star, but Jack became famous_.

8)We didn't plan it like that but it _ very well.

9)At first he found it extremely hard to_ his colleagues at the new company.

10)When I was in my teens, I gradually_ from my parents,only to realize how wrong I was in my later years.

11)I'm sorry to hear that you're suffering from a severe cold._ you did not turn up at the party yesterday.

12)It is not a healthy habit_ too late.

13)I_ my mother's tight control over me and ended up shouting at her one day.

14)The boy _his mother because she would always scold (责怪) him if he did anything wrong.

15)Because of my carelessness, I soon found myself_ again and then I realized that what my mother had said was right.

16)He is not a very responsible person._, he promised to come to our meeting, but never even responded when we invited him.