1、英语期末复习资料网络测评acquisitionthrustconcentrationdistinctivespecificallydistinguishevidentlydiminishadjustfunctionU11. The risk from viruses certainly hasntdiminished; on the contrary, it has mushroomed and people can easily get infected with virus.2. I like wild sunflower not because it has a(n)distinctiv
2、eNorth American flavor but because its image is closely connected with our continents early history.3. One of the main characteristics thatdistinguishthe male bird from female bird is that the former has beautiful feathers.4. He went to apply for hundreds of jobs with a masters degree in computer sc
3、ience but ended up with nothing.Evidently, its because he was disabled.5. Some books arespeciallydesigned to tell us information about the social, cultural or professional life of the country.6. I was embarrassed as an American for havingthrustsuch an awful concept upon the French, saying that the F
4、rench hated the idea of the theme park, Euro Disney.7. In places where it does not rain very often, thefunctionof canals is to drain water from rivers or lakes and carry it to fields.8. There is also evidence of sloweracquisitionof language and a higher frequency of learning difficulties for these p
5、hysically disabled students.9. If you must sit facing the desk, shift your chair slightly as you sit down oradjustyour body in the chair slightly so that you can be right in front of your interviewer.10. Clever readers focus their attention, keeping theirconcentrationon the material they know best a
6、nd answering questions quickly because they are confident.assemblymoistearnestdestinationmoistureproclaimassetquestrallyexclaim1. Last Saturday, about 5,000 people held a protest march andrallyagainst social discrimination against all people with AIDS.2. When appearing in court, my friend Debraexcla
7、imedin anger to a judge to defend her actions, I wasnt hurting anyone!3. Human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief, which has beenproclaimedas the highest aspiration of the common people.4. Henry Ford was one of the first to applyassemblylinemanufacturing to the mass production of afford
8、able automobiles.5. Unless you have a heated greenhouse, you will have difficulty in keeping the plant indoors for very long because they need a really warm andmoistatmosphere.6. In dry weather, youd better water your vegetables, flowers, and plants in the morning before the earth loses too muchmois
9、ture.7. When you are faced with a difficult situation, you may rely on some of yourassetssuch as family, friends, skills, education, money, and good health.8. After many years searching of the world, herquestfor her missing brother finally succeeded when she found him in Africa9. She decided long ag
10、o that she would study the subject of physics inearnestas soon as she was accepted by the school.10. He regretted that he hadnt followed his friends suggestion. If he had taken the short-cut across the river, he would have arrived at thedestinationmuch earlier.A. fluentB. acquisitionC. diverseD. rev
11、erseE. competentF. competitiveG. skimH. beneficialI. enhanceJ. engageK. comprehensionL. confusionM. proficiencyN. exposureO. efficiencyTesting has replaced teaching in most public schools. Instead of teaching reading or writing skills which arebeneficialto students, now teachers are somehow encourag
12、ed toreversethe learning process. For instance, they ask students to read the questions at the end of a reading text first, and then teach them to skimthe text for the answers with various test-taking skills. We wonder whether the test-taking skills really help improve their languageproficiency.The
13、ability to read or write shouldenhancethe ability to do reasonably well on comprehension of reading texts orfluentwriting. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through learning test-taking skills. Teachers must be careful when they teach students how to read and write to avoid any fa
14、lse languageacquisition. Too many discussions on test-taking skills will only end up with moreconfusionin learning because students have become more interested in test-taking skills rather than concentrating on the nature and quality of what should be taught.As a result, students may becompetentin t
15、aking tests while they have little or noexposureto serious reading or thinking. They are unable to understand or talk about what they read, which is definitely disastrous to their academic preparation.U2persistboostinvestorientevaluateaccumulateacceleratecalculatespeculateundertake1. The United Nati
16、ons official said toundertakea new peace move in the Middle East when there is a chance to reach an agreement.2. We mightspeculatefurther from the story and say that these people probably lived very close to the well because of the importance of water to life.3. As they are not sure about the situat
17、ion in the flood-stricken area, they will first send trained nurses there toevaluatethe needs of each patient.4. If the extremely hostile relationships tend topersist, the conflicts between the two parties make it difficult to recognize that they share common needs and goals.5. As more students are
18、inclined to choose business as their major, the college has to offer more courses that are business-oriented.6. If workers believe inflation is likely toaccelerate, they will demand higher wages to compensate for expected increases in prices.7. If you have a good planning to set aside 500 dollars pe
19、r month, it would take two years toaccumulatedthe minimum sum needed for your child.8. If the population continues to rise at the present rate, scientists havecalculatedthat the worlds population will double by the end of the century.9. The cost of repairing damaged public facilities is so high that
20、 some local governments are unwilling toinvestin the rebuilding projects.10. According to recent research reports, learning a new dance step mayboostthe brain in the same way that learning a language does.liableliberalunconsciousobjectivepromisingrealisticsufficientdominantcynicaldestructive1. Both
21、parents and teachers are very concerned about thedestructiveeffects that violent films may have on children.2. If you keep interrupting me, it is unlikely that I will havesufficienttime to give you the complete picture which you are so anxious to get!3. The new method is both reliable andobjective;
22、furthermore, it has benefited greatly from the development of computer technology.4. Of all the media, the Internet is clearlydominant, with television a close second, at least as a source of news and other information.5. Body movements are oftenunconsciousforms of expressions, and they can convey c
23、ertain information to the audience.6. The school principal has someliberalviews about what his students should wear and how much freedom should allow them.7. Word meanings are especiallyliableto change because people learn them by hearing them in context rather than by looking up the standard defini
24、tion.8. The company seemspromisingbecause the electronic and printing unit alone has annual sales of about $80 million.9. During the time of economic depression, many people may seem to becynicalabout what the government might do, and they just cannot believe the wealthy officials.10. The bottom lin
25、e is that I have tried to be true to myself at all times and in all situations, and I simply dont think it isrealisticto expect anything else.enrollbotherinstallinvestrecruitreformreviseshrinkacknowledgeconfirm1. Steve Jobs has beenacknowledgedas a genius in business; his greatest skills are his ins
26、ight, creative mind, and his management ability.2. To keep the companies going, firms need torecruitcandidates frequently to replace those who choose not to continue their contracts.3. I believe I have torevisemy ideas about my boss hes stubborn sometimes but very clever and creative in many cases.4
27、. In order to improve their job skills to get new jobs or to advance in the ones they already have, manyenrollin some forms of continuing education courses.5. In business settings, email is best used to convey some key information, toconfirmappointments, to document decisions, or to contact a decisi
28、on maker directly.6. Wetland losses have caused populations of some bird species starved for water, food, and nesting sites toshrinkby 60 to 80 percent.7. Better technology means you caninstallmore sensitive alarm systems in your home and carry less cash on the street.8. The name Joe particularlybot
29、hersme as some think it makes me more qualified to be a baseball player rather than an art critic.9. We can surelyreformour public health care system, but it still gives us, for all its flaws, the best health care in the world.10. The manual labor in the countryside for 10 years hadinvestedhim witha
30、 strong will and perseverance to overcome difficulties.A. calculateB. assertsC. distinguish D. literallyE. securedF. broadenedG. performsH. insightI. accumulateJ. insertsK. justL. extremelyM. boundN. perceiveO. sightWhy study the humanities? The 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Millasser
31、tsthat, instead of places for pure learning, universities ought to be places thatliterallyencourage students to become good human beings.This assertion may sound out-of-date since most college students today areboundto learn knowledge and special skills. According to Mill, human beings arejusthuman beings before they are lawyers or doctors. Mill further explains that a s
