Vocabulary work
一
1． Virtual
2． Reconciliation
3． Deliberately
4． Fury
5． Essence
6． Rational
7． Get to the point
8． Go out of my mind
9． Immersed in
10． Precisely
11． In the midst
12． Lost his nerve
13． Supreme
14． Apology
15． Invasion
16． Muttering
二
1. Lousy
2. Lost my nerve
3. Immersed in
4. Alleged
5. Deliberately
6. Involving her in
7. Upset
8. Ironic
9. Get to the point
10. Fury
11. Hang up
12. Rational
13. The instant
14. Fierce
15. Instantly
16. Squeeze
三
1. Because of the bank’s refusal to give him another loan, Morris had to abandon the project.
2. Although both of them wanted the reconciliation and become friends again, neither was prepared to make the first move.
3. The old lady took fright when a gunman suddenly appeared in front of her.
4. Bob seems to know with instinct which products will sell.
5. The organizers of the appeal are reaching out to the public in order to get their help.
6. I must make an apology-I’m afraid I opened your letter by mistake.
四
1. Cut off
2. Cut back
3. Cut in
4. Cut across
5. Cut down
6. Cuts in
7. Cut off
8. Cut off
9. Hangs back
10. Hang up
11. Hanging about
12. Hung together
13. Hang on
14. Hang on to
Cloze
1. Other
2. With
3. Increased
4. For
5. Last
6. Who
7. Adult
8. Summed
9. In
10. Who
11. Better
12. Teach
13. Without
14. As
15. View
16. Generation
17. Granted
18. Only
19. Decision
20. important
Passage Translation
One day, we received an invitation from my father to his sixtieth birthday party. Jenny regarded it as my father’s actively reaching out to a reconciliation, so we should accept it. I was in the midst of abstracting an important case and preparing for the coming examinations at that time, hence I only used the simplest words to tell her no day to reconcile forever. My refusal apparently made Jenny depressed, but as a rational woman, she didn’t quarrel with me. She just tried to persuade me. But it only made me furious, thinking that Jenny made me upset deliberately. I must have been crazy them, because I did a thing for which I would never forgive myself-I shouted at Jenny and hurled the telephone at her. But once I threw it, I regretted. When I turned back to see her, she had disappeared.
I went out to look for her everywhere, but in vain. I was scared to death, not knowing what to do next. When I was going to give up, I suddenly saw Jenny sitting in front of our house. I walked forward to her, saying “Jenny, I’m sorry-” But she interrupted my apology and said, ”love means not ever having to say you’re sorry.”
