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???? III Ex. II, p. 99
II. Answer the following questions.

• What are the five symbols of the United States?

They are the Statue of Liberty, Barbie dolls,
American Gothic, the Buffalo nickel, and Uncle
Sam.
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2. Whose face was the Statue of Liberty modeled
after?
It was modeled after Bartholdis mothers face.
3. What was the real name of Barbie?
Her real name was Barbara Handler.
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4. How popular is Barbie according to the text?
Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie has become
the universally recognized Queen of the Dolls.
The average American girl owns ten Barbie dolls,
and two are sold somewhere in the world every
second.
5. Who painted American Gothic?
Grant Wood.
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6. How did Wood get the idea of painting American
Gothic?
He was inspired by the Gothic window of an old
farmhouse.
7. What was the Buffalo nickel produced for?
It honored a pair of connected tragedies from the
settlement of the American frontier the
destruction of the buffalo herds and the American
Indians.
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8. Why did Fraser go to New York Citys Central
Park Zoo to sketch an aging buffalo?
Because buffalo no longer wandered about the
great grasslands.
9. What did the employee say when he was asked
about the letters EA-US?
He said US was short for Uncle Sam Wilson.
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10. How did Flaggs portrait of Uncle Sam look
like?
It was a self-portrait of Flagg.
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???? III Ex. III, p. 99
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.
1. This means they have been _______ by a team of
professional experts and the standard of their
work has been approved.
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2. The Statue of Liberty had just arrived from
Paris and was being _______ so it was not in New
York harbor when they arrived.
? assembled
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3. This reaction to the event is rather ______
but on the other hand theres something in it.
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4. Officials say it is because the two sides have
different ______ of what was decided at the
previous negotiations that the ceasefire (??) has
broken down.
? versions
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5. I talked to some of my friends and it seemed
to be a ______ problem.
? universal
6. Wright is correct to see Paisleys _____ of
liberty as a development of this view.
? interpretation
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7. Then Miss Harker lifted her head and addressed
them all in ______ tones.
? solemn
8. Between 1909 and 1915, the Futurists (??????),
an Italian group who exhibited in Paris, were
_______ by moving pictures.
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???? III Ex. IV, p. 100
IV. Replace the underlined words or expressions
in the following sentences with words or
expressions from the text that best keep the
original meaning.
1. The project he devoted his attention to last
year fell through as it was costly.
worked on
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2. The committee (???) did not like the plan to
build a new bridge over the river.
approve of
3. Although some members slipped away, the
meeting continued without them.
went ahead
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4. There are some houses on the market in the
economic development zone. Lets go and have a
look.
for sale
5. Have you got an idea of how to deal with test
cheating?
come up with
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6. This second-hand dress can be made into a
rather pretty skirt.
refashioned into
7. This is an illustration that popular music
stars become famous at a young age.
rise to fame
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8. What interests me is the neck that is
stretched a little bit and the face that is
sour-looking.
captures my attention
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???? III Ex. V, p. 100
V. Look at the following sentence taken from your
reading passage. Just think about what else you
can earn and fill in the sentences below with
the right words.
e.g. At age 23, he started a meatpacking business
and earned a reputation for being honest and hard
working.
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• Our teacher has earned res____ from nearly all
  his class, by being a just, quiet, serious and
  honest man.
• 2. Bernard has earned admi______ and affection at
  Westminster with his good humor.
• 3. And no one doubts that he has earned his pl___
  among the sports leading players.

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4. In other words, they preferred, when they had
earned enough mo___ to meet their immediate
needs, to spend the rest of their time in leisure
rather than in work to increase their earnings.
5. His great courage at the time eventually
earned him the Military Cross, a rew___ that he
had never dreamed about before.
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6. Many local folk who earned their liv___ on or
from the river were still worried about what
would happen as a result of the pollution. 7. On
the contrary, however, he has earned not____ but
displeasure from what he did. 8. At the time of
the competition, he earned his na___ as he was
considered to be the highest authority on Spanish
paintings.
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???? III Ex. VI, p. 101
VI. Adjectives ended in ant or ent can be made
into their corresponding nouns mainly by omitting
the letter t and adding ce.
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Look at the following nouns and choose from them
to fill in the blanks of the sentences that
follow.
excellence
brilliance
competence
consequence
ignorance
indifference
intelligence
magnificence
significance
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• Examinations are not necessarily the best way to
  measure ___________________.
• The power station was shown to be dangerous and,
  as a ___________, was closed down.
• This discovery was of great __________, but few
  people realized that.
• In the I to you approach, the workers were in
  complete _________ of the managements plans.

intelligence/competence
consequence
significance
ignorance
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5. I dont like the department chairmans
___________ to the teachers who are not in his
favor. 6. I hear on all sides of the _________
of your establishment. 7. The sun has both
_________ and heat. 8. There is calm and joy,
too, when the mind can focus on the ____________
and beauty of nature.
indifference
excellence
brilliance
magnificence
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???? III Ex. VII, p. 101
VII. The prefix co- means accompanying,
sharing, with or joint. New words may be
formed by adding co- to some words at the
beginning.
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Look at the following words that come from word
building and choose from them to fill in the
blanks. Remember to change the form where
necessary.
co-director
cooperate
co-author
coexist
copilot
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coexists

• We must be aware that peace _______ with war.
• He was the __________ of that film which was half
  criticized and half praised.
• The couple spoke about how they would _________
  in the raising of their child.
• The pilot was seriously injured and the ______
  took over.
• He is the _________, with Andrew Blowers, of The
  International Politics of Nuclear Waste.

co-director
cooperate
copilot
co-author
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???? III Ex. VIII, p. 102
VIII. Study the following models and then combine
each group of sentences into one, using
absolutes.
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From the above two models, we see that generally
there are two ways of making a full sentence into
an absolute construction. One is omitting a form
of the verb be such as is, are, was, or were as
in Model A. The second way is changing the main
verb into its ing form as in Model B.

• Jimmy walked slowly to the corner of the
  playground.
• His face was covered with tears.

Jimmy walked slowly to the corner of the
playground, his face covered with tears.
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2. The hotel taxi sped away. The taillights
(??) disappeared into the distance.
The hotel taxi sped away, the taillights
disappearing into the distance.
3. Their stomachs were crying for food. Their
backs were burning from too much sun. Both
boys gathered their things and headed for home.
Their stomachs crying for food, their backs
burning from too much sun, both boys gathered
their things and headed for home.
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4. Barbara just lay there. Her mouth
trembled. Her eyes were unfocused. She
was unable to say a word.
Barbara just lay there, her mouth trembling,
her eyes unfocused, unable to say a word.
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5. Then the two players let him fall to the
track. His chest landed first. His head
followed, bounced, and finally lay still.
Then the two players let him fall to the
track, his chest landing first, his head
following, bouncing, and finally lying still.
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???? III Ex. IX, p. 103
IX. Study the model carefully and then rewrite
the following sentences after the model, using
the structure of conjunction prepositional
phrase.
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1. Although they have a threatening appearance,
most snakes arent really dangerous if you leave
them alone.
Most snakes, although with a threatening
appearance, arent really dangerous if you leave
them alone.
2. Women have failed to approach the income of
men even though they have the same abilities.
Women, even though with the same abilities,
have failed to approach the income of men.
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3. Though there was a severe shortage of coal
supply, the governor was not forced to close all
the schools.
Though with a severe shortage of coal supply, the
governor was not forced to close all the schools.
4. She is capable of making complete French meals
even though there is no cheese between salad and
dessert.
She is capable of making complete French
meals even though with no cheese between salad
and dessert.
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5. When you are in doubt about the result of your
test, call the test office.
When in doubt about the result of your test,
call the test office.
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???? III Ex. X, p. 103
X. Translate the following into English.
1. ????????????????????????????,??????,?????????
approve of
go ahead
go and study abroad
His parents did not approve of his plan to go and
study abroad with a girl they had never met, but
he went ahead and got to New York with her.
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2. ??,??????????????,??????????????
represent suffering yet strength
It is said that
It is said that the painter used his aunt as the
model in the painting whose face represented
suffering yet strength.
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3. ?????????????,?????????????????????
be described as
The real Ken did not like the three-dimensional
Barbie dolls, which were described as having the
appearance of a woman who sold sex.
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4. ??????1950??????,???????,????????????????????
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inspired by his experience with a girl
with the publication of
rise to fame
The novelist instantly rose to fame in 1950 with
the publication of Good-bye, My Dear, a novel
inspired by his experience with a girl on his
older brothers farm.
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5. ???????????????????????,??,?????????????????
a character called Uncle Sam
political cartoon
most popular symbol
After the war, a character called Uncle Sam
began appearing in political cartoons, and soon
became Americans most popular symbol.
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6. ???????????????,????????,??????,???????????????
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standing alongside
serious-looking
respectively
The painting shows a serious-looking man and a
woman standing alongside him in front of a
farmhouse, their models being respectively the
painters dentist and sister.
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in order to haveon the other side of the nickel
sketch an aging buffalo
for a wall decoration
In order to have the buffalo on the other side
of the nickel, he went to the Central Park Zoo to
sketch an aging buffalo which was later killed
for a wall decoration.
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One story says
sign a contract with the government
One story says that US was short for Uncle
Sam whose real name was Sam Wilson who had once
worked with a man who had signed a contract with
the government to provide meat to the US Army.
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???? III Ex. XI, p. 103
XI. Translate the following into Chinese.
1. In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic
Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous
project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a
monument celebrating US independence and the
France-America alliance.
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2. Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent,
all-American although with an exaggerated
breast size version and named it after Barbara,
who was then a teenager.
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3. Now more than sixty years old, Barbara who
declines interviews but is said to have loved the
doll may be the most famous unknown figure on
the planet.
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4. Grant Wood instantly rose to fame in 1930 with
his painting American Gothic, an often-copied
interpretation of the solemn pride of American
farmers.
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5. He was strongly influenced by medieval artists
and inspired by the Gothic window of an old
farmhouse, but the faces in his composition were
what captured the worlds attention.
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6. But the Buffalo nickel, produced from 1913 to
1938, honored a pair of connected tragedies from
the settlement of the American frontier
the destruction of the buffalo herds and the
American Indians.
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7. While white people had previously been used as
models for most American coins, famed artist
James Earle Fraser went against tradition by
using three actual American Indians as models for
his creation.
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8. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam
began appearing in political cartoons, his form
evolving from an earlier cartoon character called
Brother Jonathan that was popular during the
American Revolution.
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1) Much to our distress / delight /
surprise, these years have seen the popularity /
worsening / much improvement / a widespread
neglect of sth. (?????) in society. 2) According
to a recent / official report / survey / opinion
poll, ...(????) 3) If this current is allowed to
run its course, things are bound to turn for the
better / worse. (Para. 1)
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4) The importance / harmfulness /
significance of sth. to sb. / sth. else,
(however), can be seen from the perspectives as
follows. 5) In the first place, (??I)6) In the
second, ... (??II) 7) And above all, (??III) 8)
To sum up, ... (????) (Para. 2)
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9) So the most pressing for us / basic
problem now is how to 10) In my opinion, the
first step should be focused upon (??I) 11)
Then, greater efforts must be made to ... (??II)
12) In one word, where there is , there is
(???) (Para. 3)
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How to Conduct Patriotic Education Among the
Youth of Today 1. ????????????
2. ?????????????? 3. ????????????????
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1) Much to our distress, these years have
seen a widespread neglect of patriotic education
in our society. 2) According to some official
reports, many patriotic education centers have
been closed down or kept open to the public for
other more profitable purposes while many of our
national heroes have given way to todays pop
stars in youths minds. 3) If this current is
allowed to run its course, I am afraid, things
are bound to turn for the worse, with less and
less sense of patriotism left in the youth.
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4) The significance of patriotic education to
our society, however, can be seen from the
perspectives as follows. 5) In the first place,
the patriotic education can make youth more aware
of the glorious history and culture of our
nation, thus building up their sense of pride as
Chinese. 6) In the second, the patriotic
education helps youth value todays hard-earned
life so as to hold
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dearer their golden chances of enriching
themselves with knowledge in peace. 7) And above
all, the patriotic education can push youth to
draw upon more of their capabilities in order to
make tomorrows life better than todays and
leave behind themselves more highlights for the
nations culture. 8) To sum up, patriotic
education is a key ingredient in the all-round
development of youth.
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9) So the most pressing for us now is how to
effectively inculcate patriotism in the youth of
today. 10) In my opinion, the first step should
be focused upon giving fuller play to the
potentials of patriotic education centers instead
of running them for the purpose of making money.
11) Then, greater efforts must be made to
integrate the patriotic education into the
curriculums throughout youths education. 12) In
one word, where there is an effective patriotic
education of youth, there is a greater
enhancement of national cohesiveness.
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???? III Ex. XVII, p. 118
Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
Change the form where necessary.
1. The pressure cannot ____ me it forces me to
think.
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2. Membership grew at an ____ pace, reaching
close to 30,000 in the late 1970s.
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3. We are constantly upgrading our ____ network
to ensure that the right product is delivered to
the right customer at the right time.
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4. Lewis had a ____ manner of lecturing, which
was not greatly changed over the years.
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5.Unfortunately, Rose did not ____ on the nature
of such mixed schooling experiences.
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6. The New Army was ____ of volunteers only,
who poured into recruiting stations in their
thousands.
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7. While you are working through this process,
take note of the ____ in the garden that you
would like to keep.
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8. The downstairs restaurant where breakfast is
served has walls ____ with paintings of people
dressed in traditional local costumes.
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???? III Ex. XVIII, p. 118
Fill in each of the blanks in the following
sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb.
1. Modern music stars usually come to fame ___
their early twenties or even ___ a younger age.
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2. Believing that he was fully qualified, he
submitted his application instantly, but a week
later he was crushed to learn that it had been
turned ___.
down
3. To Mary Engelbreit, greeting cards seemed a
come-down ___ her high expectations, but the
advice stayed ___ her.
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4. A young girl ___ mini-skirt appears ___ the
front cover of the magazine Fashion.
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5. Quite a number of modernist novels are written
with an eye ___ the past.
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6. The apartment is comprised ___ two bedrooms, a
dining-room, a sitting-room, a bathroom, and a
kitchen.
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7. ___ comfort food, comfort art is healthy to
people.
8. The notion that blacks comprise a problem is
____ the core of racist reasoning.
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