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1.       Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in the box. Change the form where necessary.

available, go ahead, keep in touch, absolutely, urge, estimate, reunion, hang out, destination, or something, go by, every now and then, mostly, know by heart, right away, reference

1)      There was no wind and the oak tree behind the house as standing _________ still. (absolutely)

2)      If you don’t want to buy a kite, you can make your own using directions ________ in books at your local library. (available)

3)      The girl walked steadily north, pausing ___________ to check her direction. (every now and then)

4)      The trade unions ____________ employers to invest more money in staff training. (are urging/ urged)

5)      As a sailing ship has a ___________, so we must have a definite goal in our life. (destination)

6)      Before people knew how to make and use metals, engineering constructions were ________ built of wood or stone. (mostly)

7)      You’ll probably find Dave at the school disco--- he often __________ there. (hangs out)

8)      If your house has been broken into, don’t touch anything. Call the police __________. (right away)

9)      We had a family ____________ where I saw relatives I hadn’t seen for 20 years. (reunion)

10)    I guess Henry has been busy writing an article _________ recently. That’s why he couldn’t accept the invitation. (or something)

11)    Scientists _________ that smoking reduces life expectancy by around 12 years on average. (estimate)

12)    Although it is unlikely that everyone will be able to come, they are still ________ with the plan to hold a class reunion. (going ahead)

2.       Translate the sentences into English, using the words or phrases in brackets.

1)      半个小时过去了，但末班车还没来。我们只好走回家。(go by)

Half an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn’t come yet. We had to walk home.

2)      玛丽看上去对汉语考试很担心，因为她还没有背熟课文。(lean… by heart)

Mary looks as if she is very worried about the Chinese exam because she hasn’t learned the texts by heart.

3)      既然篮球赛已被推迟，我们不妨去参观博物馆。(postpone)

Since the basketball match has been postponed, we might as well visit the museum.

4)      整个二次世界大战期间他一直和父母住在澳大利亚。(all the way)

He stayed in Australia with his parents all the way through World War II.

5)      自1985年从南京大学毕业至今，可以说我与我的大学同学失去了联系。(kind of, lose touch)

Since I graduated from Nanjing University in 1985, I have kind of lost touch with my classmates.

Questions and Answers

1. What did the driver and Ed use to do before they got married?

2. What did the narrator mean by saying the first sentence in the letter reminded him of himself?

3. Who wrote the letter? Who did the narrator think had written the letter? Find out sentences that demonstrate the narrator’s misunderstanding.

4. What did the narrator decide to do when he arrived at the hotel? Why?