Unit 9

Word derivation
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. He is an _____ manager and gets along well with his men. (access)
2. It was a _____ performance and got very good review. (marvel)
3. The solution to the problem _____ as they spoke. (fold)
4. The space program is the _____ of years of research. (evolve)
5. When preparing a lecture, you are advised to take the _____ between you, the speaker and the audience into consideration. (interact)
6. I benefited a lot from my _____ with him. (associate)
7. Have they decided on the _____ of the new building yet? (locate)
8. This semester is really tough for me. I have chosen quite a few _____ courses of study. (challenge)

Phrasal verb
1. Mr. Wang _____ photography as a hobby after he retired from teaching. (take)
2. Water can be _____ into hydrogen and oxygen. (break)
3. I am sure you will make it. I have every confidence in you. Don't _____ me _____. (let)
4. You've done so much for me. How can I _____ you ______ for all your kindness? (pay)
5. One afternoon they _____ from the coast in a small boat, but they were soon caught in a storm. (set)
6. He _____ for years and could finally buy a house of his own. (save)

Error Correction
Direction: There is only one mistake in each underlined line.

The Key for being a winner is to have desire and a goal from which you refuse to be deterred. That desire fuels your dreams and the special goal keeps you focusing.

Deeply down we all have a hope that our destiny is not to be average and prosaic. Everyone talks about a good game, but the winner goes out and do something. To win, there has to be movement and physical action. Attitudes and persistence can help us become who we want to be.

Competition is the best motivator. Because many people use competition as an excuse for not doing something, those who really want to success see competition as an opportunity, and they are willing to do the tough work necessarily to win.

Learn to deal with fear. Fear is the greatest deterrent to taking risk. People worry so much about failing that their fear paralyzes them, drained the energy they might otherwise be using to grow.

You can cultivate self-respect by developing a commitment to your own talents. It may be necessary to do the thing you fear the most in order to put that fear in rest, so that it can no longer control you.

In the follow paragraph the linking words and phrases are missing. Choose the most appropriate word or phrase from the ones given below.

　　A tall man and s short man were waiting for a taxi on the same street corner. (1) _______, an old lady joined them. It was raining hard and all the taxis passed without stopping. (2) _______, a taxi stopped, and the tall man rushed ahead of the short man. The short man stopped him and they started to argue. The tall man was in a hurry, so was the short one; (3) _______ the tall one was on the corner first. (4) _______ the argument became heated and they began to grapple with each other. (5) _______ the old lady was sympathetic to both of them, she calmly closed her umbrella, opened the door and got into the car. The taxi driver smiled, winkled at her, and drove away.

Translation
1) 古为今用, 洋为中用。(serve)
2) 谁也弄不清楚为什么这只箱子特别重。突然我想到打开箱子看看。(occur to)
3) 我确信如果那时她知道你电话的话，就打电话给你了。(know for sure)
4) 他的智商无疑是很高的，但是他的勤奋却值得商榷。(open to question)
5) 我对你的成功有绝对把握，希望你也能了解自己的最大潜力。(potential)
6) 一开始他看上去很吃惊，然后开始大笑不止。(proceed)

Key for Unit 9
Word derivation
1) accessible 2) marvellous 3) unfolded 4) evolution
5) interaction6) association 7) location 8) challenging

Phrasal verbs
1) took up 2) broken down 3) let, down
4) pay, back5) set out (off)6) saved up

Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form.
1) focusing改为focused
2) deeply down改为deep down
3) do改为does
4) who改为what
5) Because改为While或Though
6) success改为succeed
7) necessarily改为necessary
8) risk改为risks或a risk
9) drained改为draining
10) to put that fear in rest改为to put that fear to rest

Cloze
1) Soon afterwards 2) Finally 3) but 4) soon 5) Although

Translation
1) Make the past serve the present and foreign things serve China.
2) No one could account for the reason why this box was so heavy. It suddenly occurred to me to open up the box.
3) I know for sure that if she had known your phone number, she would have called you.
4) He is doubtless very intelligent, yet his diligence is open to question.
5) I have every confidence in your ability to succeed. I do hope that you can also realize your full potential.
6) At first he looked rather surprised, but then proceeded to roar with laughter.