综合英语第2单元习题和答案.doc

Working with Words and Expressions 第1题 TEXT A advent boom consciously formal gradual isolation monitor nasty phenomenon rough Similarly soar survey TEXT B extreme genetic modify opponent 1.Patients who had been given the new drug were asked to_________ their progress and report to the smallest detail. 2. Private space travel is a relatively new _________. It’s difficult at the moment to assess its effects. 3. All of us need to build up relationships with others unless we choose to live in complete _________from the outside world. 4. Since sending her child to the kindergarten, she has been delighted to see a _________ change in boy’s character; he seems less self-centered now. 5. As an active environmentalist, Davis has earned a reputation as an outspoken _________ of any kind of nuclear waste dumping at sea. 6. Quills were the chief writing tool from the 6th century until the _________ of steel pens in the mid 19th century. 7. Do you think it will ever be possible to alter human _________ code in order to produce the perfect human being. 8. I don?t think she?s _________ rude to you?she has just lost her new car and feels bad about it. 9. His political views are rather_________ ; I hate to discuss anything with him. 10. The cheap perfume you see on special offer in petrol stations often smells _________ after a couple of hours. 11. The consumer _________of the 1980s led to an explosion of shopping centre development in big cities around of hours. 12. You shouldn’t use ?Yours faithfully敆oit’s too _________ for this kind of personal letter. 13. Temperatures will _________ into 38 over the weekend due to the heat wave, say the weather forecaster. 14. According to a _________ among 1000 residents, garbage collection service in the city is far from satisfactory. 15. The cost of food and clothing has come down in recent years. _________, fuel prices have fallen quite considerably. 16. The technicians are working hard to _________