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第六课配套练习Exercise1Complete each of the following sentences with the answer that best fits the meaning. 1. Born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, George W. Bush was raised in ______ from the age of two.A. TexasC. BostonB. New YorkD. Virginia 2. After George W. Bush enlisted in the Texas Air National Guard in 1968, he attended Harvard ______ School in 1973.A. LawC. MedicalB. BusinessD. Engineering3. ______ is the second person to become U.S. President whose father was also President.Richard M. NixonC. Ronald Reagan George W. BushD. William J. ClintonExercise 2Fill in the blanks with word(s) given in the box. Change the form where necessary.deliberateterroristdespicableunyieldingdentWe made a ______ decision to live apart for a while. Her refusal was merely a ______ gesture.2. Security was strengthened at the embassy as a precaution against any ______ attack. The investigation is being handled by Scotland Yard’s anti-______ branch. 3. It was ______ of her to lie about her friend.He is too nice a man to do anything as ________ as murder.4. Through those long years of imprisonment and torture, he remained faithful and ______. The poor family background trained his ________ character.5. Somebody made a large ______ in the back of my car while it was parked outside the house. His confidence was ______ed when he didn’t get into the football team.Exercise 3Decide which of the following choices is closest in meaning to the word underlined in the given sentence. 1. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. A.premeditatedB. treacherousC. unprovokedD. intentional 2. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. A. treacherousB. pitiableC. contemptibleD. shameful3. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. A. decisionB. determinationC. commitmentD. resolution4. And we responded with the best of America –