高等学校研究生英语系列教材综合教程(下)熊海虹.ppt

Key 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10 Task 1 Choose the answer closest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in the sentence. (P230) B D A B A D D A Reading Focus – Vocabulary in Action A C Task 2 1. outburst burst outbreak A. There has been another angry __________ against the new local tax introduced today. B. Terri keeps___________ into tears for no reason. C. A(n) __________ of food poisoning led to the deaths of five people. Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word from each group. Change the form if necessary. Some words may be used more than once. (P231) outburst bursting Reading Focus – Vocabulary in Action outbreak The population has dropped from more than 800 to about 300 over the last 100 years, and Smith Island is ______________. Most of the Island is only 1 foot above sea level. The higher areas where the people live are just 2-4 feet above the water. Coastal ecologists say the Chesapeake Bay has risen by more than a half foot over the past century and ___________________________. losing its land continues to swallow the land Crumbling wooden crab shacks and battered bulwarks are testimony to the Island’s ____________ to the sea. To help the Islanders’ beat back the bay, the army call of engineers launched a plan to _______ new bulkheads and stone breakwaters aroundTanleten, part of a multi-million-dollar plan to_______________ __________________________________. vulnerability install persuade people to stay slow erosion and _________________________________________ __________ “If a hurricane category 4 comes up and actually hits this Island, I think it could be flattened. It probably is the case that over the next century if_______________________________________, we probably will have a few higher spots, but not much more.” Most people hope that the new efforts to stem erosion can at least delay the inevitable so that one or two more generations can