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Section Ⅴ Reading (Ⅲ) (Lesson 4 &Communication Workshop)
Ⅰ.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思
( )1.construction
A.adv.无处,任何地方都不
( )2.amount
B.prep.加,加上
( )3.physical
C.n.交叉路口,人行横道
( )4.figure
D.vt.适合
( )5.somehow
E.vt.&n.损害,损失
( )6.whichever
F.n.数字,数目
( )7.suit
G.n.票价,车费
( )8.damage
H.n.数量
( )9.nowhere
I.adj.身体的;物质的
( )10.crossing
J.adv.以某种方式
( )11.plus
K.n.建筑;建筑物
( )12.fare
L.pron.无论哪个
[答案] 1—5 KHIFJ 6—10 LDEAC
11—12 BG
Ⅱ.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思
( )1.I need a vacation.I'm really stressed out.
( )2.I know a lot of people who are addicted to smoking.
( )3.We sit around a campfire at night.
( )4.After school,I had picked up Nick and Ted.
( )5.In conclusion,more theoretical and experimental research must be conducted.
[答案] 1—5 DEBAC
The Road to Destruction
“This morning it took me forty minutes to get to work①.More road construction works on the A10!” “Oh really? It took me over an hour.There was an accident on the M11.”
“You're both lucky.It took me two hours! You don't have to use the M25.”
How often have you heard these conversations? How often do we get stuck in② traffic jams(塞车)? How often do we arrive at work or school stressed out,tired and angry③? For many people in Britain,the answer is every day.But anger and stress are nothing compared to④ the real costs of the motor(发动机) car.Here are some figures:
·In the last ten years⑤,the number of cars on the roads in Britain has gone up by 30%.
·There are now 25 million cars in this country.
·Over three thousand people die every year in road accidents in Britain.
·In London,car engines(发动机,引擎) produce 99% of all carbon monoxide(一氧化碳) in the atmosphere.
·Twentyfive thousand deaths per year are caused by air pollution.
·Some types of cancer are related to traffic pollution.
·Traffic is one of the major causes of global warming and climate change.The average global temperature is about 0.5 degrees centigrade(摄氏度) higher than it was 100 years ago.
毁灭之路
“今天早上,我花了40分钟才到上班的地方。A10公路上多处施工!”“噢,真的吗?我用了一个多小时。M11公路上发生了