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1、new wordsillustrations 印刷 插图；插画（illustration的复数）polio n. 小儿麻痹症（等于poliomyelitis）；脊髓灰质炎floppy adj. 松软的；叭嗒叭嗒响的；懒散的，邋遢的inauguration n. 就职典礼；开始，开创；开幕式algae . 植 藻类；植 海藻epidemic adj. 流行的；传染性的 n. 传染病；流行病；风尚等的流行maze n. 迷宫；迷惑；糊涂 vt. 迷失；使混乱；使困惑ozone n. 化学 臭氧；新鲜的空气beverage n. 饮料tortillas n. 墨西哥玉米粉圆饼（tortilla的复数

2、exercise 11、main idea:e-mail (electronic mail) has several important advantages.signal words details the main it take little time to send and receive message.another it is cheap to send a message by e-mail.in addition you dont have to worry about the time difference.last it allows you to send a sing

3、le message to many people at the same time2、main idea:communicating by e-mail becoming increasingly popular for many reasons.signal words detailsfirst people who do not like to use the telephone like to use e-mail.second it is useful for sending suggestions or requests.furthermore e-mail message are

4、 uniform.in addition they do not give away the senders feelings or emotional condition3、main idea:an advertising executive recently described the many ways that e-mail helps her do her job.signal words details first she uses e-mail for communicating with her employees.in addition her employees no lo

5、nger have to do all of their work in the officeand when the advertising company wants to contact a large number of clients,a single e-mail message is sent to them.exercise 21、main idea:iceland is not a place for the ordinary tourist.signal words details the landscape the landscape is bare and strang

6、.the far northern climate the winter weather is severe,summer is short and cool,with strong windthe remote location the remote location means many products are expensive.2、main idea:there are a number of ways to make life more comfortable.signal words details for example you can try to keep your hom

7、e as cool as possible.also it is important to keep yourself cool.and finally you should try to stay calm and relaxed.exercise 3a、main idea: franklin d·roosevelt served his country for most of his life.signal words details january 30,1882 he was.1903 he began his studies at harvard.1905 he marri

8、ed eleanor rooseveltduring they had six childrenafter he serred in the new york state senate.1921 mr.roosevelt worked in washington as secretary of the navy.at that time he become very ill with polio and lost the use of his legs.in 1928 mr.roosevelt ran for governor of new york.after he serred two t

9、erms as governor.in 1933 he was elected to the presidency in 1933.april 12,1945 president roosevelt died in office on april 12,1945 .bmain idea:using a digital camera and a computer is an easy and enjoyable way to get good photographs.signal words details first install the .then take some picture af

10、ter that connect your camera to the computernext open the program on the computer and save the pictureat this point edit them as desiredthen save the edited photosfinally print them exercise 41、main idea:as maya angelou ,an african-american author,was growing up,she learned about abuse and hate,but

11、also about love and support. signal words details 1929 she was born in long beach ,californiathree years old her parents separatedeight years old maya was abused by her mothers boyfriendthen she and her brother went to live with her grandmother during her youth she also discovered her love of litera

12、turein 1945 maya graduated from a high school in san franciscoa few months later she had a baby sonin later year maya included all of these experiences in her novels,poemsin 1993 she was invited to write the official poem for the inauguration of president bill clinton2、main idea:spike lee an african

13、-american film director,is one of the most noted people in his field.signal words details in 1957 he was born in atlanta georgiatwo years old his family moved to brooklyn,new yorkas a youngster his interest in movies beganafter graduating he studies filmmaking at new york university from morehouse c

14、ollegessoon after that he made his first feature film,shes gonna have itsince he has written ,produced,directed,more than fifteen films exercise 53 7 4 9 8 1 2 10 5 6exercise 61main idea:if you get a blowout while you are driving ,what should you do.signal words details first thing hold very tightly

15、 to the steering wheel next step must not try to step or turn too quicklyafter move over to the side road and slow down graduallythen turn on your flashing lights 2main idea:the early year of hans christian andersensignal words details born in 1805 in odensein reality he was lonely and unhappy as a

16、child,and desperately poor.in spite of he believed that he was special and that he deserved a better lifeat the age of fourteen he picked up his new things and went to copen hagan to seek his fortune as a writerexercise 7main idea statements3、football5、song zuyinga、main idea: the similarities and di

17、fferences of the new york subway and paris subway signal words detailsboth depend on .both the subway are often crowdedanother likeness terrible noise level in the trainsa further similarities two subway systems both caver a wide area at little expanse for commuterhowever differences between the two

18、 are quite strikingwhile new york.on the other hand new york trains can sometimes be less clear and reliableb、main idea:the similarities of the ukrainian and japan is that they like to eat pastries filled with meat similarities signal words details in common the like to eat pastries filled with meat

19、similar the ukrainian pastries are called pilmeni and japan pastries are called gyoza both made of pastries of flat pastry foldedboth people usually eat their pastries with saucec、main idea: when the first baby arrives in a household everything changes differencessignal words details but in the .but

20、 spent their evening o tv or reading /spent admiring their infantin contrast their life is more carefully plannedwhile go out to see friends whenever they want/arrange for a babysitterunlike neat and tidy rooms/full of baby thingsdifference the topic is always about the baby exercise 81main idea:the

21、 similarities between college and high schoolsimilaritiessignal words detailsin fact some important similarities between college and highschool in both places academic success depends on being a responsible studentlike the social situation in college is also like high schoolclosely resemble the acti

22、vities in college also closely resemble the activities in high school 2main idea:the differences between the university of bologna in northern italy and most north american universitydifference signal words details major difference it is the oldest university in europeon the other hand ancient halls

23、/relatively newanother difference around the center of the city/no campus or special university areaunlike no trees or open spaces for students to meetinstead students meet on the streets,in cafes, and in the courtyards of the historic buildings 3main idea:in russia, there has always been a strong t

24、radition of learning foreign languages bothsignal words details same these schools have the same subjects as all russian schoolhowever many of the subjects are taught in foreign language different students must be selected to attend specialized schools greatest difference students learn to express t

25、hemselves fluently in a foreign language exercise 91main idea：the similarities between elephants and whales.does this paragraph include similarities，differences，or both？ similaritiessignal words detailsin fact they come from the same biological family.similarities the shape of an elephants head is s

26、imilar to a whalesanother similarities both animals are excellent swimmerslike they use sounds to show anger.finally both female elephants and female whales stay close to other females and help them when they give birth.2main idea：people usually build their houses out of the materials that are easil

27、y available to them.does this paragraph include similarities，differences，or both？ differencessignal words detailsother areas of europe they build their houses of stone and brick.in tropical regions houses are made from plants that grow there.coldest area people made their houses out of blocks of ice

28、.exercise 10exercise 11aaids hivepidemics bacteriacoughs colds and fluimproperly stored food food poisoningslow infant development poor nutritionskin cancer too much exposure to the sunswimming in pools ear infection heart trouble diet high in fatlung cancer cigarette smokingskiing broken legb1. aid

29、s result from hiv2. improperly stored food can bring about food poisoning3. swimming in pools can result in ear infection4. skiing can provoke broken leg5. epidemics can be caused by bacteria6. coughs can be a consequences of colds and flu7. slow infant development can be the result of poor nutritio

30、n8. skin cancer can follow too much exposure to the sun9. heart trouble can result from diet in fat 10. lung cancer is due to cigarette smoking exercise 12acauses 1.a b d e f g i 2.a b c d f i j beffects 1. a b d e f h 2.d f g exercise 131main idea:people move from one city or country to another,the

31、 spread of diseases may resultcauses effectsa germ is completely new to a region people who already live there have no natural protection against itpeople move can spread the diseases when they go back they may carry the diseases with them2main idea:changes in heating system of buildings can also le

32、ad to disease causes effectsshortage 3main idea:pollution of the oceans can also results in the spread of disease.causes effectschemicals from fertilizers and human waste pollute ocean pollutants increased growth of tiny plants calledalgae provide a home for cholera,a deadly algae diseaseexercise 14

33、1main idea:pilots and flight attendants have long know that they become especially forgetful when they fly often with little restcauses effectshave long flights may may with jet lagpeople with jet lag some brain cells were damagedhave damaged brain cells their brain had become smaller2main idea:igno

34、rance about the african continent has led to some enormous errors in mapmakingcauses the mapmaker draw a long line of mountains,as he called kong mountain effectsthe people seemed to be an important feature of the continental geographyexercise 15exercise 161problem:as people get older,they usually b

35、egin to experience physical problemssolution:eat blue bettiesmain idea:blue betties can slow the aging process,when people get more more and more older2problem:asthma is a serious health problem for many children especially in cities, in the usa and many industrial and countriessolution:reducing pol

36、lution from automobilesmain idea:asthma is a serious health problem for many children but which can be prevented by reducing pollution from automobiles3problem:two men from munich faced an heavy snow storm,when they were hikingsolution:dig a cave to prevent the windmain idea:two men were catching th

37、e snow storm,but finally they save themselves thought digging a cave and build a small fire to keep warmexercise 17problem：deciding where to put an industrial park.solution：using these empty mines for it.main idea：it is about how the underground industrial park was established in kansas city.problem：how to help the economy but not damage the forest.solution：the brazilians have made a deal with pepsi-cola company to introduce the beverage in north america.main idea：by selling a natural product， brazilians will build a strong economy without endangering the rain forest.problem：the usual me