Vocabulary Work

一

1.on the right track??? 2.wary of??????? 3.comes down to

4.conservative????????? 5.historical???? 6.corporate?? 7.leap

8.sum up??????????????? 9.weighted down? 10.luxury

11.guarantee??????????? 12.policy??????? 13.lucky

14.stack the odds against 15.diminished? 16.take a chance

二

1.will come down to??? 2.terrific??? 3.shooting from the hip

4.out of date????????? 5.lucky?????? 6.make a move

7.sum up?????????????? 8.on the right track

9.weighted down??????? 10.holding out for

11.guarantee?????????? 12.ruthless

13.target????????????? 14.wary of

15.a certainty???????? 16.gamble

三

1.There is nothing you can say that will diminish his enthusiasm for the project.

2.He has so many enemies in the town that the odds are heavily stacked against his being elected to the council.

3.There is still no certainty that a cease-fire agreement will be reached between the two sides.

4.It's always been Dr.Dryden's policy never to lie to his patients.

5.Sleeping in a warm bed was a luxury for the earthquake victims.

6.A lot of new words are out of date very quickly.

四

1.brought out?????? 2.bring up??????? 3.brought to

4.bring...together? 5.bringing down?? 6.bringing back

7.bring about?????? 8.bring down????? 9.bring out

10.brought (them)together???????????? 11.held(us)back/up

12.holding out for? 13.hold on to???? 14.hold on

15.hold in/back???? 16.held out/on??? 17.held up

18.hold back??????? 19.hold (himself)in

cloze

1.computer??? 2.problem???? 3.much???? 4.with

5.to????????? 6.people????? 7.look???? 8.more

9.to????????? 10.with?????? 11.do????? 12.way

13.what?????? 14.in???????? 15.affect? 16.get

17.die??????? 18.with?????? 19.many??? 20.run

21.a????????? 22.how??????? 23.how???? 24.and

25.take?????? 26.now