III

1. switch???

2. decay????

3. secured????

4. loose?????

5. slid????

6. privileges????

7. interval?????

8. outline?????

9. preceding?????

10. shallow

IV

1. reached for??????

2. feel for?????

3. trying to avoid breathing????

4. so that

5. managed to accomplish ? ??

6. sense my thoughts??????

7. provide for

8. spared me?????

9. read about??????

10. go about

V

N??? I?? K?? G??? M??? L?? A??? F??? C?? D

VI

1. pain?????

2. fear?????

3. tension?????

4. mind?????

5. stress

6. crisis??????

7. anger??????

8. anxiety??????

9. signs?? ???

10. hunger

VII

1. growth: the act of growing or developing; physical or natural development

2. warmth: the state or quality of being warm; warm-heartedness and kindness

3. depth: the distance from the top to the bottom of something

4. truth: the state or quality of being true; the actual facts or reality of something

5. length: the measurement of how long something is in size

6. breadth: the distance from one side of something to the other

7. width: the distance from one side of something to the other; the quality of being wide

8. death: the state of being dead

VIII

1. exposure????

2. failures?????

3. disclosure?????

4. pressure??

5. mountaineers?????

6. closure?????

7. profiteers??????

8. seizure

IX

1. did he realize that the task was a little too difficult for the new secretary to finish on her own

2. did Mary stop weeping

3. will all the employees know the result of their performance evaluation

4. did she become aware how hard it was for her mother to have brought up her sister and her on her own

5. did I get to know what happened in the end to the main characters

X

1. Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desk, stretching themselves.

2. The secretary worked late into the night, preparing a speech for the President.

3. Seeing no prospect of success, we quitted the attempt to climb the mountain.

4. Knowing that they were going traveling, the students began to make preparation.

5. Having been found guilty, the man was given a severe sentence by the judge.

XI

1. Not until he saw his mother lying in bed, dying, did he realize how much he loved her.

2. Taking into account of his recent physical condition, I think he has done quite well in the exam.

3. Mrs. Clark lies in bed motionless, and I wondered briefly if she is still alive.

4. The building was darkened except for a single light burning in a third-storey window.

5. These soldiers have received very strict training and are well equipped to fulfill the new task.

6. He reached for the phone, picked it up, and dialed the hotel’s number.

XII

1.?直到60年代早期，人們似乎才普遍認同英國不再是以前心目中那樣的大國了。

2．在決定了租房之后，我們便著手與市內(nèi)所有的房屋代理商聯(lián)系。

3．我小心翼翼地替她擦身子，盡量避免弄疼她，因為她瘦的只剩皮包骨了。

4．我心間對這位老人涌起了一股感情。他那暗黃的皮膚松弛地裹在顯得異常大的骨頭上，深陷的胸部隨著不均勻的呼吸一起一伏。

5．你在報上讀到那位著名畫家的消息了嗎？他實際上是為了要成為視覺藝術(shù)大師的抱負而累死的。

6．有跡象表明，這位老太太想孤獨地離開人世，不讓她的家人看到他們或許無力面對的人生插曲。

XIII

1 B?? 2 C? 3 B?? 4 A?? 5 D?? 6 B? 7 D?? 8 A? 9 C?? 10 A?? 11 C?? 12 A??? 13 C??

14 B??? 15 A??? 16 D??? 17 D??? 18 A??? 19 B??? 20 A