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uprising, many people in the country are looking for a new path to statehood.(illusion)
(4) The ad of four-wheeled vehicle gives viewers a feeling of _4. invulnerability _______that no matter what happens weatherwise , no matter how much it snows or how bad the mudslides are, you can go out in your four-wheel drive.(vulnerable)
(5) In such an environment of uncertainty, any policy that emerges is unlikely to be based on a __5. dispassionate ______ analysis.(passion)
(6) Culture was not an _6. adornment ______to human existence, but almost its deepest
meaning.(adorn)
(7) The government is criticized to underscore the perils posed by its manipulation of legislative policymaking, and its _7. de-emphasis _____of deliberation.(emphasize)
(8) Disappointingly, the consultancy merely leads the company management to_ 8. ambiguity _____of the market trends.(ambiguous) (9) His works—far from opaque but also far from_9. simplistic _____---demand audience
involvement to decipher their meanings.(simple) People are helpless to resolve the complex issues that escalate to war, incapable of processing the _10. irrationality
(10) _____of war, and bewildered by the magnitude of suffering that war produces.(rational)
UNIT 7 Mass Customization Text A BMW Drives Germany
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. customize infuriate boon sustain disrupt exorbitant profit margin bounce back buoyant fickle in the clear forge ahead canvass formidable procurement
(1) The country is the world’s most powerful nation, rich beyond measure, and blessed with the _
exorbitant ____privilege of paying its foreign debts in its own currency, which it can print.
(2) Salaries have seen extraordinary growth among a small number of highly paid individuals in
the financial sector which, until the credit crisis hit a year ago, had benefited both from the _
buoyant ____financial environment and the globalization of finance, in which the U.S.
remains a leader.
(3) Nike’s advertisement _ infuriated ____Chinese viewers for insulting China’s national
symbol and was eventually banned by the Chinese government.
(4) Hillary Clinton can fairly be described as the surprise secretary of state, the country’s first _
formidable ____female presidential candidate who had made clear her desire to shed the
supporting roles of her past.
(5) Charles Dickens’ famous kick-off to A Tale of Two Cities---“it was the best of times, it was the
worst of times…”---seems an apt description of the state of industry: Consumer confidence remains__ fickle ___ and the prospect of a dreaded recession seems all too real.
(6) The most daunting challenge for CEOs is responding to an emerging technology or new
product that could _ disrupt ____ their core business.
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(7) Since the early years of the industrial revolution, the issue whether technical change is the engine to _ sustain ____ economic growth has generated intense controversy.
(8) The property-rich but credit-starved homeowners are easy targets for second-mortgage companies, whose salespeople use phone directories or _ canvass ____ door-to-door in targeted zip codes.
(9) Conditions beyond your reach---and your craving for change—are urging you to let go of the
past and _forge ahead___ toward the great unknown. (10) In America, kids who are moving out of home beyond some young age are seen as a
_boon____ to the family and those who live at home walk around with a great big “L” (for “loser”) on their forehead.
Unit 8 Crisis Management Text A A Crisis Made in Japan
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. change the form when necessary. botched grossly reinvigorate circumspect mitigate avert culpability override ring hollow forthcoming own up to shortchange inept staggering sully (1) _1) Inept ____management forces one to work twice as hard as others for half the results. (2) Famine and debt are two _2) staggering ____ problems that Africa faces, pointing to a
broader need to overcome underdevelopment in the third world. (3) Experts are beginning to denounce the _3) culpability ____of institutional investors and
question whether they could have done more to prevent the catastrophic consequences of an overleveraged global economy.
(4) An easy and intuitive way to cut expenses is to target those non-revenue-generating parts of
the company, so many organizations are simply _4) shortchanging ____their customer service.
(5) A wise negotiator is therefore _5) circumspect ____and perceptive because he thinks before
he leaps.
(6) If a small proportion of the taxes paid by the nuclear industry were used to further develop the technology, genetic disease due to radiation caused by the nuclear industry would be _6) averted ____.
(7) For an auto-making business, a concern for safety issues _7) overrides ____all other
considerations. (8) The phone company has _8) owned up to ____to a design defect of its latest product that
can lead to dropped calls. (9) The Philippine police came in for a hail of criticism today after a _9) botched ____raid on a
hijacked bus left the perpetrator and eight of his hostages dead. (10) It is believed that the way to _10) reinvigorate ____Europe’s R and D innovation lies in a
collaborative approach, featuring both public and private parties.
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Unit 9 Internet and Our life
Text A How Long Will Google’s Magic Last?
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. conventional deride Behemoth
1. Together with the lower than expected _1) flotation _______ price of the raw materials, the
ten companies have earned ten percent more profit than they did last year. 2. The great advantage of the new instrument over _ 2) conventional ______techniques is
that it only needs very small samples: typically 1,000 times smaller. 3. Ether and her sister had much in common: conceit, fame,_ 3) unorthodox _______ pulpit
manners and a trenchant belief in women’s liberation. 4. For those of us who _4) fret ________ about ways in which modern technology distances us
from human affection, this program was a consolation. 5. I do not seek to __5) deride _______ your intelligence, but whit one side of the argument
apparently lacking, how can I possibly come to any firm, reasoned conclusions? 6. It is not possible for our economy to simply _6) stagnate _______ for a while; it may lag
behind the world trend forever if our system is not reformed. 7. Luck knew that her easygoing, constantly good-humored husband had to be in _7) caustically _ ______ pain to be behaving so caustically, but it was still a bit of a relief when the nurse said she had to go home because visiting hours were over. 8. The divorce of the two famous movie stars __8) made headlines ______, especially when
he came to blows with a columnist during an interview.
9. Even though Plato wrote these words over hundreds of years ago, our modern Western readers are only just beginning to _9) resonate _______ in harmony with his tune of truth. 10. Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, they produced this fun-filled __10) quirky ________ romantic film of two very opposite people.
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Unit 10 Career Planning
Text A How to Change The World
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. stun maverick chime settle into nail-biter deter reflective dazzle under one’s belt make a mint passionate resplendent searing amble flush
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1) The findings have led scientists to speculate that all galaxies might go through a quasar phase, then a less active phase, and finally _1) settle into _______ the stability like that of our own galaxy.
2) Figures on this spreadsheet have been embellished. Otherwise the company’s financial difficulties may __ 2) deter _____potential investors.
3) The young man will become a creative artist, and will 3) dazzle ______ world as a musician,
a dramatist or a novelist. 4) A good salesperson should not only be _4) passionate _____ about the product he is
selling, but also have a thorough understanding of his customers. 5) I was told that he _5) made a mint _____ on the stock exchange last year and that’s why he
squanders so much on luxury goods. 6) The seller bragged about his jewels, trying to _6) stun _____ his victim into believing his
suggestions and remarks. 7) Many customers felt a _7) searing _____ resentment against the store as a result of its
deceptive advertisement. 8) With 20 years of sailing experience __8) under his belt _____, he was chosen as the
training supervisor of the navy.
9) She finally quitted the position of chief engineer as her views on the construction of the bridge didn’t quite _ 9) chime _____ with the board.
10) People of _ 10) reflective ______ thinking type tend to be more introversive and quite, and
are inclined to observe the details normally neglected by others.
Unit 11 Financial Crisis Text A Cinderella’s Moment
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(1) While strategic alliances are intended to reduce insecurity and_1) volatility ____, they are also designed to increase the competitiveness of the companies involved.
(2) There is no room for __2) complacency ___even though 72 percent of parents in the survey rate private high schools as good or better.
(3) The companies actually had more chances to recruit new talents after the 1998 financial _3) turbulence ____, which it has all regretfully missed.
(4) People here have their own local way of speaking and then they speak a different way to other folk. But then they _4) lapse ____back into the local way of speaking when they’re on their own.
(5) He vaguely felt some icy and a _5) pliable ____rope against his neck and set up immediately.
(6) According to the new law, the mother would be _6) eligible ____for financial assistance as
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