Part 1: Consolidation exercises

1. Write down the words according to the definitions.

1. ____________ lacking memory

2. ____________ temporary stop

3. ____________ move or act quickly up and down

4. ____________ phrases of greeting

5. ____________ give a harsh cry

6. ____________ the back part

7. ____________ a short sudden spasm of pain

8. ____________ to move on foot

9. ____________ careful to avoid danger

10. ____________ not stopping, continuous

2.Choose the one that BEST explains the underlined part.

1. When your hands are wet, a ring can slip off your finger very easily

A fall down

B get away

C. move glidingly

D slide accidentally

2. There was a lump in her throat when Nancy deposited her daughter at the nursery

A a feeling of crying

B a reeling of belonging

C a tendency to withdraw

D a tendency to overreact

3. The managers main preoccupation is reducing the costs and boosting the profits

A duty

B concern

C purpose

D expectation

4. In the sixties, Sassoon revolutionized hairdressing with the precision-cut five-point bob,going on to create a global empire of salons and hair products worth 100 million

A a coif

B a cork nod

C a bobtail

D a hairstyle

5. I was so preoccupied with the book I was reading on the bus that I was oblivious of the

pickpocket beside me

A tired of

B scared of

C. unaware of

D. conscious of

6. Riley sat with his hands resting on his legs and watched the landscape flash by.

A. end suddenly

B. move quickly

C shine brightly

D show elegantly eslis3tto

7. Tom's father, who suffered a stroke in 1961 which rendered him speechless, endured the agony in silence.

A severe pain

B emotional trauma

C extreme excitement

D energetic enthusiasm

8. Negative verbal behaviors of teachers in response to an answer by a student often create anxiety in other students as well

A. as a reference to

B as a reply to

C as a hint of

D as a part of

3.Judge if the following statements are true or false. Mark “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. To the journalist, the reportorial assignment in Hiroshima was a far greater adventure. ( )

because he could not speak Japanese. ( )

2. The young and the old in Hiroshima have very different ideas about dressing. ( )

3. The mayor 's welcoming speech shows that many people in Hiroshima hate mentioning the atomic cataclysm. ( )

4. The fisherman the journalist interviewed in the hospital felt sad about his illness.( )

5. The American journalist did not seem to be very comfortable with the Japanese

customary practice of bowing. ( )

Part 2: Extension exercises

1.Translate the following Chinese into English.

在餐厅的门口，一位身着和服、面色如玉、风姿绰约的迎宾女郎让我脱下鞋子。随后，我走进了这座水上小屋的一间低矮的房间，蹑手蹑脚地踏在柔软的榻榻米地席上，想到就这样穿着袜子去见广岛市长我就感到十分困窘与不安。

市长是位瘦瘦的高个子男士，眼神忧郁，神情严肃。出人意料的是，刚到广岛车站时袭扰着我的那种异样的忧伤情绪在这时竟又袭上心头。当我再一次意识到自己此时 此刻就置身于第一颗原子弹轰炸的现场时，心绪又沉重起来。就是在这儿，成千上万的生命顷刻间消失，另有成千上万的人仍在痛苦的煎熬中慢慢离去。

2.Translate the following English into Chinese.

Hiroshima! Everybody off? "That must be what the man in the Japanese stationmaster's uniform shouted, as the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop in Hiroshima Station. I did not understand what he was saying. First of all, because he was shouting in Japanese. And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon railways official might say. The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment Id previously taken. Was I not at the scene of the crime?