2. Comprehension Check

2.1 Focusing on the main ideas

Key: program, analyze, turn in, original, was tired of, yearned to, made up for, lingered,  A’s

2.2 Digging into detail （期末考试重点）

1. No, there wasn’t. Because when she reached out for a human being, she grabbed a book instead.

2. Because it was like committing suicide to try to read up and understand Western canons in a year’s time.

3. Force students to read without being concerned about whether they are interested, willing or able to.

4. Because she had been used to the Chinese way of learning humanities, i.e., teachers giving out standard interpretations for students to memorize.

5. She would spend the night reading their works and trying to understand their ideas.

2.3 Understanding difficult sentences （期末考试重点）

 1. B     2. B     3.A     4.A     5. A

II. Focusing on Language in Context

1. Key Words 

1.1（期末考试重点）

Key:

1.      secure

2.      filtered

3.      Suicide

4.      catalog

5.      provocative

6.      grabbing

7.      pops up

8.      destination

9.      hesitate

10.   dubbed

11.   lingering

12.   spot

13.   memorize

14.   stretched out

15.   preparations

1.2（期末考试重点）

1. for instance    2. was flooded with         3. destined to    4. reluctant

5. pull them apart            6. stick to           7. pleaded with  8. As a result

1.3

Key:

1.      stretched out towards/to

2.      felt obligated to visit

3.      memorize before

4.      hear the alluring

5.      pleaded with, to save/not to cut off

2. Collocation

1. Many Chinese tourists are disappointed to find shops in Europe closed on weekends.

2. Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence, is content to live a quiet life in rural France.

3. I am sorry to say that, despite the efforts of our care team, the patient is going from bad to worse.

4. Because of pollution, water here is no longer fit to drink.

5. The old lady impressed me as someone hard to deal with.

6. This sofa is comfortable to sit on. I’ll take it.

3. Sentence Patterns

1. What better way to remember our beloved daughter than to set up/setting up a scholarship in her name?

2. What better way to start off the new year than to draw up/drawing up a list of goals to be attained in it?

3. Yes, listing Americans’ favorite foods may depend a lot on whom you ask, but one thing is sure: The United States owes many of its favorite dishes, or the ideas for these foods, to the rest of the world.

4. Yes, Claire is young, but she is very good at attending to difficult customers.

5. Yes, he talked like a man of sense, but his action was that of a fool.

4. Comprehensive Practice

4.1 Cloze（略）

4.2 Translation（期末考试重点）

1. I grabbed my baby from the tiger before I had time to feel afraid. I guess it was a mother’s natural instinct.

2. Modern tourists yearn for mysterious places like Tibet. You should go there before it is flooded with visitors.

3. Now that my daughter can crawl, there is not a spot in the house she hasn’t reached. I’m just tired of picking up toys constantly after her.

4. I felt pulled apart of late by work and taking care of my sick child. Can I postpone turning in the business plan?

5. I don’t mean to be provocative, but I do think it’s better for our company to split into two.

6. The US government feels obligated to prefer US-made products, but it’s still possible for a foreign company to be its supplier. For instance, if a product is not made in the US, then the US government will buy abroad.

7. We must constantly analyze changes in the environment to see if there is a need to change the original program.

8. What’s your interpretation of the Chinese government’s new policy of allowing two children per family? Is it to make up for the shortage of young people in the future in China?

Reading & Comprehending

Reading 1

1. Comprehension Check for Reading 1（期末考试重点）

1. F        2. T        3.T         4.F         5.T         6.T         7.F         8.T         9.F         10. T

2. Translation（略）

Reading 2

Comprehension Check for Reading 2（期末考试重点）

1. Yes. Many countries are workng hard to increase their share of Chinese students. The University of Sydney is now accepting the Gaokao as an application credential.

2. The trend towards Chinese students becoming more self-funded.

3. To show that studying overseas may not ensure a high income or comfortable living.

4. When the Chinese economy makes the successful transition from a heavy manufacturing emphasis to one more in line with a “knowledge economy” model.

Integrated Skills Practicing（略）