UNIT1 A，(1) grew up (2) greenhouse (3) feeding (4) gathering (5) into (6) labor - 1. How do you know the writer enjoyed doing the work on the farm?The writer wrote in paragraph 1 that “the word bored never found its way into my vocabulary“ and that “the work was a labor of love“.2. What happened when the writer was at the age of 12?The writers father suffered a serious heart attack and was diagnosed with having heart disease.3. How did the writer like the different surroundings of their new home in Arizona?She felt them, on the one hand, different and strange, and on the other, exciting and fun.4. Why did the writer move again after settling down in Arizona?Because she decided to take on her career as an actress in Los Angeles.5. What decision did the writer and her mother make after her first film achieved success?The writers mother decided to go back to Arizona and resumed her life there.6. What did the writer mean by “a dark void“?She means that for some reason or other she began to feel unsatisfied with her life in Los Angeles and that no matter what she tried, she could not get rid of this feeling of emptiness.7. How did the writer find out the cause of her unhappiness about her life in Los Angeles?She found out the cause of her unhappiness by recalling when she was happiest and asking herself what was important to her.8. What did the writers “perfect home“ look like?It was nestled in a warm and sunny valley with pear trees in the yard. (1) asleep (2) missing (3) resume (4) greenhouse (5) labor (6) departing (7) surroundings (8) fate (1) from (2) up (3) As (4) through (5) from (6) with (7) on (8) as 1. It has been hard to adjust to the idea that I was a junior clerk.It has been hard for me to adjust to the idea of being a junior clerk. 2. His illness accounted for (解释) the fact that he was not here yesterday.His illness accounted for his not being here yesterday. 3. According to the passage, the writers diving gave him a sense that he was successful.According to the passage, the writers diving gave him a sense of being successful. B. Rewrite the following sentences after the model, using the -ing participle as the subject of the sentences. - Model:I never had any problem falling asleep. Key:Falling asleep was never a problem for me.1. I never had any difficulty passing math tests.Passing math tests was never difficult for me. 2. I felt a great pleasure helping you.Helping you was a great pleasure for me. 3. I experienced a great joy seeing you back home.Seeing you back home was a great joy to me. -(1) replace (2) grown up (3) moved (4) surroundings (5) void (6) missed (7) fill B ACCDB(1) passport (2) fasten (3) overseas (4) reject (5) neat (6) confirm (7) document (8) admire (1) over (2) apart (3) for (4) out (5) except; for (6) to; for (7) along; with (8) out; of (1) both (2) common (3) being (4) included (5) before (6) away (7) homesickness (8) trouble (9) tends to (10) activities C (1) Jackson He; jhesina.com. (2) sw347cam.ac.uk (3) Sun, Aug 10th, 2008 (4) ljyangyeah.net and li_0821nju.edu.cn. (5) Its about a meeting summary. (1) sw347cam.ac.uk (2) jhesina.com (3) wwjohnonline.sh.cn (4) reply to meeting summary (5) open-ended (6) Jackson (7) no questions (8) thinking about the promotion (9) good (10) perfect (11) have a market investigation (12) Snow AACCB UNIT2 A 1) Advertising (2) numbers (3) make (4) react (5) helping (6) product - 1. What proof does the text provide to show that advertising is part of our daily lives?Most people see and hear a mass of advertising messages every day. And people respond to the many devices that advertisers use to gain their attention. 2. What impression does advertising as a big industry make on the minds of many people?Many people think advertising is a fascinating industry filled with attraction and excitement. 3. Why is advertising described as difficult?Because it has to bring information to great numbers of people and make them respond. 4. What was advertising described as at the beginning of the 20th century?It was described as “salesmanship in print“. 5. What is the weakness of the method of selling something through person-to-person contact?The cost is high; it takes a great deal of time and increases the cost of the product or service. 6. When did advertising first become important? What was the cause of its importance?It first became important in the late 15th century. At that time, the traders of the rapidly growing cities and rural towns needed a way to tell people where their goods