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Title: Unit 6 The Pace of life Text A Old Father Time Becomes a Terror

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Unit 6 The Pace of life Text A Old Father
Time Becomes a Terror

By Qin yanrong
Aug6,2007

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The Pace of Life
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Contents

Chapter I.
1.Pre-reading tasks
Cultural notes
The stylistic skill
2.While-reading tasks
text analysis
3.Post-reading
ChapterII. Vocabulary
ChapterIII.Exs

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Pre-questions

1. How does the singer treat his diary? Why? (He
treats it as a friend, to whom he can pour out
his inmost feelings.)
2. Can we infer what attitude the singer takes
towards the pace of life today? (Its unwise for
people to be always in a rush, so much so that
they dont have time either for each other or for
themselves.)
3. Do you keep a diary? What sort of things do
you write about?
4. What does the singer think about how other
people spend their time?

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1.Pre-reading tasksCultural notes

1. Richard Tomkins consumer industries editor
of the Financial Times, where he leads a team of
journalists covering the consumer goods sector.
On a day-to-day basis he writes mainly about
advertising, marketing and brands, but he also
specialises in feature-length articles that seek
to understand and explain consumer trends, up to
and including the point at which they merge with
broader cultural shifts. Richard was born in
Walsall, England, in 1952. Before becoming a
journalist, he was (among other things) a factory
worker, a truck driver, a restaurant cashier, a
civil servant and an assistant private secretary
to a government minister. He joined the Financial
Times in 1983 after a four-year apprenticeship
with his local newspaper. In this selection, he
discusses the time squeeze that many people are
experiencing and offers a way of combating the
problem.

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1.Pre-reading tasksCultural notes

Technology has more than one definition. One is
the development and application of tools ,
machines, materials and processes that help to
solve human problems. As a human activity,
technology predates both science and engineering.
It embodies the human knowledge of solving real
problems in the design of standard tools,
machines, materials or the process. Thus it often
characterizes inventions and gadgets using
recently-discovered scientific principles and
processes. However, even very old inventions such
as the wheel exemplify technology.

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Cultural notes

3. StressStudies suggest that stress can reduce
the bodys ability to fight disease and can lead
to serious health problems. Stress affects
everybody every day. It is your bodys reaction
to physical, chemical, emotional or environmental
influences. Some stress is unavoidable
(adj.?????,?????) and may even be good for us.
Stress can keep our bodies and minds strong. It
gives us the push we need to react to an urgent
situation. Some people say it makes them more
productive at work and gives them more
energy.Too much stress, however, can be
harmful. It may make an existing health problem
worse. Or it can lead to other illnesses or
disease if a person is at risk for the condition.

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Cultural notes

For example, your body reacts to stressful
situations by raising your blood pressure and
making your heart work harder. This is
especially dangerous if you already have heart
disease or high blood pressure. Stress is more
likely to be harmful if you feel helpless to deal
with the problem or situation that causes the
stress.Anything you see as a problem can cause
stress. It can be caused by everyday situations
or by major problems. Stress results when
something causes your body to act as if it were
under attack. Causes of stress can be physical,
such as injury or illness. Or they can be
mental, such as problems with your family, job,
health or finances. Many visits to doctors are
for conditions connected with stress. The
tension of stress can interfere with sleep or
cause uncontrollable anger or sadness. A person
may become more forgetful(adj.???,???) or find it
harder to think clearly. Losing ones sense of
humor is another sign of an unhealthy amount of
stress. Stress can lead to other health problems
if people try to ease it by smoking, drinking
alcohol, taking drugs, or by eating more or less
than normal. (VOA)

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Cultural notes

Harvard University Established in 1636 by vote
of the Great and General Court of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony, Harvard was named after
its first benefactor, John Harvard, of
Charlestown, Massachusetts. Upon his death in
1638, the young minister left his library and
half his estate to the new College. In 1639, in
recognition of John Harvard's bequest, the Great
and General Court ordered "that the college
agreed upon formerly to bee built at Cambridge
shalbee called Harvard College." Founded 16
years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at
Plymouth, the College has grown from 9 students
with a single Master into a University with an
enrollment of more than 18,000 degree candidates.

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Cultural notes

5. Henley Centre founded in 1974 by academics
associated with the Henley Management College in
Oxfordshire, notably the economist James Morrell.
It was originally known as The Henley Centre for
Forecasting, with a focus on business
forecasting. It was initially run as a non-profit
organization in partnership with the management
college, before becoming privately owned in the
early 1980s. It was acquired by WPP in the 1990s
and now sits within the Kantar Group, WPPs
information, insight and consultancy division.

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Cultural notes

6. McDonalds Ray Kroc, at 52 years old,
invested his entire life savings to become the
exclusive distributor of a milk shake maker
called the Multimixer. Hearing about the
McDonald's hamburger stand in California owned by
Dick Mac McDonald running eight Multimixers at
a time, he packed up his car and headed West. It
was 1954. Ray Kroc had never seen so many people
served so quickly. He pitched the idea of opening
up several restaurants to the McDonald brothers,
convinced that he could sell eight of his
Multimixers to each and every one. "Who could we
get to open them for us?" Dick McDonald said.
Well," Kroc answered, "what about me?"

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Cultural notes

Ray Kroc opened the Des Plaines, Illinois
restaurant in 1955 and never looked back. In 1965
McDonald's went public with the company's first
offering on the stock exchange. In 1967, the
first McDonald's restaurant outside the United
States opened in Richmond, British Columbia. In
1968, the Big Mac sandwich was introduced,
followed by the Egg McMuffin breakfast sandwich
in 1973. Milestones and accomplishments have
followed ever since. Today, there are tens of
thousands of McDonald's restaurants serving
millions of people daily around the world. The
incredible growth and success of McDonald's can
be summed up with the first thought that went
through Ray Kroc's mind when he first saw
McDonald's "This will go anyplace."

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1.Pre-reading tasksThe stylistic skill

In many ways, the style of this piece is typical
of a certain variety of journalism.
It is clearly not a new story, but nonetheless
belongs within the pages of a newspaper.
Such writing finds its home in the editorial or
comment section where journalists and others
contribute regular or occasional columns
reflecting on topical issues.

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The stylistic skill

Unlike news stories where reporters are expected
to confine themselves to the facts such columns
are intended to give free range to the expression
of personal opinion.
At the same time, particularly in the more
serious papers (and the paper from which this
comes, the Financial Times, certainly belongs to
this category) the writer is expected to display
this familiarity with the problem under
discussion.

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The stylistic skill

This is frequently achieved by employing
concession. Thus, here the writer, having
outlined the problem of the pressure of time,
goes on to concede that not everybody is affected
to the same extent. He then details the
differences that exist before returning to his
more general point and concluding with his
solution, another characteristic ingredient of
such editorial articles.

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The stylistic skill

His general conclusion is hardly new, having been
advice offered by philosophers for as back as one
cares to go, but gains novelty set against the
context to recent technological developments.

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The stylistic skill

Although not a news story, the article
nevertheless shares with newspaper reporting in
general a taste for seeking support from the use
of direct quotations from a number of different
people.
These quotations are provided together with the
name of the person and background information on
them.

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The stylistic skill

These details add human interest and support the
argument by reference to the utterances of
someone who appear to be in a position to know.
As the quotations record spoken rather than
written English, the tone of language is often
colloquial.
The frequent peppering of an article with this
type of direct quotation stands in contrast to
what is usual in a more purely academic essay.

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2.While-readingComprehension Questions

1.What did we use to expect from technology?
2.In what ways have inventions such as the
motorcar and the aircraft affected our life? And
what about the advent of washing machine?
3.What new burdens has technology produced apart
from cramming work into our leisure time?
4.How fast is information generated today as
compared to a couple of centuries ago?

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2.While-readingComprehension Questions

5.What is Edward Wilsons purpose in subscribing
to sixty-old journals and magazine?
6.What gives rise to our discontent with super
abundance?
7.Is everyone time-starved today? What percentage
of the population is suffering under the stresses
and strains of life today?
8.What is stress envy, as conceived by Paul
Edwards?

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2.While-readingComprehension Questions

9.How much free time has the average American
gained since the mid-1960s?How are the gains
distributed between the sexes?
10.What is meant by the the growth of the
work-life debate?
11.What does Godbey mean by saying Its the kid
in the candy store?
12.For time stress, what remedy does the author
offer?

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2.While-readingText Organization

IntroductionPart One(Paras 1-11)
The author gives three reasons why we feel so
time-pressed today.(technology,the information
explosion,rising prosperity)
thesis sentence(L46)So we suffe from what
Wilsoncalls discontent with supe abundance---the
confusion of endless choice.
Bodyanalysis of reasonsPart Two(Paras 12-18)
Not every one is time-stressed, and in the case
of Americans they have actually gained more free
time in the past decade.
Part Three(Paras 19-23)
The perception of time-famine has triggered a
variety of reactions.
ConclusionPart Four (Paras 24-28) The
author pins down the crux of the problem and puts
forward a remedy for the stress we feel.
concluding sentenceIt is not more time we
needit is fewer desires.

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How does technology affect our life

The motorcar causes more traffic problems than it
promises to solve.
The aircraft creates a high demand for
time-consuming journeys that we never dreamed of.
The washing machine, contrary to our
expectations, multiplies the hours spent on
washing and ironing.
Instead of making our lives easier, technology
goes so far as to cram extra work into our
leisure time.
Technology produces the new burden of dealing
with faxes, e-mails and voicemails.
Technology eats further into our time by forcing
us to handle software glitches on computers and
filling our heads with useless information from
the Internet .

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synonyms

1.??......??
ever-increasing quantities of (L2)
ever-larger quantities of (L43)
cf.????"
(L31) a tiny fraction of
(L36) a handful of
(L41) a minute proportion of

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synonyms

2.eat into(L6)/spreadinto(L22)/
reduce/destroy/intrude into
3.multiply(L21)/add(L23)/proliferate(L35)

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Special word

"promise"make sth possible
e.g.
1.(L8)The motorcar promised unimaginable levels
of personal mobility.
2.(L11)the aircraft promised new horizons,too.
3.(L17)In the home, washing machines promised to
free women from having to toil over the laundry.

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Interesting Quotations

(L85)One is an attenpt to gain the largest
possible amount of satisfaction from the smallest
possible investment of time.
(L92)If you lose some money you can earn some
more, but if you waste time you can never get it
back.
(L61)If you're not stressed, you're not
succeeding.

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3.Post-reading

Discussion
What did we use to expect from technology? Has
technology made our lives easier or more
burdensome?
Do you agree with the author that all
time-liberating techniques in relieving the
widespread sense of time famine are doomed to
failure?

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Discussion

Why should we feel so time-pressed?
Does money bring greater freedom?
How do you think of the view that technology
brings more time and leisure?

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Post-questions

1.Has technology made our life easier or more
burdensome? Give examples to illustrate your
view.
2.The author makes mention of stress envy in
para.14.What do you think are the possible
sociological motivation behind it?
3.Do you agree with the author that all
time-liberating techniques in relieving the
widespread sense of time famine are doomed to
failure? Is cutting back on human desire the
ultimate solution? Why or why not?

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Post-questions

Can you give some examples on how technology has
changed?
Do you agree that people nowadays are much lazier
than before owing to advanced technology?
What should we do to deal with the stress in our
life?
Related words and expressions
invention, facilities, washing machine, microwave
oven, Internet, various, confusing, colorful,
automatic, entertain, amuse, spare time, relax,
consult, physical exercises

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Chapter II.VocabularyLanguage Points

1. on the go / upon the go be busy (inf) active
or busy ??????, ?? ???? ???
Examples
Ive been on the go all week, preparing my
thesis.
I was on the go all day and went home at about
10oclock in the evening.

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Language Points

2. set aboutbegin(a task)start(doing
sth.)(used in the patternset about sth./doing
sth. no passive)??, ?? ??(??) ??? ?????,
??
Example
The school authorities must set about finding
solutions to the campus security problems.
My mom and I set about clearing up / clearing the
table after the guests left. ????(??)
--set about one's work????

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Language Points

3. eat into gradually reduce the amount of
(sth. valuable) damage or destroy?? ?? ??
?????(eat in?????, eat out)
Examples
All these car expenses are eating into our
savings.
Responsibilities at home and work eat into his
time.
Our holiday travel has eaten into the money we
saved.???????????????????
Acid eats into the metal, damaging its surface.

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Language Points

4. in reality in actual fact really
Examples
Some famous private schools are theoretically
open to the public, but in reality are attended
by those who can afford the fees.
He is much smaller in reality than he looks on
the television.

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Language Points

5. multiply increase in number or quantity add
a number to itself a particular number of times
???, ?????????????
Examples
Multiplying large quantities in ones head has
become a lost art since the arrival of the
calculator.
Efficiency would be -lied several times with the
new technology..?????????
to multiply one's chances of success ?????????
To breed or propagate?????
When animals have more food, they generally
multiply faster. ???????,???????

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Language Points

6. fractionsmall part, bit, amount or
proportion(of sth.) ??????
Examples
Only a (small) fraction of my friends have video
recorder.
????????????????
Mother's careful with her money, and spends only
a fraction of her earnings.???????,?????????????
moved a fraction of a step forward.?????
The black miners in South Africa used to earn
only a fraction of the wages paid to white miners
doing equivalent work.
??
1/3 and 5/8 are fractions. ?????????????
a fraction of????
a fraction of a second?????????, ??????
not by a fraction????
to a fraction??????, ?????

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Language Points

7. pour ingo into a place quickly and in large
numbers
Examples
Tourists poured onto Shanghai on National Day.
many football fans poured into the stadium to
have a look at their favorite football players.

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Language Points

8. minute very small in size or amount
Examples
Only a minute amount of money is needed.
Studies show that water contains minute
quantities of lead.

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Language Points

9. oblige ??,??????(??)
She was obliged to go. ??????
Circumstances oblige me to do that.
???????????
The police obliged him to leave. ????????
do sth. for (sb.) as a favor or small service
(used in the pattern oblige (sb.) (with sth. /by
doing sth.)) To make indebted or grateful????,??
??????
Examples
I am obliged to you for your gracious
hospitality.??????????
I am sorry I cannot oblige you.
???, ??????????
Please oblige me with your presence.?????
Will any gentleman oblige the lady (with your
seat)?
?????????????????
Please oblige me by leaving me alone.
--He obliged me by keeping the matter quiet
??????????
Much obliged!???!
vi.To do a service or favor??,??????, ??
--The soloist obliged with yet another
encore(??????).???????????

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Language Points

10. abundancequantity that is more than enough
plenty (followed by of) ??, ??, ?? ?
Examples
The visitor to Oxford has an abundance of sights
to see.
--The tree yields an abundance of
fruit.???????(??? ??, ??)
--abundance of the heart???? ????
of abundance???
--a year of abundance??
--a life of abundance?????
in abundance??
By the mid-15th century paper was available in
abundance.?? ?????
--He wished to have money in abundance.??????

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Language Points

11. forecast tell in advance predict
Examples
The means of forecasting natural disasters, such
as floods, and hurricanes, have improved
immensely as science and technology have
advanced.
Because the behavior of weather systems is
chaotic, it is impossible to forecast the details
of weather more than about two weeks in advance.

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Language Points

12. nurture care for and educate (a child)
cultivate encourage the growth of (sth.)
nourish??,???? ???????????????
Examples
nurture a student's talent.
???????
nurturing hopes ????
Nurture your mind. ???????
nature and nurture?????, ?????
The two sisters had received very different
nurture.??????????? ????
a delicately nurtured girl?????????
She nurtured the child as if he had been her
own.??????????????
Parents want to know the best way to nurture and
raise their child to adulthood.???????????.
With one years observation the biologists have
found how dolphins socialize(???????), breed, and
nurture their young and how they communicate. ??
The local government has taken measures to
nurture the state-run factories. ??

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Language Points

13. offspring (plural unchanged) child or
children of a particular person or couple
Examples
Heredity is the process of transmitting
biological traits from parent to offspring
through genes.
Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are
genetically identical to their parent.

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Language Points

14. provokecause (sth.) to occur or arouse ( a
feeling etc.)
Examples
Peoples concern over genetically modified food
has provoked a global debate that shows no sign
of ending soon.
They argued that NATO enlargement could provoke
Russian hostility and lead to regional
instability.

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Language Points

15. streamline make (sth.) more efficient and
effective give a streamlined form to (sth.)
?(??????)??????????? ?????
To simplify.????
To organize.??
Examples
Corporate mergers can result in job losses
because management combines and streamlines
departments within the newly merged
companies.????
Some racing cars are streamlined for speed and
are single-seated.
streamlined???? ????, ????

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Language Points

16. divert turn(sb./sth.) aside from a course
,direction ,etc. into another ???,??????????
Examples
Traffic was diverted around the scene of the
accident.??????????
Some dams divert the flow of river water into a
pipeline, canal, or channel.
A ditch diverted water from the stream into the
fields. ??????????????
Traffic was ordered to divert to another road
because of the repair of the main
road."??????????,???????????"
The government is planning to divert the river to
supply water to the town.?????????????????
Money set aside for development was being
diverted to finance the famine relief operations.
(?????????)
He was trained as an actor, but diverted to
diplomacy.????????, ??????????
To distract??????
A loud noise from the street diverted the
students attention.?????????????
How can we divert her thoughts from her sad
loss????????????????????
To entertain by distracting the attention from
worrisome thoughts or cares amuse??,????????????
????????
He often diverts himself in singing.???????

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Language Points

17. be doomed to (sth.) be certain to happen,
and you can do nothing to prevent it (used in the
patterns be doomed to sth. be doomed to do sth.)
Examples
Their plan seemed to be doomed to failure.
He thought that he was doomed to spend the rest
of his life in a wheelchair.

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Chapter III.EXERCISE for Unit 6

Ive been ________since eight oclock this
morning, preparing my presentation for tomorrows
class.
It would be better to admit the problem openly
and _________ tackling it.
3. The boys got into a _______ over the rules of
the games.
All these car expenses are ________our savings.
5. The forthcoming concerts _________ a feast of
music from around the world.

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EXERCISE for Unit 6

6. Some famous private schools are theoretically
open to the public, but _______ are attended by
those who can afford the fees.
7. The wealth of industrial society could only
come from the ______ of the masses.
8. Cigarette smoking combining with irregular
life will _______the risks of lung cancer.
9. Some people argue that globalization will
bring the______so far enjoyed only by wealthy
industrialized nations to the developing
countries.

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EXERCISE for Unit 6

10. The black miners in South African used to
earn only _________ the wages paid to white
miners doing the equivalent work.
11. These tropical islands boast a(n) _______ of
wildlife, so they are always the zoologists
first choice.
12. Parents want to know the best way to _______
and raise their child to adulthood.
13. We need to find ways to ______ the office
routine.
14. Peoples concern over generically modified
food has _______ a global debate that shows no
ending soon.

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EXERCISE for Unit 6

15. Police and hospital records indicate that the
majority of victims of __________violence are
women.
16. The would is facing the prospect of water
_________caused by population growth, uneven
distribution of water, pollution, and other
factors.
17. The tour group is _____ to the planned
activity.
18. People are now ordering and purchasing
virtually anything over the Internet. Books,
compact disks, even sticks are available from
websites that seem to _______ almost daily.

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EXERCISE for Unit 6

19. I knew it was ________ to try and persuade
her once she had made the decision.
20. Wisdom consists in learning when to ________
and when to oppose head-on.

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EXERCISE for Unit 6

21. In Chinese teaching, teachers often _____
facts down the childrens throats.
A. insert B. burden C. pour
D. cram
22. Ive been _____ since eight oclock this
morning, preparing my presentation for tomorrows
class.
A. on the movement B. on the action
C. in the procedure D. on the go

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EXERCISE for Unit 6

23. The forthcoming concerts ____ a feast of
music from around the world.
A. promote B. advocate
C. provoke D. promise
24. Cigarette smoking combining with irregular
life will ____________ the risks of lung cancer.
A. double B. multiply C. expand D. add
25. People are now ordering and purchasing
virtually anything over the Internet. books,
compact disks, even sticks are available from
websites that seem to _______ almost daily.
A. spring up B. go in
existence
C. strike up D. spring up
come round
26. Its a question of whether the city can ____
on that potential.
A. fulfill B. proliferate C. deliver
D. favor

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EXERCISE for Unit 6

27. The President seemed willing to _____ himself
to Senate desires.
A. divert B. devote C. accommodate
D. oblige
28. The ______ of medical knowledge are being
pushed farther outwards every year.
A. frontiers B. borders C. areas
D. fields
29. The secretary took down in _______ what was
said.
A. shortage B.
shorthand
C. summary D.
conclusion
30. Increasing the powers of ________ is one
part of school education.
A. knowledge B. ability C. diversion D.
perception