Ekey Reading

 Chapter 1
Reading 1
Vocabulary & Structure 1
⒈ carved out
⒉ wind up
⒊ out of place, ended up
⒋ In the hope of, embarked on
⒌ demand
⒍ embrace
⒎ ended up in
⒏ decent
Vocabulary & Structure 2
⒈ She stood shivering h
------ brink
⒉ Borrowing words form h
--- --- respectable
⒊ One of the worldrs leading h
------ surpass
⒋ The panelrs h
------ initial
⒌ He had claimed that h
------ subsequent
⒍ Only several years later h
------ compromise
⒎ A group of researchers h
------ embraces
⒏ European families emigrating h
------ immigrate
⒐ The bad weather has h
------ obstacle
⒑ As a matter of fact h
------- embark upon < br> Banked Cloze
⒈ economic
⒉ misguided
⒊ decent
⒋ insulting
⒌ end up
⒍ obstacles
⒎ growing
⒏ raises
⒐ encroach on
⒑ societal
Translation
⒈ some motivation for adventure ....< br> others for adventurous motivation, and still others for the values that might more suit their own ideals
⒉ but also brought new ideas ....
but also in new ideas and high-tech skills, thus making them more productive
⒊ earn a good life experience ....< br> embrace the opportunities to earn enough to live a decent life
⒋ then have been translated into ....< br> and it was subsequently translated into five languages
⒌ hope I can ....< br> in the hope that I might recognize her
⒍ At first I shy ...
Initially, I felt shy and insecure about my job
Initially, there were was often insecure feelings over my job due to my shyness
⒎ I felt completely ....< br> I felt completely out of place and end up in early departure from the party
⒏ I want you to call the shots ...
I want you to take the initiative to carve out a bright future for yourself
Reading 2
third paragraph:
There】 【younger immigrants began their lives and their educations in their native countries. [Like] adult immigrants, [they] have life experiences that include two or more cultures and languages. [However] , [they] are different from adult immigrants because they start their education in one place and complete it in a new country and a new language.
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Banked Cloze
⒈ reasons
⒉ economic
⒊ motivation
⒋ immigrate
⒌ suit
⒍ emigrate
⒎ misguided
⒏ untold
⒐ multimillions
⒑ expect
⒒ little
⒓ destitute
⒔ on the brink of
⒕ rates < br> ⒖ discrimination
Correction
⒈ There are often insecure h
------ C: encroaches on
⒉ The characteristics and educational h
------ D: do not fit in traditional categories
⒊ If it were, the people h
------ C: expect to work
⒋ People who move to another h
------ D: spend earning enough
⒌ They come from many different h
------ C: depending on
⒍ It takes great courage h
------- A: for someone to take the initative
⒎ People who immigrate often do so h
------- D: grow up pampered in a new society
⒏ Still, despite there are h
------- A: despite all the obstacles
⒐ Still others immigrate to h
------ D: might better suit their one ideals
⒑ At the beginning of the h
------ B: found their food shockingly odd
Translation
⒈ not much or no choice
have had better or no choice
⒉ in many ways ...
different in many ways from
⒊ to try different things
try something very different
⒋ feel outdated
feel out of place
⒌ start a new life working hard
embark on a new life
reading 1
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Vocabulary & Structure 1
1.evolves
2.virtally
3.diversity
4.transform
5.emerged
6.overtake
7.collaboration
8.maintained
9.adapt
10.variation
Vocabulary & Structure 2
1.On the grounds of
--- By virtue of a large inheritance, she could easily afford not to work.
2.After the students put up the
--- the classroom took on a holiday appearance.
3.Instead of giving you
--- give you what you ask for , but rather provides you with the opportunities to potentially receive these things.
4.Since most of the evidence
--- thus making it almost impossible to prove him guilty.
5.Although I really wanted to
--- As much as I really wanted to love the free-spirited movie Into the Wild.
Banked Cloze
1.beneficial
2.particularly
3.dominant
4 . denying
5.aroused
6.extinction
7.adapted
8.diversity
9.overtake
10.tendency
Translation
1. to a sustainable development over
---- in transition towards sustainable development
2. Why dinosaurs suddenly seemed to disappear
---- why the dinosaurs died out seemingly all at once
3. on the tea can ascertain what
---- what is certain about tea drinking is that
4. China's emerging urban middle class particularly
---- This is particularly true of China's emerging urban middle- class
5. Minister of the possibility of wrongdoing was forced to resign due to
---- whether there was a chance that the Minister could be forced to resign over wrongdoing
6. so that children see the complete family and a sense of security
---- helps children feel secure that their families will stay intact
7. With the best players in the emerging
---- With the constant emergence of promising newcomers
8. Canada can not enjoy the new knowledge and the gap between people
---- widen the gap between those with access to new knowledge and those excluded from it.
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1 line: 【 ],[achievement tests than on English achievement test. 【】 and
4: this makes me think that there are other
5: Asian-American students whose English spoken in the home
6: might also be described as ; broken -complex
2.The_____of food on the table made it hard for him to choose.
---- diversity
3.Most of his poem are _____in the theme of love.
--- -variations
4.It seemed clear that the ban would be significantly_____or removed altogether before the trade bill became law.
---- watered down
5.We simply will not____vigilante groups on our streets.
---- tolerate
6.______I should like to see you, I am afraid you may find it inconvenient to come in this hot weather.
---- As much as
7.These unique plants_______undisturbed for millions of years.
---- evolved
8.For people in their retirement years, investing in an annuity makes the most sense from a long-term growth and low risk perspective. However many people are unsure of how to sell or____annuity plans.
---- cash out
9.Volkswagen has_____close business ties with our company for over 20 years.
---- maintained
10.Unless we do something now, hundreds of plant and animal species will_____.
---- die out
Banked Cloze
1.neither
2.france
3.granted
4.pig
5.but
6.plural
7.teachers
8.wrote
9.creativity
10.start
Correction
1.Non-native English speakers
--- B: thus creating a privileged elite
2.Because English has been
--- C: has assumed its current position as
3.Apart from what any critic had to say about my writing
--- C: where it counted
4.But with everyone learning English
--- D: as English increasingly encroaches upon
5.While many are concerned about the loss of the
--- C: but rather merge to some degree
6.I have been thingking about all this lately
--- D: so few Asian Americans enrolled in
7.Native English speakers have been complacent in
--- D: in the advantage of being members of
8.And the reader I decided to was my mother
--- A: the reader I decided upon was my mother
9 . It is true that a global language
---- C: where English, the preferred language of science
10.It has and continues to evolve
--- D: that it will continue to evolve
Reading 1
Vocabulary & Structure 1
⒈ nurture
⒉ attributes
⒊ equivalent
⒋ adversity
⒌ measurable
⒍ motivate
⒎ aptitude
⒏ formidable
⒐ tragic < br> ⒑ chunks
Vocabulary & Structure 2
⒈ bore up
⒉ cope with
⒊ sets him apart
⒋ in a tight spot
⒌ aiming for
⒍ in part (this, entitled Network version of the extra one question)
⒎ goes beyond (the first 6 questions in this book entitled)
⒏ by contrast (the first 7 titled book title)
Banked Cloze
⒈ outcome
⒉ performance
⒊ attain
⒋ blurs
⒌ necessarily
⒍ attributes
⒎ flexible
⒏ fades
⒐ formidable
⒑ nurtured
Translation
⒈ more successful language learners ... < br >------ When you compare good / successful language learners with poor ones, what sets them apart is self-discipline.
⒉ contrast, self-confident than other factors ...
----- -By contrast, confidence more than any other factors, is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person may attain his goals in life.
⒊ a sense of humor ...
------ People with a sense of humor share several attributes, one of which is that they think about everything in a hopeful way.
⒋ encounter different generations ...
------ Unlike the people from older generations, youngsters today are flexible enough to pursue different goals in life.
⒌ successful people, like everyone else ...
------ Successful people have gone through as many hard times as other people, but they handle the stress better.
⒍ when hiring new employees ...
------ In the employment of new stall, the company goes beyond the widespread notion that male candidates are superior to female ones .
⒎ proven, I hope you can ...
------ It is proven that hope helps people bear up in a tight spot.
⒏ That music school refused ... < br >------ The musical school rejected his application, saying that he has neither the intellectual aptitude nor the willpower to learn how to play the piano.
Reading 2
the second paragraph:
[ ,],[place on each of the sixteen desires is what makes us individuals, scale
⒉ The committee has recently h
------ assess
⒊ It is generally believed h
------ intellectual
⒋ The rescue team faces h
- ---- formidable
⒌ We were all keen walkers h
------ challenge
⒍ Todayrs h
------ approach
⒎ If you h
- ---- persist
⒏ Our traditions resemble h
------ flexible
⒐ Silence to a request h
------ equivalent
⒑ He had all the h
------ attributes
Banked Cloze
⒈ cultivate
⒉ depth
⒊ regularly
⒋ possessed
⒌ award
⒍ specialized
⒎ primarily
⒏ essential
⒐ involves < br> ⒑ ingredient
Correction
⒈ People who get a high score h
------ B: have
⒉ Reiss describes the book as h
------ D: combining elements
⒊ In devising a way to assess h
------ B: the simple notion that
⒋ The level of hope among h
------ D: most commonly used < br> ⒌ The way which you prioritize h
------ A: The way in which
⒍ Steven Reiss believes your h
------ C: spent several years developing
⒎ The loss of hope is turning out h
------ D: long thought to be
⒏ Another twenty percent have h
------ B: saying they had
⒐ Having hope means to believe h
------ A: means believing
⒑ Can you imagine how your life h
------ B: had an inventory
Translation 1
⒈ pursuit Romantic
------ in the pursuit of romance
⒉ designed a measurement
------ has devised a scale
⒊ suggested a solution??? the new approach
------ come up with new solutions
⒋ choose the time shorter
------ opt for short hours
⒌ he persisted in investigating the
----- -persisted in investigating
Translation 2
⒈ Far from it
------ can even be said to differ materially
⒉ cope with adversity
------
⒊ a powerful response to stress predictor of outcome
------ strong results testify
⒋ what we inherently want
------ inherent demand
⒌ turn to friend ...