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【Vocabulary】 P214

Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage: inreasingly(l.2); plead ignorance (l.3); gaily embark on the task (l.5); installing (l.7); novices (l.9); repeatedly (l.17)

increasingly: more and more

plead ignorance 找借口辩解说不知情（=get an excuse for not knowing）

gaily embark on the task: happily start the job

installing: fixing

novice: 新手 beginner / learner

repeatedly : 反反复复地，重复地 （=again and again; renewedly）

【Multiple choice questions】

Comprehension

1 Why did the writer’s wife suggest calling in a man to look at the mower?

a. To get her husband to mend it, believing him to be a born carpenter.

b. She had forgotten that her husband had promised to mend it.

c. She suspected it would otherwise remain unrepaired and the grass uncut.

d. Her husband had repeatedly tried mending it already without success.

suspected (that )... / doubt whether...

remain unrepaired uncut

2 The writer decided to dismantle the mower because _____ .

a. it was a Saturday and he had the time to spare

b. he had discovered the cause of the trouble

c. he thought it was a sure way of roving it would not work

d. what repairs he had already carried out had not proved adequate

dismantle: take apart 拆开

adequate: enough

背熟：what repairs he had already carried out had not proved adequate

3 The writer’s house is now surrounded by a jungle because _____ .

a. he lost several pieces of the mower in the process of dismantling it

b. by now the lawn mower is too rusty to cut the grass with

c. besides not having cut the grass, he has failed to cut down the trees

d. his wife was not prepared to let him buy a new lawn mower

be prepared to do

Structure

4 ★★★ ---- that we are _____ dependent on specialized labour as we used to be. (ll.1-2)

a. increasingly less b. becoming not so c. not nearly as d. becoming less

as...as

used to be

Eg: He doesn’t work as hard as he used to.

5 Whatever it is, a fused light, _____ furniture, a clogged pipe, a broken-down vacuum cleaner, wives automatically assume... (ll.14-15)

a. shaked b. a shaken c. a shaky d. shaky

平行结构

6 ---- my wife said to me: ‘Darling, _____ call someone in to look at the lawn mower?’ (l.18)

a. why don’t you b. why you don’t c. would you be kind to d.do you kindly

suggest doing sth. ----Why don’t you? Why not?

7 ---- which I have promised to get round _____ one day. (l.19)

a. to repair it b. to repairing c. repairing d. to repairing it

get round to doing / come round to doing

Vocabulary

8 To plead ignorance of a subject is no longer a _____ , for there are... (ll.2-4)

a. wise precauting b. literary discussion c. legitimate excuse d. reasonable allowance

precaution: 预防措施 take precautions

legitimate: reasonable

9 Men, _____ spend hours of their leisure time on do-it-yourself. (ll.6-7)

a. mostly b. especially c. rather d. specially

particularly, especially

10 Some women assume that their husbands will somehow put things _____ (ll.14-15)

a. in order b. well c. in straight d. correctly

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11 I was left with bits of metal which did not seem to _____ anywhere. (l.28)

a. fasten b. suit c. go d. fix

suit 指合乎要求，口味，性格

12 _____ , our house is now surrounded by a jungle. (ll.29-30)

a. As a matter of fact b. As you can imagine c. As a result d. As a last resort

【Key to Multiple choice questions】

1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. B

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