1.In senior high school g__________ is thought a difficult subject to learn by many girls.

2.After the storm, I found the whole village was f__________ with water.

3.With the development of economy, you can see more and more b________ in the main streets of Nanjing.

4.The company is i__________ a new family saloon this year.

5.I__________, no one had ever thought of such a simple idea before.

6.He showed r__________ courage when he was in such a dangerous situation.

7.In most big cities in China, the housing market is b__________ nowadays, which attracts more inhabitants and people from the cities nearby.

8.As we all know, the titles or c__________ of newspaper articles usually set in large type.

9.On their way to the airport, he added two g__________ of fuel to his car.

10.The film "Curse of the Golden flower" was a massive h__________ at the box-office this year in China.

11.Don't say any u__________ words to your friends, which may hurt them.

12.Ms Wang always spoke k__________ to the children so everyone likes her but Ms. Li always makes us feel unkind.

13.Look at the twin sisters! Mary is quite h__________ while Kathy is so lazy.

14.It was commonly believed that an honest man won't have a d__________ son.

15.This year I am more f__________ compared with the time when I was aimless.

词汇研究

1.The man who brought technology to the man in the street.(副标题)

　把科学技术带给大众的人

　the man in the street意思是"普通人", "常人", "大众", 也可为" "

2.As a child,Sinclair invented the calculator and was saddened to discover that is had already been invented.(P34 L5-6)还是个孩子时，辛科莱就发明了计算器，当发现已经有人发明了计算器时他非常伤心。

　sadden vt. 使难过，使悲伤 saddened adj. 难过的，悲伤的

　我们得知这个坏消息后很伤心。

　The bad news us.

　We at the bad news.

　人竟能如此残忍，这让她痛心。

　It her that people could be so cruel.

　听到她的死讯，我们深感悲伤。

　We by the news of her death.

　It was a day for us all when the school closed down.

　He looked at me, shook his head and turned away.

　sadness n. [U] 悲哀，忧伤 [C] 令人悲哀或忧伤的事

3. Sinclair was blessed with brains and spent much of his time educating himself.(P34 L6-7)

辛科莱很聪明，他花了很多时间自学成材。

　bless vt. 保佑，赐福于

　愿上帝保佑你平安无事。

　May God bless you and keep you safe from harm.

be blessed with"意思是"赋有（能力等），享有（幸福等）"