Consult the page adapted from an English dictionary and do Questions 53-56.
Important words to learn: E Essential I Improver A Advanced
shoot [?u:t]
▲verb (shot, shot) WEAPON→1 E to fire a bullet or an arrow, or to hit, injure or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet or arrow at them: If he’s not armed, don’t shoot. ⊙The kids were shooting arrows at a target.⊙She was shot three times in the head.⊙He has a license to shoot pheasants on the farmer’s land. ⊙A policeman was shot dead in the city centre last night. ⊙ The troops were told to shoot to kill. SPORT→2 A to try to score points for yourself or your team, in sports involving a ball, by kicking, hitting or throwing the ball towards the goal: He shot from the middle of the field and still managed to score. MOVE QUICKLY→3 A to move in a particular direction very quickly and directly: She shot past me several meters before the finishing line. ⊙ He shot out of the office a minute ago ─ I think he was late for a meeting.⊙They were just shooting off to town so we didn’t stop to speak.
shooter ['?u:t?] noun[C]He’s thought to be the best shooter in the league.
▲idioms have shot your bolt UK INFORMAL to have already achieved all that you have the power, ability or strength to do and to be unable to do more: He started off the game well but seemed to have shot his bolt by half-time.
? shoot yourself in the foot to do something without intending to which spoils a situation for yourself
? shoot your mouth off INFORMAL to talk too much in a loud and uncontrolled way: It’s just like Richard to go shooting his mouth off about other people’s affairs.
? shoot for the moon US to ask for the best or the most you could hope for: You might as well shoot for the moon and ask for a promotion as well as a raise.
? shoot questions at sb to ask someone a lot of questions very quickly, one after the other: He shot questions at me so quickly that I didn’t even have time to answer.
? shoot the breeze US INFORMAL to talk with someone or a group of people about things which are not important: We sat out on the porch, just shooting the breeze.
▲ phrasal verbs shoot sth down to destroy an aircraft or make an aircraft, bird, etc. fall to the ground by shooting at it: He was killed during the war when his plane was shot down.
shoot sb down to shoot and usually kill someone, showing no sympathy: I saw Tom shoot him down like a dog in the street.
shoot for/at sth US to try to do something: It’s worth taking chances when you’re shooting at a chance of fame and wealth.
shoot out If opposing groups or people armed with guns shoot it out, they shoot at each other until one of the groups or people is dead or defeated.
shoot through AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL to leave a place very quickly, especially in order to avoid having to do something
shoot up INCREASE→INFORMAL to grow in size, or increase in number or level, very quickly: David has really shot up since I saw him last. ⊙Prices shot up by 25%.
▲ noun PLANT→1[C]the first part of a plant to appear above the ground as it develops from a seed, or any new growth on an already existing plant: Two weeks after we’d planted the seeds, little green shoots started to appear. ⊙FIGURATIVE The first green shoots (="hopeful" signs) of economic recovery have started to appear.
FILM→2[C USUALLY SINGULAR] when photographer take a series of photographs, usually of the same person or people in the same place: We did a fashion shoot on the beach, with the girls modeling swimwear. WEAPON→3[C]an occasion on which a group of people go to an area of the countryside to shoot animals
shooting ['?u:ti?] noun 1 A [U]when bullets are shot from guns or other weapons: We heard some shooting in the night. 2 A [C]when someone is injured or killed by a bullet shot from a gun: There have been a number of shootings in the capital this week. 3[U]the sport of shooting animals or birds: pleasant/grouse shooting ⊙ He goes shooting most weekends.
【小题1】What does the phrase “green shoots” mean in “You will be bound to see that the green shoots of your English level start to grow.”?

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

What actually happens when we read? Some people think that we read one word 　　1   ,

understand it and then go on to the next. Other people think that our eyes smoothly   2   over each line from left to right, then back to the beginning of the    3    line, and so on. In fact, the physical action of reading usually doesn’t work in    4    of those ways.

   5    you do this experiment with a friend. Get hold of a book with a large page

  6   and with lines that go right   7    the page.    8    your friend to    9    the book up and to read it with the top of the book just    10     his eyes level. This   11    that you can watch the movement of his eyes as he read the page. 　　12    you do this, you will see that your friend’s eyes do not make a continuous forward sweep.   13    they progress(前移) by little “jumps”, moving, then stopping, as they progress along the line.

   14    to be this starting and stopping movement    15    the eye can see only when it is not moving. Every time the eye    16     it sees a phrase or even a sentence, then jumps to the next part of the line, and so on.

There is another interesting fact about eye movement. You will notice that,    17    , the reader goes back and looks again at something he    18     before, in other words, he returns to an earlier part of the text probably because he    19    he is not understanding it properly. Then he comes back to    20     he stopped and continues reading.

1.A.at a time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.at one time

C.at time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.at times

2.A.turn　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.fly

C.move　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.flee

3.A.above　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.next

C.same　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.second

4.A.either　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     B.neither

C.all　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.both

5.A.Think　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.Guess

C.Suppose　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.Suggest

6.A.number　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.quantity

C.space　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.size

7.A.off　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.across

C.up　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.down

8.A.Have　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       B.To have

C.Get　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.To get

9.A.hold　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　        B.pick

C.put　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.set

10.A.below　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.in

C.beside　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.on

11.A.shows　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.means

C.expresses　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.proves

12.A.Unless　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.If

C.Because　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Although

13.A.Howe’ver　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.Altogether

C.Therefore　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Instead

14.A.It has　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.It is

C.There has　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.There is

15.A.if　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.unless

C.although　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.because

16.A.jumps　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.moves

C.pauses　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.turns

17.A.from time to time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.at the same time

C.on time 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.in no time

18.A.read　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.has read

C.was reading　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.had read

19.A.wonders　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.knows

C.realizes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.fears

20.A.what　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.which

C.that　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.where

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

What actually happens when we read? Some people think that we read one word 　　1   ,

understand it and then go on to the next. Other people think that our eyes smoothly   2   over each line from left to right, then back to the beginning of the    3    line, and so on. In fact, the physical action of reading usually doesn’t work in    4    of those ways.

   5    you do this experiment with a friend. Get hold of a book with a large page

  6   and with lines that go right   7    the page.    8    your friend to    9    the book up and to read it with the top of the book just    10     his eyes level. This   11    that you can watch the movement of his eyes as he read the page. 　　12    you do this, you will see that your friend’s eyes do not make a continuous forward sweep.   13    they progress(前移) by little “jumps”, moving, then stopping, as they progress along the line.

   14    to be this starting and stopping movement    15    the eye can see only when it is not moving. Every time the eye    16     it sees a phrase or even a sentence, then jumps to the next part of the line, and so on.

There is another interesting fact about eye movement. You will notice that,    17    , the reader goes back and looks again at something he    18     before, in other words, he returns to an earlier part of the text probably because he    19    he is not understanding it properly. Then he comes back to    20     he stopped and continues reading.

1.A.at a time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.at one time

C.at time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.at times

2.A.turn　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.fly

C.move　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.flee

3.A.above　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.next

C.same　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.second

4.A.either　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     B.neither

C.all　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.both

5.A.Think　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ?


;　　　　　　  B.Guess

C.Suppose　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.Suggest

6.A.number　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.quantity

C.space　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.size

7.A.off　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.across

C.up　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.down

8.A.Have　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       B.To have

C.Get　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.To get

9.A.hold　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　        B.pick

C.put　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.set

10.A.below　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.in

C.beside　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.on

11.A.shows　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.means

C.expresses　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.proves

12.A.Unless　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.If

C.Because　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Although

13.A.Howe’ver　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.Altogether

C.Therefore　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Instead

14.A.It has　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.It is

C.There has　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.There is

15.A.if　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.unless

C.although　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.because

16.A.jumps　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.moves

C.pauses　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.turns

17.A.from time to time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.at the same time

C.on time 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.in no time

18.A.read　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.has read

C.was reading　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.had read

19.A.wonders　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.knows

C.realizes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.fears

20.A.what　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.which

C.that　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.where

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　What happens actually when we read? Some people think that we read one word 1 , understand it and then go on to the next. Other people think that our eyes smoothly 2 over each line from left to right, then back to the beginning of the 3 line, and so on. In fact, the physical action d reading usually doesn't work in 4 of other ways.

　　 5 you do this experiment with a friend. Get a book with a large-page 6 and with lines going right 7 the page. 8 your friend to 9 the book up and to read it with the top d the book just 10 his eye level. This 11 that you can watch the movement of his eyes as he reads the page. 12 you do this, you will see that your friend's eyes do not make a continuous forward sweep. 13 they progress by little“jumps”, moving, then stopping as they progress along the line.

　　 14 to be this starting and stopping movement 15 the eyes can see only when it's not moving. Every time the eye 16 it sees a phrase or even a sentence, then jumps to the next part of the line, and so on.

　　There is another interesting fact about eye movement. You will notice that 17 , the reader goes back and looks again at something he 18 before; in other words, he returns to an earlier part of the text probably because he 19 he is not understanding it properly. Then he comes back to 20 he stopped and continues reading.

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