Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

1. Though a skilled worker, _____( 他被公司解雇了 ) last week because of the economic crisis.

2. He was disabled from birth, but he never felt frustrated, __( 也从未屈服于任何困难 ).

3. The little boy next door has been beating his drum for a whole morning, which got on my nerves so much __( 以至于我无法集中注意力学习 ).

4. The scientist tried to convince us that a tiger would not attack us __( 除非它走途无路 ).

5. The nation ' s population continues to rise ______ ( 以每年 1200 万人的速度 )

6.(如果你设法与Smith先生取得联系)___the problem will be solved easily because he is an expert in this field.

7. The problem lies in how people look at those students ___(专心追求知识的).

8. On Children's Day, kids ___有资格免费进入) to all the city parks.

9. The restaurant next door serves good food, but the one across the street is much better ___(就服务而言).

10.___(每当天气不好时), he takes whatever umbrella he can find.

11. Animal experiments will continue to be necessary to resolve existing medical problems ___( 尽管一些人公开反对 ).

12. Professor Clark was a bit strict with us, ____( 但我们确实从他那里学到了很多 ).

13. The more you explain, ___( 我愈糊涂 ).

14. He has done so much for the poor in his community that ____( 再怎么赞扬他都不过分 ).

15. Since my childhood I have found that ____( 没有什么比读书对我更有吸引力 ).

答案：

1. he was dismissed/fired/sacked

超级单词：主要考察"解雇"的表达方法。Dismiss解职、开除;fire解雇<口>;sack解雇、洗劫。

2. and never yielded to any difficulties as well

超级短语：yield to屈服，让步。

3. that I have no way to concentrate on my study

超级短语：concentrate on+sth./doing sth.全神贯注地做某事。

4. unless it's cornered

超级单词：unless除非，如果不;corner名词作"角落、绝路"，作为及物动词时表示"无路可走".

5. at a speed of 12 million per year

超级短词：at a speed of…… (以……的速度);其二是数字1200万人的表达，也就是12个百万——12 million 而million后面加上多余的复数s则是很多同学容易出现的错误。

6. u manage to get in touch with Mr Smith

超级短语：manage to do表示成功地做成某事，不成功不可以用。

7. who are kownledge-oriented/absorbed acquiring kownledge

超级单词：sth.-oriented追求……，orient n.东方adj.东方的，上升的vi.向东 vt.使适应、确定方向。oriented导向的，其实这里可以很多种译法。

8. are entitled to free admissions

超级单词：be entitled to do sth. 对……享有权利, 值得; 有(做某事)的资格[权利]

9. as far as the service is concerned

超级单词：so/as far as……be concerned就……而言，concerned用作形容词解作"有关的"时，是后置定语，大都放在它所修饰的名词之后。

10. whenever the weather is bad

超级单词：whenever无论何时, 随时 n. 只要，

11. even though some people object to/are against it openly

超级短语：object to/be against反对

12. but I do learn a lot from him

超级单词：do放在动词原形前，加强该动词的语气。

13. the more I am confused

超级句型："the more……, the more……"句型常表示"越……就越……",是一个复合句,其中前面的句子是状语从句,后面的句子是主句。the用在形容词或副词的比较级前,more代表形容词或副词的比较级。

14. you can't praise him enough

超级句型：用在"主语+cannot...+enough"句型中该句型形式上是否定句型，实际上表达的是肯定意义，意思是"再……也不过分;越……越……".

15. nothing is more attractive to me than reading

超级短语："Nothing is more...than"和"Nothing is so...as"都具有最高级比较的意思，指"没有……比……更……".