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UNIT 2 1. In the summer, I prefer roaming on the field with my friends and enjoying the sunshine to staying at home alone. 2. We felt sorry for his trouble. He was hounded by many creditors, losing all his property and being discarded by his family. 3. Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. 4. I was so shocked when I found that the vulgar imitation of the president and other officials did please the well-educated audience and an understanding laugh broke out in the hall. 5. Although many of us want to be perfect in all aspects, we need to admit that everyone has his/her defects and no one is impeccable. 6. To take vengeance on Germany, at the end of World War II, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics bombed Berlin severely. 7. To be a successful artist, you need not only to have a(n) exquisite sense of color but also to keep practicing as much as you can. 8. When we visited the famous hall, we found that the gaudy decorations revealed the vulgar taste of the house owner, who was a tycoon of housing industry. 9. We all believe in the maxim that actions speak louder than words. 10. As a member from the conservative group, this nominee was chosen since it had been widely known that he would fight tooth and nail to maintain the status quo and make no change to the current policies. 1. Don’t interrupt him. He is now working seriously on his dissertation that is due at the end of this semester. A. buckling down to B. buckling under C. buckling up with D. buckling to 2. He has a bad temper and always falls into a fury for the slightest reason, which makes him extremely unwelcome among all the friends. A. sadness B. depression C. an extreme anger D. great disappointment 3. Through reading the novel, the students realized that the hunchback’s hideous appearance could not conceal his noble characters. A. spectacular B. ugly and unpleasant C. impressive D. s