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这套教程是为在学校、日常生活、或者工作上已经和英文有过接触的人而设计的。全书共有十二章。每四章之末有一组书面“复习练习”（Review Exercises），帮助你把前四章书里学到的东西温习和巩固一遍。全部教材一共有三组“复习练习”，在每组复习练习之后，有个短短的“复习测验”（Review Test）。这个简短测验有二十个问题，试试你把前四章的教材掌握到怎样的程度。如果你答错五个问题以上，你应该把前四章的教材再仔仔细细地复习一次，然后才能再继续下一部分的学习。最后一组（第十二章后面的）复习练习之后，还有一个“总测验”（Final Test），让你把整个课程所学的再复习一次。

Introduction Chapter1 Reading A Graduation Party Action Questions 1 OraI questions about the text Exhibit An invitation to Martin's graduation party Presentation SimpIe present and present continuous (I speak / I'm speaking) Exercise1 Eat or am eating? (simple present vs. present continuous) Reading It's Nice to Meet You Action Questions 2 Oral questions about the text Word Study The verb get Presentation The continuous tenses (is typing / was typing / will be typing) Exercise 2 I was watching television (the continuous tenses) Reading What Are You Planning to Do? Action Questions3 Oral questions about the text Presentation University Study in the U.S Presentation Simple past and simple future (We lived in Japan / I'll check with my boss) Exercise 3 I will see you tomorrow (simpIe past vs. simple future) Reading Thanks So Much for Having Us Action Questions 4 Oral questions about the text Presentation Question and answer forms Presentation Modal auxiliaries (can, should, must, etc.):affirmative, negative, and alternate forms Presentation Modal auxiliaries--past tense (could, was able to, had to, etc.) Exercise 4 Went + have to -- had to go (modaI auxiliaries) Exercise 5 Must - has to (modaI auxiliaries) Vocabulary-Chapter 1 Chapter2 Reading The Phone Hasn't Stopped Ringing Action Questions 5 Oral questions about the text Word Study Some-any- no Presentation The present perfect (Janet has worked there for severaI years) Presentation For and since Exercise 6 Lives or has lived? (present perfect) Reading A Phone Call for Mr. Morgan Action Questions 6 Oral questions about the text Presentation Contractions with the present perfect (I have -- I've) Presentation Simple past vs. present perfect (Janet finished opening the mail.. She has almost finished the typing) Exercise 7 Last year we traveled to South America for the first time (simple past vs. present perfect) Exhibit Martin's resume Reading Martin's Interview Action Questions 7 Oral questions about the text Presentation Question and answer forms Presentation Present perfect continuous (Have you been waiting long?) Exercise 8 Is typing or has been typing? Presentation Placement of adverbs (l have finally met Mr. Morgan. / I have known Mr. Morgan for a Iong time) Exercise 9 Placement of adverbs Reading Good News! Action Questions 8 Oral questions about the text Presentation Using modals to express probabiIity (He should hear something soon) Presentation Expressing probability in the past (He must have made a decision) Exercise 10 He shouId finish by six o'clock -- He should have finished by six o'clock Vocabulary--Chapter2 Chapter3 Reading Looking for an Apartment Action Questions9 Oral questions about the text Word Study The verb take Exhibit Martin looked in the classified section under Apartments for Rent Presentation Relative clauses -- subject form (Many people who live in Smithtown commute to the city) Exercise 11 I know the woman, She lives next door -- l know the woman who lives next door Reading Let's See What We Can Find! Action Questions10 Oral questions about the text Word Study Noun compounds (address book, bankbook) Presentation Relative clauses -- object form (That's the train Martin took) Exercise 12 The article was interestlng, I just read it -- The articIe I just read was interesting Presentation Reading numbers Reading I've Been Living Here All My Life Action Questions 11 Oral questions ahout the text Word Study Uses of all Presentation Relative clauses--with prepositions (The company Janet works for is in New York) Exercise 13 Janet is the person. You should talk to her -- Janet is the person you should talk to Presentation Comparative and superlative forms (longer than, the longest) Reading I'll Take it! Action Questions 12 Oral questions about the text Presentation Spelling Rule : Y changes to I (city -- cities, carry -- carried) Presentation Capital letters (Today is Wednesday) Vocabulary-Chapter3 Chapter4 Reading A Weekend at The Colonial Action Questions 13 Oral questions about the text Presentation Word building : agent suffixes (-er, -ist. -ent, etc.) Exhibit A page from the brochure for The Colonial Inn Presentation The passtve voice (The inn was built in 1756) Exercise 14 They used the inn as a hospital -- The inn was used as a hospital Reading A Country Fair Action Questions 14 Oral questions about the text Presentation Another spelling rule: doubling the final consonant (sit -- sitting) Presentation The passive voice -- with agent (The mail is opened by the secretary) Exercise 15 The kitchen staff prepares lunch -- Lunch is prepared by the kitchen staff Reading On the Terrace Action Questions 15 Oral questions about the text Word Study The verb have Presentation The passive voice -- continuous tenses (Gas lamps were being lit) Exercise 16 They're answering the phone -- The phone is being answered Exhibit Vermont Reading On the Way Home Action Questions 16 Oral questions about the text Word Study Uses of way Presentation The passive voice -- future tense (The capacity will be doubled) Exercise 17 The waiter will serve the meal -- The meaI will be served by the waiter Presentation The passive voice -- modals (The ski lodge can be seen for miles) Exercise 18 Bad weather might delay Mr. Morgan's flight - Mr. Morgan's flight might be delayed by bad weather Vocabulary-Chapter4 Review Exercises Exercise 19 Review of spelling Exercise20 Continuous forms of verbs Exercise21 Verb tenses Exercise22 More practice with tenses Exercise 23 Passive verb forms (Martin was told about the job -- They told Martin about the Job) Exercise 24 Passive verb forms (past tense) Exercise 25 Passive verb forms (present and future tenses) Exercise26 A crossword puzzle Exercise 27 Modal verbs (Take your raincoat; it might rain) ExercIse 28 More practice with modals (Can you type? / Are you able to type?) Exercise 29 Time expressions (for, since, ago) Exercise 30 Time expressions (I'lI call you back in five minutes) Exercise31 Conversatlon practice Exercise32 Conversatlon practice Exercise 33 Review of present vs. present perfect (works or has worked?) Exercise 34 Asking questions (Janet works for Superior Products -- Does Janet work for Superior Products?) Exercise35 Review of prepositions Exercise 36 Review of relative clauses (I spoke to the man who called this morning) Review Test Chapter5 Reading The Trade Show Action Questions 17 Oral questions about the text Word Study Idioms with parts of the body Exhibit A page from the brochure for the SP-2000 Presetation The passive voice -- present perfect tense (The SP-2000 has recently been introduced) Exercise 37 We have recentIy introduced a new photocopier -- A new photocopier has recently been introduced Reading The Show Opens Action Questions 18 OraI questions about the text Presentation Question and answer forms (passive) Presentation The passive voice -- indirect form (Linda has already been given instructions) Exercise 38 They gave me a tour of the building -- I was given a tour of the building Presentation Using commas correctly Reading A Visit to the Competition Action Questions 19 Oral questions about the text Presentation Word building: negative prefixes (un-, in-, im-, etc.) Presentation The passive voice -- with modals (It couId have been explained much more simply) Exercise 39 Packages aren't delivered on Saturday -- Packages can't be delivered on Saturday Exercise 40 The order was sent last week - The order should have been sent last week Reading See If a Meeting Can Be Arranged Action Questions 20 Oral questions about the text Word Study Some uses of as Exercise 41 Janet will type the letters -- The Ietters wilI be typed by Janet Exercise 42 Roger was bothered by the noise -- The noise bothered Roger Vocabulary-Chapter5 Chapter6 Reading Time for a Check-up Action Questions 21 OraI questions about the text Presentation Reading and writing dates Presentation Negative questions (Can't we make it a Iittle later in the afternoon?) Exercise 43 You have time to finish the report - Don't you have time to finish the report? Presentation Tag questions (You have office hours in the afternoon, don't you?) Exercise 44 Have you or haven't you? (tag questions) Exercise 45 Your company manufactures word processors, doesn't it? Reading At the Doctor's Office Action Questions22 Oral questions about the text Presentation Word buiIding: over- and under- Presentation Gerunds (As you get older, staying in shape is important) Exercise 46 You should exercise regularly -- Exercising is important Exercise 47 You shouId consider losing weight Reading Roger's Health Club Action Questions 23 Oral questions about the text Presentation Using periods correctly Presentation Gerunds after prepositions (I've been thinking about joining a health club) Exercise 48 The rain prevented us from going on the picnic Presentation Reflexive pronouns (You'll enjoy yourseIf) Exercise 49 Janet looked at herself in the mirror Reading A Visit to the Health Club Action Questions 24 Oral questions about the text Word Study Verbs of perception (look, sound, feeI, etc.) Vocabulary-Chapter6 Chapter7 Reading Arrangements for a Meeting Action Questions 25 Oral questions about the text Presentation Use of the apostrophe Exhibit A business letter Presentation Present perfect (review) Exercise50 Makes or has made? Reading Time for a Break Action Questions 26 Oral questions about the text Word Study Make vs. do Presentation Past perfect (By lunchtime they had worked out most of the details) Exercise 51 When Mr. Morgan arrived at the airport, the plane had already left Reading An Evening Out Action Ouestions 27 Oral questions about the text Presentation Pronouncing the letter c Presentation Past perfect continuous (They had been working quite hard...) Exercise 52 Janet had been waiting for the mail since ten o'clock Reading Have a Good Flight! Action Questions 28 Oral questions about the text Presentation Word families Exercise 53 The flight was announced. Mr. Morgan heard the announcement (word families) Presentation Past perfect passive (A five-year agreement had been drawn up) Exercise 54 They had aIready made hotel reservations -- Hotel reservations had already been made Exercise55 Opposites Vocabulary-Chapter 7 Chapter8 Reading Leaving on Vacation Action Questions 29 Oral questions about the text Word Study Predicate adverbs Presentation Expresstng cause and result (so, because, since) Exercise 56 Janet took the bus because the train was late Exercise57 Synonyms Reading At the Air and Space Museum Action Questions30 Oral questions about the text PIesentation Using commas correctly Presentation Combining sentences (We'll hurry. We'll make the next show -- lf we hurry, we'll make the next show) Exercise 58 Comes or will come? (tenses in combined sentences) Reading A Visit to the Lincoin Memorial Action Questions 31 Oral questibns about the text Word Study Phrasal verbs with out (go out, come out, give out) Exhibit Washington, D.C Presentation Phrasal verbs (Mrs. Morgan looked up the Memorial) Exercise 59 Janet looked through the mail -- She looked through it Reading Checking Out Action Questions 32 Oral questions about the text Word Study PhrasaI verbs with up (hold up, look up, pass up) Presentation Future perfect (By tomorrow you will have been here seven nights) Exercise 60 Will type or will have typed? Vocabulaly-Chapter8 Review Exercises Exercise 61 Practice with prepositions (for, to, about) Exercise 62 Tag questions (The Morgans are going away, aren't they?) Exercise 63 Review of irregular verb forms (It has begun to rain) Exercise 64 Review of the passive (We export most of our products -- Most of our products are exported) Exercise 65 Review of verb tenses Exercise 66 Review of past perfect (When I arrived at the office, I had already read the paper) Exercise 67 Review of gerunds (I enjoy walking to work) Exercise 68 Review of pronouns Exercise 69 Review of prepositions and conjunctions (because, until, during) Exerclse 70 Review of past tense forms Exercise 71 Review of phrasal verbs (I took off my coat -- I took it off) ExerciSe 72 Review of phrasaI verbs (I tried your number several times, but I couldn't get through) Exercise 73 Review of future tenses Exercise74 A crossword puzzle Review Test Chapter9 Reading The Deal Is Approved Action Ouestions33 Oral questions about the text Word Study What's the matter? (uses of the word matter) Exhibit A telex from Mr. Ogawa to Mr. Morgan Presentation Inifitives and gerunds (How soon can we expect to receive the first shipment?) Exercise 75 Bringing or to bring? (infinitives vs. gerunds) Reading The Advertising Meeting Action Questions 34 Oral questions about the text Word Study Homonyms (there,they're,their) Presentation Reported speech -- statement forms (Bill said [that] he was busy) Exercise 76 Mr. Morgan is busy -- The secretary said Mr. Morgan was busy Reading Were There Any Messages? Action Questions35 Oral questions about the text Word Study It's your turn (uses of the word turn) Presentation Reported speech -- question forms (Roger stopped to ask his secretary if there were any messages) Exercise 77 "Where are you going?" -- He asked me where I was going Reading Ed Collins' Presentation Action Questions 36 Oral questions about the text Word Study Say vs.tell Presentation Reported speech -- time expressions (He told Mr. Morgan he would send over more samples the following week) Exercise 78 Johnt "I'll come tonight" - John said he would come that night Vocabulary-Chapter9 Chapter10 Reading An Invitation to the Theater Action Questions37 Oral questions about the text Presentation Using the hyphen correctly (fast-paced, ex-president) Exhibit A review of the thriller Deadly Diamonds Presentation Use of participles with nouns (Isn't that the play written by John Stuart?) Exercise 79 The company has to pay a tax on imported products (use of participles With nouns) Reading At the Theater Action Questions 38 Oral questions about the text Word Study ls everything all right? (uses ot the word right) Presentation Use of particlples after verbs (They sat looking through the program and talking quietly) Exercise 80 We stood. We were watching the sunset - We stood watching the sunset Reading Who Stole the Jewels? Action Questions39 Oral questions about the text Exhibit A page from the theater program Presentation Present unreal conditionaI (If I were the detective, l wouId be very careful) Exercise 81 If Janet drove a car, she would need a driver's license (conditional) Exercise 82 If Janet didn't have a car, she wouldn't need a driver's license (conditional - negative form) Reading The Mystery ls Solved Action Questions 40 Oral questions about the text Presentation Reading the silente Presentation Past unreal conditional (lf I had known you two were coming tonight, we could have gotten seats together) Exercise 83 If he had offered me the job, I wouId have accepted it (past unreaI conditional) Vocabulary-Chapter10 Chapter11 Reading At the Health Club Action Questions 47 Oral questions about the text Word Study Uses of will and won't Presentation Use of auxiliaries to show emphasis (I don't know Mr. Phillips, but I do know his wife) Exercise 84 I didn't go to Brazil, but I did go to South America (emphasis) Reading Waiting for the Shipment Action Questions 42 OraI questions about the text Word Study Uses of so and neither Exhibit Press release about the new photocopier -- the KX-54 Presentation Auxiliaries as verb substitutes (Carlo lives in New York. Janet does, too) Exercise 85 Mrs. Morgan doesn't drink milk, but her chiIdren do Reading The Shipment ls ln Action Questions 43 Oral questions about the text Word Study Adverb-preposition combinations (over on, out onto) Presentation Sentence embedding -- part l (The model you said you needed will be in your office) Exercise 86 The package you said you were expecting finally arrived Presentation Sentence embedding--part II (The shipment we thought was coming in next week arrived ahead of schedule) Exercise 87 The book you said would be expensive only cost $1.95 (sentence embedding) Reading The Interview Action Questions44 Oral questions about the text Presentation Ways of showing emphasis Presentation Interrogative clauses (That's why we're so excited about the KX-54) Exercise 88 Where did this package come from? I don't know where it came from (interrogative clauses) Vocabulary-Chapter 17 Chapter12 Reading Planning the Christmas Party Action Question 45 Oral questions about the text Word Study Three--word phrasal verbs (drop in on, drop out of , get along with) Presentation Review of comparatives and superlatives (there'll be twice as much space) Exercise 89 Sally types much faster than our last secretary Presentation Making compar1sons (Bill and Peter are the same size) Exercise 90 Peter is as talI as Joe -- They're the same height Reading The Night of the Party Action Questions 46 Oral questions about the text Word Study Say and tell Presentation The Subjunctive -- following verbs (Mr. Morgan insists that Janet be on time) Exercise 91 Carlo suggested that Janet wait for him Presentation The subjunctive -- following adjectives (It's important that she type the reports). Exercise 92 He left for New York yesterrfay - It was necessary that he leave for New York yesterday Reading We're Engaged Action Questions 47 Oral questions about the text Word Study Uses of would Presentation Causatives and permissives (l'll have Martin call and make the reservations) Exercise93 Causatives and permissives Exercise94 Causatives and permissives Reading To the Future! Action Questions 48 Oral questions about the text Presentation Singular or plural? Presentation Causatives and permissives (I'd like you to join me in a toast) Exercise 95 I asked my friend to recommend a good doctor (causatives and permissives) Vocabulary-Chapter 12 Review Exercises Exercise 96 Review of infinitives and gerunds Exercise97 Homonyms (to/too/two) Exercise 98 Reported speech--statement forms (Janet said her boss was out of town that week) Exercise 99 Reported speech--question forms (Carlo asked Janet what she had done the day before) Exercise 100 Review of present and past participles Exercise 101 Review of present and past participles Exercise 102 Review of conditionals Exercise 103 Review of conditionals Exercise 104 Use of auxiliarles to show emphasis (l don't like coffee, but l do like tea) Exercise 105 Use of auxiIiaries as verb substitutes (Bob is looking for a new job. So is Peter) Exercise 106 Sentence embedding Exercise 107 A crossword puzzle Exercise 108 Interrogative clauses Exercise 109 Comparisons (good / better/ best) Exercise 110 Comparisons (Jane and Peter are the same age) Fyercise 111 Indicative and subJunctive Exercise 112 Review of causatives and permissives Exercise 113 Review of causatives and permissives Review Test Final Test Answer Key Oral Review