1). Drinking and smoking among young people _____ to an alarming extent.

2). The truth is becoming ______ apparent.

3). The ____ friendly relations between the two countries strengthen the cultural exchanges between them.

3. prevalent: a 流行的，普通的 = popular

4. calculator : n 计算者，计算器，calculate: v 计算；calculation : n 计算; calculating: a 诡计多端的

5. expose: v 使暴露，揭露，揭发，exposure: n; expose sb to sth让某人接触。。。

6. completion: n 完成、结束，由此可以联想到：

complete: v完成，a 完整的，completeness: n 完整；incomplete: a 不完整的

1). He ____ denied the existence of god.

2). He has never ____ a project on time.

3). Money will be paid half in advance and half on _______.

4). When will the new railway ________?

7). intensity : n 强烈、剧烈，由此可以联想到：

intense = strong: a 强烈的, intensive: a 密集的，加强的；intensify: v 加强；intension: n 强烈、紧张。

1). We should ____ the struggle for peace.

2). There are few strong situations or moments of dramatic ______.

3). They have been receiving a four-day ____ training course.

4). They kept working in the ____ heat.

Answers: intensify, intensity, intensive, intense

8. defective : a 有缺点的，defect: n 缺点

9. assemble: v 集合、装配； assembly: n 装配

10. expose sth/sb to sth:暴露，面临、遭受

1). People often expose their skin to the sun in summer.

2). I won''t expose my soldiers to such unnecessary risks.

11. in that: 在于，因为

1). I like the country better in that it is closer to nature.

12. in question: 正被谈论的，正被考虑的(通常放在被修饰名词后面)

We know nothing about the plan in question.

Analyze the difficult sentences

1. Most of today''s robots are employed in the automotive industry, where they are programmed to take over such jobs as welding and spray painting automobile and truck bodies. (p2)

翻译：今天大多数机器人用于汽车工业，它们按照编好的程序接任了汽车和卡车车身的焊接和喷漆这一类的工作。

分析：该句的考点是where引导的非限定性定语从句，修饰in the automotive industry。另外请注意几个词的用法：employ: v 雇佣，使用，相当于use; program: v 编写程序；take over: 接管、接收、接任，如：Do you want me to take over the driving if you are tired?

such...as例如，welding and spray painting是动名词，做宾语。

2. Robots, already taking over human tasks in the automotive field, are beginning to be seen , although to a lesser degree, in other industries as well. (p3)

翻译：除了在汽车生产领域替代人工劳动外，机器人也开始在别的工业部门应用，虽然应用程度低一些。