1． 1）embarrassed 2) beneath 3) borne 4) companions 5) crawled 6) crushed

7) suitable 8) was sweating 9) subject 10) cultivate

2. 1) make the universe

2) make a suitable companion to help him

3) make all kinds of beautiful trees grow

4) make the man fall into a deep sleep

5) make you and the woman hate each other

6) make it (the ground) produce enough food for you

7) make the soil produce something

8) make him cultivate the soil

3. 1) The man tricked the two girls into going with him by claiming that he could find

well-paid job for them.

2) Beacause of her bad waist, she often can’t fall into sleep until after midnight.

3) Seeing a snake blocking her way, the frightened little girl called out to the people nearby

for help.

4) In order to hide from the police, one of the two cunning thieves pretended to be an old

man in his sixties while the other pretended to be his daughter.

Key to lesson 12 1. 1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T 5) F 6) F 7) T 8) T

2. 1) D 2) A 3) B 4) C 5) A

3. 1) 但他很有头脑，决不会把这种想法说出来。

2）这么说，我是非去28号不可了。

3）他只得硬着头皮往下说。

4）彼得常说他妈有一条三寸不烂之舌，很少有人意志坚定而不被她说服的。

5）“我亲爱的朋友，”他说道，他英语说得很慢，声音低沉且又含糊不清。

1. 1) pulling my leg 2) keep an eye on 3) out of hand 4) keep her at arm’s length

5) turned a deaf ear to 6) at his fingertips 7) a big mouth 8) leads … around by the nose

9) lost his head 10) has a sweet tooth

2. 1) selling 2) suggested 3) collect 4) in 5) though 6) at all 7) To 8) during

9) looking for 10) changed 11) to 12) for