Unit 7 – Section A
●Language Focus – Words in Use
1.    It was essential to (harness) science and technology, not just for the economy but for environmental protection as well.
2.    Language is the (symbolic) representation of a people, and it combines their historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their approach to life.
3.    Because of the effective and helpful method, I was (disposed) to answer all the questions I could, and I never worried about making mistakes.
4.    It can be inferred from the passage that the commercial prosperity in Cambridge is due to hi-tech IT companies whose business has been (flourishing) .
5.    You will need to prove that the noise (violated) the regulations, that your neighbor was causing the noise, and that you attempted to have him stop.
6.    Most universities will guarantee your (accommodation) , at least during your first year, but you are likely to share a kitchen and bathroom with other students.
7.    We may (infer) from the report that hackers from outside of the company present a more serious threat to their security systems.
8.    She frowned at the business report, making an effort to (compose) herself before she talked to the employees at the upcoming meeting.
9.    A crucial factor is that one witness' evidence, though (plausible) , may be rejected because it is contradicted by another witness whose evidence is already proved correct.
10.    Windsor Middle School has been famous for zero (tolerance) to violence and emphasis on respect for its students and rules.
●Word Building

1.fate
2.horizon
3.mechanic
4.occasion
5.proportion
6.logical
7.deny
8.commercial
9.relative
10.prior
11.continue
12.actual
1.fatal
2.horizontal
3.mechanical
4.occasional
5.proportional
6.logic
7.denial
8.commerce
9.relativity
10.priority
11.continuity / continual
12.actuality

1.    In (actuality) , it was the poor peasants and blue-collar workers who complained louder about and suffered more from the current tax policy.
2.    The purchase insurance covers (mechanical) breakdown for one year, which is stated in the insurance policy form.
3.    The salesperson's emotional state will influence the customer, and the customer's buying decisions are first emotional and then are justified with (logic) .so young suede
4.    I don't appreciate his reply as it was in part a(n) (denial) of the criticism and in part an attempt to change the issue.
5.    (Occasional) gunshots can still be heard in the district though no one seems to know w
ho fires the guns and if anyone is hit.
6.    The boss was undecided as to what to do since his decisions can have severe and (fatal) consequences to all the employees and the company.
7.    Mike is well over 40 now and is much worried about how to maintain (continuity) between his youthful past and his middle-aged present.
8.    All notions about the well-known theory of (relativity) seem to have been coming from Einstein's general theory of relativity.
9.    Social fund officers are expected to give high (priority) to requests for loans for the repairs in public places like schools.
10.    With the increase of (commerce) in the 21st century, investment in money rather than in land has become the most convenient and popular form.
11.    The insurance fee charged by the company is directly (proportional) to the compensation its clients try to claim from their cases.
12.    As construction progresses, workers check (horizontal) and vertical levels to ensure that both walls are exactly up to the design requirements.