2 . 正确理解下列句子中画线词的意思
1. However, though it’s nice to get a few cents off a pack of sausages, it would help even more if they could sometimes be offered in smaller packs.
2. If your supermarket sells loose produce, then buying smaller quantities is easier.
3. You’ll hear these participants’ stories and learn what strategies worked well for them, and what traps they encountered that you should avoid.
4. On August 5, the number of postcards exchanged by members topped 31 million.
5. This effect capitalizes on the fact that when people make errors, those errors aren’t always the same.
6. I was halfway across Indiana, heading home to Kentucky, when my car broke down and was dead, too.
7. In every issue, you will find an interesting mix of interviews and essays on the good life, history, philosophy, arts and fashion photography.
8. As I leafed through the novel, a piece of paper fell out.
9. So, all the way across the country, your sister’s old book landed in your hands.
10. Turning soil, pulling weeds, and harvesting cabbage sound like tough work for middle and high school kids.

3 . 根据语境写出黑体词的汉语意思
1. Her notice included what kind of training she wanted to do, how many days a week and how many hours she wanted to spend on each session, and her age. _________.
2. We were stuck in the middle of the lake with a dead motor. ________
3. You can turn to Simon for advice, who is a computer nut. ________
4. It is a physical impossibility to be in two places at once. ________   
5. Money was always tight, but we had a roof over our heads. ________
6. The bay was bathed in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore. ________
7. Every animal sleeps, but the reason for this has remained foggy. ________
8. Although the two young women were strangers before the meet, they’ve since become friends. ________
9. He employed an appropriate method to solve the problem. ________
10. Then we realized that the spray had only angered him even more. ________

4 . 看着北极熊的血盆大口, 她几乎要吓死。
At the sight of the polar bear’s bloody mouth, ________________．(短语)

7 . 飞机坠毁了，12个人遇难。(doing做状语) (汉译英)

8 . The teenager died in a traffic accident. His________ shocked his mother. Upon seeing her son ________lying on the road, she lost control. (die) (所给词的适当形式填空)

10 . Due ________the bomb attacks, thousands of people were ________.

A．to, died

B．to, dead

C．for, died

D．for, dead