核心英语教程综合自测与训练（第四册）
2008-12
同济大学出版社
张虹，倪宇红 主编
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274000
《核心英语教程综合自测与训练》是《核心英语教程》主教材的配套用书，完全根据主教材的脉络和构思来进行联系项目的设置和编写，起到了补充和增加的作用。《核心英语教程综合自测与训练》第4册分为两部分，即“Text－related Exercises”和“PRETCO Model Test”。第一部分依据课文的语言材料和教学要求，设计了有关练习，提供了多种题型，便于学生有效地操练在主教材中学到的词汇、语法和翻译等有关知识点。第二部分则根据《高等院校英语应用能力考试大纲》，提供了模拟题，其难度、题量与标准考试保持一致，可为学生以后参加应用能力考试做好准备。本册是《核心英语教程综合自测与训练》第4册，供大学二年级第二学期学生使用。 本系列配套用书内容丰富，题型设计多样化，语言规范，对深化理解主教材的课文和操练所学的词汇、句型和结构能起到积极的辅导作用，同时通过有针对性的考试练习，为学生能顺利通过“高等院校英语应用能力考试”铺平道路，也为学生更好地进行自测、自检所学的知识提供了方便。 本系列配套用书的编者来自上海市及全国其他省市多所高职院校，他们具有多年的英语教学经验，都在第一线从事英语教学工作，他们用自己的教学成果编写了此书。还有许多教师为本系列配套用书提供了大量的宝贵意见，在此表示衷心的感谢。 由于编者水平所限，书中不足之处在所难免，恳请广大教师和读者不吝批评指正。
《核心英语教程综合自测与训练》是《核心英语教程》第4册的配套用书，包含“Text-relatedExelcises”和“PRETCO Exercises”（或“PRETCO Model Test”），前者操练教材中所学知识，后者与考试相结合。全书编排了设计精心、形式多样的习题，无论对于教材内容的掌握，还是对于全国高等学校英语应用能力考试的熟悉，都有较好的促进作用。
前言TEXT-RELATED EXERCISES UNIT ONE UNIT TWO UNIT THREE UNIT FOUR UNIT FIVE UNIT SIX UNIT SEVEN UNIT EIGHTPRETCO MODEL TEST TEST ONE TEST TWO TEST THREE TEST FOUR TEST FIVELISTENING MATERIALS ＆ KEYS LISTENING MATERIALS KEYS
2. Directions：Translate the following sentences，re{erring to the translation skills in Unit7 in the textbook． ①When it comes to considering real estate as an investment vehicle it is a tried andtested method used for attempting to secure long term gainsbut as with anyinvestment，gains，returns and security of investment are not guaranteed． ②Without solid employment figures，we just wouldn’t have enough people entering thereal estate market because they obviously WOUldn’t qualify for mortgage money． ③A foreclosure（取消抵押品赎回权的行为）is a legal process that a lender initiatesafter the borrower fails to repay the loan as per the terms of the contract． ④The best way to establish a budget is to determine how much money you will need asa down payment and how much you feel comfortable spending，based on your grossincome，for monthly payments． ⑤As density increases with new development，it is highly likely that your property willgain in value，resulting in a higher return on your investment． Task 1：Read the Iease between Mr．Xu and Mr．Black and complete the sentences that followaccording to the housing lease． A Housing Lease This lease is made on the first of June in the year of two thousand and seven by andbetween Xu Wenjie of 212 Sichuan Road，Shanghai（hereafter referred to as Landlord）ofone party and John Black of 17 Central Street，New York（hereafter referred to as Tenant）of the other party． The said Xu Wenjie hereby agrees to lease the said John Black a suite of house of No．308，situated in J inkai Road，for the term of two years，at the monthly rent of RMB 4，000（excluding charges for management，cleaning，parking，electricity and telephone service，etc．），which should be paid in advance on the first day of every calendar month．The tenancy isto commence on the second day of June，one day after the said agreement is signed． And the said Xu Wenjie undertakes to keep the said house in all necessary repairs，aslong as the said John Black-shall continue therein．And the said John Black will make everyeffort to take good care of the house and will not be permitted to do any damage to it．
