Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in the box. Change the form where necessary. (用所给单词的适当形式填空)hatchsilencebarkflockmigrantgrimsettle overpatchcomplain mysteriousevilspellscores ofbroodtragedyfeed on vegetationcounterpart1. Don't get scared. A __________ dog does not bite.2. The cover story repeats the shopworn (陈旧的) criticism that Microsoft is _________ because its second-rate software crushes better programs.3. Our hen is still brooding and no chicken has been ___________ yet.4. Much of the harvesting on this farm is done by _______________ workers, who came across the border to make a living in southern California.5. "Hamlet" is one of Shakespeare's great ______________.6. As an interpreter, Mr. Wang was present at the negotiations between our foreign minister and his American ____________, the US Secretary of State.7. He tried to drive home to us that we should listen when the people __________.8. The financial crisis is affecting industrial production and we need to wake up to the ____ reality.9. On warm days flocks of birds came to the bushes by the roadside and ___________ the berries.10. These days, "green" roofs, that is, roofs covered with green ________, are becoming fashionable in this city.11. With dark brown ______________ on her face, she looked older than her age.12. ______________ visitors come here each day to search for ancient coins.
Spot Dictation:About the Book—Silent Spring Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin in September 1962. The book is widely 1) _____ with helping launch the environmental movement.When Silent Spring was published, Rachel Carson was already a well-known writer on 2) ______ history, but had not previously been a social critic. The book was widely read, and 3) ______ widespread public concerns with 4) ______and pollution of the environment. Silent Spring facilitated the 5) _____ of the pesticide DDT in 1972 in the United States.The book 6) _______ detrimental effects of pesticides on the environment, 7) ______ on birds. Carson said that DDT had been found to 8) _____ thinner egg shells and result in 9) _______ problems and death. She also accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public 10) ______ of accepting industry claims uncritically.