reading 2 part 1

Question 1

colleague / co-worker

Answer 1

同事

(tóngshì)

Question 2

to be occupied with (doing sth)

Answer 2

忙着

(mángzhe)

Question 3

vie for; scramble for

Answer 3

抢

(qiǎng)

Question 4

late (with a task etc.) / slow

Answer 4

迟迟

(chíchí)

Question 5

even; so much that

Answer 5

甚至

(shènzhì)

Question 6

train station

Answer 6

火车站

(huǒchēzhàn)

Question 7

to kneel / to go down on one’s knees

Answer 7

下跪

(xiàguì)

Question 8

to not understand / to be puzzled by

Answer 8

不解

(bùjiě)

Question 9

to go back to one’s roots / to return to one’s native place

Answer 9

回老家

(huílǎojiā)

Question 10

at all places; everywhere

Answer 10

到处

(dàochù)

Question 11

to trust

Answer 11

托

(tuō)

Question 12

acquainatnce / friend

Answer 12

熟人

(shúrén)

Question 13

cannot help / unable to bear

Answer 13

忍不住

(rěnbuzhù)

Question 14

take the initative

Answer 14

主动

(zhǔdòng)

Question 15

to monopolize; to seize / to take on (responsibility, etc.)

Answer 15

揽

(lǎn)

Question 16

(computer) software

Answer 16

软件

(ruǎnjiàn)

Question 17

to hang; to suspend

Answer 17

挂

(guà)

Question 18

several days

Answer 18

几天

(jǐtiān)

Question 19

at (long) last; in the end; finally

Answer 19

终于

(zhōngyú)

Question 20

entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident

Answer 20

趣事

(qùshì)

Question 21

to force a smile / a bitter laugh

Answer 21

苦笑

(kǔxiào)

Question 22

to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter

Answer 22

追问

(zhuīwèn)

Question 23

crowd in / cram in / force others aside

Answer 23

挤

(jǐ)

Question 24

(of traffic) to become congested / congestion

Answer 24

拥堵

(yōngdǔ)

Question 25

cannot bear / cannot stand

Answer 25

不堪

(bùkān)

Question 26

greasy food; oily food / (of food) greasy; oily; fatty

Answer 26

油腻

(yóunì)

Question 27

greasy

Answer 27

腻

(nì)

Question 28

wait for; await

Answer 28

待

(dài)

Question 29

several / quite a few

Answer 29

好几

(hǎojǐ)

Question 30

fault / defect

Answer 30

毛病

(máobing)

Question 31

rare / strange

Answer 31

稀奇

(xīqí)

Question 32

relative

Answer 32

亲戚

(qīnqī)

Question 33

accompany; keep (sb) company

Answer 33

陪

(péi)

Question 34

smiling face / smiley

Answer 34

笑脸

(xiàoliǎn)

Question 35

sweet / happy

Answer 35

甜蜜

(tiánmì)

Question 36

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about

Answer 36

东奔西走

(dōngbēnxīzǒu)

Question 37

to have a reunion

Answer 37

团圆

(tuányuán)

Question 38

value / (to be) worth / to happen / to be on duty

Answer 38

值

(zhí)

Question 39

can’t persaude / unable to make (sb) change their mind / unable to resist (sb)

Answer 39

拗不过

(niùbuguò)

Question 40

firm; staunch; steadfast

Answer 40

坚定

(jiāndìng)

Question 41

position; stand; standpoint

Answer 41

立场

(lìchǎng)

Question 42

over and over again / again and again

Answer 42

再三

(zàisān)

Question 43

to persaude / persuasion / to advise

Answer 43

劝说

(quànshuō)

Question 44

to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to

Answer 44

只得

(zhǐdé)

Question 45

to speak / to tell / to voice

Answer 45

道出

(dàochū)

Question 46

the actual situation; the truth

Answer 46

实情

(shíqíng)

Question 47

blind date

Answer 47

相亲

(xiāngqīn)

Question 48

to recall / to think of / to call to mind

Answer 48

想起

(xiǎngqǐ)

Question 49

experience

Answer 49

经历

(jīnglì)

Question 50

to have lingering fears

Answer 50

心有余悸

(xīnyǒuyújì)

Question 51

gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things

Answer 51

眼光

(yǎnguāng)

Question 52

(coll.) serve sb right / deservedly / ought / should

Answer 52

活该

(huógāi)

Question 53

unmarried / single

Answer 53

单身

(dānshēn)