新编大学英语5（浙大）课后习题答案

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新编大学英语第二版第五册练习答案

新编大学英语第二版第五册第一单元练习答案 Vocabulary

1. 1) semi-circle (half) 2) semi-detached (partly, not completely)

3) semi-finals (next to)

4) semi-annual (happening, appearing, etc. twice in a stated period)

5) semi-retired (partly, not completely) 6 ) semi-automatic (partly, not completely) 7) semi-professional (partly, not completely) 8) semi-conscious (partly, not completely) 9) Semi-tropical (next to) 10) semi-literate (partly, not completely)

2. 1) A. convict B. accused C. charged D. convicted 2) A. hopeful B. willful C. willful D. wishful 3) A. tradition B. habit C. custom/tradition D. custom 4) A. appreciation B. affection C. appreciation D. admiration 5) A. glance B. glimpse C. glare D. glance 6) A. reward B. awarded C. rewarded D. prizes

3. 1) on and off (from time to time) / now ad then (sometimes but not very often) 2) now and then (sometimes but not very often) 3) here and there (in different places) 4) ups and downs (good and bad periods following one another in turn) 5) far and near (everywhere) 6) now ad then (sometimes but not very often) 7) up and down (moving upwards and downwards) 8) day and night (all the time) 9) day and night (all the time) 10) on and off (from time to time)

Part Three Further Development 1. Enriching Your Word Power

1) B 2) B 3) A 4) B 5) B 6) A 7) A 8) B 9) A 10) C

2. Can You Solve This?

Answer: The murderer is Mrs. Van Pelt. Reasons: 1) Mrs. Van Pelt smoked; 2) Mrs. Van Pelt was wearing blue; 3) A note found in Mrs. Van Pelt’s purse (She Knew about her husband’s affair with a lady called Elizabeth); 4) At 11:10, five minutes after the murder, Mrs. Van Pelt came into the kitchen and heated milk. 5) Mrs. Van Pelt’s name was Jane (Her husband was in love with someone else and wanted to divorce her).

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新编大学英语第二版第五册第二单元练习答案

Vocabulary

1. home-style (l. 1): like what is made at home shopper (l. 2): someone who buys things in shops homeless (l. 4): without a home diner (l. 12): someone who is eating dinner in a restaurant discomfort (l. 13): the state of being uneasy/uncomfortable takeout (l. 14): dissatisfaction, disapproval disapproving (l. 21): showing that you think someone or something is bad or undesirable inconsiderate (l. 63): not caring about the feelings, needs or comfort of other people displeasure (l. 65): dissatisfaction; disapproval oversensitive (l. 66): too easily influenced or offended disintegration (l.72): the state of becoming weaker or less united and being gradually destroyed breakdown (l. 73): collapse (n.); failure to progress

2. Fill in the blanks

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases given below. Change the form if necessary.

commit gather up acknowledge help out inhabit be destined to indication chase derive from observe

1) After he received the phone call, John gathered up his papers and left the room. 【译文】接了一个电话之后，约翰收起他的论文离开了房间。

2) He was obviously in some kind of trouble, but I didn’t know how I could help him out. 【译文】他显然是碰到了某种麻烦，但我不知道该怎样帮助他解决。 3) Tim felt he had committed a faux pas and left quietly. 【译文】提姆觉得他犯了失礼的错误，悄悄地离开了。 4) We must not fail to acknowledge his services to the town. 【译文】我们一定不要忘了感谢他为镇上所做的事情。

5) You can certainly derive a considerable amount of information from that picture. 【译文】你当然能够从那张照片中知道很多的事情。

6) Thomas Brown had always felt that he was destined to lead his country. 【译文】托马斯·布朗总觉得他注定是国家的领头人。 7) No one has inhabited that island for over 100 years. 【译文】100多年来从没有人在那个岛上居住过。

8) This law has been faithfully observed by the Italian government. 【译文】这项法律为意大利政府忠实地奉行。

9) There are indications that the weather is changing. 【译文】有迹象表明天气正发生变化。

10) The police car was going so fast, it must have been chasing someone. 【译文】警车跑得这么快，一定是在追什么人。

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3. 1) A. acquisition B. requisition 2) A. inhibited B. inhabit 3) A. striving B. strides C. stripes

4. Exercise: Phrases with “Hand”

Directions: Fill in each of the following blanks with an appropriate phrase from the list.

1) in hand at hand by hand hand in hand down hand over

A. They would catch the robbers and hand them over to the police. 他们愿意抓获强盗并移交给警方。

B. The art of story-telling is handed down from mother to daughter. 讲故事的艺术从母亲传给女儿。

C. We have to make the corrections by hand since the computer can’t do them.

我们不得不用手工修正，因为计算机干不了。 D. Your composition should be handed in by Friday. 你的作文要在星期五之前交上来。

E. I thought I had my destiny in hand, but then fate played a trick on me. 我以为我把命运掌握在手中，可是随后命运就捉弄了我。

F. Remember to keep a first-aid kit (急救箱) close at hand all the time. 记得把急救包随时放在手边。

2) run around run into run over run out run off run through

A. I run through the list, but none of the machines interested me. 我匆匆看了一遍目录，但没有哪种机器让我感兴趣。 B. I'm afraid we’ve just run over the rabbit. 恐怕我们刚从兔子身上轧过。

C. The government’s plans have run into strong opposition from civil rights groups.

政府的计划遭到民权组织的强烈反对。

D. We could run off together, but neither of us wants to live the rest of our life abroad. 我们能一起跑出去，但我们都不想在国外渡过余生。

E. We knew we might run out of money before the end of the holiday.

我们知道我们可能在假期结束之前用光我们的钱。

F. No one noticed we had been running around emptying bins and cleaning up. 没有人注意到我们一直在忙着倒垃圾箱，打扫卫生。

新编大学英语第二版第五册第三课练习答案

Vocabulary

1. Match the verbs A B 1) pursue 6) opponents 2) adopt 2) a new management system 3) reduce 1) opportunities 4) fulfill 8) profits 5) retain 4) social needs

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6) excel 5) independence 7) consume 3) costs 8) earn 7) resources

2. Complete each of the following sentences

Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with the appropriate form of a word in the box. Add a preposition where necessary.

vital impact substitute adapt excel conflict

1) The resignation of the president has made a significant impact on government policy. 翻译：总统的辞职对政府的政策造成了显著的影响。 2) Can you adapt your way of thinking to the new life-style? 翻译：你能让你的思维方式适应新的生活方式吗？

3) Andrew and Rebecca are in conflict over who should be responsible for the accident. 翻译：安德鲁和丽贝卡在谁应该对事故负责上存在分歧。

4) If you cannot go yourself, please find someone to substitute for you. 翻译：如果你自己不能去，请你找人代你去。

5) I’ve never excelled in/at diving, although I’ve always been a good swimmer. 翻译：我从来不擅长潜水，尽管我一直是一个不错的游泳者。

6) The director’s final decision is vital to the future development of this company. 翻译：主管的最终决定对这个公司的未来发展是至关重要的。

3. Fill in each of the following blanks

Directions: Work in pairs to fill in each of the following blanks with an appropriate word from the box. Change the form if necessary. separate instead share try turn make little else need no confuse since own solve have much

Around five years ago, I received a stack of letters from a class of elementary school students, asking me to do what I could to stop harming the rain forest. The letters 1) confused me at first. We are an electronics company. We 2) have no timber holdings. We make 3) no forest products. We use very 4) little paper or wood. What’s the connection?

It 5) turned out that they were talking about another company that 6) shares the Mitsubishi name. We’ve been 7) separate companies for 50 years, 8) since 1946. Not subsidiaries, not divisions. Separate. Everyone thinks they 9) own us, or we own them, or somebody 10) else owns us all.

Long ago, we stopped 11) trying convince people we are separate companies. It’s 12) much easier just to try to do something about the problem 13) instead of worrying about the name confusion. 14) Solving problems and fulfilling 15) needs, after all, is how businesses discover new markets and 16) make new profits. It’s even better if the company isn’t invested in whatever causes the problem—so there’s no trapped capital to lose.

4. 1) confused 2) have 3) no 4) little 5) turned 6) shares 7) separate 8) since 9) own 10) else 11) trying 12) much 13) instead 14) Solving 15) needs 16) make

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Part Three Further Development 1. Enriching Your Word Power 1) B 2) C 3) B 4) B 5) A 6) A 7) A 8) B 9) B 10) B 11) C 12) C 13) C 14) A 15) B

新编大学英语第二版第五册第四课练习答案

Vocabulary

1. Find the odd one out.

Directions: Work in pairs to find the odd one out in each of the following groups of words and state your reasons.

1) tie bond attachment mutuality 1) mutuality

解析：tie 带子, 线, 关系, 领带, 领结, 平局；bond 结合 (物), 黏结(剂), 联结, 公债, 债券, 合同；attachment 附件, 附加装置, 配属；mutuality 相互关系, 相关

2) constitute polish form establish 2) polish

解析：constitute 制定(法律), 建立(政府), 组成, 任命； polish 擦亮, 发亮, 磨光, 推敲；form 形成, 构成, 排列, (使)组成；establish 建立, 设立, 安置, 使定居, 使人民接受, 确定

3) keen sharp acute casual 3) casual

解析：keen 锋利的, 敏锐的, 敏捷的, 热心的, 渴望的；sharp 锐利的, 锋利的, 明显的, 强烈的, 刺耳的, 急剧的, 精明的, 敏捷的；acute 敏锐的, ［医］急性的, 剧烈；casual 偶然的, 不经意的, 临时的

4) gracious considerable courteous polite 4) considerable

解析：gracious 亲切的, 高尚的；considerable 相当大(或多)的, 值得考虑的, 相当可观的；courteous 有礼貌的；谦恭的；殷勤的；polite 有礼貌的, 客气的, 有教养的, 文雅的

5) anticipation expectation presumption awareness 5) awareness

解析：anticipation 预期, 预料；expectation 期待, 预料, 指望, 展望；presumption 假定,推测；awareness 知道, 晓得

6) tentative superficial shallow profound 6) profound

解析：tentative 试探性的，尝试的；暂时的；superficial 表面的，肤浅的，浅薄的；shallow 浅的，浅薄的；profound 深刻的, 意义深远的, 渊博的, 造诣深的

7) intellect temperament nature character

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7) intellect

解析：intellect 力；才智；理解力；temperament 气质；性情；性格；nature 性格；本性；性质；特性；character 个性；特色；（事物的）特性

8) devotion loyalty commitment intensity 8) intensity

解析：devotion 献身；专心；奉献；信仰；loyalty 忠诚，忠实；commitment 承诺；约定；约束；责任；intensity 强烈， 剧烈， 强度， 亮度

9) intensify accentuate enhance distinguish 9) distinguish

解析：intensify 使强烈；加强；accentuate 用重音读；强调；使更明显；enhance 增加；提高；distinguish 区别, 辨别

10) opinion recognition argument comment 10) recognition

解析：opinion 意见；看法；recognition 赞誉, 承认, 重视, 公认, 赏识, 识别；argument 争论, 辩论, 论据, 论点,意见；comment 注释, 评论, 意见

2. Complete each of the following sentences.

Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word given. 1) associate

A. You wouldn’t normally_____________ these two writers—their styles are completely different. B. We are working in _______ with a number of local companies to raise money for the homeless. C. He is an __________professor in our university. A. associate 【译文】正常情况下你不会把这两个作者联系在一起——他们的风格完全不同。 B. association【译文】我们和当地的几家公司共同为无家可归者筹钱。 C. associate 【译文】他是我们大学的一个助理教授。

2) appreciate

A. She can’t fully _______________ foreign literature in translation. B. Her husband shows little _______________ of good music. C. It’s nice to have an _______________ audience.

A. appreciate 【译文】她无法充分地欣赏翻译的外国文学作品。 B. appreciation 【译文】她丈夫很少对好的音乐表示欣赏。 C. appreciative 【译文】有一个有欣赏力的观众真好。

3) commit

A. Lots of women complain that the problem with men is that they won’t _______________ themselves to a relationship.

B. We’re looking for someone with a real sense of _______________ to the job.

C. She is respected by her colleagues and regarded as a ______________ teacher by her students. A. commit 【译文】很多妇女抱怨男人不愿受彼此关系的约束。 B. commitment 【译文】我们要找一个真正对这项工作负责的人。

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C. committed 【译文】她为她的同事所尊重，被她的学生视为一个负责的老师。

4) particular

A. Linda is _______________ about what she eats.

B. We are _______________ interested to hear from people who speak two or more languages. C. European friendship is usually more _______________ than American friendship. A. particular 【译文】琳达很挑食。

B. particularly 【译文】我们对收到讲两种或多种语言的人的信特别感兴趣。 C. particularized【译文】欧洲人对于友谊通常比美国人分得更具体。

5) intensify

A. Failure only _______________ Robert’s desire to succeed in the new project. B. Jack acquired an _______________ desire to stay with Fred to see his mission out. C. The _______________ of feeling against the new tax law was apparent. A. intensifies 【译文】失败只能增加罗伯特对新工程成功的渴望。 B. intense 【译文】杰克强烈地渴望和弗莱德留在一起直到任务完成。 C. intensity 【译文】反对新税法的情绪的强烈是显而易见的。

6) mutual

A. Despite differences in background and outlook, their friendship was based on ___________ respect, trust and understanding.

B. This would be a _______________ beneficial project.

A. mutual 【译文】尽管在背景和见解上存在不同，但他们的友谊是建立在彼此的尊敬、信任和理解的基础上的。

B. mutually 【译文】这会是一个彼此有利的项目。

7) relate

A. Experts believe that the large number of cancer cases in the area can be directly _______________ to the new nuclear power station.

B. She will get a _______________ to look after the children when she is away.

C. The country has decided to restore full diplomatic _______________ with the United States. D. We had been together for two years, but both of us felt that the _______________ wasn’t really going anywhere.

A. related 【译文】专家相信这一地区大量的癌症病例可能与新的核电站直接相关。 B. relative 【译文】当她离开的时候她会找一个亲戚照看孩子。 C. relations 【译文】这个国家决定和美国恢复正式的外交关系。

D. relationship 【译文】我们在一起已经两年了，但我们都感到彼此的关系没有什么进展。

8) politics

A. He was very interested in ____________ activities at university and went into_________ after graduation.

B. _______________ need a good knowledge of history.

C. The party launched a large scale program to educate and organize the masses _____________. A. political, politics 【译文】他在大学里对政治活动非常感兴趣，毕业后就从政了。

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B. Politicians 【译文】政治家需要有良好的历史知识。

C. politically 【译文】这个党开展了大规模的活动在政治上教育和组织民众。

9) judge

A. I’m sorry I _______________ your motives.

B. _______________ from previous experience, he will be late. C. Their friendship came to an end as a result of _______________. A. misjudged 【译文】我很抱歉误会了你的动机。

B. Judging 【译文】从以前的经验来判断，他会迟到的。 C. misjudgment【译文】他们的友谊因一次误会而走向终结。

10) exact

A. This is really an _______________ piece of work. B. That’s _______________ what they told her to do.

C. The professor chose to express himself delicately and with great _______________ . A. exacting 【译文】这真是一件要求严格的工作。 B. exactly 【译文】那正是他们告诉她去做的。

C. exactness 【译文】教授决定谨慎而又非常精确地表达自己的看法。

3. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase from the box. Change the form if necessary.

casual critical interval constitute mission sparkle superficial temperament vacation (v.) assume polish leave off draw out draw upon primarily strike up

1) Despite their superficial similarities, the two novels are in fact very different. 【译文】尽管它们表面上类似，这两部小说实际上是很不相同的。 2) The party was casual, so we all wore shorts and T-shirts. 【译文】聚会很随便，所以我们都穿着短裤和T恤。 3) Nuclear weapons constitute a real threat to world peace. 【译文】核武器对世界和平构成真正的威胁。

4) Do you remember the time when we were vacationing in Hawaii? 【译文】你还记得我们在夏威夷度假的那段时光吗？ 5) This was a critical moment in her career. 【译文】这是她的职业生涯的关键时刻。

6) The interval between these two dates is about three months. 【译文】两次约会的时间间隔大约是三个月。 7) John’s got an excitable temperament. 【译文】约翰有一个容易激动的脾气。

8) He is planning to go to evening classes to polish his English. 【译文】他打算上夜校提高自己的英语。

9) Frank is quite different at parties—witty, outgoing, he really sparkles.

【译文】弗兰克在派对上相当不一样——诙谐、外向，他真的活力四射。 10) They sent him on a mission there at the end of the war.

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【译文】在战争结束的时候，他们派他到那儿去执行一项任务。

11) There was a short round of applause when the chairman finished his speech. Then a band struck up the national anthem.

【译文】当主席结束他的讲话的时候响起了一阵短时间掌声。接着乐队奏起了国歌。 12) The new responsibilities draw out/ draw upon his potential talents. 【译文】新的责任激发了他的潜能。

13) We drew upon her experience throughout the project. 【译文】我们在整个项目中利用了她的经验。

14) He sat down at the piano again and started playing from where he had left off. 【译文】他又坐在钢琴旁从他停下来的地方开始演奏。

15) This research is concerned primarily with prevention of the disease. 【译文】 这项研究主要和预防这一疾病有关。

16) In his dreams, the mountains assumed enormous importance. 【译文】 在他的梦里，山脉显得极为重要。

Part Three Further Development 1. Enriching Your Word Power 1) C 2) B 3) B 4) C 5) A 6) B 7) C 8) A 9) C 10) B 11) A 12) C

新编大学英语第二版第五册第五课练习答案

Vocabulary

1. Directions: Match each word in Column A with its synonym in Column B. Column A Column B extroverted conflicting rage depression competing biased mythical variable gloom thought preserve fury prejudiced disprove alternative fictitious changeable option reveal maintain reflection outgoing explode show

2.Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word

Directions: Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word from the box. Change the form if necessary.

restraint preserve undertake illusion exceed intimate indulge pursuit capacity deprive ground (v.) optimistic

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1) I discussed with my intimate friends whether I would further my studies after graduation. 【译文】我和我的好朋友探讨毕业后是否要深造。

2) The book describes a young man whose relentless (坚持不懈的) pursuit of excellence is conducted with single-minded determination.

【译文】 该书描述了一个一心一意追求卓越的年轻人。

3) Paul had been wondering what research he should undertake in order to get his doctorate (博士学位).

【译文】 保罗在想为了拿到博士学位，他应当做哪方面的研究。 4) They have been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes. 【译文】 他们用于家庭取暖的燃料被拿走了。

5) If you use the method with great care and restraint, you will always be able to get the same results.

【译文】如果你能小心翼翼地、有限制地使用这种方法，你总能得到同样的结果。 6) Our capacity for giving care, love and attention is limited. 【译文】我们给予关心、爱和注意的能力是有限的。

7) The president says he is optimistic that an agreement can be worked out soon. 【译文】总统说他对达成协议持乐观态度。

8) The representatives of the citizens suggested preserving the character of the town even if the facilities are improved.

【译文】民众的代表建议即使改善城镇的设施，也应当保留 城镇的特色。 9) In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only a(n) illusion. 【译文】在烈日下，路面看起来有点潮湿，但那只是幻觉。 10) Their fears are grounded in superstition. 【译文】他们的恐惧植根于迷信。

11) He returned to Britain so that he could indulge his passion for football. 【译文】他回到了英国，又可以重温对足球的热爱。

12) The success of our campaign has exceeded our wildest expectations. 【译文】我们的活动的成功超出了我们最大的期望。

3. 1) B 2) A 3) C 4) C 5) A 6) B 7) A 8) C 9) B 10) A

4.Choose an appropriate word to complete the following sentences Directions: The prefix “out-” is used in the following ways:

a. with verbs and nouns, forming transitive verbs, meaning: to a greater extent; surpassing b. with nouns, meaning: outside; beyond

c. with verbs, forming nouns, adjectives and adverbs

Choose an appropriate word from the box to complete each of the following sentences. Change the form if necessary.

outlet outweigh outnumber outlook outgrow outspoken outgoing outbreak outcome outstanding output outset

1) She outgrew her clothes so rapidly that her mother was always having to buy new ones. 【译文】她长得很快，衣服总是小。所以她妈妈就总得给她买新衣服。 2) David is a(n) outstanding athlete and deserves to win. 【译文】戴维是一个出色的运动员，应当取得成功。

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3) From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend. 【译文】从一开始，他就信任我——他的一个老朋友的儿子。

4) The employment outlook for the next year is based in part on contracts signed this year. 【译文】明年的就业前景部分地取决于今年签订的合同。

5) She has a lot of friends because she’s got a warm, outgoing personality. 【译文】她有许多朋友，因为她为人热情、开朗。

6) Government statistics show the largest drop in industrial output for ten years. 【译文】政府的统计数字显示工业总产量出现了十年来最大的跌幅。 7) In the end, ten votes determined the outcome of the election. 【译文】最后，十张选票决定了选举的结果。

8) Some leaders have been outspoken in their support for political reform in the country. 【译文】一些领导人明确表示了他们支持在这一地区实行政治改革。

9) The benefit of the project to humans or animals must be shown to outweigh the cost in terms of the suffering of experimental animals.

【译文】必须要让人们看到该项目对人和动物的益处胜过实验的动物遭受的痛苦。 10) He left the country three days before the outbreak of the war. 【译文】战争爆发前三天，他离开了那个国家。

11) Her work provided no outlet for her energies and talents. 【译文】她的工作无法为她提供施展才华和精力的途径。

12) The depressing bottom line (结果) for the economy is that window shoppers outnumber actual shoppers.

【译文】经济不景气的结果是逛的人远多于购物的人。

1. Choose an appropriate word to complete each of the following sentences

Directions: The prefixes “en-” and “em-” can be used before a noun or an adjective to form a verb, meaning “cause to be, provide with, or put into or onto”. Add “en-” or “em-” to the following words. Decide what the new words mean and then choose an appropriate word to complete each of the following sentences. Each word can be used only once. Change the form if necessary. power-empower body-embody able-enable title-entitle rich-enrich force-enforce courage-encourage large-enlarge

1) To me, she embodies all the best qualities of a teacher. 【译文】在我看来，她身上体现了老师的最好的品质。

2) Computerization (计算机化) should enable us to cut production costs by half. 【译文】计算机化能让我们降低一半的生产成本。

3) The course is designed to encourage students to broaden their historical interests and to deepen their insights.

【译文】该课程的目的是激发

4) His latest novel, entitled The Runaway Jury, will be out this week. 【译文】他最新的一部小说——《逃逸的陪审团》，本周出版。

5) His assistant will be empowered to act on his behalf in less important matters. 【译文】他的助手将被授权在一些次要的问题上代表他做决定。 6) The company is looking for new ways of enlarging its market. 【译文】公司正在探求新的方法来扩大市场。

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7) It isn’t always easy for the police to enforce speed limits. 【译文】警察实施时速限制并不总是一件容易的事。

8) American culture has been enriched by immigrants from many other countries. 【译文】外来移民大大丰富了美国文化。

新编大学英语第二版第五册第六课练习答案

Vocabulary

1. Decide the appropriate prefix or suffix

Directions: Work in pairs to study each of the following groups of words and decide which prefix or suffix can go with all the words in the group. Each prefix or suffix can be used only once. in- im- en- over- non- -y -sive -ment -able -ed 1) en- rage list act roll

2) in- competence justice convenience dependence 3) -y trash need gloom fault

4) -ment assess amuse astonish accomplish 5) im- modest moral patient mature 6) over- work do load flow 7) non- sense fiction stop violence 8) -able forgive accept desire notice 9) -sive express offend impress exclude 10) -ed addict restrain concern commit

2. Choose an appropriate explanation STEP ONE

Work in pairs to choose an appropriate explanation from Column B for each of the words in Column A. Column A Column B brag a. in the end

offensive b. say or declare in a proud way triumph c. highly irritating or annoying fierce d. physically and mentally dependent on addicted e. tell or describe concern f. worry or anxiety restraint g. cause to feel determined or willing to do something eventually h. outstanding success or achievement motivate i. calm, controlled and unemotional behavior relate j. very intense, great and strong Key: b, c, h, j, d, f, i, a, g, e

STEP TWO

Now complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word from Column A. Change

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the form if necessary.

1) He didn’t talk about his top exam results in case people thought he was bragging. 2) Witnesses to the same crime related the events completely differently.

3) There is fierce competition to join the Special Branch, which investigates terrorist and political crimes.

4) It is said that at the start of the broadcast the interview contained language that some viewers might find offensive. 5) He insists there is no cause for the growing public concern for the nation’s poor economic performance.

6) Eventually he realized he was in the wrong and had to eat his words. 7) The director, with characteristic modesty, does not see the film as a personal triumph. 8) I know that if I start watching a soap opera I immediately become hopelessly addicted. 9) He was angry but managed, with great restraint, to reply calmly.

10) More than half of those interviewed said that their bosses were unable to motivate them or solve their problems.

3. Filling the blanks with an appropriate word

Directions: Complete each of the following sentences by choosing an appropriate word from the box. Change the form if necessary. Each word can be used only once.

scholarly angle (n.) expert entitle admiration outshine allowance gross overwhelming blaze proclaim detain immune confess 1) This dictionary was compiled by a group of scholarly people.

2) Parents usually want their child to outshine his or her fellow pupils. 3) The bait contained a kind of poison, which rats in this area are mostly immune to. 4) A new device is used to detect the movement of any animal within an angle of 110 degrees at up to 10 meters.

5) This article is very touching and I have great admiration for the author. 6) Their educational qualifications entitled / entitles them to a higher salary.

7) We were forced to use special powers to detain him when it became clear that he was out of control.

8) Your managers reported that the reforms in the company are an overwhelming success. 9) The ringing bells proclaimed the news of the birth of the prince. 10) To my delight, the rooms were all heated by blazing log fires.

11) I confess that I have not completely realized what this means to me. 12) Most people who travel in the course of their work are given traveling allowances.

13) Now Ms. Olsen is satisfied and will continue with her job without being subjected to gross insult.

14) Dr. Tai, an expert in herbal treatments (草药治疗), has supplemented the medical store by harvesting local plants.

Part Three Further Development 1. Enriching Your Word Power 1) C 2) B 3) A 4) C 5) B 6) A 7) A 8) B 9) B 10) A 11) B 12) C 13) B 14) B

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