4) Do trust me. You can rely on me to keep your secret.
5) If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint , how would you react then?
6) She is such an extraordinary girl that she always stands out in a crowd.
7) Obviously, this foolish idea runs contrary to common sense(常识).
8) I was very tired and had to flag down a taxi in order to get home early.
9) The mother picks/picked up her children from the kindergarten at 5:00 p.m. every day.
10) The publishers took a gamble on an unknown author, and the books have sold well.
11) The driver waved to us as he pulled away .
12) The driver pulled over to the side of the road to see what was wrong with his truck.
Increasing Your Word Power
1 Collocations
Look at the adverbs listed in the box below, and decide which adverb is needed to collocate with the verb in each sentence. Fill the correct adverb into the blank in the sentence. The same word may be used in more than one sentence. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
1) No need to thank me — I was just glad to help out a friend.
2) Yesterday a drunken man was run over and killed by a bus.
3) When I look back on my college days, I can‘t believe the crazy things we did as students.
4) He looks down on his colleagues because he has a PhD degree but they don‘t have.
5) A policeman was standing by the side of the road, signaling to me to pull over .
6) Peter didn‘t have anywhere to stay so Sarah put him up for a few days.
7) Don‘t worry. Everything will turn out well.
8) You promised you would do it. Why did you go back on your word?
9) Their business was losing money so they had to close down .