Exercises 7
III. Spell the following words with the help their definitions and the first letters. 1.i__________ v. recognize someone or something and be able to say who or what
they are
2.a__________v. fasten or join one thing to another
3.i__________ n. the ability to act or behave in a certain way without having to
learn it or think about it
4.p__________v. make something smooth, bright, and shiny by rubbing it 5.u__________a. not usual
6.o__________v. make someone angry or hurt the feelings of someone; do wrong 7.d__________n. a single part, fact, or piece of information about something 8.s__________ a. small; not important; of thin build
9.f__________ n. a basic idea, law, situation, etc. something develops from 10.r __________ v. steal money or property from a person or place
IV. Complete the following sentences with the words used in Exercise III.
Change the form where necessary.
1. When I saw the job advertised in the paper, I wrote to the company to ask for the
__________of it.
2. Police are looking for a man who __________and killed the drugstore owner. 3. She looked a bit__________ when you called her middle-aged.
4. She could not sit down to talk, but kept moving around the room
__________doors and furniture although they already sparkled.
5. Some of the victims could hardly __________ the man who robbed them because
they were too frightened to note his face.
6. Doctors say he has made __________ progress since he had the operation. 7. People know that babies cry by __________ when they are hungry.
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8. In Britain, packets of cigarettes come whit a government health warning
__________ to them.
9. They all agree that respect for the law is the very __________ of civilized society. 10. We were beginning to worry. It was __________ for David to be so late. V. Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Change the form where
necessary.
face to face with pull into look through attach to rather than out of control eat away at hold dear have mercy on get to one’s feet no exception emerge from 1. A CD was __________ the front of the magazine to encourage people to buy it. 2. __________ a magazine in the doctor’s waiting room, I found a photograph of my
own daughter’s wedding on Page 41.
3. This is a cause all of us__________ because many people have given up their
lives for it.
4. The train is just __________ the station, so we shall be in time to meet her. 5. He turned the corner and found himself __________ a policeman.
6. His poor performance may be due to lack of motivation __________ to reading
difficulties.
7. The car moved sideways on the ice and went __________, hitting an oncoming
truck head on.
8. Inflation has __________ the value of their assets.
9. Take my word-__________ the player and give him plenty of rest; he is exhausted,
out of breath, and out of strength.
10. The three policemen __________ quickly and threw themselves at the bank
robber with all their strength.
VII. Study the models and rewrite the following sentences with a “have + object
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+ V-ed” structure. Model 1:
I thought is was very peculiar that fried chicken had saved my life. I thought is was very peculiar to have my life saved by fried chicken. Model 2:
My fried’s bike was stolen last week. My fried had his bike stolen last week. 1. Their pay should be increased.
___________________________________________________________ 2. My first book was accepted for publication that year.
___________________________________________________________ 3. George’s papers were taken from him at the police station.
___________________________________________________________ 4. My wallet was stolen while I was on holiday.
___________________________________________________________ 5. The couple are going to ask the store to enlarge their wedding photos. ___________________________________________________________ IX. Translate the following sentences into English.
1.警察放大了失踪女孩的照片，这样他们能容易认出她。( Use “have + object +
V-ed” structure)
_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
2. 我喜欢乘公共车上班，而不是自己驾车。那天上午也不例外。(rather than, no
exception)
_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
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3.这位老人见到自己的孙女走进屋时站了起来，竟意想不到地移动了几步，就
好像他能行走了似的。（get to one’s feet, as if）
_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 4.当时我们的注意力全信中在那幅画上，没有注意到四周有什么异样情况，所
以也不能提供任何额外的细节。（focus on, additional details）
_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 5.这对夫妇把车停在停车场，然后朝电影院走去。（pull into）
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ 6.无论这个问题多么令人讨厌，它都是我们必须正视的问题。(no matter how)
_________________________________________________________
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Exercises 8
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where
necessary.
exemplify reasonable combination existence fling explosion certainty surge source stable process observe creation occupy compose 1. Scientists have recently their attention to natural __________ of energy: the sun,
the sea, the wind, and hot springs.
2. If present directions continue, the world in the years ahead will be more crowded,
more polluted, and I less __________ ecologically(生态上)than the world we live in now.
3. Coal was formed out of dead forests by a long slow __________ of chemical
change.
4. The children will now play some pieces of music that they __________
themselves.
5. The boy is quite interested in __________ the behavior of birds. 6. On their own they work well, but in __________ they’re a disaster.
7. The population __________ in the past two decades accounts for the lack of food
and health care in many parts of the world. 8. The United Nations came into __________ in 1945.
9. I had forgotten all about it because I had been so __________ with other things, 10. The government is considering a job __________ program to help young people
get employed.
IV. Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition or adverb.
1. It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces __________
work behind our actions.
2. This law has been __________ existence since the end of the 1950s.
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