Exercises 10
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where
necessary.
integrity component conscience inevitable genuine yield convenience appoint assure ensure demonstrate clarify tempt preserve scarce
1. As a family, we want to __________. Or keep alive, the Chinese traditions though
we are now living in America.
2. Feeling that the directions for the exercise were difficult go understand, the
students asked the teacher to __________ them by explaining them further. 3. After __________ how to do it, the chemical experts told the graduates to begin
the experiment.
4. Cheap, clean hotel rooms are __________ in this city, especially in the summer
when we have a lot of foreign visitors.
5. The man, who had been __________ that the plane would be on time, sighed with
relief.
6. The general manager’s letter, which gave him credit, __________ his promotion. 7. Though he walked free from court, his __________ kept bothering him for the
wrongdoing he had done.
8. She is a woman of __________ who has never given up her principles for the sake
of making money.
9. The clubs were created to help girls not __________ to pressure and teach them
how to better defend themselves.
10. This is the first time that a woman has been __________ to the post. IV. Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition or adverb.
1. Some of her fans were regretful that she had sold out __________ mainstream
pop music.
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2. I soon found that someone else had already done the work I was doing,
__________ other words, I was wasting my time.
3. The university consists __________ 16 schools with a total number of over
25,000 students.
4. But what he stood __________ was good and plain: clean modern houses with all
kinds of conveniences.
5. He came to realize that he had nobody to rely __________ but himself.
6. A great deal will be demanded __________ him as he is the director of the
organization.
7. Form the activities they are engaged __________ , we can see they are not so
honest.
8. Recent economic performance in South Asia suggests that a major crisis is
__________ hand.
9. We love peace, yet we are not the kind of people to yield __________ any military
threat.
10. I’d just like to move to a neighborhood where I wouldn’t have to see all the
problems I’m confronted __________ every day.
VI. Combine the following sentences by using “where” to introduce an
adverbial clause. Model:
I choose to walk there. There every step will show. Where I choose to walk every step will show. 1. I live there. There are plenty of sheep there.
___________________________________________________________
2. Your coat is there. You left your coat there.
___________________________________________________________
3. You will go there. I will go there too.
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___________________________________________________________
4. Conscience remains there. Integrity stays there too.
___________________________________________________________
5. He appears there. Laughter can be heard there too.
___________________________________________________________
VII. Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese into English,
using “what” to introduce a noun clause. Model:
A good test for this value is to apply __________(我所说的“正直三角原则”)。 A good test for this value is too apply what I call the “Integrity Triangle”. 1. __________________________(我说什么做什么) is /are none of your business. 2. The Olympic Games upholds the ideal that_______________________________ （重在参与 ，不在输赢）。
3. This is __________________________________________ (我们学生应该牢记
于心的)。
4. They don’t realize _______________________________________________ (创建和经营一家公司需要什么)。
5. We must not put off till tomorrow___________________________________ 应该今天做的事。
VIII. Translate the following sentences into English.
1.我把这张照片放在每天都可以看到的地方，因为它能让我想起上大学的日子。 (Use “where” to introduce an adverbial clause)
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2. 在一些国家，所谓的“平等并不真正意味着所有人拥有平等的权利。 (Use “what” to introduce a noun clause)
____________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________________ 3.他习惯在手边放本词典，以便偶到生词时查找其意义。(at hand)
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 4.面对个人压力时，你应该坚信自己将达到最终目标。(confront with, stand for) ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 5.换言之，要保持自我，面对现实，不可贪财图利。(sell out to)
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 6.我不喜欢那些总是依赖外在因素使自己感觉良好的人。 (rely on)
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ XI. Have a look at the following paragraphs and fill out the chart below to see
how the part is organized. Paras. 4-8
Stand firmly for you convictions when confronted with personal pressure. There’s a story told about a surgical nurse’s assistance during her first day on the medical team at a well-known hospital. She was responsible for ensuring that all surgical instruments and materials were accounted for during an operation. The nurse said to the surgeon, “You’ve only removed 11 sponges, and we used 12. We need to find the last one.”
“I removed them all,” the surgeon assured her. “We’ll close now.” “You can’t do that, sir,” protested the nurse. “Think of the patient.”
Smiling, the surgeon lifted his foot and showed the nurse the twelfth sponge. “You’ll do just fine in this or any other hospital,” he assured her. When you know you’re right, you can’t concede.
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The principle:
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ An example to support the principle:
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