gas, gasoline petrol theater theatre
mail post defense defence
railroad railway plow plough
pants trousers program programme
subwaytube,underground practice (v.) practise
corn maize characterize characterise
store shop tire tyre(on a car)
Comprehensive exercises
I. Cloze 1.
1. insane 2. current 3. candid 4. capable 5. was taken aback
6. in good condition 7.constitution 8. go all to pieces 9. gone broke
10. vacancy 11. mild 12. deceptive 2.
1. suspected 2. pleading 3. confirmed 4. stunned 5. lucrative
6. jewellery 7. wealthy 8. urge 9. spell 10. arrested
II. Translation 1.
1) Ihave an instinct that Henry will seek to join the expedition, because he issomething of an
adventurer.
2) Heis capable of sticking to the task at hand, even if he is exposed to noises.
3) Thetrademark was registered in accordance with the laws hitherto in force.
4) Oddlyenough, many people volunteered to help organize the meeting, but only a fewturned up.
5) Theteacher’s affectionate words, along with his candid comments, changed the wayMike perceived the society and himself. 2.
For my own part, I find that appearancesare all too often deceptive. For instance, you might be wrong if you judged byappearances only people like Edward Hyde Burton. In appearance, he seemed a manall of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes,gentle and candid. Nevertheless, he turned out to be very cruel. He insultedand fooled Lenny who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insaneventure. What was still more surprising was that he was completely indifferentto Lenny’s death. Without doubt, Burtonwas a man with a heart of stone.
Unit6
Vocabulary 1
1) appliances 2) comparative 3)multiply 4) distribution
5) prosperity 6) decorate 7) famine 8) large quantities of/ a large quantityof
9) streamline 10) fax 11) pointed theway to 12) bewildered
Vocabulary 2
1) eat into 2)cling to
3) stand out/ stood out 4) wears away
5) set about 6) switch off
7) will be turned loose 8) poured in
Vocabulary 3
1) isforecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent.
2) toenter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were drivenout by the heat and flames.
3) wasurged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get moreinvolved with issues of market demand.
4) canreally eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900 and dresses at ￡2,000.
5) hastoiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in orderto keep her body in shape.
Vocabulary 4
1) reactionto; discontent; provoked
2) convention;evading tax; the confines of
3) aburden; are always on the go/ seem forever on the go; to cope
II. Confusable Words
1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress; stress 4) tension
2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable 4) honorary 5) honorable 6) Honorary
III. Usage
1) Dealingwith the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may ask, tospend large sums of money to save some species – be it an elephant or an orchid– in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below thepoverty line?
2) Thisnew technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to bequickly screened --- at airports, train stations, bus terminals or bordercrossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people willlearn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings bycontrolling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves.
3) Witha high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financialdifficulties, you would say that money is a big factor in making a goodmarriage. But, believe it or not, it isn’t money that ensures you a happymarriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.
4) Notall the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violenceare just a click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and otherdestructive devices.
Cloze (Text-related)
1) switch off 2) obliged 3) on the go 4) cope
5) shortage 6)large quantity of 7) pouring in 8) by nature
9) fraction 10)futile
Cloze (Theme-related)
1) advantage 2) wisely 3) faithfully
4) waking 5)includes 6) schedule
7) sticking 8)priorities 9) set
10) respect
Translation
1) Theyare exploring the new frontiers of medical science in an attempt to findremedies for incurable diseases/ cures for diseases that are beyond remedy sofar.
2) Herunique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to cramknowledge into my head.
3) Theregular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps us up with the changesof weather wherever we go on a trip.
4) Theappalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of thebuilding.
5) Inthe modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and allkinds of distractions are eating into our precious time.
Today we are under constant pressure towork longer hours, to produce more, and to possess more. Lots of people holdthe wrong perception that happiness lies in working hard and earning well/ goodmoney.
Many women today feel the same stress towork and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring andshoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities.
Research shows that workaholism tends todistance us from our immediate families. It forces us to toil longer and longerhours, leaving a minute fraction of our time to be physically and emotionallyavailable to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die inthe process.