暨南大学网络教育-暨南大学网络教育
U2
Text
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A Life Full of Riches
I. Vocabulary
1. Fill in the gaps with words or
phrases…
1) abrupt
2) emotional
3) bless
4) wear and tear
5) dated
6) consequences
7) seemingly
8) in contrast to
9) Curiosity 10) genuine
11) primarily
12) sentiments
2.
Rewrite each sentence…
1)
confronted with more than one problem, try to solve the easiest one first
2)
vital to the existence of all forms of life
3)
some confusion among the students about what to do after class to follow up on the subject
4)
nothing more than a job and an apartment to be happy
5)
tickled him to think that she’d come to ask his advice
3. Complete the sentences
1) a lingering, fabricating, sentiments
2) fill out, every item, vital,
consequences
3) be denied, tangible,
cherish, attain
II. Words
with Multiple Meanings
1. It is a long
trip and will take us five hours by bus.
2. She arrived early and took a front
row seat.
3.
Don’t take me for a fool.
4. It takes a lot of
imagination to fabricate such a story.
5. My uncle will take me (alone on his
trip) to the Arctic this summer.
6. He
took the dinner plate I passed to him.
7. Kevin took second prize in the
weight-lifting competition.
8. If you
don’t take my advice, you will regret it.
III. Usage
1.
hanging
2. to give
3. to return
4. being praised
5. not having
6. to say
7. to open
8. being helped
Comprehensive
Exercises
I. Cloze
1.
Text-related
1) well-
off/affluent
2) dated
3) falling into
4) bracket 5) deny
6) tangible
7) pursuit
8) cherishes
9) out of place
10) abrupt
11) focus
12) donations