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Vocabulary
Exercises
etheunderlinedwordswithappropriatewordsorexp ressions.
(1)He
resides
lives
in an e1egant
mansion.
(2)After
breakfast,they commenced
started
to do their homework.
(3)The film show terminated
ended
at 5p.m.
(4)At last they extinguished
put out
the
forest conflagration.
(5)The
little gir1 remarked
said
that she didn't like candy.
(6)Jack endeavored
tried
to convince his younger sister but
failed.
(7)We will give you
a discount of 3 percent if the
money
is
made with in15 days of
delivery.
(8)Hi,Rose!
Hi,Jack! How about coming to my home
tomorrow?
You are welcome.
the appropriate to fill the
blanks.
(Going, Tramping)
Tramping
through the woods
one (
time, afternoon)
afternoon
in
the
spring of last year, I found a
(young,
baby)
baby
owl in a pile of
(foliage,
leaves)
l
eaves
at the
foot of a (beech, tree)
beech
. (Small,
Palm sized)
Palm
sized
covered with
(grayish-white, light
gray)
grayish-white
fluff,
he
(looked,
stared)
stared
up at me with dark,
shining eyes. Overhead, I could see the (place,
hole)
hole
from
which he had (come, fallen)
fallen
, a (distance,
drop)
drop
of 30 feet which
should have
(killed
him,
broken
his
neck)
broken
his
neck
. But the
little bird was apparently (in
good
condition,
alive
and
kicking)
alive
and
kicking
,
(moving,
fluttering)
fluttering
his
wings and hissing.
3. In each sentence, choose the more
precise of the two in italics.
(1)
A few listeners
were
uninterested
disinterested/uninterested
and dozed off.
(2)
The
audience stood
up
respectfully
respectingly/respectfully when the hero
appeared on the platform.
(3)
One of the objectives of
the campaign is to advise people not to use
unclean
foul/unclean language.
(4)
Though she has grown up, her behavior
is often
childish
childlike/childish.
(5)
I am quite
envious
jealous/envious of
your opportunity
to
study
at
such
a
famous
university.
(6)
I am sorry
to
decline
refuse/decline your
invitation.
(7)
He was
stunned
surprised/stunned to
find that his little sister had become a
pretty,
slim
slim/skinny young woman
(8)
My uncle became
stout
fat/stout as he grew older
(9)
This servile man was
especially
humble
modest/humble when he
was
talking
to his superiors.
(10)
The enemy troops
were driven
back
when they
attempted
attempted/tried to
1
cross the border.
(11)
Her clothes, though made of'
inexpensive
cheap/inexpensive
material, are quite elegant.
(12)
They all felt
sympathy
sympathy/pity for
the victims of the disaster and made
donations.
(13)
Empress Dowager Cixi was
notorious
famous/notorious
for her cruelty.
(14)
Is
that
elderly
old/elderly
lady
woman/lady sitting on the bench your mother?
(15)
This
homely
homely/ugly old man is a well-
known musician
(16)
She
is
tall
and
slender
slender /skinny, so
she
has
been
chosen
by
the
fashion company to be a model.
(17)
He
insist
on
persist in/insist on going with
us
on
the
difficult
trip
although
we all tried to persuade him to stay
back.
(18)
I don’t think
it’s wise of him to
reject
refuse/reject such a good suggestion.
(19)
Shanghai is
farther
further/farther from Kunming
than it is from Chongqing.
(20)
In the late 19th century, tens of
thousands of people
immigrated
emigrated/
immigrated from
Eastern Europe to the United States.
2.
The following sentences
are of jargons or slang, or are redundant. Please
improve them
to make them clear and
easy to understand.
(1)
Her
answer was short but
get the
point
on the end.
(2)
Silence reigned supreme when their
father gave them a
ideas
.
(3)
The president gave
a
wonderful
speech.
(4)
My
brother is
extraordinary
intelligent.
(5)
By two months of
the
developmental median,
the child will
smile at his maternal
parent’s
face.
3.
Fill in the blanks with
the right word.
(1)
A
popular sport in Hawaii is
boarding.
a. serf
b. surf
(2)
A rank lower than general is
.
a.
colonel
b. kernel
(3)
A row boat needs at more
than one
.
a. oar
b. ore
c. or
(4)
A samurai’s most valued
possession
was his
.
a. soared
b. sword
(5)
A show dog is a thorough
.
a.
bread
b. bred
(6)
A snowy owl upon mice, rabbits and
other small
animals.
a.
praise
b. prays
c. preys
(7)
A son is a child.
a. mail
b. male
(8)
A wheel is someone who
fixes or makes
wheels.
a.
right
b. rite
c.
wright
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