Vocabulary work
一
1． Blessing
2． Borders
3． Childish
4． Desperation
5． Mercy
6． Signature
7． Steadily
8． Stand out
9． Came over
10． Broke his heart
11． Pay back
12． Flung
13． Consent
14． Hold your tongue
二
1. Held his tongue
2. Blessing to
3. Flung
4. Forgive
5. Thankful
6. Pay you back
7. Did me a bad turn
8. Border
9. Mercy
10. With the consent
三
1. For God’s sake, tell me how you feel about the whole arrangement.
2. Our military forces are fully prepared for the execution of the order of the military commission.
3. They have so far collected more than 5,000 signatures for the petition against the new land development.
4. His condition has gone steadily worse since he was defeated in the presidential election.
5. A feeling of faintness suddenly came over me, so that I had to lie down.
6. It will break your mother’s heart when she finds out that you’re cheated on exams and had been dismissed from school.
7. As an extremely accomplished violinist, he stood out from all the other amateur musicians.
8. His recommending you to the personnel manager did you a good turn.
四
1. Somebody says that the best response to unfair criticisms is to forgive and forget.
2. For God’s sake, why didn’t you call me?
3. I kicked the door open with desperation, and found him lying in the bed unconsciously.
4. The mechanician flung the tools with anger, never to continue.
5. Mark was so childish that he left the meeting just because some representatives contested his ideas.
6. She was thankful that she kept her job when most of her co-workers were laid off.
7. Courage, selflessness and strength of will stand out all over the Gadfly.
8. If you build an extension to your house without the consent of the local planning authorities, you will be ordered to demolish/pull down what you have built.
五
1. Took off
2. Take to
3. Took on
4. Taken on
5. Took for
6. Takes after
7. Took down
8. Taken in
9. Took over
10. Taken up
11. Take in
12. Take up
13. Paying for
14. Paid off
15. Pay back
16. Pay up, paid up
17. Paid off.
Cloze
1. Up
2. Drew
3. Belong
4. Out
5. Like
6. Away
7. Presence
8. After
9. Bewildered
10. His
11. In
12. Over
13. On
14. Voice
15. Contracted
16. On
17. Must
18. Arrested
19. True
20. Still
21. With
22. To
23. Out
24. With
25. Seized
26. Fault
27. Instant
28. Struck
29. Over
30. But
31. Round
32. alone
Error Correction
1. obvious 前加of
2. Furthermore-However
3. To-on
4. Look-see
5. None-all
6. Other-another
7. Violate-violating
8. Fiction前加in
9. Involving-involved
10. Are-were
