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1) Examine how the words “specialize” and “simplify” are formed. Find outthe meanings of the suffixes “-ize” and “-fy” with the help of a dictionary. |
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specialize: _____________ ＋ _____________
simplify: _____________ ＋ _____________
(Note: In British English, “-ize” is replaced by “-ise”.)
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2) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the
suffix“-ize” and vice versa. Add more words to the list. |
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Examples: computer (n.) ＋ -ize → computerize (v.)
modern (adj.) ＋ -ize → modernize (v.)
capital ________________________
central ________________________
final ________________________
hospital ________________________
ideal ________________________
natural ________________________
social ________________________
________________________ apologize
________________________ civilize
________________________ fertilize
________________________ industrialize
________________________ realize
________________________ specialize
________________________ westernize
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3) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with “-fy(-ify)”. Add more words to the list.
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Example: beauty (n.)＋-fy → beautify (v.)
clarity ________________________
class ________________________
identity ________________________
intense ________________________
just ________________________
note ________________________
pure ________________________
quality ________________________
simple ________________________
unity ________________________
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4) Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets.
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(1) If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, it is time for youto _______________ (施肥) your lawn.
(2) Just enjoy the little things you are doing. When you look back, you will _______________ (意识到) they were the big things.
(3) Walt Disney _______________ (总结) how he made his dreams come true in four Cs: Curiosity, Confidence, Courage and Constancy.
(4) Xiao Wang broke a leg last week and is ________________ (住院治疗).
(5) Some travelers adapt themselves so successfully to foreign customs that they are criticized for having become “______________” (西化) by their less adaptable fellow countrymen.
(6) The plan was ______________ (批评) as too idealistic and impractical.
(7) We dont want to freeze everything the way it is forever; we want to develop and _____________ (现代化).
(8) The waste water is now _______________ (净化) and then used for irrigation(灌溉).
(9) The training course aims to _____________ (使合格) them as teachers of English.
(10) How can you _____________ (说明……有正当理由的) your behaviour?
(11) Mrs. Jones _______________ (认出物品) the purse as hers.
(12) The freshmen will first read some _____________ (简写) stories.
(13) Books can be ______________ (分类) in different ways.
(14) I was really _____________ (害怕的) when I was told that 500 million people would watch my performance. |
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Give words or expressions with similar meanings.
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1) accomplishment 8) fairly
2) to assume 9) to generate
3) attempt 10) to maintain
4) career 11) obvious
5) chance 12) to rear (one's children)
6) disaster 13) to suffice
7) to be employed
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| 3. Pick out idiomatic expressions from the text. |
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Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms.
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to average out (to a certain number) to be exposed to
tobe out to
to be stuck to be true of
to do with,
to have no business doing sth. to put sb. in touch with
to see to sth. /to see to it thatclause to specialize in
1) They said that they would ____________________ no more trees are cutfrom now on.
2) When he first retired, he felt very uncomfortable. He did not know what to _____________________ all his time.
3) If you want to know this, I can ____________________ a real expert.
4) Meals at the hotel ___________________ 20 yuan per day.
5) James protested that others ___________________ saying such things about him.
6) Eric told me that everything in the hospital was firstrate, and sowas it ______________ its doctors and nurses.
7) They were shocked to hear Professor Jin say that a company should not _______________ make profit only.
8) My father was a historian. He __________________ the history of the
Ming Dynasty.
9) There are several ways to get around the difficulties when you _____________ in the middle of a sentence.
10) Some sociologists argue that the everincreasing crime rate is due to thefact that people _________________ too much violence in TV programs.
11) In the first half of the year, Li Fans income __________________ 6,000 yuan per month.
12) They promised to ____________________ the nuclear power station would be safe.
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Tick the nouns/noun phrases that often go with the verbs.
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to acquire: a degree/a habit/a job/an idea/a skill/a taste for foreign
food/fluency in a foreign language/great effort/useful
knowledge/some practice/somesleep/wealth
to maintain: a good relationship with sb./a railway/a plan/a large army/a speed
of 40 miles per hour/control/close contact with sb./ones
English/ones health/order/decision/peace/stable prices/food
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Choose the right word and put it in the proper form.
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1) to say to speak to talk to tell
(1) “I can _____ you how to start, but youll have to work out the answer yourself,” _____ Mr. Baker.
(2) She insisted that parents should try to find out why children sometimes _____ lies.
(3) Would you please stop ______? We cant hear what the speaker is ______.
(4) He ______ a few words about himself and then went on to ______ about the recent development in the SinoRussian relationship.
(5) We learned from what students _______ about him that he ______ four languages.
2) fairly rather
(1) The food was ___________ good, but not as delicious as in the other restaurant.
(2) She speaks _______ fluently, but her pronunciation is ______ poor.
(3) Its ________ hot here in the room. Will you please open the window?
3) sensitive sensible
(1) I didnt mean you. You are too _________.
(2) I think it was a very _________ thing for you to do on such occasions.
(3) It was __________ of them to withdraw their troops from that area.
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Examine the use of “call” in the sentence below. List other possible uses of the word and then make sentences after the models.
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... for that lesson of man's development we call history. (para.9)
(to call sth. sth. else)
Other possible uses of “call”:
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We immediately called his office when we arrived at Kennedy Airport.
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Im sorry to call so late, Professor Lin.
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Why do you pretend to be sick? I call that dishonest.
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Ms. Su often tells us that success in career calls for wit and hard work as well as farsightedness.
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Something urgent happened and I had to call the appointment off.
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As soon as he received the call, Doctor Lei dropped the newspaper and hurried to Mr. Parks home.
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Give the verb pattern of the underlined parts in the sentences below, list other possible verbs and then complete the sentences based on the Chinese givenin the brackets
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Will you be presiding over a family that ...? (para.6)
... except as it succeeds in putting you in touch, ... (para.14)
Verb pattern:
Other possible verbs: |
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1) The town used to ____________ almost entirely ____________ (依靠) tourism for its economic development.
2) The president asked me to ______________ (主持) the meeting on his behalf.
3) I told them that Mr. Shen ______________ (坚持) their giving a straightforward answer.
4) No country has the right to ______________ (干涉) other countries internal affairs.
5) His grandparents ______________ (渴望) his return to his own country.
6) In the last twenty years his research ______________ (集中) a new strain of rice.
7) All this ______________ (同意了的) at our last discussion. I dont see why we need to talk about it again.
8) Alice is still _______________ (犹豫) the choice between the two jobs.
9) They would never ______________ (采取) these means to get rich.
10) There is no use _______________ (埋怨) the situation we are in. We should take action and ______________ (依靠) ourselves to change it for the better.
11) Do you still remember the name of the Chinese who _____________ (成功) swimming across the English Channel?
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9. Put in the missing words.
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If you are like most people, your intelligence (1) ____________ from season to season. You are (2) _____________ a lot sharper in spring than you are at any (3) _____________ time of the year.
Spring appears to be the best (4) _____________ of the year for thinking. One (5) ____________ may be that in spring mans mental (6) ____________ are affected by the same factors that bring (7) _____________ great changes in all nature.
Autumn is the next best season, (8) ____________ winter. As for summer,it seems to be a good time to (9) _____________ a long vacation from thinking! It has been (10) _____________ that cool weather is much more favorable (11) __________ creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not (12) ____________ that all people are (13) ____________ intelligent in summer than they (14) ____________ during the rest of the year. It (15) ______________ mean, however, that the mental powers of large numbers of people (16) ____________ to be lowest in summer.
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