Vocabulary work

一

1.???? given

2.???? at a glance

3.???? fluency

4.???? Given

5.???? hopefully

7.???? define

8.???? looked him up

9.???? no good

10.? quoted, context

11.? guidance

12.? immediate

13.? disgust

14.? come across

15.? put into practice

16.? scope

二

1.???? washed his hands of

2.???? given

3.???? putting…into practice

4.???? was confronted with

5.???? countering

6.?????? were reduced to eating

7.???? at a glance

8.???? took refuge in

9.???? less practicable

10.? countered

11.? dedication

12.? in disgust

13.? relied on

14.? for their part

15.? gave up

三

1.???? Without suitable entertainment, these young people often get bored and take refuge in drinking and taking drugs.

2.???? The school washed its hands of the students’ behavior during the spring recess.

3.???? The innocent girl was reduced to crying at his cruel remarks.

4.???? Many difficult words are out of the scope of his learner’s dictionary.

5.???? The thief admitted his guilt as soon as he was confronted with evidence.

6.???? The incident should be viewed in the wider context of the political turmoil of that time.

四

1.???? has come down

2.???? came to

3.???? comes out

4.???? come up with

5.???? come in

6.???? came across

7.???? has come about

8.???? come off

9.???? come to

10.? give up

11.? was given back

12.? gave away

13.? gave out

14.? give in

15.? gives off/out

cloze

1.?????? express

2.?????? both

3.?????? intended

4.?????? still

5.?????? where

6.?????? personal

7.?????? of

8.?????? them

9.?????? make

10.?? before

11.?? still

12.?? before

13.?? fluent

14.?? while

15.?? enough

16.?? on

17.?? in

18.?? In

19.?? Find

20.?? Who

21.?? carefully

22.?? to

23.?? possible

24.?? make

25.?? depend

26.?? than

27.?? made

28.?? use

29.?? phrases

30.?? above

31.?? on

32.?? demonstrate

33.?? out

34.?? writing

Passage Translation

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To master a large vocabulary is crucial to the fluency in a foreign language. It is showed by the statistics which are unofficial but frequently quoted concerning the Cambridge First Certificate examination that those students with a vocabulary of less than 3,500 words are less likely to succeed in the exam. The latest research also indicates that native speaker of English knows at least 16,000 English words, when he has received education until he’s 18 or more. Unless you are proficient in a language such as Spanish or German, there is no shortcut to a large vocabulary: you have to depend on diligence and dedication. Of course, you can infer from context the meaning of some new words you come across in reading., but often you have to consult a dictionary to clarify the exact meanings. A practical method to learn new words may be reading widely, especially reading those interesting and exciting. Repeatedly, the same books is often beneficial to you: each time you read it you’ll learn different new words, and the familiar context also helps you to engrave these new words on your mind deeply.

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