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
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.
