Vocabulary work
一
1. Smoothly
2. Handicap
3. For fear
4. Clumsy
5. Make a point of
6. As a matter of course
7. Highlight
8. Took great delight in
9. Ill at ease
10. Adapt
11. Role
12. Oblivious
13. Revolt
14. At the mercy of
15. Just as well
16. Flight
二
1. Departure
2. Clumsy
3. Ill at ease
4. Bump into
5. Handicaps
6. Highlights
7. Takes great delight in
8. At the mercy of
9. For fear
10. Oblivious to
11. Role
12. Smoothly
13. Sore
14. Trapping
15. Unloading
16. Collapsed
三
1. It took Bob about two weeks to adapt himself to his new job as sales manager.
2. The manager’s secretary makes a point of arriving at he office fifteen minutes early every moring.
3. It’s just as well you didn’t come yesterday, we were not here.
4. The small grocer was at the mercy of the people he owed money to.
5. Bank officials always ask questions as a matter of course when someone wants to borrow money.
6. It revolted me to learn that the world spent so much money on arms while millions of people were dying of hunger.
四
1. The highlight of the circus performance was the panda’s representation. Its clumsy and funny acting amused all the spectators.
2. It’s just as well you didn’t take the flight of Swiss Airline yesterday-it crashed one hour after taking off and all the 229 people on plane were killed.
3. He never considered that when somebody wanted to help the handicapped girl, she would feel ill at ease.
4. As a person taking delight in controlling everything and getting interest from ordering, Charles adapted quickly the new role of the company’s general manger.
5. In the past twelve years, Amy has learned to live depending on herself. She takes delight in self-reliance and doing everything by herself.
6. Amy refused to go out with Charles as a matter of course, because she disliked to be treated as a handicapped person dependent on others.
五
1． Pull(yourself) together
2． Pulled down
3． Pulled in
4． Pull through
5． Pulled up
6． Pulling out
7． Pull on
8． Pulled out
9． Look up
10． Looked on
11． Look up to
12． Look out
13． Look up
14． Look into
15． Looked on
16． Look down upon
17． Look back
18． Looking through
19． Looked over
20． Looked in
Cloze
1. Am
2. Remember
3. Color
4. Again
5. Things
6. Occurred
7. Day
8. Blind
9. Prefer
10. Them
11. What
12. To
13. Make
14. More
15. Easy
16. In
17. Call
18. See
19. Learn
20. That
21. Have
22. Rest
23. Self-confidence
24. Something
25. Despite
26. Person
27. Where
28. Series
29. Time
30. No
31. Reach
32. Failure
33. But
34. made
Error Correction
1. by-in
2. or-and
3. described as
4. controllable-uncontrollable
5. power-powers
6. joined-entered
7. be blind
8. years-year
9. it去掉
10. breaking-broken
