第四章 本章小结

I. Vocabulary:
1.1 Phrases and terms from the text: fill in the blanks with the words and expressions
given below, changing the form where necessary.

1) The police were tracking down a ______ smuggling ring.
2) All the water drops ______ the sun’s rays.
3) Is there any opportunity for him to ______ the difficulties the volunteer student will face?
4) In darkness it is difficult to ______ who the woman is.
5) Millions of people ______ by the speech “I have a dream.”
6) Natural law states that “the fittest ______”.
7) Australia Day is to ______ the founding of the first settlement in Sydney Gulf.
8) Can you tell us the ______ of this dress?
9) In the committee nobody ______ the idea that the Hope Project should be stopped.
10) He is so selfish that everyone ______ him contemptibly.
11) This artist is ______ interested in details.
12) _____ he is the best student I have met.
13) A careless person like me will ______ nothing in life.
14) No one ______ the shipwreck except the baby.
15) The manager of this big company often ______ himself by traveling around.
Answers:
1) risky 2) are reflecting 3) predict 4) identify5) are inspired 6) survive 7) celebrate 8) features
9) champions 10) speaks of 11) particularly 12) So far13) achieve 14) survived 15) entertains

1.2 Study the groups of words and then use them correctly in the following
sentences.
1) certain, certainly, certainty
a. There is no ______ solution to this problem.
b. You will ________ get your share after this dangerous task.
c. His election is a ______.
2) irony, ironic (ironical), ironically, ironize
a. You can find such literary skills in this novel: ______, contrast, metaphor and myth.
b. There is always an ______ smile in his face.
c. Balzac is an expert in ______ mean and selfish nobleman.
d. ______ the swimming champion drowned in a small river.
3) power, powerful, powerless
a. The manager has the ______ to fire or hire an employee.
b. You will feel better after taking this ______ and quick-acting medicine.
c. I am sorry to say I feel ______ to help you.
d. All the machines in the factory ______ by electricity.
4) particular, particularly, particularity, particularize
a. The applicant must satisfy the ______ demands for the job.
b. The ______ of the current situation should be taken into account.
c. Writing compositions are not ______ difficult to do.
d. Would you like to ______ the items to buy?
5) respect, respectful, respectable
a. ________ for the old is a virtue.
b. People came to show their last ______ to the great politician upon his death.
c. They are ______ citizens.
d. I was ______ when approaching the famous artist.
6) risk, risky
a. Has the ______ of war disappeared in the Middle East?
b. He is such a person who would ______ his own life to save others.
c. Believing such a dishonest person is really ______.
Answers:
1) a. certain b. certainly c. certainty 　　2) a. irony b. ironic (ironical) c. ironizing d. ironically
3) a. power b. powerful c. powerless d. are powered

4) a. particular b. particularity c. particularly d. particularize
5) a. Respecting b. respect c. respectable d. respectful　　　6) a. risk b. risk c. risky

　　

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