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Unit ONE

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

▆ Working with Words and Expressions

1. In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the

following sentences with the words given. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) spark

2) compelled

3) bare

4) scrape

5) destruction

6) output

7) retreat

8) tipped

9) miracle

10) eternal

11) pile

12) transfer

13) mass

14) thereby

15) have emerged

16) trigger

17) threaten

18) consumed

19) hollow

2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the

sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) show signs of

2) cope with

3) lives in fear of

4) tough it out

5) cut down

6) from head to foot

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7) searched out

8) nothing short of

9) As yet

10) settle in

11) take heart

▆Increasing Your Word Power

3. You will read six pairs of words which are similar in meaning but are different in usage.

Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each group and fill in each blank

with a proper one. Change the form if necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) temptation

2) attraction

3) chance

4) opportunity

5) states

6) country

7) warned

8) threatened / threatens

9) refuse

10) reject

11) total

12) gross

4. A blend is a word produced by combining parts of other words, such as “comsat”from

“communications”and “satellite”. Try to find out what words the following blends are

formed from. You may consult a dictionary if necessary.

▆Answers:

Blend

smog

blog

brunch

autocide

chunnel

motel

netizen

sci-fi

workaholic

wi-fi

Formation

smoke + fog

web + log

breakfast + lunch

automobile + suicide

channel + tunnel

motor + hotel

net + citizen

science + fiction

work + alcoholic

wireless + fidelity

烟雾

博客

早午餐 （早餐和午餐合为一餐）

撞车自杀

海峡隧道

汽车旅馆

网民

科幻小说

工作狂

无线网络

Meaning

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