Unit 1 Vocabulary exercises . Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. 1. . I came down here at your Head Masters kind invitation in order to cheer myself. 2. . can anyone sitting here this afternoon . not feel deeply thankful for what has happened in the time that has passed and for the very great improvement in the position of our country and our home? 3. We had the unmeasured menace of the enemy and their air attack still beating upon us. 4. 。 。 。They do not always expect that each day will bring up some noble chance of war. 5. There was no flinching and no thought of giving in. 6. I want to do so last year, but I did not venture to. KEY: 1.encourage 2.situation, circumstance 3.threat 4.good 5.a sudden small movement because of pain or fear 6.dare to express at the risk of denial .Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the given words. 1. By the end of 2002, the corporation had to sell all products cheaply, price had fallen _(catastrophe), as advanced economies had under gone a profound transition. 2. Johnson isnt tired of Tokyo, it seems, but appearance can be _(deceive). 3. Although a step forward had been taken, their religious _(convict) prevented them from taking up arms. 4. Many young man are not allowed to go out, _(apparent) because of fears that they may join the army in exile. 5. The ability of _(persevere) despite of obstacles and setbacks is the quality people most admire in others. 6. Now these are people who have lived with war for no more than two decades, and nobody_(flinch) when when they hear gunfire unless its very close. 7. Few Europeans who_(venture) beyond the Himalayas have returned to tell the tale. 8. Whoever this woman is, she made of_(stern) than a man is when facing unpredictable hardships. KEY: 1.catastrophically 2.deceptive 3.convictions 4.apparently 5.perseverance 6.flinches 7.ventured 8.sterner . Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. ups and down go through close an account misfortune put through throw ones mind back to address oneself to yield to 1. She wouldnt want to _ them _ the suffering of a huge ceremony. 2. The famous orator _ the public to his newly-published book which could add to his reputation. 3. At that period, South Africa _ a period of unchangeable events as the Black were fighting for equality. 4. _ 1978, we should not be surprised about some of Mrs. Thatchers comments, bearing in mind the party she belong to. 5. Parley _ general pressure from the society and bitterly took the child to a specialist. 6. The world is changing rapidly, our plans must change accordingly. Otherwise, we should _ with the harsh market economy. 7. Martins upbringing shaped his whole life, with so many _ every now and then. 8. Julia has been made to undergo physical and psychological _ for her inability in having children KEY: 1.put . Through 2.addressed himself to 3.was going through 4.throwing our minds back to 5.yielded to 6.close an account 7.ups and downs 8.misfortune Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. 1. After a molecule has lost an electron, it has a positive charge 2. It has not until almost the end of the nineteenth century that a virus was proven to be the cause of a disease. 3. Pure feldspar is a colorless transparent mineral, but impurities commonly make it opaque and colorful. 4. Ive been a bit down this week, especially after our team lost in game. 5. Because you have not found the summer job yet, you have to step up your efforts. 6. She is a good student and absorbs new idea quickly. KEY: 1.current 2.shown 3.frequently 4.depressed 5.try harder 6.takes in Grammar exercise . Note the use of parallel construction in the following sentences. 1.We were poorly armed. We are not so poorly armed today; but then we were very poorly armed. 2. We had the unmeasured menace of the enemy and their air attack still beating upon us, and you yourselves had had experience of this attack. 3.But we must learn to be equally good at what os short and sharp and what is long and tough. 4. They do not expect to move from crisis to crisis; they do not always expect that each day will bring up some noble chance of war. 5. Never yield to force; never yield to apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. 6. All this tradition of ours, our songs, our schools history, this part of the history of this country, were gone and finished and liquidated. KEY: Omitted . Improve the following sentence. 1. Skateboarding is both exciting and there is danger in it too. 2. The school teaches shorthand, bookkeeping and to use business machines. 3. The nurse wrote down my name, my address, and how old I was. 4. The sentence is difficult to understand not because of the technical vocabulary but because the syntax faulty. 5. Marian could