Unit 1 TEXT A
Language focus Word in use
[3]
1.whereby 2. pursuit 3. inhibit 4. maintain 5. patriotic 6. transcend 7. endeavor 8. dedication 9. prestige 10. nominate
Word building
[4]
-ant inhabit participant attendant pollutant descendant contestant tolerant resultant neglectful resourceful boastful respectful inhabitant participate attend pollute descend contest tolerate result -ful neglect resource boast respect
[5]
1.resultant 2. tolerant 3. pollutants 4. inhabited 5. participants 6. descendants 7. attendants 8. respectful 9. contestants 10. neglectful 11. resourceful 12. boastful
Banked cloze
[6]
1.eventually 2. premier 3. endeavor 4. bypass 5. handicaps 6. committed 7. attained 8. transcend 9. feats 10. slightest
Expressions in use
[7]
1. removed from 2. failed in 3. in pursuit of 4. deviated from 5. precluded from 6. triumph over 7. work their way into 8. written off
TEXT B
Understanding the text
[2]
CBADBBCD
Language focus Word in use
[4]
1.indulge 2. propelled 3.aggravated 4.dazzled 5. alleviated 6.renowned 7.eloquent 8. destined 9.scorns 10. Applause
Expression in use
[5]
1. up 2.in 3.on 4.up 5.to 6.on 7.as 8.out
sentence structure
[6]
1. He prefers to start early rather than leave everything to the last minute 2. She prefers to be the boss, to be in charge and to organize others rather than be organized by some whom she may not even rate very highly. 3. My brother prefers to take the whole blame
himself rather than allow it to fall on the innocent.
[7]
1. Try as he would
2. Search as they would 3. Hard as we work Try as we might
Collocation Warm-up
1. repeated 2.overwhelming 3.immense 1.heroic 2.sound 3.substantial 1.attained 2.fueled 3.achieved [8]
1. sudden opportunities 2. immense obstacles 3. amazing determination 4. profound difficulties 5. overwhelming failures 6. poverty-stricken 7. substantial hardship 8. repeated misfortunes 9. sheer persistence 10. dazzle audiences 11. achieve fame 12. strong will
Unit 2
Language focus Word in use
[3]
1.intervene 2.underestimate 3.recede 4.deem 5.bleak 6.appraise 7.paralyzed 8. symptoms 9. dismay 10. brink
Word building
[4]
dominate dominance avoid avoidance rely reliance acquaint acquaintance clear clearance annoy annoyance admit admittance resemble resemblance assure assurance
bore bored
privilege privileged distract distracted
[5]
1.bored 2.priviledged 3. assurance 4. dominance 5.aviodance 6. acquaintance 7. reliance 8. clearance 9. distracted 10. annoyance 11. admittance 12. resemblance
Banked cloze
[6]
1. characterized 2. aspects 3. amount 4. recede 5. exposed 6. vicious 7. challenge 8. excessive 9. reaction 10. paralyze
Expressions in use
[7]
1. pulled to a stop 2. black out 3. pop up 4. stopped short
5. plowed through 6. threw himself into 7. let yourself go 8. grabbed for