except________.
a. little b. great c. double d. ridiculous e. clear
3) All the following verbs and phrases can go with the noun CLAIM except
a. express b. speak c. make d. put forward e. give up
4) All the following adjectives can form acceptable collocations with the noun CLAIM except________.
a. similar b. qualified c. personal d. possible e. tentative 5) All the following verbs can go with the noun EFFORT except________.
a. make b. claim c. double d. weaken e. strengthen
6) All the following adjectives can form acceptable collocations with the noun EFFORT except________.
a. little b. continual c. tentative d. probable e. adventurous
2. Adverbs are used to modify adjectives. What adverbs listed in the box below can be used to modify the adjectives in the sentences? Put as many adverbs as you think suitable before each of the adjectives.
clearly highly increasingly quite simply very
1) You need a(n) ____________efficient production manager if you want to increase your production.
2) As he is becoming older and weaker, his hands are not ____________ steady now. 3) It was becoming ____________ apparent to me that he dislikes me.
4) It would be ____________ ridiculous to spend all your money overnight.
3. Did you notice the suffix -!y in words such as efficiently and particularly in Text A? The suffix -/y can be added to an adjective to form an adverb. Now find more adverbs with suffix –ly from both Text A and Text B and write down their corresponding adjective in the space provided. Adverbs efficiently particularly Adjectives
4. Correct the mistakes in the following paragraph, paying special attention to the use of adjectives and adverbs. Underline the mistakes and write down your corrections in the space provided. If you think there is no mistake, write \
_______ My sister is learning French as her second foreign language in her university. ________ She finds a second foreign language is very useful, especial in today's world _______ where people from different countries find it necessarily to communicate _______ frequent with each other. She spends about two hours every day, practising _______ French pronunciation and reading one or two short stories. She often says _______ that she finds French words easily to remember because many of the words _______ in French are similar to their English equivalents in spelling. Though _______ she is a quiet girl and likes to do individually study, she always
_______ finds as much chances as she can to speak French to her classmates, who _______ also think it high enjoyable to conquer a new language. My sister is
_______ interested in French movies and French songs, too. It is apparently that she is _______ making remarkably progress. Last night she claimed to the whole family _______ that she would probable go to France to study after her graduation. I think ________ she meant every word of it.
Grammar Review
Task 1: Fill in the following blanks with appropriate modal verbs. 1) I __________ love to travel round the world if I had the chance.
2) I __________ have gone to Beijing if I had known he was going to be there, too. 3) I am not quite clear about her travel plans, but she __________ go to Paris tomorrow. 4) If she had worked harder, she __________ have passed the examination. 5) Joe __________ be at least 45 years old.
6) He __________ be in the dormitory now. I met him in the library just a moment ago.
7) We __________ try to speak English whenever and wherever we can; otherwise, we __________ have little chance to practice our English.
8) Henry __________ have arrived in Shanghai by now, for the plane took off （起飞） three hours ago.
Task 2: The following sentences seem to be correct grammatically, but they are in effect faulty, especially when they are written down out of context. Discuss in pairs why they are not acceptable and improve each of them.
1) The afternoon passed very pleasantly, roller-skating (滑旱冰) in the sun and talking about our childhood under a tree.
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2) Entering the lecture hall, the size of the crowd surprised me. ________________________________________
3) When only a small boy, my father took me to Beijing and we had a lot of fun together.
________________________________________ 4) To write well, good books must be read.
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Cloze
Complete the following passage with words chosen from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.
Many of us these days are learning a foreign language. We are interested in learning another language because we know that knowledge of another language and culture will increase our career opportunities, broaden our horizons (眼界，见识) and enrich our life. Since learning a foreign language is of such importance, no d__________(1) people are constantly looking for more e__________(2) ways of language learning. Most people say the best way to learn a language is to stay in the country w___________(3) it is spoken. It is true those who go to a native country have an a___________(4) over those who don't. But living abroad needs money, and not everyone can a___________(5) to do so. Those who don't go abroad may turn to language schools for help. Language schools usually c__________(6) that they can teach students to speak the language they want to learn f___________(7) within 3 to 6 months because they have more q___________(8) teachers and better facilities. To a certain e___________ (9), a good teacher is indeed important in language learning, but it would be r___________(10) to claim that any teacher has discovered a p___________(11) way of teaching English in every possible situation. In fact, there are a___________ (12) many good methods of teaching a language as there are good teachers, b___________ (13) every teacher is an i___________(14) with his / her own personality. What a student needs to remember then is to find out a method that best suits himself/ herself.
Translation
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets. 1)这个婴儿还不会爬(crawl)，更不要说走了。(let alone)
2) 威尔声称谋杀案发生时他正在与一群朋友吃饭，但是我认为他在说谎。(claim，in one's opinion)
3）一定程度上阅读速度与阅读技巧密切相关；有了阅读技巧，你就可以更好地应对课外阅读了。(to a certain extent，relate?to?，cope with) 4) 根据规则他俩都可以参加比赛。(according to)
5)有些人想当然地认为日语(Japanese)中的每一个词在汉语中都有对应的词语。(assume，equivalent)
6)我们已将所有的相关信息告知了警方。(relevant)
7)关于那件事你问我再多的问题也没用，因为我是不会回答你的。(it's no use) 8)事先没有仔细阅读合同(contract)就签了名是吉姆的错误。(on one's part) 9) 他们拒绝向我们提供所需要的全部信息。(provide?with) 10) 这起事故与三年前发生的一起事故极为相似。(similar to) 11) 这部影片是根据莎士比亚的戏剧改编的。(base on) 12) 如果你的英语和电脑技能都掌握得好，那么你在谋职时就一定比别人更有优势。(have an advantage over)
2. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.
English teaching methods have changed a lot in recent years. However, a great deal of teaching is still based on behaviorist psychology. Teachers who believe in behaviorist psychology are fond of making their students repeat phrases and making them do exercises where they continually have to change one word in a sentence. If we were parrots or chimpanzees, these methods might be successful. But we are not. Human communication must be real and meaningful.
Theme-Related Writing
Write a passage in about 100-120 words, taking either of the following titles: 1) Why I like to learn English 2) Why I hate to learn English
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