Unit One
Vocabulary
1.The Underground Railroad was an elaborate(a complicated) network of safe houses organized to help slaves escape from bondage before the Cicil War.
2.This proposal might be an incentive(encourage) for some doctors to perform necessary tests and operations.
3.The army corps carried out the general’s order to the letter(in every detail).
4.In China,the business is in a state of transition(change).
5.When required by their parents to eat spinach and other green vegetable,many children only do so reluctantly(unwillingly).
6.If an object is suspended from any point on the vertical line passing through its center of gravity,the object will remain stationary(immobile).
7.The president is on the point of providing(about to provide) the committee with a briefing paper on the plan.
8.Scientific evidence from different disciplines(fields of study) demonstrates that in most humans the left hemisphere of the brain controls language.
9.The concept of market system caught on(became popular) quickly.
10.It is necessary that the membership applications should be dispatched(sent off) immediately.
11.John took grent pains to please his employer.
securing12.Now that the boy was earning his own living he could defy his father’s strict rules.
13.The phrase ORGANIZATION MAN was first coined in 1965 to describe an individual committed to a firm’s goal.
14.In buying a suit,a difference of ten cents in prices is negligible.
15.The doctor didn’t reveal to the patient his hopeless condition.
16.Get a shirt one size larger than you usually wear,because this material shrinks when you wash it.
17.The burglar was taken to the Police Station and charged with breaking and entering.
18.In the later 70s,the price of gold rose sharply on account of a world wide sense of insecurity.
19.I thought it was going to rain but it has turned out fine.
20.When they moved into their new house,they decided to get rid of most of their old furniture.
Unit Two
Vocabulary
1.The first step in planning a marketing strategy for a new product is to analyze the breakdown of(itemization of) sales figures for competitive products.
2.Alexander’s prediction(prophecy) that there would be an earthquake dismayed most of his friends.
3.The security guard ejected(expelled) two men who were yelling in the courtroom.
4.This diminishes(reduces) the possibility that Atlantis was in the Caribbean Sea.
5.In his biography,Thomas Hardy is described as a very hardworking(industrious) writer.
6.He was such a shrewd(wise) businessman that he never lost money in any transaction.
7.A long journey in cold weather is dreadfully(terribly) tiring.
8.By 1817 the United States Congress had done away with(eliminated) all internal taxes and was relying on tariffs on imported goods to provide sufficient revenue to run the government.
9.The Chinese government refused to intervene in(interfere in) the quarrel.
10.In astronomy,a scale of magnitude from one to six denotes(signifies) the brightness of a star.
11.When the costs began to go out of sight,the city abandoned the cleanup drive.
12.I didn’t notice the log on the ground and stumbled over it.
13.As the population of the world increases,and human needs expand,we must take care not to exhaust all of our natural resources at once.
14.This kind of question can sometimes be answered only by process of exception.
15.Below 600 feet,ocean waters range from dimly lit to completely dark.
16.The microscope enables scientists to distinguish an incredible number and variety of bacteria.
17.His test results are not very consistent.He does well one week and badly the next.
18.In this age,education is considered an important key to success and minority groups especially are striving to better their lot by going to college.
19.The actor forgot his lines but carried it off so well that the audience didn’t notice.
20.Because of her lack of preparation,Nancy made a mess of her teaching the very first time.
Unit Three
Vocabulary
1.Even with adequate light and moisture,plant growth ceases when the air temperature suddenly(abruptly) drops below a certain minimum level.
2.Could the author condense(compress) all the worthwhile information in this book into a few pages?
3.The economy of Dallas ,Texas,is strong and diversified.
4.The company said that the difficulty in finding suitable translators was great and the costs prohibitive(unaffordable).
5.The most striking(remarkable) technological success in the twentieth century is probably the computer revolution.
6.Memory of that perilous(horrible) night remains very much on people’s minds in Kansas City.

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