Lesson one
1.If reviews are not available within four months, authors are free to submit the manuscript to another journal and ask them to the manuscript.
2.Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but so far, the archaeologists have been unable to her identity.
3.Psychologists believe that children are easily influenced by their .
4.The old man was always off about higher taxes.
5.Man will go down into the pit and all his thoughts will .
6.The challenger the champion with a mighty uppercut.
7.He showed a lack of interest.
8.The jeweler the diamond for flaws.
9.It’s a chan ce to strike back and give each his for sins of the past.
10.It is estimated that about 60 percent of people who suicide have had a mood disorder.
Answer: 1.vet 2.discover 3.peers 4.sounding 5.perish 6.leveled 7.marked 8.scrutinized
9euppance 10mit
Lesson two
1.I can’t remember exactly what triggered the explosion but it was pretty .
2.Of course, that    a mew set of problems for Mum and Dad who were constantly running around trying to contain my wanderlust.
3.The industry has pumped amounts of money into political campaigns, making it less and less likely that politicians will deal with the issue sensibly.
4.I was asked to    a newspaper article making predictions for the New Y ear.
5.If it were as cheap and easy to get online here as in America, the British might Their time at the computer.
6.After 1989, the external vanished but the danger to American civilization remained.
7.As the surgeon’s heath worsened, he became a to the hospital.
8.Today, that has given way to a myriad of family styles as a result of people living longer, marrying later, divorcing more and changing mates to suit the seasons of their lives.
9.In order to avoid a good deal of frustration (not to mention time, effort, and shoe leather) that a job search , you might want to consider the following approach: conduct a planned, focused job search.
10.Amore explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the conservative government.
Answer: 1. devastating 2. posed 3. massive 4. contribute to 5. triple 6. menace 7. liability 8. consensus 9. entails 10. plausible
1.As we feel our way around the first months of the 21st century, what seemed
impossible in the last is becoming more and more .
2.In one sense, this could be good news for America: it could greater social
consensus, with virtually everyone agreeing about the proper functions of government.
3.What kind of ta sk was that for a man who couldn’t even the truth about himself?
4.I t may be the band’s trademark, but after the briefest exposure, it becom es
to a large degree.
5.If the value of services exchanged or booked online were included as well, the
figures would be more still.
6.Parts of Glasgow are the worst areas of London and Liverpool for burglaries.
7.The most profound change in our society since the sixties has not been the arrival
of new Britons but the of a new class.
8.Police say drug traffickers are behind the of violence.
9.They said yes, provided he did not publish anything that would their reputation.
10.The of clean energy resources plagues all nations.
Answer: 1. plausible 2. portend 3. pin down 4. aggravating 5. staggering 6. on a par
with 7. emergence 8. resurgence 9.detract from 10. inadequacy
Lesson three
1.Another common use of the tag question is in small talk when the speaker is
trying to conversation: "Sure is hot here, isn't it?"
A. illicit
B. elicit
C. solicit
D. explicit
2.Napster says it is delaying the launch of its subscription service yet again, after
running into serious problems in its talks with other firms. So here is Napster's : Still not ready.
A. refrain
B. renown
C. restraint
D. retention
3.The path from initial lab work on a drug to final approval of the drug by the Food
& Drug Administration is a long and process.
A. hilarious
B. notorious
C. industrious
D. laborious
4.When I was a child, I always refused to write thank-you notes for birthday
presents from a faraway relative. My mother wouldme and say, "Paul, you must learn to be polite."
A. glide
B. slide
C. abide
D. chide
5.A(n) memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of
greatness.
A. attentive
B. inattentive
C. retentive
D. irretentive
6.There's still a great deal of on the weapons of mass destruction, which despite
uppercutwhat President Bush and Prime Minister Blair say, have not yet been found.
A. evidence
B. skepticism
C. knowledge
D. consensus
7.Even though exercise has many positive benefits, too much can be harmful. Teens
who exercise are at risk for both physical and psychological problems.
A. comparatively
B. competitively
C. compulsively
D. comprehensively
8.Some of the maids were quiet and affectionate. But others were, driving the young
women crazy by complaining to them all the time.
A. querulous
B. fabulous
C. pretentious
D. conscientious
9.There is nothing more fascinating than observing citizens of many different
nationalities and exchanging greetings in an international airport.
A. singling
B. dingling
C. jingling
D. mingling
10.When Dallas police notified the hospital that President Kennedy had been shot, at
first, the young neurosurgeon thought it was a .
A. blank
B. flank
C. prank
D. frank
Answer: 1. B    2. A    3. D    4. D    5. C    6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C
1.He picked up things that he thought people were throwing away and still had life.
He was very upset that people were very quick to things of value.
2.Looking for life elsewhere is a tough task. The good news is that the scientists are
for extraterrestrials signs and scientific tools to search for extraterrestrial life are advancing rapidly.
3.They are not so their studies that they avoid sports. On the contrary, they juggle
their crowded hours to play on a variety of teams.
4.People remember only what is interesting and useful to them, what helps them
make sense of the world, or helps them in it.
5.My husband reacted with irritation because he felt the comments implied: "Y ours
is not a real marriage. I amyou because my wife and I have avoided your misfortune."
6.Airlines are the plan to modernize Los Angeles International Airport because
their financial problems would make it difficult for them to pay for the renovation.
7.The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) has the political scene in 2001 with
unprecedented energy and vigor and Green voter registration has more than quadrupled.
8.Before he went to university, Prince William had gone off to the jungles of South
America and worked on rather farms in England.
9., we tend to get stressed and disturbed by life's endless ups and downs. Y ou have
the choice to let it remain the same or change it to your advantage!
10.Following the terrorist attacks, there have been reports of beatings and killings of
Arabs. As an African American, I am outraged by the of Arab Americans and Muslims.
Answer: 1. disregard 2. on the lookout for 3. obsessed with 4. get along 5. superior to
6. thumbing nose at
7. burst onto
8. Obscure
9. More often than not
10.singling out
Lesson four
1.To our great surprise, Mary put forward a suggestion after her long-time though.
2.John is very happy these days for he will soon be married to Diana, whose beauty has made her the envy of many less lavishly .
3.Though he was removed from office a year ago, the company now suffers the
of his mismanagement.
4.I don’t know what proper action we should take, for they gave accounts of what has happened.
5.The caption of a big liner has the of thousands of lives in his keeping.
6.Proper clothes for much in business. That’s why you see most business people dress formally.
7.When she was stopped by the police for speeding, she gave them a certificate which has clearly been .
8.On hearing the news that the enemy troops would come soon, all the families hurriedly the village with barricades of carts, tree trunks and whatevercame to hand.
9.Our football coach has worked hard to    a team spirit into the players.
10.This settlement will resolve one of the most problems in the field of industrial relations.
Answer: l. ludicrous 2. endowed 3. consequences 4. conflicting 5. safety 6. count
7. falsified 8. fortified 9. inculcate 10. vexing

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