Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action                   
Working with Words and Expressions
1 In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.
■Answers:
1) mass    2) gambled   
3) voluntary    4) hunted   
5) classified    6) abolished   
7) division    8) senseless   
9) fashions    10) coordination
11) declarations    12) committed   
13) necessity  14) moderately 
15) slightest  16) considerable 
17) evaluate  18) derived
2 In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.
■Answers:
1) stands/stood a chance   
2) ruled out         
3) consist /consists of   
4) gone through
5) in the strict sense   
6) At a guess   
7) earns a living   
8) coincide with
9) gone in for   
10) got their teeth into
Increasing Your Word Power
1 Word Building
Did you notice the suffix -ary and -ory in words such as voluntary and satisfactory in Texts A and B? The suffix -ary or -ory can be added to a noun to form an adjective. Now add the suffixes of -ary or -ory to the nouns in the following table to form adjectives, then translate them into Chinese.
Answers:
nouns
suffixes
adjectives
Chinese meaning
planet
-ary / -ory
planetary
行星的
congratulation
congratulatory
祝贺的
contradiction
contradictory
矛盾的,对立的
custom
customary
通常的,习惯的;惯例的
document
documentary
公文的,文件的
explanation
explanatory
解释的;说明的
imagination
imaginary
想象中的,虚构的
introduction
introductory
介绍的,导言的
legend
legendary
传说(中)的,传奇的
migration
migratory
迁徙的,移居的
vision
visionary
有远见的;不实际的
1) imaginary   
2) congratulatory   
3) Migratory   
4) documentary   
5) legendary
6) introductory   
7) contradictory   
8) explanatory
2 Study the following usage notes and then complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box.
Answers for reference:
1) vocation 
2) posts 
3) trade   
4) job 
5) work 
6) profession   
7) career   
8) position
3 Underline the mistakes in the following sentences, paying special attention to the use of prepositions. Write down your corrections in the space provided. If there is no mistake, write No Mistake.
Answers:
1) (    of    ) Natural disasters are inevitable and they are independent on man’s will.
2) (  against  ) This incident can by no means justify their discrimination for the black people.
3) (  for    ) My son has little aptitude of sport but he excels in music.
4) (  with  ) The deceased musician was buried in his home village in accordance to his wishes.
5) (  over  ) The mayor (市长) presided on the ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the new museum.
6) (  of    ) Truth be told, I am envious about his fame and success though I always pretend otherwise.
7) (  in    ) The old man’s will was signed at the presence of two witnesses—his younger sis
ter and one of his favourite students.
8) ( No Mistake ) When Britain declared war on Germany, Jack’s grandpa joined the army and his  grandma was frightened for his safety all the time.
9) (  of      ) The marketing strategy that I designed proved successful and my boss was very appreciative for my efforts.
10) (No Mistake ) The new theatre is very spacious, but unfortunately, it is difficult of access for wheel-chair users.sort of career翻译
11) (  for    ) Edward Snowden was on a plane bound to Moscow when he got to know that his passport had been revoked (吊销) by the US government.

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