A. infinite B. infinitive C. definite D. define
8. At the press conference ，the official to answer my question.
A. decreased B. dropped C. declined D. diminished
9. It is said that their math teacher seems towards bright students.
A. pattern B. partial C. part D. partner
10. The shops are cashing in on shortages by raising prices.
A. temporary B. temperature C. temperate D. temporal
11. The experiment had the effect to what was intended.
A. reversed B. reversing C. reversible D. reverse
12. Scientists have proposed a theory to such a strange phenomenon.
A. account for B. account on
C. account of D. account away
13. Don??t this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.
(CET 4: 1990/ 1)
A. release B. relieve C. relate D. retain
14. That local government leaders are ****** every effort to the
problem of poverty. (CET 6: 1996/ 1)
A. abolish B. tackle C. remove D. encounter
15. It took another twenty years for the population to to twice its
size.
A. expand B. extend C. extent D. swell
16. At some snow never melts.
A. attitudes B. altitudes C. altitutes D. attitutes
17. It has been that some government leaders abuse their authority
and position to get illegal profits for themselves.
A. revealed B. reserved C. revised D. reversed
18. The board of directors will ****** a decision until next Wednesday.
A. hold back B. hold up C. hold in D. hold off
19. A completely new situation is likely to when the school leaving age
is raised to 16.
A. rise B. arise C. raise D. arouse
20. The thief wore a(n) beard and glasses as disguise.
A. artif icial B. synthetic C. false D. fake
Ⅱ. Choose a suitable word from the groups to complete the following
sentences and try to figure out the dif ference in meaning. Change
the form where necessary.
1. considerable notable noticeable remarkable
considerable great in amount or size; of noticeable importance
notable worthy of attention or notice; famous
noticeable easily seen or noticed; clear or apparent
remarkable worthy of remark or notice; outstanding; extraordinary
(1 ) It hardly need to be said that a man who could put up with such treatment
was a man of physical courage and moral strength.
( 2) The landing on the moon in 1971 marked a development in
science.
( 3) There is a slight stain on the dress but it is really.
( 4) Although the dispute ended two years ago ，there is still mistrust
between the management and the workforce.
( 5) There were several people at the meeting.
2. diminish decrease decline reduce drop
diminish to make or become less
decrease to become smaller or fewer in size，amount ，intensity，or degree，etc.
decline to become smaller，fewer ，or less，esp. in volume
reduce to make or become smaller or less in size ，amount ，or degree,
esp. in weight
drop to quickly or suddenly become less
( 1) This experienced editor is said to be able to the misprints to almost nil.
( 2) However ，my enthusiasm. The time I spent at exercises gradually
.
( 3) There was a substantial in the number of people out of work.
( 4) The volume of stocks traded as prices continued to sink throughout
the day.
( 5) The workmen want to the number of working hours and increase pay.
Ⅲ. Complete the following sentences with a phrase from the list.
in the form of dry up by comparison warn of
on the rise ups and downs keep an eye open result from
worst of all be to blame
1. The change of water into ice the decreasing in temperature.
2. The police shopkeepers the forged banknotes.
3. The people most closely affected are the passengers who were injured and,
，those who lost relatives.
4. the crowd for your teacher.
5. There was a lack of clean water; the long drought all the wells.
6. The figures for divorce，far from falling，are again.
7. What for the recent phenomenon of cheating on exams ?
8. The lawn was laid out the figure“eight”.
9. This house costs more but is cheaper.
10. There have been many in their marriage ，but they still love each
other.
Pos t-clas s activity
Ⅰ. Decide whether the following pairs of words are synonyms or
antonyms. If they are synonyms，circle the S. If they are
antonyms ，circle the A.
1. temporary permanent S A
2. result from arise from S A
3. visible noticeable S A
4. absorb take in S A
5. effect cause S A
6. average unusual S A
7. debate dispute S A
8. dip rise S A
9. endure tolerate S A
10. compare contrast S A
Ⅱ. Study the following phrasal verbs with“hold”and then fill in the
blanks with them in their proper forms.
hold against to put the blame for sth. on sb.
hold back to control，esp. feelings; to prevent the development of ; to
keep (sth.) secret
hold off to delay or be delayed
hold on to wait (often on the telephone) ; to continue in spite of difficulties
hold out to offer; to last
hold to to ( cause to) follow exactly or keep to
hold up ( often used in the passive) to delay
hold in to keep back or control
1.“How long will our fresh water supplies ?”the captain asked.
2. The rain may ，but it won??t hurt to take the raincoat with you.
3. I don??t much hope that our current traff ic troubles will improve
greatly in a short time.
4. You could become a good player，but your lack of practice is you
.
5. It??s unfair to the boy??s past bad behavior him.
6. The building of the new bridge for lack of funds.
7. The boss was unable to his anger any longer.
8. You must be tired ，but try to till all the work??s finished.
9. Whatever your argument ，I shall my decision.
10. Could you ? I??ll just see i f the manager??s in.
Ⅲ. Prefix : il-/ ir-
The prefix il- or ir- is added to adjectives that begin with the letter“l”and
“r”respectively to form words with the opposite meaning. Give the antonym of
each of the following words and then complete the following sentences with
them.
legible relevant legal regular rational
liberal reversible resistible literate
1. Your writing is : some letters are big and some small.
2. About half the population in the country is still.
3. It is high time that we reformed outdated and rules and
regulations.
4. It was to discriminate on the grounds of color.
5. What you have just said is to the subject.
6. He had an urge to light a cigarette.
7. Your handwriting is. I can hardly make it out.
8. She may think your reaction is crazy or ，but she cannot deny what
you are feeling is reasonable.
. Many people are in their view towards marriage.
10. She could suffer brain damage i f she is not treated within three
days.
Ⅳ. Word-building
Complete each of the following sentences with the word in the brackets.