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（P54）2.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

1)I like that singer a lot, but I haven’t been able to obtain his latest CD anywhere.

2)Jim said he was very confident that the project would be successful.

3)Nowadays people prefer to communicate with one another by e mail.

4)Being tall gave him a(n) advantage over the other players. 5)He based his article on the relevant information he had gathered.

6)Role play is helpful in developing communication skills. 7)Sometimes she eats a lot and sometimes nothing at all；she just goes from one extreme to the other.

8)My trip to Australia proved to be a most enjoyable experience. 9)It is assumed that the Internet is an efficient means of communication.

10)I’m afraid that getting things changed is a slow process. 11)Traffic is terribly bad nowadays, particularly in the city center.

12)There are too many character in this novel; could you spare

a few minutes and help me clear up my confusion? 13)Her behavior of smoking in public really astonish us. 14)All the students are interested in his lectures; apparently he is a qualified teacher.

3 In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank filing exercise. Change the from where necessary.

1)It is not that I don’t like this singer. The fact is that I’m not very fond of country music.

2)The cost relate directly to the amount of time spent on the project.

3) The story is so interesting that I cannot help reading the next chapter to find out what’s going to happen.

4)To a certain extent, it was my fault that we lost the match. 5)Girls may bring their boy friends to the party and vice versa. 6)He is always ready to help others; no doubt he’ll be willing to help you, too.

7)The new vaccine may rid the world of one of its most terrifying diseases.

8)I assume that the misunderstanding between the two sides will

be clear up soon.

9)You must pay $2000; or else, you will have to go to prison. 10)We must fight pollution and protect our environment at all costs.

11)I said he would forget, and sure enough he said. 12)He cannot ride a bicycle, let alone a motorbike.

13)In his hurry to leave the room he left his gold watch on the desk.

14)It’s no use worrying about Jim; he is now with his aunt who loves him and will no doubt take good care of him.

15)He wants to improve his English by reading dictionaries, but in my opinion, it is not an effective method of learning. 16)I called Linda last night and asked her if the exhibition of Chinese paintings in her university worth seeing.

Increasing Your Word Power

1 1) C 2) d 3) b 4) b 5) b 6) d 2 1)You need a(n) highly/very efficient production manager if you want to increase your production.

2)As he is becoming older and weaker, his hands are not quite/very steady now.

3)It was becoming quite/very/increasingly apparent to me that he dislikes me.