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Unit One
College English
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆ Working with Words and Expressions
1. Listed in the boxes below are some of the words that you need to be very familiar with. Now work in pairs and make sentences with each of them to see if you have really mastered their usages. You are encouraged to consult a dictionary if you are still not quite sure about their meanings and usages.
▆ Sample sentences for reference:
1) Do you think the government will deliver on their election promises?
2) I need to polish (up) my French now because I’m going to France next summer. 3) Details of the competition are available from our head office.
4) Many people choose to go by car rather than by bus, but I prefer the latter. 5) Please file this letter (away), Miss Smith.
6) Today his company continues to thrive in spite of severe competition. 7) She undertook responsibility for the changes he made in the article.
8) A career advisor can offer you sound and practical suggestions on how to make career decision.
9) A nurse has many duties to fulfill in caring for the sick. 10) He perceived a subtle (微妙的；细微的) change in her manner when he met her the second time. 11) Over the years, I have accumulated hundreds of books. 12) He has multiplied his fortune many times within a short period of two years.
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.
▆ Answers:
1) compromise 2) self-induced 3) steered 4) frame
5) demonstrated 6) employ 7) promote 8) impressed 9) contribution 10) deliberately 11) financial 12) economic
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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-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) makes a point of 2) refresh my memory 3) lead to 4) at hand 5) working out 6) under pressure
7) Last but not least 8) took, down 9) In addition to 10) were involved in 11) in other words 12) pointed out 13) pay off
4. Fill in the blanks with words listed in the box below. Change the form where necessary. Then rearrange the given letters to form two words related to college life and complete the final sentence with the two words.
▆ Answers: 1) scored 2) scheduled 3) assigned 4) motivate 5) crucial 6) promote 7) performed 8) debate 9) scanned 10) devised 11) advocated 12) clarify 13) priorities 14) compromised 15) context 16) undertook
17) academic excellence
▆ Increasing Your Word Power
1. The same word can perform different roles and functions as different parts of speech. Listed in the box below are some of these words. Complete the following sentences .
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with the words in the box. Make sure that your sentences.
新世纪大学英语综合教程1-课后答案-第二版--秦秀白-Unit-1-Key-to-Some-Exer
