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Synonyms: fashionable, graceful, elegant
4. Haven’t you noticed that the kindest, most generous people seem to keep getting prettier?
Antonyms: selfish, mean, ungenerous
5. A gracious manner not only sets an excellent example for your children and grandchildren but it adds panache to your image.
Synonyms: nice, courteous, polite, friendly
6. I know we all have busy lives.
Antonyms: leisurely, relaxed, idle, unoccupied, lazy
7. But when someone does stop and turn around and genuinely apologizes, doesn’t it melt away
most — if not all — of the irritation you felt?
Synonyms: annoyance, vexation, displeasure, dissatisfaction
8. And punctuality is not a thing of the past, either. Antonyms: promptness, timekeeping, reliability
4. Word derivation
Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the brackets.
1..The next-door neighbours are so unfriendly that we have stopped trying to talk to them. (friend)
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2.Yes, I can speak a little Spanish because I spent some of my boyhood in Spain. (boy)
3.The doctor dealt with the hysterical patient with understanding. (understand) 4.There’s a reception at the British Embassy tonight. (receive)
5.The disappearance of the money from the cash-box shows that somebody in this office is a thief. (appear)
6.You must accept the decision of the committee. (decide)
7.Tom and Tim are twin brothers. They look exactly alike, （动名词短语独立结构）differing only in height. (difference)
8.To relieve the traffic congestion, the government has built several elevated roads in the city. (elevator).
1. friend (n.) 朋友，友人，支持者 friendly (adj.&adv.) 友好的，友善的 friendship (n.) 友谊，友好 friendliness (n.) 友好，亲切
friendless (adj.) 没有朋友的，无依无靠的 unfriendly (adj.) 不友好的，有敌意的
2. boy (n.) 男孩， 儿子，男服务员 boyish (adj.) 像男孩子的 boyhood (n.) 少年时代
boylish (adj.) 男孩样的，很帅气的 boyishness (n.) 少年，幼稚，孩子气
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3. understand (v.) 理解，懂，听说，获悉
understanding (n.) 了解，理解，个人见解，非正式协议 understandingly (adv.) 谅解地
understandable (adj.) 可理解的，能够懂的 understandability (n.) 易懂性，可理解性 understandableness (n.) 不可理解 misunderstand (v.) 误会，误解 misunderstanding (n.) 误会，误解
4. receive （v.）收到，接到，受到 received (adj.) 被一般承认的，公认的 receiving (n.) 接收，买卖赃物
receiver (n.) 接收器，收款员，接待者，听筒 receivable (adj.) 可收到的，应收的 receivability (n.) 可以接受，可接纳
5. appear （v.）出现，显得，出版，抵达 appearance (n.) 外表，外貌出场，露面，出现 disappear (v.) 消失，不见 disappearance (n.) 消失
6. decide （v.）决定，判断 decided (adj.) 确定的，坚决的 decision (n.) 决定，决策
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decisiveness (n.) 坚决，果断 decisive (adj.) 决定性的
7. difference (n.) 差异，分歧，差额，不同 different (adj.) 不同的，差异的 differ (v.) 不同，相异，有区别
differential (adj.) 差别的，特定的，微分的 differentiate (v.) 识别，使差异，求导数，区分 differentiation (n.) 区别，分化，变异
8. elevator (n.) 电梯，飞机升降陀
elevate (v.) 举起，提拔，素养提升，鼓舞 elevation (n.) 海拔，提拔，提高 elevatory (adj.) 向上举的，升高的
II Grammar Exercise
1. \
※You can use “a little”, “ a lot”, “a bit”, “a great deal”, “any”, “far”, “ even” “still”, and “much” in front of more than construction.
2. \as … ss\ construction as +adjective / adverb + as.
※ You can use “just”, “almost”, “nearly” , “quite” in front of \ construction,
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3. the most
three or more than three people or things are compared. The negative form of the superlative construction is \ I.
II. 1. older than; 2. more interested; 3. as crowded as; 4. as pale as; 5. more exciting than; 6. as complicated as; 7. easier than; 8. as expensive as; 9. more selective; 10. nicer; 11. as unlucky as; 12. more difficult. III.
1. stronger; 2. more noisy; 3. more expensive; 4. more difficult; 5. happier;
基础学习知识英语第三单元规范标准答案
