Unit12 confessions of a miseducated man

Key to the exercises　

I Discussion

II Vocabulary

1. Practice using the rules of word formation

7) Examine how the words "miseducated" and "citizenship" are formed. Find out the meaning of the prefix "mis-" and the suffix "-ship" with the help of a dictionary.

The prefix "mis-", from Old English, means " badly, wrongly or the opposite of". The suffix "-ship", from Old English, is used to form nouns.

 

2) Turn the following into nouns that end with the suffix "-ship". Add more words to the list.

citizenship membership fellowship relationship

kinship statesmanship leadership

 

3) Turn the following into verbs that start with the prefix "mis-" and vice versa. Add more words to the list.

misfire mispronounce misguide mistreat mislead

mistrust misprint misuse

inform spell interpret take place understand

 

4) Complete the sentences based on the Chinese in the brackets.

(1) mistaken (7) mistreated

(2) misunderstand (8) Membership

(3) misused (9) leadership

(4) misspelled (10) statesmanship

(5) misread (11) full scholarship

(6) mislead

5) Give the noun forms of the following verbs or adjectives.

(1) combination (9) pursuit (9) pursuit

(2) comprehension (10) reference (10) reference

(3) dependence (11) requirement (11) requirement

(4) inspiration (12) response (12) response

(5) instruction (13) variation/variety(13) variation/variety

(6) occurrence (14) comparison (14) comparison

(7) possession (15) curiosity (15) curiosity

(8) preference (16) depth (16) depth

2. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms.

1) respond to 8) in terms of, in terms of

2) protect, against 9) gives way to

3) take in 10) act on

4) all but 11) turned out

5) acted on 12) wipe out

6) wipe out 13) responded to

7) turned out

　

14) given way to , given way to, given way to, all but

3. Put the following into English.

1) to meet/to satisfy needs 7) to visualize the result

2) to occupy space 8) to alter the balance

3) to bypass the law 9) to remove the tariffs

4) to grasp the meaning 10) to pursue a faith

5) to respect the difference 11) to possess certain faculties

6) to foresee the future 12) to concern human welfare

4. Based on the Chinese in the brackets, complete the sentences using idiomatic expressions of "out of".

1) out of curiosity 2) out of jealousy 3) Out of fear

4) out of work 5) out of control 6) out of breath

7) out of danger 8) out of fashion 9) out of sight

10) out of his mind 11) out of shape 12) out of balance

13) out of focus 14) out of practice

5. Examine the uses of "concern" in the sentences below. List other Possible uses of the word, and then make sentences after the models.

Other possible uses of "concern":

to concern oneself with/about

to be concerned with (said of a story or a book)

to be concerned about

to express/show concern for sth. /sb.

6. Give the meaning of the underlined parts in the sentences below. Note how the mean?ings are different in different contexts.

(1) apply 适用于 (7) course 过程

(2) apply 申请 (8) course 一道菜

(3) order 顺序 (9) scale 规模

(4) orde 命令 (10) scale

天平

(5) order 叫菜 (11) scale

等级

(6) course 过程 (12) scale 鱼鳞

 

7. Give the verb pattern of the underlined parts in the sentences below, and then make sentences? using the pattern and the information and words given.

Verb pattern: vt. + n, /pron. + adj.

Other possible verbs: believe, consider, feel, get, keep, paint, prove, think

One possibilities of the sentences;

1) The pain was soon gone. It proved the medicine effective.

2) We have painted the ceiling white and the walls light green.

3) Please leave me alone. I'll be all right soon.

4) He considered the situation most favorable to us.

5) At first we didn't believe it possible.

6) She felt herself unworthy of the praise.

7) You should keep the information you give up to date.

8) They released the young man because they found him innocent.

9) Praise makes good men better and bad men worse, (proverb)

10) Nancy's roommates all think her hardworking.

 

8. Put in the missing words.

(1) experienced(6) had/held (11) frightening (16) door

(2) outside (7) on (12) round (17) moving

(3) foreign (8) how (13) at (18) toward

(4) mean' (9) himself (14) stood (19) like

(5) left (10) well (15) where (20) terrible

 

III. Grammar

1. Practice using infinitives

1) Combine the pairs of sentences using one of the patterns as shown in the examples.

(1) With a family of five to support, the man has to work 60 hours a week.

(2) It would be a good thing for a language student to know a little of everything?

(3) With t-wo exams to -worry about, I have to work real hard this weekend.

(4) The event provided an opportunity for Chinese and foreign students to communicate with each other.

(5) In order to become a ballet dancer, the girl left for London.

(6) It is unreasonable for the teacher to require the students to know all the texts by heart.

(7) There is no reason for parents to worry about their adult children, for they must tackle problems themselves.

(8) With a sick child to care for, she had to quit her job.

(9) The film crew has been waiting several days for the weather to clear up.

(10) In order to save time they moved to an apartment near their workplace.

3) Join the parts from the two columns to make sentences.

(1) + D—> The duty of a doctor is to save the dying and cure the sick.

(2) + A—> It wouldn't hurt him to do a bit of housework.

(3) + B—> That's the only way to deal with people like him.

(4) + J —> They lifted a rock only to drop it on their own feet, as a Chinese proverb goes.

(5) + I —> To save every penny for his daughter's education, he gave up his favorite food.

(6) + C—> It's simply impossible for a 12-year-old child to run a company of that size.

(7) + F—> From Professor Jin, I learned how to get information for a research paper.

(8) + E—> To turn down the invitation seems rude.

(9) + H—> Not to strive for success is regarded as a crime against the state in the U. S.

(10) + G—> The manager knows exactly what to do in an emergency.

2. Practice using the anticipatory "it”

1) Rewrite the sentences using the patterns below.

(1) It's important that children should be brought up in a healthy environment.

(2) It turned out that the FBI agent was a spy working for a foreign country.

(3) It's a desirable quality in a sportsman/sportswoman to be able to accept defeat gracefully.

(4) It sounds impossible that a child of six could write a poem like that.

(5) It is important that both parties should be aware of the risks of such a huge project.

(6) It is a sign of weakness on the part of parents to be unable to say "no" to their children's unreasonable request

(7) It turned out that my high school math teacher was a friend of my father's.

(8) It is quite possible that the pop star will be recognized by his fans on his way to the con?cert hall and therefore be delayed.

(9) It was amazing that almost everybody in the town turned out to welcome him. (10) It is an indication of ignorance to believe that some languages are superior to others.

3. Practice using "'not... but... " and "not only ... but (.also),.,". ,

1) Combine the pairs of sentences using "not ... but ..." or "not only ... but (a/so) ... ". (1) What children really want from their parents are not material things, but care and attention.

 

(2) Remember we do not live to eat, but eat to live.

(3) Professor Yuan is well known for his research in physics not only at home but also abroad.

(4) Happiness exists not in riches but in your peace of mind.

(5) The university is proud not only of its beautiful campus and good facilities but also of its strong teaching staff.

(6) A PC is to be used not as a typewriter but as a multi-purpose electronic machine.

(7) These people came to China not to seek their fortune but to help with her modernization.

(8) To be a good driver, you need not only skills but also the presence of mind to deal with emergencies.

(9) Present at the professor's funeral were not only many of his students but also the Minis?ter of Education herself.

(10) The thief robbed them not only of all their money and valuables but also of the pleasure of traveling.

(11) Their problem was not that they lacked up-to-date equipment, but that they didn't know how to use their human resources.

(12) The English director was surprised to find that the Chinese audiences not only under?stood his production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice but also appreciated it.

 

5. Put in articles or other determiners "where necessary. When nothing is needed, put a slash "/".

1) /, /, the, a, a, The, a, the

2) Some, a, /, the, a

3) /, /, their, the, the, the, /, their, their

4) /, a/any, the, /, these, a, their, the, the, the, every

5) /, /, a, a, the, the, its

 

6. Identify and correct the mistake in each, of the sentences.

1) By the time we reached the airport, the plane had taken off.

2) Not knowing what to do next, they decided to ask Xiao Li for advice.

3) The longer they stayed in China, the more they appreciated her culture.

4) Looking out of the window, he saw a stranger rushing out of the house.

5) The couple treated the orphan girl as if she were their own daughter.

6) I've never seen a more beautiful sunset than this. Or: I've never seen a beautiful sunset like this.

7) Mobile phones made in China are as good as those of foreign brands.

8) When Katie was thrown into the air, Ric -was still climbing toward where she was.

9) It wouldn't cost much to have your PC upgraded now that the price of CPU has gone down a lot.

10) While Katie was sitting cross-legged on the slope, a big fell right on her left leg.

 

IV Written Work

The writer believes that the similarities between nations outweigh the differences. Describe his arguments in 120-130 words.

Sample:

The writer first points out that in the vast universe, the human race is something very rare. Of all living things, man alone can think and reason. Whatever the color of their skin, human beings are different from all other forms of life because of their intelligence. In this sense, the differences between peoples are insignificant.

Second, science and technology are turning the world into a global village, where many human activities are being globalized. Besides, since we share one home ---the earth--- and have the same needs for water, food, air, shelter, etc. , all peoples and nations are faced with the same task of keeping nature balanced for human existence. So we should overlook our differences and work in the common interest of making our home livable. (128 words)