Lesson Three
Pub Talk and the King’s English
I. Choo the one which best explains the word given blow:
1. intricate
A. difficult B. complicated
C. invalid D. simple
2. anecdote
A. short amusing story B. long tedious talk
C. uninteresting writing D. exciting information
3. affirmation
A. negative conversation B. possibility
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C. positive statement D. affection
4. churl
A. soldier B. bishop
C. naturalist D. peasant
5. convict
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6. intercept
A. stop between starting-point and destination
B. arrive at the conclusion
C. write words expressing respect
D. prevent from being en
7. denial
A. piece of open land B. accepting an invitation
C. refusing a request D. teaching good behaviourwashington university
8. delve
A. give onelf up B. clasp carefully
C. arch carefully and deeply D. look down upon
9. immune
A. cure B. impure C. odorous D. revival
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A. unimportant B. very superficial
C. hideous D. not rious
11. sinister
A. not pretended B. suggesting evil
C. happening in the same time D. giving orders
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A. sharp B. distasteful C. contemptuous D. penetrating
13. ultimatum
A. the general opinion about the character, qualities etc.
B. state of being in demand
C. sth. that provokes or annoys
D. final statement of conditions to be accepted
14. tussle
A. have a hard struggle or fight
B. rai to a higher grade
C. come to a lower level or state
D. make the greatest possible u of
15. scamper
A. move onward smoothly B. drop down directly
C. run quickly and playfully D. walk forward and backward
16. edict
A. order B. article C. painting D. newspaper
17. tart
A. different B. sarcastic C. loaded D. special
18. coin
A. happen B. coincide C. comfort D. invent
19. dominance
A. ruling class B. manageable domain
C. controlling power D. religious establishment
20. salon
A. a regular held fashionable gathering
B. a big luxurious car
C. a grand comfortable hotel
D. a large public drinking place
21. sociable
A. gregarious B. collective
rosterC. common D. ordinary
22. derve
A. to take away B. to last long
C. to help with D. to be worthy of
23. sparkle
A. strike. B. glitter
C. climb D. flowschrodinger
24. opportunity
A. an opposing force B. a favourable place
C. a chance for advancement D. a difficult situation
25. indulged
A. gratify B. involve
C. interrupt D. gratitude
26. gossip
A. glory B. rumor
C. private fact D. personal things
27. pro
a. imitation B. copying
C. writing D. drawing我和书的故事400字
28. punctuate
A. inrt occasionally B. not to emphasize
C. act instantly D. interrupt periodically
29. recess
A. accepted quantity B. the act of receiving
C. cluded place D. crete news
30. pressing
A. urgent B. immediate
C. refusing D. interacting
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II. Complete the word according to the definition, the first letter of the word is given:
1. ordinary commonplace
2. jumping from one thing to another desultory
3. soldier armed with a musket musketeer
4. very clo friend or associate intimate _
5. flow slowly, turning here and there meander _
6. using or involving two languages bilingual _
7. farmyard birds of any kind, such as hens, ducks, etc. poultry
8. person in an unimportant position working for sb. el underlings
9. magical or mysterious power or process of transforming one thing into another alchemy
10. state, quality of being snobbish snobbery 美国的历史_
11. person with the legal right to receive a title, property, when the owner dies heir
12. mocking remark jeer _
13. greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant supreme
14. to object to, especially in a formal statement pcdrwrotest
15. a person, an animal, or a plant who descent can be traced to a particular individual or group. descendant
16. a force that tends to oppo or retard motion resistance
