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 ntences with each of them to e 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 ntences for reference:
1) Do you think the government will deliver on their election promis
2) I need to polish (up) my French now becau I’m going to France next summer.
3) Details of the competition are available from our head office.
4) Many people choo to go by car rather than by bus, but I prefer the latter.
5) Plea file this letter (away), Miss Smith.
6) Today his company continues to thrive in spite of vere 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 nur 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 cond 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 ntences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1) compromi
2) lf-induced
3) steered
4) frame
5) demonstrated
6) employ
7) promote
8) impresd
9) contribution
10) deliberately
11) financial
12) economic
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 u them in the proper context Now check for yourlf by doing the blank-filling exerci. Change the form where necessary.
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 ntence with the two words.
▆Answers:
1) scored
2) scheduled
3) assigned
4) motivate
5) crucial
6) promote
7) performed
8) debate
9) scanned
10) devid
11) advocated
12) clarify
13) priorities
14) compromid
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 the words. Complete the following ntences with the words in
the box. Make sure that your ntences are grammatically correct.
▆Answers:
1) principal / major
2) top
3) major
4) top
6) major
7) schedule
8) advocate / have advocated
9) top
10) approach
11) blame
12) major / principal
13) advocate
14) schedule
15) blame
16) approaching
17) pressure
18) pace
19) pressured
20) pace
2. In this unit there are many words and phras that are similar in meaning. Find out tho pairs of words and phras and put them down in the space provided.
▆Answers:
reveal disclo
tentative (questions) possible (questions)
achieve attain
super-achiever straight-A student
steer toward point toward
be caught be trapped
3. In this unit the verb t is collocated with priorities, timetables, and standards. Try to fill in
as many nouns as possible that can go with t in the space provided. If you are not sure of some collocations, consult a dictionary. Then make ntences of your own using the collocations in the space provided.
▆Answers for reference:
t priorities / timetables / standards / an exam / an alarm / an example / a price /a record /
limits
1) Who is going to t (the questions for) the exam this time
2) She forgot to t her alarm last night: that was why she overslept.
3) Her heroic behavior ts a good example for us to follow.
4) We had to compromi and finally the price was t at $1,000.
5) We were all plead to know that Liu Xiang had t a world record in the 110-meter hurdles.
6) The government has t strict limits on pay increas.
4. Did you notice the suffixes -ion, -ation, -ly in words such as education, expectation, deliberately in this unit The suffixes -ion, -ation can be put after many verbs to form nouns, and
-ly can be added to many adjectives to form adverbs. Listed in the box below are some nouns and adverbs with suffixes -ion, -ation, -ly you have come across in this unit. Write down their corresponding verb and adjective forms in the space provided.
▆Answers:
Nouns with –ion/ation Verbs Adverbs with -ly Adjectives
anticipation anticipate concily conci
association associate deliberately deliberate
contribution contribute effectively effective
edition edit equally equal
expectation expect immediately immediate
frustration frustrate presumably presumable
participation participate psychologically psychological
revision revi ultimately ultimate
Task 1: Complete each of the following ntences with a proper noun with suffixes -ion, -ation listed above.
▆Answers:
1) edition
2) revisions
3) contribution
4) anticipation
5) frustration
6) participation
7) association
8) expectations
Task 2: Correct the mistakes in the following paragraph, paying special attention to the u of adjectives and adverbs. Underline the mistakes and write down your corrections in the space below. If you think there is no mistake, write “No Mistake”．
▆Answers:
1) No mistake
2) especially
3) necessary
4) frequently
5) No mistake
6) easy
7) No mistake
8) individual
9) many
10) highly
11) apparent
12) remarkable
13) probably
14) No mistake
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
Task 1: Decide which one is correct by crossing out the wrong one.
▆Answers for reference:
1) People go to university to increa their knowledge.
2) The family were at table when the telephone rang.
3) There is a Jack Robinson waiting to e you in the hall.
4) We are striving for a world with no poverty, no hurt and no hatred.
5) The Olympic Games for 2016 will be held in Rio de Janeiro.
Task 2: Inrt an appropriate article in each blank, using ? to stand for ZERO article:
▆Answers:
1) the
2) an
3) ?
4) a
5) the
6) the
7) the
8) a
9) a
10) a
11) the
12) the
13) ?
14) the
15) the
16) a
17) ?
18) the
19) the
20) a
Cloze
Complete the following passage with words chon from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.
▆Answers:
1) academic
2) priorities
3) conducted
4) principles
5) begin
6) priority
7) compromid
8) addition
9) filing
10) Speaking
11) formula
12) Participation / Participating
13) bad
14) least
15) way
16) pressure
