Vocabulary

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1) I lay in bed feeling thoroughly wretched.

2) It is fragrant with the smell of apple blossom.

3) They are fine specimens of the veteran revolutionaries.

4) I’d like to enroll in the modern art course if it is not too late.

5) The taste is slightly bitter, and it has a strange odor.

3.

1) The scheme does nothing to help families on low incomes and is sure to provoke /call forth/draw/ arouse criticism.

2) Jenny is terribly uncertain as to whether Bob is the right boy for her.

3) These goods bear no resemblance to those I saw printed in the advertisements.

4) In China, where black hair and black eyes are the norm, her blond hair and blue eyes are rather conspicuous.

5) We did not have time for a rehearsal before the performance because of the delay of our flight.

4.

1) The new parliament member, an energetic politician and ardent advocate of the welfare system, said: "The investigation has revealed that there are still people who lead a wretched existence in our society. To leave them to their own devices is to deny them the basic human right, the right to a decent life."

2) One day my professor entrusted me with a task of doing a certain experiment and meantime gave explicit instructions that I must read his new book beforehand. The book, however, did not commend itself to me. Could I go ahead without reading it? The perplexity haunted me for quite a while. Then I decided I could not look him in the face if I betrayed his trust. So I started reading his book in earnest before turning to the experiment.

3) The day I left for college, my father gave me an alarm clock and an English learner’s dictionary. Both proved useful in my subsequent years of study. The latter helped to make me accurate in my writing while the former helped me to be punctual. However, I had to part with the clock with reluctance later when it was proved to be beyond repair.

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II. Confusable Words

Comprehensive Exercises

I. Cloze

1. Text-related

2. Theme-related

II. Translation

When I enrolled in Math 202, I anticipated difficulties because I was not well grounded in mathematics in high school. The course was taught by Professor Richardson, a fine specimen of an old-fashioned gentleman, very cordial to his students. However, when it came to academic matters, he was by no means an easy person. Before he started his lecture, he discoursed enthusiastically on the importance of working in an orderly fashion, of being thoroughly prepared before each class, and of not being content with what you have learned. His attitude towards work was infectious, and by and by I became an ardent math lover, too.