improvement on our former plan; I really appreciate it.

agree ? 1) (agreeable) apply ? 2) (applicable) desire ? 3) (desirable) sustain ? 4) (sustainable) compare ? 5) (comparable) accept ? 6) (acceptance) attend ? 7) -ance (attendance) assist? 8) (assistance) entertainment ? 9) -ment (entertain) assignment ? 10) (assign) engage? 11) (engagement)

1. If you have difficulty finding a particular book, please ask one of the librarians for

(assistance)

.

2. My recent experience is so different from your experience several decades ago that they are not

(comparable)

.

3. Few people knew that the famous writer was largely self-taught through broad reading and

(attendance)

at public lectures.

4. They are planning to establish a new department which bases its teaching on the idea of direct

(engagement)

with students.

5. His proposal sounds attractive, but unfortunately it is not

(applicable)

to the management problems of a small company. 6. The young engineer has been working hard to fulfill the task

(assigned)

to him by the director.

7. Our program aims to help high-school graduates to find the best colleges for them and gain

(acceptance)

to the college of their choice. 8. Good movies not only

(entertain)

us, but also help us understand a little more about life. 9. He is delighted to find out that both his father and mother are

(agreeable)

to his studying abroad. 10. We must take

(sustainable)

development into consideration when using the rich resources in our country.

11. To do the job of the sales representative for our company, it is

(desirable)

that you know something about medicine as well as about the market.

In January 2011, Daniel Hernandez saved congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' life in a mass shooting in Tucson. He kept her alive by 1)

(applying)

pressure to her wounds and speaking 2)

(tender)

words of sympathy until medical people arrived. He was 3)

(hailed)

as a hero by the public. Although his devotion to public service is 4)

(remarkable)

, in his book They Call Me a Hero: A Memoir of My Youth, Hernandez insists that he is not a hero.

Hernandez said that he initially resisted the idea of writing a book about his experience on that day of enormous 5)

(tragedy)

. \

(pushed)

by a few publishers after the incident,\people who make a lifetime 7)

(commitment)

to helping others.\

However, Hernandez, now a school board member, had come to realize that he would be interested in writing a book 8)

(focusing)

on his public service.\I want young people to know that they need to face challenges and 9)

(involve)

themselves in their communities.\

When asked if he had any plan with a second book, Hernandez said his major purpose at present was to continue to serve his community and pursue his passion as a(n) 10)

(advocate)

for education. \

1. She held her hand above her eyes to 1)