Unit ONE
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆ Working with Words and Expressions
1. In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the
following sentences with the words given. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers: 1) spark 2) compelled 3) bare 4) scrape 5) destruction 6) output 7) retreat 8) tipped 9) miracle 10) eternal 11) pile 12) transfer 13) mass 14) thereby
15) have emerged
16) trigger
17) threaten 18) consumed 19) hollow
2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the
sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers: 1) show signs of 2) cope with 3) lives in fear of 4) tough it out 5) cut down 6) from head to foot 7) searched out 8) nothing short of 9) As yet 10) settle in
11) take heart
▆ Increasing Your Word Power
1. You will read six pairs of words which are similar in meaning but are different in usage.
Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each group and fill in each blank
with a proper one. Change the form if necessary. ▆ Answers: 1) temptation 2) attraction 3) chance 4) opportunity 5) states 6) country 7) warned
8) threatened / threatens 9) refuse 10) reject 11) total 12) gross
2. A blend is a word produced by combining parts of other words, such as “comsat” from
“communications” and “satellite”. Try to find out what words the following blends are formed from. You may consult a dictionary if necessary. ▆ Answers:
Blend smog blog brunch autocide chunnel motel Formation smoke + fog web + log breakfast + lunch automobile + suicide channel + tunnel motor + hotel 烟雾 博客 早午餐 （早餐和午餐合为一餐） 撞车自杀 海峡隧道 汽车旅馆 Meaning netizen sci-fi workaholic wi-fi net + citizen science + fiction work + alcoholic wireless + fidelity 网民 科幻小说 工作狂 无线网络
3. Fill in the blanks in Column B with an adjective in Text A. The target adjective must be
opposite in meaning to the one in Column A and must form a correct collocation with the noun in Column C. ▆ Answers: 1) individual 2) contradictory 3) destructive 4) rational 5) primitive 6) synthetic 7) distant 8) pessimistic 9) irreplaceable 10) enormous
Grammar in Context
1. Study the following sentences from Text B and point out the grammatical function of each
of the present participles used as an adverbial. ▆ Answers:
1) an adverbial of accompanying circumstances