[英语学习]Worksheet

1、.TEM 8Worksheet AProofreadingVocabularyWriting skillsPractice 11. Proofreading & Error Correction: Peoples attitude toward drugs varies from person to person. Some regard it as miraculous; others think of 1. _them as dangerous. Then what is the sensible attitudetoward drugs? I think the first th

2、ing to think is the 2. _difference between drugs and wonder drugs. The antibiotics can really treat certain bacterial diseases. 3. _On the other hand, the major diseases threateningAmericans today are cancer, stroke, high bloodpressure, coronary disease, etc. Against them, thedoctors bag of tricks i

3、s limited. He has wonder 4. _drugs. So the first important lesson is not to expecttoo many from drugs. If you can accept the fact 5. _that the war against many of our most devastatingdiseases is, at best, a holding operation more than 6. _an inevitable triumph, they will do a great deal to 7. _ease

4、your own life as well as that of your doctor.Too many patients exert great pressure on doctorsto describe for every symptom, even when such 8. _treatment is unwarranted or dangerous.Unfortunately, the medical profession is guilty ofTaking part, to a certain extent, in the wrongfulaction. The patient

5、 who demands a shot of penicillinfor every sniffle and sneeze may be given an injection 9. _by a reluctant physician because he is certain that if he does not, the patient will not search until he finds 10. _a doctor who will.2. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose t

6、he ONE that best completes the sentence.(1) It is a _ timetable. Sometimes lessons happen, sometimes they dont.A. haphazard B. odious C. haughty D. handicapped(2) No men was allowed to _ on the livelihood of his neighbour.A. wade B. invoke C. muffle D. infringe(3) The scents of the flowers was _ to

7、us by the breeze.A. intercepted B. detested C. saturated D. wafted(4) The machinery had been wrecked so efficiently that the police were sure it was a case of _.A. vagabond B. sabotage C. paradox D. tachyon(5) The speaker _ us with tales of exotic lands and buried treasure.A. detoured B. offset C. t

8、antalized D. ushered(6) I assure you there was no _ motive in my suggestion.A. ulterior B. stationary C. vulgar D. toxic(7) Government loans have been the _ of several shaky business companies.A. tornado B. salvation C. delinquency D. momentum(8) The orphanage is just one of her _ causes.A. phonetic

9、 B. philanthropic C. prevalent D. lunatic(9) Despite his wealth and position, he has an _ personality.A. unassuming B. unprecedented C. undermining D. uncouth(10) The island is maintained as a _ for endangered species.A. wetlands B. sanctuary C. mire D. heath3. Fill in the blanks with the words give

10、n below. Change the forms where necessary.cogitate skid invoice devolve pantomime elfmalnutrition tarmac syrup consummate(1) In fairy stories, _ are small magical beings who play tricks on people.(2) I was just _ upon the meaning of life.(3) Three planes were standing on the _.(4) To be a good manag

11、er, you must know how to _ responsibility downwards.(5) The car pulled up too fast and _ on the dusty shoulder of the road.(6) _ is an amusing musical play, and is also used to mean mime.(7) All the parts have been taken from stock but they need to be _ before shipping.(8) Having agreed a price thro

12、ugh the compute, the customers own machine can then automatically produce an invoice to _ the deal.(9) She always has prunes in _ for breakfast.(10) Many thousands of refugees have already died from _.4. Writing: Improve the sentences grammatically:1) Now is the golden time for us to attain a fair c

13、ommand of English.2) A typical family nowadays is consisted of three to four members. 3) The above-mentioned disadvantages which are brought about by environmental pollution is very detrimental but often miss peoples attention. 4) If adopted, we hope the law will resolve the problem.5) Gazing at the

14、 familiar landscape, the past came back to me.6) A flash of lightning swept through the sky.7) Their admiration of the rich and contempt of the poor made them good friends.8) Dickens was a great writer of the 19th-century England.9) He was a famous general in the Chinese history.10) I prefer to go t

15、o the cinema than to the theatre.5. Assignment Some people claim that competition is more important than co-operation in the present-day society. How far do you agree OR disagree with these people? You are to write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic:COMPETITION OR COOPERATION In

16、 the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.Practice 21. Proofreading & Error Correc

17、tion Smart business travelers today are staying at theairport to do business. Rather than waste timein traffic jams since they try to reach city center 1. _venues, business people are using conference facilitieson the offer at airports. Busy executives are also 2. _staying there overnight to avoid t

18、he difficulty ofgetting there to take an early morning meeting. And it makes sense for international meetings to hold 3. _at airports. It is principally through the improvement 4. _in airport hotels that has enabled this developmentto take place. Today these mini-conference centersprovides services

19、are designed for business travelers, 5. _like a quick check-in and round-the-clock restaurants,so they can get to work as quickly as possible. They are also more expensive place than their city center 6. _counterparts. Not long ago, airport hotels wereuncomfortable, unattractive and convenient as fa

20、r 7. _as the business traveler was concerned. Yet nowthere is strong interest, as travelers become unaware 8. _of the new facilities. Demand on small meeting rooms 9._is huge, usually for interviews or one-to-one meetings,where executives walk in and out the same day. The age 10. _of the airport is

21、upon us.2. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.(1) It is possible to _ future developments from current trends.A. whoop B. wiggle C. extradite D. extrapolate(2) John was admitted to the sixth grade on _.A. progeny B. probity

22、C. pro D. probation(3) _ are gifts of money, clothes, food, etc. to poor people.A. Hypnoses B. Quid D. Quinines D. Alms(4) Two months later a _ calling itself the “New Opposition” issued a circular to all members.A. faction B. retribution C. contraception D. screenplay(5) Next month there will be th

23、e ceremony of _ of the new chancellor.A. misconduct B. prescience C. presidency D. induction(6) The theatre had semicircular _ of seats.A. pouts B. tiers C. cobs D. cobbles(7) By now John was _ with indignation and we gathered round trying to pacify him.A. pouncing B. convulsing C. harking D. seethi

24、ng(8) She knew that her efforts to _ cheerfulness werent convincing.A. ferment B. fend C. fester D. feint(9) I take it youre not _ to a little harmless fun.A. averse B. avid C. awesome D. azure(10) The social workers tried to _ the juvenile delinquents.A. quarantine B. muddle C. rehabilitate D. inde

25、nt3. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the forms where necessary.grapple firmament artery renounce morale contour marina substantiate slake indelible (1) The _ of the car has been changed, making the new model less boxlike.(2) Your _ are the tubes in your body that carry blood fr

26、om your heart to the rest of your body.(3) She is one of the rising stars in the political _.(4) We have evidence to _ allegations that corruption took place.(5) The policeman was _ with two men.(6) The dockland were derelict for many years before they were converted into a(n) _.(7) After our long g

27、ame of tennis, we _ our thirst with a beer.(8) Gandhi _ the use of violence.(9) In his 20 years working for the company, he made a(n) _ mark on it.(10) A couple of victories would boost the teams _ enormously.4. Writing: choose from the following at least two different ways to write an introductory

28、paragraph.(1) By asking a question or a series of questions and then stating that you intend to provide answers.(2) By a pertinent quotation from a book of quotations, a teacher, an authority, etc.(3) By using narration-stating that you or somebody else once had an experience that the reader will fi

29、nd interesting, informative, etc.(4) By being different. That is, using startling words, expressions, a little-known item of information or by stating that a popular opinion is wrong, and the like5. Assignment Some people simply see education as going to schools or colleges, or as a means to secure

30、good jobs; most people view education as a lifelong process. In your opinion, how important is education to modern man? Write a composition of about 300 words on the following topic:EDUCATION AS A LIFELONG PROCESS In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the

31、 second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary.Practice 31. Proofreading & Error Correction For many years, technological development was thoughto be the key to improve

32、productivity in the office. In the 1. _1980s cheap small computers first appeared on desktops.Since then, these machines caused a revolution in the way 2. _we work in the office. The power of personal computers has increased dramatically,and the uses of software have expanded, too. Companiesboth are

33、 large and small have spent large sums of money on 3. _improving office computer facilities. However, this enormousinvestment has not improved production as expected. It seems 4. _that business has failed to apply the developments in technologyto greater effect, increase the amount of time which off

34、ice 5. _workers are available for no-routine tasks. To do this, we 6. _need to understand how information is processed in businessventures. Typically, information is first gathered, then processed, and finally produced in its changed form as input. Most technology 7. _has concentrated its attention

35、to the first two of these stages. 8. _increasingly complex programs have been invented to feedever more powerful processing systems. But what about output? A more recent study by an Americanmanagement institute shows that the processing of documentstake up 60% of office workers time, 40% of labour c

36、osts and 9. _up to 10% of business income. These figures are hardly surprisingsince documents convey nine-tenths of all information. In fact,the international companies were studied for the research show 10. _that this breakdown is truly world-wide, wherever the companyoperates.2. For each sentence

37、there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. (1) Winning the Nobel Prize added even more _ to the poets name.A. lustre B. foray C. vacillate D. heresy(2) The decayed gentleman was at last reduced to _ labor.A. enviable B. servile C. gastric D. torrid(

38、3) The conference was held under the _ of the United Nations.A. dregs B. vibes C. shambles D. auspices(4) In these stories of _ life, we find an understanding of the daily tasks of country folk.A. pastoral B. hale C. improvident D. trenchant(5) I am no longer fashionable to call a mental hospital _.

39、A. brewery B. hearth C. sanctum D. asylum(6) The sky became suffused with a pale, milky _.A. alias B. luminescence C. hallucination D. scroll(7) The old man tried to _ himself by taking hormone shots.A. reinstate B. relapse C. relegate D. rejuvenate(8) He swore that he would never steal again, but s

40、oon _ into a life of crime.A. commentated B. doused C. sagged D. relapsed(9) His mind was _ from reading bad books.A. tainted B. incriminated C. reshuffled D. meted(10) A doctors life is _ to keeping people well.A. discomposed B. consecrated C. dislocated D. commiserated3. Fill in the blanks with th

41、e words given below. Change the forms where necessary.Convalescent supple twinge amalgamate vouch residualrumble tenable ovation jurisdiction (1) As a medical examiner I can _ from experience that his death was accidental.(2) Shes in a(n) _ hospital for a couple of months where she can be looked aft

42、er properly.(3) His theory is no longer _ now that new facts have appeared.(4) Issues of citizenship are beyond the _ of local government.(5) She was given a standing _ at the end of her speech.(6) The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant _ of traffic.(7) My left knee has been giving m

43、e a few _ in this cold weather.(8) You need to have _ limbs to be a dancer.(9) The electricians union is planning to _ with the technicians union.(10) _ income is your income after tax.4. Here is a topic characterized as a “Preference” type. Use two methods (the block method & the point-by-point

44、 method) respectively to write a Body part. It may consist one or two paragraphs.It is generally agreed that society benefits from the work of its members. Compare the contributions of artists to society with the contributions of scientists to society. Which type of contribution do you think is valu

45、ed more here in China?Practice 41. Proofreading & Error Correction The term biological clock is applied to the means which living 1. _ things adjust their activity patterns, without any obvious cue, the 2. _ time of day, or the month, or the year. They are affected but little, if at all, by drug

46、s, chemicals, or wide temperature differences- factors may alter substantially the rates of all ordinary processes of 3. _ the body. The nature of the biological clock mechanism is still a mystery. 4. _ Two quite different theories have been advanced to account to 5. _ them. According to the first t

47、heory, each individual have evolved, aided by natural selection, as a custom to the rhythmic 6. _ environment. It has now become independent on the the environment. 7. _ According to this view, the clocks are not perfect timers. They require regular corrections by the natural light and tidy cycles a

48、nd the changed lengths of the day throughout the year. 8. _ The other theory holds up living things react continuously 9. _ to their rhythmic physical environment. The setting of their biological clocks, therefore, involves a constant adjustment to subtle clocks that are potential perfect timers. 10

49、. _2. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence: (1) An outside adviser has been brought in to _ the dispute between the management and the union. A. earmark B. legitimize C. lug D. arbitrate (2) During his 12 years in Congress he

50、 has _ with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary persons right to breathe clean air. A. tussled B. actuated C. capsized D. fidgeted (3) The house is nearly finished but the windows havent been _ yet. A. gloated B. glared C. glanced D. glazed (4) Is it more truly democrati

51、c to hold a _, rather than let the government alone decide an important issue? A. reincarnation B. regression C. refinery D. referendum (5) After the surface is polished, a design is _ or painted. A. rustled B. evicted C. gurgled D. incised (6) Most banks offer _ facilities to students, to help them when they run short of money. A. oversight B. overdraft C. overdose D. overseeing (7) The captain was _ to sergeant for failing to fulfill his duties. A. regulated B. promoted C. deregulated D. demoted (8) Three dinosaurs have already been found on the _ site. A. evacuated B. excavated C.