Lesson two The man who Could work miracles (I)

Vocabulary Exercise

1 (1) get-away 2) take-off 3) breakthrough 4) come-back 5)check-in

2         to believe in God  to spare no effort

to  collect one’s will  to make an effort

to remove one’s cap   to collect stamps

to strike a match     to do a foolish thing

to cause inconvenience  to work a miracle

to light a candle      to increase one’s property

the limit of one’s patience   the  course of nature

to utter a word    a troubled face

to talk rot         to make an experiment

use the “useful expressions”.

1)       During the closing speech , the chairman uttered a few words to the effect that people’s social awareness should be raised.

2)       It occurred suddenly to her that she was not without hope. She should try again.

3)       Contrary to many of his friends’ prediction, Jim chose the work of teaching.

4)       In the late press conference , the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs talked about the Sino-Canadian relationship among other things.

5)       The parents who work all day buy overmany toys to make up for the time that they could not stay with their children together.

6)       Unemployment and the death of his youngest daughter nearly drove him into hopeless situation.

7)       Cliff Evens’ file can throw light on his accomplishing nothing.

8)       What has become of that stepmother? Has she been punished?

9)       On the eve of the exhibition, Henry stole into the hall and turned all the pictures over.

10)    So far as I can see , he is a person you can rely on and ask for help in hand times.

Use happen , raise  and stretch.

1)      The desert stretches for hundreds of miles.

2)      Xiaolin looks extremely worried .  what has happended?

3)      That report says that we should raise the standards of quite a number of secondary schools.

4)      The pair of shoes which I like best have been worn so long that then have stretched without and form.

5)      The expedition plan to the South Pole has been canceled because they haven’t raised enough money.

6)      The range of his business stretches from soft drink go all kinds of building materials

7)      When the accident occurred , a cameraman happened to be on the spot and had taken the picture of that truck.

8)      It is so noisy that the lecturer has to raise his voice to let himself be heard .

9)      Usually the reference books are not allowed to be taken out of the library. But we can stretch you, only once.

10)   It is lucky that when the explosion occurred, there happened to be nobody in the house.

3       complete the following sentence.

1)       Put suitable propositions or adverbs in the blanks.

(1) to , in (2) to (3) over (4) to (5)on (6)to ,away (7)out ,for (8)on ,at (9)of (10)up,for,in (11)in,of (12)out

2)       Choose the right word for each blank

(1)    extraordinary special

(2)    happened occurred occurred

(3)    accurate precise

(4)    gazing stared

(5)    accomplished achieved

4       choose the best word  for each blank .

1 over 2 reach 3 complain 4 of 5 on 6 unexpected 7 picture 8 in 9 reflected 10 on 11question 12 therefore 13 illustration 14 would 15 satisfaction